World English Bible
"They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?""
— John 1:25, World English Bible
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? ”
“So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?””
“And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?”
“And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?”
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.