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22 Then they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to tell those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah:

“I am the voice of a man
    calling out in the desert:
‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’” Isaiah 40:3

24 In the group of Jews who were sent, there were some Pharisees.

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22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3