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John 1:25
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KJ21
And they asked him, and said unto him, “Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that Prophet?”
ASV
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
AMP
They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
AMPC
And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
BRG
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
CSB
So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
CSBA
So they asked him, ‘Why then do you baptise if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet? ’
CEB
asked, “Why do you baptize if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
CJB
They asked him, “If you are neither the Messiah nor Eliyahu nor ‘the prophet,’ then why are you immersing people?”
CEV
They asked him, “Why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”
DARBY
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
DLNT
And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
DRA
And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
ERV
They said to John, “You say you are not the Messiah. You say you are not Elijah or the Prophet. Then why do you baptize people?”
EASY
They said to John, ‘You say that you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet. So why do you baptize people?’
EHV
So they asked John, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
ESV
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
ESVUK
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
EXB
“If you are not the ·Christ [Messiah] or Elijah or the Prophet [1:21], why do you baptize people?”
GNV
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elijah, nor that Prophet?
GW
They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?”
GNT
then asked John, “If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?”
HCSB
So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
ICB
They said to John: “You say you are not the Christ. You say you are not Elijah or the Prophet. Then why do you baptize people?”
ISV
They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
PHILLIPS
Now some of the Pharisees had been sent to John, and they questioned him, “What is the reason, then, for your baptising people if you are not Christ and not Elijah and not the Prophet?”
JUB
And they asked him and said unto him, Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
KJV
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
AKJV
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
LSB
And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
LEB
And they asked him and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
TLB
Then those who were sent by the Pharisees asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”
MSG
Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party. Now they had a question of their own: “If you’re neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?”
MEV
They asked him, “Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
MOUNCE
So they asked him, · saying, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NOG
They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?”
NABRE
They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”
NASB
They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NASB1995
They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NCB
and they asked him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NCV
“If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?”
NET
So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NIRV
asked him, “If you are not the Messiah, why are you baptizing people? Why are you doing that if you aren’t Elijah or the Prophet we’ve been expecting?”
NIV
questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NIVUK
questioned him, ‘Why then do you baptise if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?’
NKJV
And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
NLV
They asked John again, “Then why do you baptize if you are not the Christ or Elijah or that special One Who was to come to speak for God?”
NLT
asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”
NMB
And they asked him and said to him, Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor a prophet?
NRSVA
They asked him, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’
NRSVACE
They asked him, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’
NRSVCE
They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
NRSVUE
They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
NTFE
They continued to question him. “So why are you baptizing,” they asked, “if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
OJB
And the Perushim asked Yochanan, If you are not the [Rebbe,] Melech HaMoshiach nor Eliyahu nor the Navi, then why do you administer the mikveh mayim’s tevilah?
RGT
And they asked him, and said to him, “Why do you baptize, then, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
RSV
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Eli′jah, nor the prophet?”
RSVCE
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Eli′jah, nor the prophet?”
TLV
They asked him, “If you’re not the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet, why then are you immersing?”
VOICE
Then some of those sent by the Pharisees questioned him again. Religious Leaders: How can you travel the countryside baptizing people if you are not the Anointed One or Elijah or the Prophet?
WEB
They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
WE
So they asked him, `If you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why then are you baptizing?'
WYC
And they asked him, and said to him, What then baptizest thou, if thou art not Christ, neither Elias, neither a prophet?
YLT
and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
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