43:001:017 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

43:001:018 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

43:001:019 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

43:001:020 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

43:001:021 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

43:001:022 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

43:001:023 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

43:001:024 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

43:001:025 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

43:001:026 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;