They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[y]Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, saying, “I baptize ^[z]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ It is He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the strap of His sandal.” ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people. — John 1:25-28 (NASB)