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John 1:22
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
John 1:22 · Bible in Basic English
John 1:22 in other translations
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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?”
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In context
19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
25 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?
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