John 1:24
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
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Context
22 Then said they unto him, Who art you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest you of thyself?
23 He said, I the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest you then, if you be not that Messiah, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;