“Why do you baptize the people since you admit you’re not the Christ, Elijah, or the Prophet?”

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?”

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”

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

“If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?”

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"