²⁵ And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

²⁵ They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

²⁵ asked him, "If you aren't the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?"

²⁵ They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing , if you are not the [1]Christ , nor Elijah , nor the Prophet ?"