Daily Reading for Friday, January 2nd, 2026

Gospel, John 1:19-28

¹⁹ This was the witness of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'

²⁰ He declared, he did not deny but declared, 'I am not the Christ.'

²¹ So they asked, 'Then are you Elijah?' He replied, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.'

²² So they said to him, 'Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?'

²³ So he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord. Make his paths straight!'

²⁴ Now those who had been sent were Pharisees,

²⁵ and they put this question to him, 'Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?'

²⁶ John answered them, 'I baptise with water; but standing among you -- unknown to you-

²⁷ is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal.'

²⁸ This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising.

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