John 1:6-8, 19-28
6There was a man
sent from God,
whose name was John.
7He came as a witness to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
8He himself was not the light,
but he came to testify to the light.
19This is the
testimony given by John
when the Judeans sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to
ask him,
“Who are you?”
20John confessed
and did not deny it,
but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”
21And they asked
him,
“What then?
Are you Elijah?”
He said,
“I am not.”
“Are you the prophet?”
He answered,
“No.”
22Then they said
to him,
“Who are you?
Let us have an answer for those who sent us.
What do you say about yourself?”
23John said,
“I am the voice of one
crying out in the wilderness,
‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’”
as the prophet Isaiah said.
24Now they had
been sent from the Pharisees.
25They asked him,
“Why then are you baptizing
if you are neither the
Messiah,
nor Elijah,
nor the prophet?”
26John answered
them,
“I baptize with water.
Among you stands one whom you do not know,
27the one who is coming after me;
I am not worthy
to untie the thong of
their sandal.”
28This took place
in Bethany
across the Jordan
where John was baptizing.
Queeries for the text:
Is the light to which John testifies from the whole electromagnetic spectrum?
Why does the way have to be straight? Why can't it be queer?
How else do we define ourselves by what and who we are not?
Who else stands (or sits) among us whom we do not know?
When we ask questions, who do we answer to?
Why does John not deny that he is not the Messiah?
How lonely is the one crying out in the wilderness?
Why did the Pharisees send the priests and Levites?
What are your queeries?
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