And some of those having been sent,
were from the Pharisees.

And they asked him:
‘Then, why do you baptize,
if you are not the Christ, not Elijah, not the prophet?’
John answered them:
‘I am baptizing in water,
In your midst, stands one you do not know.
The one before me, is coming
I am not worthy
so that I may untie the straps of (his) sandals,

These things became in Bethany,
beyond the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.

Thank you, dear Jesus,
for all you have given me,
for all you have taken away from me,
for all you have left me.

Thomas More (c.1478-1535)