John 1

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1. 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3. 3All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.
4. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of humanity.
5. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6. 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7. 7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that all people might believe through him.
8. 8He was not the Light, but was sent to testify about the Light.
9. 9The true Light, which gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
10. 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not recognize him.
11. 11He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
12. 12But to all who received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
13. 13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14. 14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15. 15John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This was the one I spoke of when I said, 'He who comes after me ranks above me, because he was before me.'"
16. 16From his fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
17. 17For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18. 18No one has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
19. 19This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20. 20He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
21. 21They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
22. 22So they said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
23. 23He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
24. 24Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25. 25They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26. 26John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know—"
27. 27"He is the one who comes after me, who ranks above me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie."
28. 28These things took place in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29. 29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
30. 30"This is the one I meant when I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks above me, because he was before me.'"
31. 31"I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was so that he might be revealed to Israel."
32. 32And John testified, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him."
33. 33"I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'"
34. 34"I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."
35. 35The next day John was standing again with two of his disciples.
36. 36And looking at Jesus as he walked by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
37. 37The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus.
38. 38Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
39. 39He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
40. 40One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41. 41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ).
42. 42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which means a stone).
43. 43The following day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."
44. 44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45. 45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets wrote about as well—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
46. 46Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
47. 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"
48. 48Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
49. 49Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
50. 50Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
51. 51And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."