John 1

¹In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God .

²He was in the beginning with God .

³All things were made through him , and without him was not any thing made that was made .

⁴In him was life , and the life was the light of men .

⁵The light shines in the darkness , and the darkness has not overcome it .

⁶There was a man sent from God , whose name was John .

⁷He came as a witness , to bear witness about the light , that all might believe through him .

⁸He was not the light , but came to bear witness about the light .

⁹The true light , which gives light to everyone , was coming into the world .

¹⁰He was in the world , and the world was made through him , yet the world did not know him .

¹¹He came to his own , and his own people did not receive him .

¹²But to all who did receive him , who believed in his name , he gave the right to become children of God ,

¹³who were born , not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man , but of God .

¹⁴And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us , and we have seen his glory , glory as of the only Son from the Father , full of grace and truth .

¹⁵( John bore witness about him , and cried out, This was he of whom I said , He who comes after me ranks before me , because he was before me . )

¹⁶For from his fullness we have all received , grace upon grace .

¹⁷For the law was given through Moses ; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ .

¹⁸No one has ever seen God ; the only God, who is at the Father’s side , he has made him known .

¹⁹And this is the testimony of John , when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him , Who are you ?

²⁰He confessed , and did not deny , but confessed , I am not the Christ .

²¹And they asked him , What then ? Are you Elijah ? He said , I am not . Are you the Prophet ? And he answered , No .

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 ?

²³He said , I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness , Make straight the way of the Lord , as the prophet Isaiah said .

²⁴( Now they had been sent from the Pharisees .)

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

²⁶John answered them , I baptize with water , but among you stands one you do not know ,

²⁷even he who comes after me , the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie .

²⁸These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan , where John was baptizing .

²⁹The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him , and said , Behold , the Lamb of God , who takes away the sin of the world !

³⁰This is he of whom I said , After me comes a man who ranks before me , because he was before me .

³¹I myself did not know him , but for this purpose I came baptizing with water , that he might be revealed to Israel .

³²And John bore witness : I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove , and it remained on him .

³³I myself did not know him , but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me , He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain , this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit .

³⁴And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God .

³⁵The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples ,

³⁶and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said , Behold , the Lamb of God !

³⁷The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus .

³⁸Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them , What are you seeking ? And they said to him , Rabbi ( which means Teacher ), where are you staying ?

³⁹He said to them , Come and you will see . So they came and saw where he was staying , and they stayed with him that day , for it was about the tenth hour .

⁴⁰One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew , Simon Peter’s brother .

⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and said to him , We have found the Messiah ( which means Christ ).

⁴²He brought him to Jesus . Jesus looked at him and said , You are Simon the son of John . You shall be called Cephas ( which means Peter ).

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee . He found Philip and said to him , Follow me .

⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida , the city of Andrew and Peter .

⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and said to him , We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote , Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Joseph .

⁴⁶Nathanael said to him , Can anything good come out of Nazareth ? Philip said to him , Come and see .

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him , Behold , an Israelite indeed , in whom there is no deceit !

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 .

⁴⁹Nathanael answered him , Rabbi , you are the Son of God ! You are the King of Israel !

⁵⁰Jesus answered him , Because I said to you , I saw you under the fig tree , do you believe ? You will see greater things than these .

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 .