John:1
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In the beginning was the Word ,
and the Word was with God ,
and the Word was God .
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The same was in the beginning with God .
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All things were made by him ;
and without him was not any thing made that was made .
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In him was life ;
and the life was the light of men .
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And the light shines in darkness ;
and the darkness comprehended it not .
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There was a man sent from God ,
whose name was John .
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The same came for a witness ,
to bear witness of the Light ,
that all men through him might believe .
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He was not that Light ,
but was sent to bear witness of that Light .
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That was the true Light ,
which lights every man that comes into the world .
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He was in the world ,
and the world was made by him ,
and the world knew him not .
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He came to his own ,
and his own received him not .
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But as many as received him ,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God ,
even to them that believe on his name :
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Which were born ,
not of blood ,
nor of the will of the flesh ,
nor of the will of man ,
but of God .
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And the Word was made flesh ,
and dwelled among us , (
and we beheld his glory ,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father ,)
full of grace and truth .
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John bore witness of him ,
and cried ,
saying ,
This was he of whom I spoke ,
He that comes after me is preferred before me :
for he was before me .
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And of his fullness have all we received ,
and grace for grace .
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For the law was given by Moses ,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ .
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No man has seen God at any time ,
the only begotten Son ,
which is in the bosom of the Father ,
he has declared him .
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And this is the record of John ,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him ,
Who are you ?
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And he confessed ,
and denied not ;
but confessed ,
I am not the Christ .
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And they asked him ,
What then ?
Are you Elias ?
And he said ,
I am not .
Are you that prophet ?
And he answered ,
No .
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Then said they to him ,
Who are you ?
that we may give an answer to them that sent us .
What say you of yourself ?
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He said ,
I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness ,
Make straight the way of the Lord ,
as said the prophet Esaias .
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And they which were sent were of the Pharisees .
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And they asked him ,
and said to him ,
Why baptize you then ,
if you be not that Christ ,
nor Elias ,
neither that prophet ?
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John answered them ,
saying ,
I baptize with water :
but there stands one among you ,
whom you know not ;
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He it is ,
who coming after me is preferred before me ,
whose shoe '
lace I am not worthy to unloose .
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan ,
where John was baptizing .
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The next day John sees Jesus coming to him ,
and said ,
Behold the Lamb of God ,
which takes away the sin of the world .
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This is he of whom I said ,
After me comes a man which is preferred before me :
for he was before me .
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And I knew him not :
but that he should be made manifest to Israel ,
therefore am I come baptizing with water .
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And John bore record ,
saying ,
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove ,
and it stayed on him .
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And I knew him not :
but he that sent me to baptize with water ,
the same said to me ,
On whom you shall see the Spirit descending ,
and remaining on him ,
the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost .
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And I saw ,
and bore record that this is the Son of God .
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Again the next day after John stood ,
and two of his disciples ;
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And looking on Jesus as he walked ,
he said ,
Behold the Lamb of God !
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And the two disciples heard him speak ,
and they followed Jesus .
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Then Jesus turned ,
and saw them following ,
and said to them ,
What seek you ?
They said to him ,
Rabbi , (
which is to say ,
being interpreted ,
Master ,)
where dwell you ?
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He said to them ,
Come and see .
They came and saw where he dwelled ,
and stayed with him that day :
for it was about the tenth hour .
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One of the two which heard John speak ,
and followed him ,
was Andrew ,
Simon Peter '
brother .
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He first finds his own brother Simon ,
and said to him ,
We have found the Messias ,
which is ,
being interpreted ,
the Christ .
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And he brought him to Jesus .
And when Jesus beheld him ,
he said ,
You are Simon the son of Jona :
you shall be called Cephas ,
which is by interpretation ,
A stone .
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The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee ,
and finds Philip ,
and said to him ,
Follow me .
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Now Philip was of Bethsaida ,
the city of Andrew and Peter .
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Philip finds Nathanael ,
and said to him ,
We have found him ,
of whom Moses in the law ,
and the prophets ,
did write ,
Jesus of Nazareth ,
the son of Joseph .
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And Nathanael said to him ,
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ?
Philip said to him ,
Come and see .
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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him ,
and said of him ,
Behold an Israelite indeed ,
in whom is no guile !
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Nathanael said to him ,
From where know you me ?
Jesus answered and said to him ,
Before that Philip called you ,
when you were under the fig tree ,
I saw you .
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Nathanael answered and said to him ,
Rabbi ,
you are the Son of God ;
you are the King of Israel .
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Jesus answered and said to him ,
Because I said to you ,
I saw you under the fig tree ,
believe you ?
you shall see greater things than these .
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And he said to him ,
Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
Hereafter you shall see heaven open ,
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man .