John:1

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* In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God . * He was in the beginning with God . * All things were made through Him , and without Him nothing was made that was made . * In Him was life , and the life was the light of men . * And the light shines in the darkness , and the darkness did not comprehend it . * There was a man sent from God , whose name was John . * This man came for a witness , to bear witness of the Light , that all through him might believe . * He was not that Light , but was sent to bear witness of that Light . * That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world . * He was in the world , and the world was made through Him , and the world did not know Him . * He came to His own , and His own did not receive Him . * But as many as received Him , to them He gave the right to become children of God , to those who believe in His name : * who were born , not of blood , nor of the will of the flesh , nor of the will of man , but of God . * And 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 . * John bore witness of Him and cried out , saying , "This was He of whom I said , "He who comes after me is preferred before me , for He was before me ."' * And of His fullness we have all received , and grace for grace . * For the law was given through Moses , but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ . * No one has seen God at any time . The only begotten Son , who is in the bosom of the Father , He has declared Him . * Now this is the testimony of John , when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him , "Who are you ?" * He confessed , and did not deny , but confessed , "I am not the Christ ." * And they asked him , "What then ? Are you Elijah ?" He said , "I am not ." "Are you the Prophet ?" And he answered , "No ." * Then they said to him , "Who are you , that we may give an answer to those who sent us ? What do you say about yourself ?" * He said : "I am "The voice of one crying in the wilderness : "Make straight the way of the LORD ,"' as the prophet Isaiah said ." * Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees . * And they asked him , saying , "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ , nor Elijah , nor the Prophet ?" * John answered them , saying , "I baptize with water , but there stands One among you whom you do not know . * It is He who , coming after me , is preferred before me , whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose ." * These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan , where John was baptizing . * The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him , and said , "Behold ! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ! * This is He of whom I said , "After me comes a Man who is preferred before me , for He was before me .' * I did not know Him ; but that He should be revealed to Israel , therefore I came baptizing with water ." * And John bore witness , saying , "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove , and He remained upon Him . * I did not know Him , but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me , "Upon whom you see the Spirit descending , and remaining on Him , this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit .' * And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God ." * Again , the next day , John stood with two of his disciples . * And looking at Jesus as He walked , he said , "Behold the Lamb of God !" * The two disciples heard him speak , and they followed Jesus . * Then Jesus turned , and seeing them following , said to them , "What do you seek ?" They said to Him , "Rabbi " (which is to say , when translated , Teacher ), "where are You staying ?" * He said to them , "Come and see ." They came and saw where He was staying , and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour ). * One of the two who heard John speak , and followed Him , was Andrew , Simon Peter 's brother . * He first found his own brother Simon , and said to him , "We have found the Messiah " (which is translated , the Christ ). * And he brought him to Jesus . Now when Jesus looked at him , He said , "You are Simon the son of Jonah . You shall be called Cephas " (which is translated , A Stone ). * The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee , and He found Philip and said to him , "Follow Me ." * Now Philip was from Bethsaida , the city of Andrew and Peter . * Philip 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 ." * And Nathanael said to him , "Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?" Philip said to him , "Come and see ." * Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him , and said of him , "Behold , an Israelite indeed , in whom is no deceit !" * Nathanael said to Him , "How do You know me ?" Jesus answered and said to him , "Before Philip called you , when you were under the fig tree , I saw you ." * Nathanael answered and said to Him , "Rabbi , You are the Son of God ! You are the King of Israel !" * Jesus answered and said to him , "Because I said to you , "I saw you under the fig tree ,' do you believe ? You will see greater things than these ." * And He said to him , "Most assuredly , I say to you , hereafter you shall see heaven open , and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man ."

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