John:1

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* In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God . * The same was in the beginning with God . * All things were made through him ; and without him was nothing made that hath been made . * In him is life ; and the life was the light of men . * And the light hath been shining in the darkness ; and the darkness received it not . * There was a man , sent from God , whose name was John . * He came as a witness , to bear witness of the light , that through him all might believe . * He was not the light , but came to bear witness of the light . * The true light , which enlighteneth every man , was coming into the world . * He was in the world , and the world was made through him , and the world knew him not . * He came to his own , and his own received him not . * But as many as received him , to them he gave power to become children of God ,––to those who believed 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 , full of grace and truth ; and we beheld his glory , a glory as of an only begotten of a father . * John beareth witness of him , and crieth , saying , This was he of whom I said , He that cometh after me hath gone before me ; for he was before me . * For out of his fullness have we all received , and grace upon grace . * For the Law was given through Moses ; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ . * No one hath ever seen God ; the only begotten God , who is in the bosom of the Father , he hath made him known . * And this is the witness of John , when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem , to ask him , Who art thou ? * And he declared , and did not deny ; and he declared , I am not the Christ . * And they asked him , What then ? Art thou Elijah ? And he said , I am not . Art thou the prophet ? And he answered , No . * They said therefore to him , Who art thou ? that we may give an answer to those who sent us ; what sayest thou of thyself ? * He said , I am "a voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness , Make straight the way of the Lord ," as said Isaiah the prophet . * And they were sent from the Pharisees ; * and they asked him and said to him , Why then dost thou baptize , if thou art not the Christ , nor Elijah , nor the prophet ? * John answered them , saying , I baptize in water . There standeth one among you whom ye know not , * he who cometh after me , the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose . * These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan , where John was baptizing . * The next day he seeth Jesus coming to him , and saith , Behold , the Lamb of God , who taketh away the sin of the world ! * This is he of whom I said , After me cometh a man , who hath gone before me ; for he was before me . * And I knew him not ; but that he might be made manifest to Israel , therefore I came baptizing in water . * And John bore witness , saying , I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven , and it abode upon him . * And I knew him not ; but he who sent me to baptize in water , the same said to me , Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him , he it is that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit . * And I have seen and have borne witness , that this is the Son of God . * On the morrow John was again standing , and two of his disciples ; * and looking upon Jesus as he was walking , he saith , Behold , the Lamb of God ! * The two disciples heard him speaking , and they followed Jesus . * Jesus turning and seeing them following , saith to them , What seek ye ? And they said to him , Rabbi , (that is to say , when interpreted , Teacher ,) where dost thou dwell ? * He saith to them , Come , and ye shall see . They came therefore and saw where he dwelt ; and they abode with him that day . It was about the tenth hour . * One of the two who heard what John said , and followed him , was Andrew , Simon Peter ’s brother . * He first findeth his own brother Simon , and saith to him , We have found the Messiah ; (which is , when interpreted , the Christ .) * He brought him to Jesus . Jesus looking upon him said , Thou art Simon , the son of John ; thou shalt be called Cephas ; (which signifieth Peter , that is , Rock .) * On the morrow he determined to go forth into Galilee , and findeth Philip . And Jesus saith to him , Follow me . * Now Philip was of Bethsaida , the city of Andrew and Peter . * Philip findeth Nathanael , and saith to him , We have found him of whom Moses in the Law , and the Prophets wrote , Jesus , the son of Joseph , who is of Nazareth . * And Nathanael said to him , Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ? Philip saith to him , Come and see . * Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him , and saith of him , Behold an Israelite indeed , in whom is no guile . * Nathanael saith to him , Whence dost thou know me ? Jesus answered and said to him , Before Philip called thee , when thou wast under the fig –tree , I saw thee . * Nathanael answered him , Rabbi , thou art the Son of God , thou art the king of Israel . * Jesus answered and said to him , Because I said to thee , I saw thee under the fig –tree , dost thou believe ? Thou shalt see greater things than these . * And he saith to him , Truly , truly do I say to you , Ye will see heaven opened , and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man .

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