John:1-2
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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 shineth 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 lighteth every man that cometh 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 unto 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 dwelt 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 bare witness of him ,
and cried ,
saying ,
This was he of whom I spake ,
He that cometh after me is preferred before me :
for he was before me .
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And of his fulness 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 hath seen God at any time ;
the only begotten Son ,
which is in the bosom of the Father ,
he hath 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 art thou ?
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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 ?
Art thou Elias ?
And he saith ,
I am not .
Art thou that prophet And he answered ,
No .
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Then said they unto him ,
Who art thou ?
that we may give an answer to them that sent us .
What sayest thou of thyself ?
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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 unto him ,
Why baptizest thou then ,
if thou be not that Christ ,
nor Elias ,
neither that prophet ?
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John answered them ,
saying ,
I baptize with water :
but there standeth one among you ,
whom ye know not ;
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He it is ,
who coming after me is preferred before me ,
whose shoe '
s latchet 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 seeth Jesus coming unto him ,
and saith ,
Behold the Lamb of God ,
which taketh away the sin of the world .
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This is he of whom I said ,
After me cometh 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 bare record ,
saying ,
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove ,
and it abode upon him .
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And I knew him not :
but he that sent me to baptize with water ,
the same said unto me ,
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending ,
and remaining on him ,
the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost .
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And I saw ,
and bare 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 upon Jesus as he walked ,
he saith ,
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 saith unto them ,
What seek ye ?
They said unto him ,
Rabbi , (
which is to say ,
being interpreted ,
Master ,)
where dwellest thou ?
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He saith unto them ,
Come and see .
They came and saw where he dwelt ,
and abode 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 '
s brother .
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He first findeth his own brother Simon ,
and saith unto 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 ,
Thou art Simon the son of Jona :
thou shalt be called Cephas ,
which is by interpretation ,
A stone .
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The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee ,
and findeth Philip ,
and saith unto him ,
Follow me .
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Now Philip was of Bethsaida ,
the city of Andrew and Peter .
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Philip findeth Nathanael ,
and saith unto 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 unto him ,
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ?
Philip saith unto him ,
Come and see .
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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him ,
and saith of him ,
Behold an Israelite indeed ,
in whom is no guile !
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Nathanael saith unto him ,
Whence knowest thou me ?
Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Before that Philip called thee ,
when thou wast under the fig tree ,
I saw thee .
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Nathanael answered and saith unto him ,
Rabbi ,
thou art the Son of God ;
thou art the King of Israel .
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Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Because I said unto thee ,
I saw thee under the fig tree ,
believest thou ?
thou shalt see greater things than these .
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And he saith unto him ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open ,
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man .
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And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee ;
and the mother of Jesus was there :
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And both Jesus was called ,
and his disciples ,
to the marriage .
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And when they wanted wine ,
the mother of Jesus saith unto him ,
They have no wine .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
Woman ,
what have I to do with thee ?
mine hour is not yet come .
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His mother saith unto the servants ,
Whatsoever he saith unto you ,
do it .
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And there were set there six waterpots of stone ,
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews ,
containing two or three firkins apiece .
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Jesus saith unto them ,
Fill the waterpots with water .
And they filled them up to the brim .
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And he saith unto them ,
Draw out now ,
and bear unto the governor of the feast .
And they bare it .
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When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine ,
and knew not whence it was : (
but the servants which drew the water knew ;)
the governor of the feast called the bridegroom ,
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And saith unto him ,
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ;
and when men have well drunk ,
then that which is worse :
but thou hast kept the good wine until now .
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This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee ,
and manifested forth his glory ;
and his disciples believed on him .
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After this he went down to Capernaum ,
he ,
and his mother ,
and his brethren ,
and his disciples :
and they continued there not many days .
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And the Jews '
passover was at hand ,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem ,
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And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves ,
and the changers of money sitting :
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And when he had made a scourge of small cords ,
he drove them all out of the temple ,
and the sheep ,
and the oxen ;
and poured out the changers '
money ,
and overthrew the tables ;
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And said unto them that sold doves ,
Take these things hence ;
make not my Father '
s house an house of merchandise .
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And his disciples remembered that it was written ,
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up .
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Then answered the Jews and said unto him ,
What sign shewest thou unto us ,
seeing that thou doest these things ?
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
Destroy this temple ,
and in three days I will raise it up .
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Then said the Jews ,
Forty and six years was this temple in building ,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days ?
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But he spake of the temple of his body .
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When therefore he was risen from the dead ,
his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them ;
and they believed the scripture ,
and the word which Jesus had said .
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover ,
in the feast day ,
many believed in his name ,
when they saw the miracles which he did .
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But Jesus did not commit himself unto them ,
because he knew all men ,
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And needed not that any should testify of man :
for he knew what was in man .
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There was a man of the Pharisees ,
named Nicodemus ,
a ruler of the Jews :