rsv John:1:15-23
rsv@John:1:15 @ (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, `He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'")
rsv@John:1:16 @ And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace.
rsv@John:1:17 @ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
rsv@John:1:18 @ No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
rsv@John:1:19 @ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
rsv@John:1:20 @ He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
rsv@John:1:21 @ And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."
rsv@John:1:22 @ They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
rsv@John:1:23 @ He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."