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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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He was in the beginning with God ;
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all things were made through him ,
and without him was not anything made that was made .
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In him was life ,
and the life was the light of men .
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The light shines in the darkness ,
and the darkness has not overcome it .
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There was a man sent from God ,
whose name was John .
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He came for testimony ,
to bear witness to the light ,
that all might believe through him .
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He was not the light ,
but came to bear witness to the light .
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The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world .
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He was in the world ,
and the world was made through him ,
yet the world knew him not .
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He came to his own home ,
and his own people received him not .
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But to all who received him ,
who believed in his name ,
he gave power to become children of God ;
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who 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 became flesh and dwelt among us ,
full of grace and truth ;
we have beheld his glory ,
glory as of the only Son from the Father .
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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 .'")
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And from his fulness have we all received ,
grace upon grace .
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For the law was given through Moses ;
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ .
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No one has ever seen God ;
the only Son ,
who is in the bosom of the Father ,
he has made him known .
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And this is the testimony of John ,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him , "
Who are you ?"
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He confessed ,
he did not deny ,
but confessed , "
I am not the Christ ."
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And they asked him , "
What then ?
Are you Elijah ?"
He said , "
I am not ." "
Are you the prophet ?"
And he answered , "
No ."
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They said to him then , "
Who are you ?
Let us have an answer for those who sent us .
What do you say about 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 the prophet Isaiah said ."
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Now they had been sent from the Pharisees .
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They asked him , "
Then why are you baptizing ,
if you are neither the Christ ,
nor Elijah ,
nor the prophet ?"
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John answered them , "
I baptize with water ;
but among you stands one whom you do not know ,
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even he who comes after me ,
the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie ."
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This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan ,
where John was baptizing .
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The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him ,
and said , "
Behold ,
the Lamb of God ,
who takes away the sin of the world !
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This is he of whom I said , `
After me comes a man who ranks before me ,
for he was before me .'
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I myself did not know him ;
but for this I came baptizing with water ,
that he might be revealed to Israel ."
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And John bore witness , "
I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven ,
and it remained on him .
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I myself did not know him ;
but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me , `
He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain ,
this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit .'
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And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God ."
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The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples ;
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and he looked at Jesus as he walked ,
and said , "
Behold ,
the Lamb of God !"
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The two disciples heard him say this ,
and they followed Jesus .
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Jesus turned ,
and saw them following ,
and said to them , "
What do you seek ?"
And they said to him , "
Rabbi " (
which means Teacher ), "
where are you staying ?"
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He said to them , "
Come and see ."
They came and saw where he was staying ;
and they stayed with him that day ,
for it was about the tenth hour .
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One of the two who heard John speak ,
and followed him ,
was Andrew ,
Simon Peter '
s brother .
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He first found his brother Simon ,
and said to him , "
We have found the Messiah " (
which means Christ ).
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He brought him to Jesus .
Jesus looked at him ,
and said , "
So you are Simon the son of John ?
You shall be called Cephas " (
which means Peter ).
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The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee .
And he found Philip and said to him , "
Follow me ."
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Now Philip was from Beth-sa '
ida ,
the city of Andrew and Peter .
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Philip found Nathan '
a-el ,
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 ."
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Nathan '
a-el said to him , "
Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?"
Philip said to him , "
Come and see ."
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Jesus saw Nathan '
a-el coming to him ,
and said of him , "
Behold ,
an Israelite indeed ,
in whom is no guile !"
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Nathan '
a-el said to him , "
How do you know me ?"
Jesus answered him , "
Before Philip called you ,
when you were under the fig tree ,
I saw you ."
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Nathan '
a-el answered him , "
Rabbi ,
you are the Son of God !
You are the King of Israel !"
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Jesus answered him , "
Because I said to you ,
I saw you under the fig tree ,
do you believe ?
You shall see greater things than these ."
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And he said to him , "
Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
you will see heaven opened ,
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man ."