1 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
2 | He was in the beginning with God; |
3 | all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. |
4 | In him was life, and the life was the light of men. |
5 | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. |
6 | There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. |
7 | He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. |
8 | He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. |
9 | The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. |
10 | He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. |
11 | He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. |
12 | But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; |
13 | who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. |
14 | 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. |
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.'") |
16 | And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. |
17 | For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. |
18 | No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. |
19 | And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" |
20 | He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." |
21 | And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." |
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?" |
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." |
24 | Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. |
25 | They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" |
26 | John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know, |
27 | even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." |
28 | This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. |
29 | The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! |
30 | This is he of whom I said, `After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' |
31 | I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." |
32 | And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. |
33 | 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.' |
34 | And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." |
35 | The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples; |
36 | and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" |
37 | The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. |
38 | 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?" |
39 | 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. |
40 | One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. |
41 | He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). |
42 | 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). |
43 | The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." |
44 | Now Philip was from Beth-sa'ida, the city of Andrew and Peter. |
45 | 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." |
46 | Nathan'a-el said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." |
47 | Jesus saw Nathan'a-el coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" |
48 | 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." |
49 | Nathan'a-el answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" |
50 | 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." |
51 | 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." |