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The Word Became Flesh
In the be gin ning was the Word, and
1 the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. 2 He was with God in the be ginning.
3 Through him all things were made;
with out him noth ing was made that has
been made. 4 In him was life, and that life
was the light of all man kind. 5 The light
shines in the dark ness, and the dark ness
has not over come a it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose
name was John. 7 He came as a wit ness
to tes ti fy con cern ing that light, so that
through him all might be lieve. 8 He himself
was not the light; he came only as a
wit ness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to ev eryone
was com ing into the world. 10 He was in
the world, and though the world was made
through him, the world did not rec og nize
him. 11 He came to that which was his own,
but his own did not re ceive him. 12 Yet to all
who did re ceive him, to those who be lieved
in his name, he gave the right to be come
chil dren of God — ​ 13 chil dren born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or
a hus band’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word be came flesh and made
his dwell ing among us. We have seen his
glo ry, the glo ry of the one and only Son,
who came from the Fa ther, full of grace
and truth.
15 (John tes ti fied con cern ing him. He
cried out, say ing, “This is the one I spoke
about when I said, ‘He who comes af ter me
has sur passed me be cause he was be fore
me.’ ”) 16 Out of his full ness we have all
re ceived grace in place of grace al ready
giv en. 17 For the law was giv en through
Mo ses; grace and truth came through
Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God,
but the one and only Son, who is him self
God and b is in clos est re la tion ship with
the Fa ther, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being
the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s testimony when
the Jew ish lead ers
c
in Je ru sa lem sent
priests and Le vites to ask him who he was.
20 He did not fail to con fess, but con fessed
free ly, “I am not the Mes si ah.”
21 They asked him, “Then who are you?
Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Proph et?”
He an swered, “No.”
22 Fi nal ly they said, “Who are you? Give
us an an swer to take back to those who
sent us. What do you say about your self ?”
23 John re plied in the words of Isa iah the
proph et, “I am the voice of one call ing in
the wil der ness, ‘Make straight the way
for the Lord.’ ” d
24 Now the Phar i sees who had been sent
25 ques tioned him, “Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Mes si ah, nor Eli jah,
nor the Proph et?”
26 “I baptize with
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water,” John replied,
“but among you stands one you do not
know. 27 He is the one who comes af ter
me, the straps of whose san dals I am not
worthy to untie.”
28 This all hap pened at Beth a ny on the
oth er side of the Jor dan, where John was
baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus com ing
to ward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of
God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A
man who comes af ter me has sur passed
me be cause he was be fore me.’ 31 I myself
did not know him, but the rea son I came
bap tiz ing with wa ter was that he might
be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this tes ti mo ny: “I saw
the Spir it come down from heav en as a
dove and re main on him. 33 And I my self
did not know him, but the one who sent
me to bap tize with wa ter told me, ‘The
man on whom you see the Spir it come
down and re main is the one who will baptize
with the Holy Spir it.’ 34 I have seen and
I tes ti fy that this is God’s Cho sen One.” f
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35 The next day John was there again
with two of his dis ci ples. 36 When he saw
a 5 Or understood b 18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who c 19 The Greek term
traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to
those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31,
38; 20:19. d 23 Isaiah 40:3 e 26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice) f 34 See Isaiah 42:1;
many manuscripts is the Son of God.