John 1:12-24

¹²but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

¹³who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

¹⁵(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

¹⁶for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

²⁰And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

²²They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

²⁴And they were sent from among the Pharisees.