John 1:12-24

¹²But as meny as receaved him to them he gave power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleved on his name:

¹³which were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe nor yet of the will of man: but of God.

¹⁴And the worde was made flesshe and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe the glory of it as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father which worde was full of grace and verite.

¹⁵Iohn bare witnes of him and cryed sayinge: This was he of whome I spake he that cometh after me was before me because he was yer then I.

¹⁶And of his fulnes have all we receaved even (grace) for grace.

¹⁷For the lawe was geven by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christ.

¹⁸No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The only begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared him.

¹⁹And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes sent Prestes and Levites from Ierusalem to axe him what arte thou?

²⁰And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnly: I am not Christ.

²¹And they axed him: what then? arte thou Helyas? And he sayde: I am not. Arte thou a Prophete? And he answered no.

²²Then sayd they vnto him: what arte thou that we maye geve an answer to them that sent vs: What sayest thou of thy selfe?

²³He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes make strayght the waye of the Lorde as sayde the Prophete Esaias.

²⁴And they which were sent were of the pharises.