John 1:14-25

¹⁴The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John testified about Him. He cried out, saying, “This was He who I told you about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

¹⁶From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

¹⁷The Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸No one has ever seen God, but God’s only born Son, who is near to the heart of His Father, has made Him known.

¹⁹Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰He confessed, and didn’t deny, but confessed, “I’m not the Christ.”

²¹They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

²²Then they asked him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

²³John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

²⁴Now those who were sent were Pharisees.

²⁵They asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”