John 1:14-25

¹⁴So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John testified about Him and called out saying: “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’ ”

¹⁶Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace.

¹⁷Because the Law was given through Moses; the Grace and the Truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸No one has ever seen God. The Only-begotten Son, who exists in the bosom of the Father, He has interpreted Him.

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

²⁰He confessed, he did not deny but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

²¹So they asked him, “What then, are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you ‘the Prophet’?” “No,” he answered.

²²So they said to him: “Who are you?—so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

²³He said, “I am ‘the voice of one calling out: “Make the Lord's road straight in the wilderness,” ’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”

²⁴Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

²⁵So they asked him saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor ‘the Prophet’?”