John 1:19-37

¹⁹And this is the witnessyng of Joon, whanne Jewis senten fro Jerusalem prestis and dekenes to hym, that thei schulden axe hym, Who art thou?

²⁰He knoulechide, and denyede not, and he knoulechide, For Y am not Crist.

²¹And thei axiden hym, What thanne? Art thou Elie? And he seide, Y am not. Art thou a profete? And he answeride, Nay.

²²Therfor thei seiden to hym, Who art thou? that we yyue an answere to these that senten vs. What seist thou of thi silf?

²³He seide, Y am a vois of a crier in deseert, Dresse ye the weie of the Lord, as Ysaie, the prophete, seide.

²⁴And thei that weren sent, weren of the Fariseis.

²⁵And thei axiden hym, and seiden to hym, What thanne baptisist thou, if thou art not Crist, nether Elie, nether a profete?

²⁶Joon answeride to hem, and seide, Y baptise in watir, but in the myddil of you hath stonde oon, that ye knowen not;

²⁷he it is, that schal come aftir me, that was maad bifor me, of whom Y am not worthi to louse the thwong of his schoo.

²⁸These thingis weren don in Bethanye biyende Jordan, where Joon was baptisyng.

²⁹Anothir day Joon say Jhesu comynge to hym, and he seide, Lo! the lomb of God; lo! he that doith awei the synnes of the world.

³⁰This is he, that Y seide of, Aftir me is comun a man, which was maad bifor me; for he was rather than Y.

³¹And Y knew hym not, but that he be schewid in Israel, therfor Y cam baptisynge in watir.

³²And Joon bar witnessyng, and seide, That Y saiy the spirit comynge doun as a culuer fro heuene, and dwellide on hym.

³³And Y knew hym not; but he that sente me to baptise in watir, seide to me, On whom thou seest the Spirit comynge doun, and dwellynge on hym, this is he, that baptisith in the Hooli Goost.

³⁴And Y say, and bar witnessyng, that this is the sone of God.

³⁵Anothir dai Joon stood, and tweyne of hise disciplis;

³⁶and he biheeld Jhesu walkinge, and seith, Lo! the lomb of God.

³⁷And twei disciplis herden hym spekynge,