John 1:2-41

²The same was in the beginning with God.

³All things were made through him; and without him was nothing made that hath been made.

⁴In him is life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵And the light hath been shining in the darkness; and the darkness received it not.

⁶There was a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷He came as a witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe.

⁸He was not the light, but came to bear witness of the light.

⁹The true light, which enlighteneth every man, was coming into the world.

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not.

¹²But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God,—to those who believed in his name;

¹³who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only begotten of a father.

¹⁵John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.

¹⁶For out of his fullness have we all received, and grace upon grace.

¹⁷For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.

¹⁹And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?

²⁰And he declared, and did not deny; and he declared, I am not the Christ.

²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, 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 “a voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,” as said Isaiah the prophet.

²⁴And they were sent from the Pharisees;

²⁵and they asked him and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?

²⁶John answered them, saying, I baptize in water. There standeth one among you whom ye know not,

²⁷he who cometh after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

²⁸These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹The next day he seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!

³⁰This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who hath gone before me; for he was before me.

³¹And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, therefore I came baptizing in water.

³²And John bore witness, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

³³And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptize in water, the same said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

³⁴And I have seen and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

³⁵On the morrow John was again standing, and two of his disciples;

³⁶and looking upon Jesus as he was walking, he saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

³⁷The two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸Jesus turning and seeing them following, saith to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi, (that is to say, when interpreted, Teacher,) where dost thou dwell?

³⁹He saith to them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he dwelt; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰One of the two who heard what John said, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

⁴¹He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; (which is, when interpreted, the Christ.)