John 1:7-17

⁷This man cam in to witnessyng, that he schulde bere witnessing of the liyt, that alle men schulden bileue bi hym.

⁸He was not the liyt, but that he schulde bere witnessing of the liyt.

⁹There was a very liyt, which liytneth ech man that cometh in to this world.

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was maad bi hym, and the world knew hym not.

¹¹He cam in to his owne thingis, and hise resseyueden hym not.

¹²But hou many euer resseyueden hym, he yaf to hem power to be maad the sones of God, to hem that bileueden in his name; the whiche not of bloodis,

¹³nether of the wille of fleische, nether of the wille of man, but ben borun of God.

¹⁴And the word was maad man, and dwellyde among vs, and we han seyn the glorie of hym, as the glorie of the `oon bigetun sone of the fadir, ful of grace and of treuthe.

¹⁵Joon berith witnessyng of hym, and crieth, and seith, This is, whom Y seide, He that schal come aftir me, is maad bifore me, for he was tofor me;

¹⁶and of the plente of hym we alle han takun, and grace for grace.

¹⁷For the lawe was youun bi Moises; but grace and treuthe `is maad bi Jhesu Crist.