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The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Beginning
In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
The Witness of John
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
*He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God —
but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Word Made His Dwelling among Us
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)
Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared [him].
The Mission of John the Baptist
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
John Testifies About Jesus
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Behold, the Lamb of God
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, *he* said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.
And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And *they* said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?
“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.
Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.
Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.
And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.