The Word Became Flesh
1 1In the beginning was
2the Word, and
3the Word was with God, and
4the Word was God.
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He was in the beginning with God.
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5All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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6In him was life, and
7the life was the light of men.
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8The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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There was a man
9sent from God, whose name was
10John.
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He came as a
11witness, to bear witness about the light,
12that all might believe through him.
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13He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
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14The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet
15the world did not know him.
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He came to
16his own, and
17his own people
18 did not receive him.
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But to all who did receive him,
19who believed in his name,
20he gave the right
21to become
22children of God,
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who
23were born,
24not of blood
25nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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And
26the Word
27became flesh and
28dwelt among us,
29and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of
30grace and
31truth.
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(
32John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said,
33'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'")
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And from
34his fullness we have all received,
35grace upon grace.
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For
36the law was given through Moses;
37grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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38No one has ever seen God;
39the only God, who is at the Father's side
40, he has made him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
19 And this is the
41testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,
42"Who are you?"
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43He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
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And they asked him, "What then?
44Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not.""Are you
45the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
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So they said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
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He said, "I am
46the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
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(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
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They asked him,
47"Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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John answered them,
48"I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
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even
49he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
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These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold,
50the Lamb of God, who
51takes away the sin
52of the world!
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This is he of whom I said,
53'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.'
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I myself did not know him, but
54for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."
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And John
55bore witness:
56"I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and
57it remained on him.
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I myself did not know him, but
58he who sent me to baptize
59with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,
60this is he who baptizes
61with the Holy Spirit.'
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And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,
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and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold,
62the Lamb of God!"
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The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
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Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them,
63"What are you seeking?" And they said to him,
64"Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
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He said to them,
"Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
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65One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
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He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found
66the Messiah" (which means Christ).
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He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,
"So you are Simon the son of 67John? You shall be called 68Cephas" (which means
69Peter).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 70The next day Jesus decided
71to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,
"Follow me."
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Now
72Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found
73Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom
74Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus
75of Nazareth,
76the son of Joseph."
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Nathanael said to him,
77"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
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Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,
"Behold, 78an Israelite indeed, 79in whom there is no deceit!"
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Nathanael said to him, "How
80do you know me?" Jesus answered him,
"Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
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Nathanael answered him,
81"Rabbi,
82you are the Son of God! You are the
83King of Israel!"
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Jesus answered him,
"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
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And he said to him,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see 84heaven opened, and 85the angels of God ascending and descending on 86the Son of Man."