John 1 (New American Standard)

The Deity of Jesus Christ

1 ¹In the beginning was ²the Word, and the Word was ³with God, and ⁴the Word was God. 2 ^aHe was in the beginning with God. 3 ⁵All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 ⁶In Him was life, and the life was ⁷the Light of men. 5 ⁸The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ^bcomprehend it.

The Witness John

6 There ^ccame a man sent from God, whose name was ⁹John. 7 ^dHe came ^e10as a witness, to testify about the Light, ¹¹so that all might believe through him. 8 ^f12He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9 There was ¹³the true Light ^gwhich, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the world, and ¹⁴the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His ^hown, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ¹⁵children of God, even ¹⁶to those who believe in His name, 13 ¹⁷who were ⁱborn, not of ^jblood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

14 And ¹⁸the Word ¹⁹became flesh, and ^k20dwelt among us, and ²¹we saw His glory, glory as of ^lthe only begotten from the Father, full of ²²grace and ²³truth. 15 John ²⁴testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, '²⁵He who comes after me ^mhas a higher rank than I, ²⁶for He existed before me.' " 16 For of His ²⁷fullness ⁿwe have all received, and ^ograce upon grace. 17 For ²⁸the Law was given through Moses ; ²⁹grace and ³⁰truth ^pwere realized through Jesus Christ. 18 ³¹No one has seen God at any time ; ³²the only begotten God who is ³³in the bosom of the Father, ³⁴He has explained Him.

The Testimony of John

19 This is ³⁵the testimony of John, when ³⁶the Jews sent to him priests and Levites ³⁷from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "³⁸I am not ^qthe Christ." 21 They asked him, "What then ? Are you ³⁹Elijah ?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you ⁴⁰the Prophet ?" And he answered, "No." 22 Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself ?" 23 He said, "I am ⁴¹A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said." 24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^rChrist, nor Elijah, nor ⁴²the Prophet ?" 26 John answered them saying, "⁴³I baptize ^sin water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27 "It is ⁴⁴He who comes after me, the ⁴⁵thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." 28 These things took place in Bethany ⁴⁶beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, ⁴⁷the Lamb of God who ⁴⁸takes away the sin of the world ! 30 "This is He on behalf of whom I said, '⁴⁹After me comes a Man who ^thas a higher rank than I, ⁵⁰for He existed before me.' 31 "I did not recognize ^uHim, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ^vin water." 32 John ⁵¹testified saying, "⁵²I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33 "I did not recognize ^wHim, but He who sent me to baptize ^xin water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ⁵³this is the One who baptizes ^yin the Holy Spirit.' 34 "I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ⁵⁴the Son of God."

Jesus' Public Ministry, First Converts

35 Again ⁵⁵the next day John was standing ^zwith two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, ⁵⁶the Lamb of God !" 37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek ?" They said to Him, "⁵⁷Rabbi (which translated means Teacher ), where are You staying ?" 39 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 ^aatenth hour. 40 ⁵⁸One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the ⁵⁹Messiah " (which translated means ^bbChrist ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of ^cc60John ; you shall be called ⁶¹Cephas " (which is translated ^dd62Peter ). 43 ⁶³The next day He purposed to go into ⁶⁴Galilee, and He found ⁶⁵Philip. And Jesus said to him, "⁶⁶Follow Me." 44 Now ⁶⁷Philip was from ⁶⁸Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 ⁶⁹Philip found ⁷⁰Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom ⁷¹Moses in the Law and also ⁷²the Prophets wrote -Jesus of ⁷³Nazareth, ⁷⁴the son of Joseph." 46 Nathanael said to him, "⁷⁵Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ?" ⁷⁶Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an ⁷⁷Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit !" 48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before ⁷⁸Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." 49 Nathanael answered Him, "⁷⁹Rabbi, You are ⁸⁰the Son of God ; You are the ⁸¹King of Israel." 50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe ? You will see greater things than these." 51 And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ⁸²the heavens opened and ⁸³the angels of God ascending and descending on ⁸⁴the Son of Man."