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John 1:14-24

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14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
15 John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’”
16 From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
19 This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you?”
20 He came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah.”
21 “Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?” “No,” he replied. “Are you the Prophet we are expecting?” “No.”
22 “Then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Clear the way for the LORD ’s coming!’”
24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent
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Footnotes 7

  • [a] Greek became flesh.
  • [b] Or grace and truth; also in 1:17 .
  • [c] Or received the grace of Christ rather than the grace of the law; Greek reads received grace upon grace.
  • [d] Some manuscripts read But the one and only Son.
  • [e] Greek and Levites.
  • [f] Greek Are you the Prophet? See Deut 18:15, 18 ; Mal 4:5-6 .
  • [g] Isa 40:3 .
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