The Latin Vulgate VUL
New International Version NIV
18 Deum nemo vidit umquam unigenitus Filius qui est in sinu Patris ipse enarravit
18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
19 et hoc est testimonium Iohannis quando miserunt Iudaei ab Hierosolymis sacerdotes et Levitas ad eum ut interrogarent eum tu quis es
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Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
20 et confessus est et non negavit et confessus est quia non sum ego Christus
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He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
21 et interrogaverunt eum quid ergo Helias es tu et dicit non sum propheta es tu et respondit non
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They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
22 dixerunt ergo ei quis es ut responsum demus his qui miserunt nos quid dicis de te ipso
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Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 ait ego vox clamantis in deserto dirigite viam Domini sicut dixit Esaias propheta
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John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”
24 et qui missi fuerant erant ex Pharisaeis
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Now the Pharisees who had been sent
25 et interrogaverunt eum et dixerunt ei quid ergo baptizas si tu non es Christus neque Helias neque propheta
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questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 respondit eis Iohannes dicens ego baptizo in aqua medius autem vestrum stetit quem vos non scitis
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“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.
27 ipse est qui post me venturus est qui ante me factus est cuius ego non sum dignus ut solvam eius corrigiam calciamenti
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He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 haec in Bethania facta sunt trans Iordanen ubi erat Iohannes baptizans
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This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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