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1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2He was with God in the beginning.

2He existed in the beginning with God.

3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

3Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

4In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.

5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

5And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

7He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

8He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

8John was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.

9This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.

10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

10He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

11He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.

12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

12However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

13who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

14The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

15John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’ ”

15John told the truth about him when he cried out, "This is the person about whom I said, 'The one who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he existed before me.'"

16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

16We have all received one gracious gift after another from his abundance,

17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

17because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

18No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.

19And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

19This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

20He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

20He spoke openly and, remaining true to himself, admitted, "I am not the Messiah."

21“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

21So they asked him, "Well then, are you Elijah?" John said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

22"Who are you?" they asked him. "We must give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”

23He replied, "I am '…a voice crying out in the wilderness, "Prepare the Lord's highway,"' as the prophet Isaiah said."

24Then the Pharisees who had been sent

24Now those men had been sent from the Pharisees.

25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

25They asked him, "Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"

26“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

26John answered them, "I am baptizing with water, but among you stands a man whom you do not know,

27He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

27the one who is coming after me, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie."

28All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

28This happened in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

29The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

30This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

30This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks above me, because he existed before me.'

31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

31I didn't recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."

32Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

32John also testified, "I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

33I 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 descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

33I didn't recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The person on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

34I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."

35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

35The next day, John was standing there again with two of his disciples.

36When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

36As he watched Jesus walk by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

37And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

37When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

38Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

38But when Jesus turned around and saw them following, he asked them, "What are you looking for?" They asked him, "Rabbi," (which is translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

39“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.

39He told them, "Come and see!" So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

40Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.

40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

41He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").

42Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

42He led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said, "You are Simon, John's son. You will be called Cephas!" (which is translated "Peter").

43The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

43The next day, Jesus decided to go away to Galilee, where he found Philip and told him, "Follow me."

44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.

45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

45Philip found Nathaniel and told him, "We have found the man about whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote—Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."

46“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

46Nathaniel asked him, "From Nazareth? Can anything good come from there?" Philip told him, "Come and see!"

47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

47Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

48“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

48Nathaniel asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

49Nathaniel replied to him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

50Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

50Jesus told him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that."

51Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

51Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

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