John 1:1-44 ▼

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

2 This One was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.

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

5 And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

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

7 This one came for testimony, so that he might testify concerning the Light, so that all might believe through him.

8 That one was not the Light, but it is so that he might testify concerning the Light.

9 The true Light who enlightens every man was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.

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

12 But as many as received Him, He gave to them authority to become children of God—to those believing in His name,

13 who were born not of blood, nor of will of flesh, nor of will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. And we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testifies concerning Him, and he has cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me has precedence over me, because He was before me.’”

16 For from His fullness we all received also grace upon grace.

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

18 No one has ever yet seen God. The only begotten God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.

19 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”

20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

22 Therefore they said to him, “Who are you, so that we might give an answer to those having sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

23 He was saying, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24 And ones having been sent were from the Pharisees,

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

26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize in water, but in the midst of you? stands One whom you? do not know,

27 the One coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal.”

28 These things came to pass in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 On the next day he sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world!

30 This is the One concerning whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has precedence over me, because He was before me.’

31 And I did not know Him, but so that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this, I came baptizing in water.”

32 And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon Him.

33 And I did not know Him, but the One having sent me to baptize in water, He said to me, ‘Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One baptizing in the Holy Spirit.’

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

35 On the next day John again was standing, and two of his disciples.

36 And having looked at Jesus walking, he says, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

37 And the two disciples heard him speaking and followed Jesus.

38 Then Jesus, having turned and having seen them following, says to them, “What do you? seek?” And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which, being translated, is to say Teacher), “where are You staying?”

39 He says to them, “Come, and you? will see.” Therefore they went and saw where He is staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two having heard from John and having followed Him.

41 He first finds his own brother Simon, and he says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is, being translated, Christ).

42 He led him to Jesus. Having looked at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is interpreted, Peter).

43 On the next day He willed to go out into Galilee. And He finds Philip, and Jesus says to him, “Follow Me.”

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