1:1 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
1:2 | He was in the beginning with God. |
1:3 | All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. |
1:4 | In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. |
1:5 | And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. |
1:6 | There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John. |
1:7 | This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. |
1:8 | He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light. |
1:9 | That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. |
1:10 | He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. |
1:11 | He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. |
1:12 | But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: |
1:13 | who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. |
1:14 | And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. |
1:15 | John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, `He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'" |
1:16 | And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. |
1:17 | For the law was given through Moses, [but] grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. |
1:18 | No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [Him]. |
1:19 | Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" |
1:20 | He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." |
1:21 | And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." |
1:22 | Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?" |
1:23 | He said: "I [am] `The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD,"' as the prophet Isaiah said." |
1:24 | Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. |
1:25 | And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" |
1:26 | John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. |
1:27 | "It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose." |
1:28 | These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. |
1:29 | The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! |
1:30 | "This is He of whom I said, `After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.' |
1:31 | "I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." |
1:32 | And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. |
1:33 | "I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' |
1:34 | "And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God." |
1:35 | Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. |
1:36 | And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" |
1:37 | The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. |
1:38 | Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, "What do you seek? " They said to Him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where are You staying?" |
1:39 | He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour). |
1:40 | One of the two who heard John [speak], and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. |
1:41 | He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ). |
1:42 | And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone). |
1:43 | The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." |
1:44 | Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. |
1:45 | Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wroteJesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." |
1:46 | And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." |
1:47 | Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" |
1:48 | Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." |
1:49 | Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" |
1:50 | Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, `I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." |
1:51 | And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." |