aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and the Word was cwith God, and dthe Word was God.
21He was in the beginning with God.
3aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
4aIn Him was life, and the life was bthe Light of men.
5aThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 1comprehend it.
There 1came a man sent from God, whose name was aJohn.
71He came 2 aas a witness, to testify about the Light, bso that all might believe through him.
81 aHe was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
9There was athe true Light 1which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10He was in the world, and athe world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
11He came to His 1own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become achildren of God, even bto those who believe in His name,
13awho were 1born, not of 2blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And athe Word bbecame flesh, and 1 cdwelt among us, and dwe saw His glory, glory as of 2the only begotten from the Father, full of egrace and ftruth.
15John * atestified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, ` bHe who comes after me 1has a higher rank than I, cfor He existed before me.' "
16For of His afullness 1we have all received, and 2grace upon grace.
17For athe Law was given through Moses; bgrace and ctruth 1were realized through Jesus Christ.
18aNo one has seen God at any time; bthe only begotten God who is cin the bosom of the Father, dHe has explained Him.
This is athe testimony of John, when bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, " aI am not 1the Christ."
21They asked him, "What then? Are you aElijah?" And he *said, "I am not." "Are you bthe Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
23He said, "I am aA VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, `MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the 1Christ, nor Elijah, nor athe Prophet?"
26John answered them saying, " aI baptize 1in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
27"It is aHe who comes after me, the bthong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
28These things took place in Bethany abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, athe Lamb of God who btakes away the sin of the world!
30"This is He on behalf of whom I said, ` aAfter me comes a Man who 1has a higher rank than I, bfor He existed before me.'
31"I did not recognize 1Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing 2in water."
32John atestified saying, " bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.
33"I did not recognize 1Him, but He who sent me to baptize 2in water said to me, `He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, athis is the One who baptizes 2in the Holy Spirit.'
34"I myself have seen, and have testified that this is athe Son of God."
Again athe next day John was standing 1with two of his disciples,
36and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, "Behold, athe Lamb of God!"
37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, " aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?"
39He *said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the 1tenth hour.
40aOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, "We have found the aMessiah" (which translated means 1Christ).
42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of 1 aJohn; you shall be called bCephas" (which is translated 2 cPeter).
43aThe next day He purposed to go into bGalilee, and He *found cPhilip. And Jesus *said to him, " dFollow Me."
44Now aPhilip was from bBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45aPhilip *found bNathanael and *said to him, "We have found Him of whom cMoses in the Law and also cthe Prophets wrote--Jesus of dNazareth, ethe son of Joseph."
46Nathanael said to him, " aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?" bPhilip *said to him, "Come and see."
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, "Behold, an aIsraelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"
48Nathanael *said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
49Nathanael answered Him, " aRabbi, You are bthe Son of God; You are the cKing of Israel."
50Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
51And He *said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see athe heavens opened and bthe angels of God ascending and descending on cthe Son of Man."