John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
14 The 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.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
15 John 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.’”
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me; )
16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
18 No 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.
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
20 He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21 “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 John 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.’”
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;
31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 I 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.’
And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.
34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
36 When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?
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.
He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
42 Andrew 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).
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip 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.”
Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
46 “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
48 “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.
49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus 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.”
Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 Then 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.”
And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.
