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.
This 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 were made by him, and without him not a single creature was made.
4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of man.
5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
And the light shone in darkness, but the darkness received it not.
6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
A man named John, was sent from God.
7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
This man came as a witness, to testify concerning the light, that through him, all might believe.
8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
He was not himself the light; but came to testify concerning the light.
9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
The true light was he who, coming into the world, enlightens 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 was made by him; yet the world knew him not.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
He came to his own land, and his own people did not receive him;
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 to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God;
13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from 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 incarnate, and sojourned amongst us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of favor 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.’”
(It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)
16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake;
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
for the law was given by Moses--the favor and the truth came by 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 ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.
19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?
20 He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, 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.”
And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? 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, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself?
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 answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah.
24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent
Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
John answered, I immerse in water, but there is one among you whom you know not.
27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
It is he who comes after me, and was before me; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose.
28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
This happened at Bethabara, upon the Jordan, where John was immersing.
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 next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that 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.’
This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for 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.”
As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water.
32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
John testified further, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove, and remaining 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.’
For my part, I should not have known him, had not He, who sent me to immerse in water, told me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, the same is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
Having, therefore, seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God.
35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
The next day, John, being with two of his disciples,
36 When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
The two disciples hearing this, 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?”
And Jesus turning about, saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? They answered, Rabbi, (which signifies Teacher, ) where do you dwell?
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 replied, Come, and see. They went, and saw where he dwelt, and it being about the tenth hour, abode with him that day.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
One of the two, who, having heard John, followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
The first he met, was his own brother, Simon; to whom he said, We have found the Messiah, (a name equivalent to 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 brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him, said, You are Simon, the son of Jona; you shall be called Cephas, (which denotes the same as Peter.)
43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
The next day, he resolved to go to Galilee, and meeting Philip, said to him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, 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 meets Nathanael, and says to him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth.
46 “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
Nathanael says to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip answered, 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 said, concerning him, Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom 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 said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered, I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip called you.
49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Nathanael replying, said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are 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 him, saying, Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe!
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.”
He added, Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.
