John 1
1 In the beginning the Word already was. 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 In the beginning he was with God.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 Everything came into being through him; nothing came into being without him.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
4 In him was life, the life that was the light of everyone.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not extinguished it.
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 God sent a man named John.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 He came as a witness to explain about the light so that everyone might believe through him.
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 witness to the light.
He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true light was coming into the world to give light to everyone.
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 didn't know who he was.
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 people, but they didn't accept him.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.
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 These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, 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 human and lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son, 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 gave his testimony about him, shouting out to the people, “This is the one I was telling you about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is more important than me, for before I ever existed he already was.’”
(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 We have all been recipients of his generous nature, one gracious gift after another.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17 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 While no one has ever seen God, God the one and only, who is close to the Father, has shown us what God is like.
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 This is what John publicly stated when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem 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 John declared plainly and clearly without hesitation, “I am not the Messiah.”
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21 “So then, who are you?” they asked. “Elijah?” “No, I'm not,” he answered. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he replied.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22 “Well, who are you, then?” they asked. “We have to give an answer to 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 “I am a voice calling in the desert, ‘Make the Lord's way straight!’” he said, using the words of the prophet Isaiah.
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 The priests and Levites sent by the Pharisees
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25 asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you're not the Messiah, or Elijah, or 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 John replied, “I baptize with water, but standing among you is someone you don't know.
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27 He is coming after me, but I am not even worthy to untie his sandals.”
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28 This all happened in 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 approaching 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 the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man who is coming after me is more important than me, for before I ever existed he already was.’
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 didn't know myself who he was, but I came baptizing with water so that he could 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 John gave his evidence about him, saying, “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove and rest upon him.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 I wouldn't have known him except he who sent me to baptize with water had told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descend to and rest upon, he is the one who baptizes 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 saw it happen and I declare 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 standing there with two of his disciples.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
36 He saw Jesus passing by, and said, “Look! This is the Lamb of God!”
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 When the two disciples heard what he said they went and followed Jesus.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned round and saw them following him. “What are you looking for?” he asked them. “Rabbi (which means ‘Teacher’), where are you staying?” they asked in reply.
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 told them. So they went with him and saw where he was staying. It was about four p.m., and they spent the rest of the day with him.
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, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of these two disciples who had heard what John said and followed Jesus.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
41 He went at once to find his brother Simon and told him, “We've found the Messiah!” (which means “Christ”).
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
42 He took him to Jesus. Looking directly at Simon, Jesus said, “You are Simon, son of John. But now you will be called Cephas,” (which means “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 go to Galilee. Jesus found Philip there, and told him, “Follow me.”
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town that Andrew and Peter came from.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We've found the one that Moses wrote about in the law and that the prophets did too—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 “From Nazareth? Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael wondered. “Just come and see,” Philip replied.
And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
47 As Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said about him, “Look, here's a true Israelite! There's nothing false about him.”
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 who I am?” Nathanael asked. “I saw you there under the fig tree, before Philip called you,” Jesus replied.
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, you are the Son of God, the king of Israel!” Nathaniel exclaimed.
Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.
50 “You believe this just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree?” Jesus replied. “You'll get to see much more than that!”
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 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open, and the angels of God going up and down 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.
