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John 1

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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 .
this one was in the beginning with God;
He was with God in the beginning .
all things through him did happen , and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened .
Through Him all things were made , and without Him nothing was made that has been made .
In him was life, and the life was the light of men ,
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men .
and the light in the darkness did shine , and the darkness did not perceive it.
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John ,
There came a man who was sent from God . His name was John .
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him ;
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.
He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
He was the true Light , which doth enlighten every man , coming to the world ;
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world .
in the world he was , and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him :
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him , the world did not recognize Him .
to his own things he came , and his own people did not receive him ;
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him .
but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,
But to all who did receive Him , to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God
who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh , nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten .
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man , but born of God.
And the Word became flesh , and did tabernacle among us , and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
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.
John doth testify concerning him , and hath cried, saying, ` This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me , for he was before me ;'
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 .’”
and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace ;
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace .
for the law through Moses was given , the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ .
God no one hath ever seen ; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare .
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 .
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites , that they might question him, ` Who art thou ? '
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, Who are you ?
and he confessed and did not deny , and confessed -- ` I am not the Christ. '
He did not refuse to confess , but openly declared, I am not the Christ.
And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou ? ' and he saith , ` I am not. ' -- ` The prophet art thou ? ' and he answered, ` No. '
Then who are you ? they inquired. “Are you Elijah? He said , I am not. “Are you the Prophet? He answered, No.
They said then to him, ` Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us ? what dost thou say concerning thyself ? '
So they said to him, Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us . What do you say about yourself ?
He said, ` I ` am ' a voice of one crying in the wilderness : Make straight the way of the Lord , as said Isaiah the prophet . '
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. ’”
And those sent were of the Pharisees ,
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
and they questioned him and said to him, ` Why , then , dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? '
asked him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
John answered them, saying, ` I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,
I baptize with water, John replied, but among you stands One you do not know.
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal . '
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie .
These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing ,
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing .
on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him , and saith , `Lo , the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world ;
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said , “Look , the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world !
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man , who hath come before me , because he was before me :
This is He of whom I said, A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me .’
and I knew him not, but , that he might be manifested to Israel , because of this I came with the water baptizing .
I myself did not know Him , but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.
And John testified, saying -- ` I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove , out of heaven, and it remained on him ;
Then John testified, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him .
and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water , He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit ;
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 have seen , and have testified , that this is the Son of God. '
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples ,
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples .
and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith , `Lo , the Lamb of God ;'
When he saw Jesus walking by , he said , “Look , the Lamb of God !”
and the two disciples heard him speaking , and they followed Jesus.
And when the two disciples heard him say this , they followed Jesus.
And Jesus having turned , and having beheld them following , saith to them, ` What seek ye ? ' and they said to them , ` Rabbi , (which is, being interpreted, Teacher , ) where remainest thou ? '
Jesus turned and saw them following . What do you want ? He asked. They said to Him , Rabbi (which means Teacher) , where are You staying ?
He saith to them, ` Come and see ;' they came , and saw where he doth remain , and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.
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 .
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter , was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him;
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother , was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
this one doth first find his own brother Simon , and saith to him, ` We have found the Messiah ,' (which is , being interpreted, The Anointed, )
He first found his brother Simon and told him, We have found the Messiah (which is translated as Christ ) .
and he brought him unto Jesus : and having looked upon him , Jesus saith , `Thou art Simon , the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas ,' (which is interpreted, A rock. )
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 ) .
On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee , and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me. '
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee . Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter ;
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter .
Philip findeth Nathanael , and saith to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets , we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph , who `is' from Nazareth;'
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 .”
and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be ? ' Philip said to him, ` Come and see. '
“Can anything good come from Nazareth ? Nathanael asked. Come and see ,” said Philip .
Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him , and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching , He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Nathanael saith to him, `Whence me dost thou know? ' Jesus answered and said to him , ` Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig - tree -- I saw thee . '
“How do You know me ? Nathanael asked. Jesus replied , Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.
Nathanael answered and saith to him , `Rabbi, thou art the Son of God , thou art the king of Israel .'
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God ! You are the King of Israel !”
Jesus answered and said to him, ` Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig - tree , thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;'
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 .”
and he saith to him , `Verily , verily , I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man. '
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.

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