John 1

¹In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God. ²This one was in the beginning with God. ³All things came into being through him, and apart from him not one thing came into being that has come into being. ⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity. ⁵And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

⁶There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷This one came as a witness, in order to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸He himself was not the light, but came to testify about the light.

⁹The true light, which enlightens every person, was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not know him. ¹¹He came into his own domain, and his own people did not receive him. ¹²But to as many as did receive him, he gave authority to become children of God—to those who trust in his name, ¹³who were born not from bloods, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of a man, but from God.

¹⁴And the Logos became flesh and pitched his tent among us, and we beheld his glory—glory as of a uniquely-born one from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵(John testifies about him and has cried out, saying, "This was the one about whom I said, 'The one coming after me has taken precedence over me, because he existed before me.'") ¹⁶For from his fullness we have all received, even grace in place of grace. ¹⁷For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came into being through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸No one has ever seen God. The uniquely-born one, himself God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him known.

¹⁹And this is John's testimony when the Judeans sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" ²⁰And he confessed and did not deny—he confessed, "I am not the Messiah." ²¹And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." ²²So 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 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' just as Isaiah the prophet said."

²⁴Now they had been sent from among the Pharisees. ²⁵And they questioned him and said to him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶John answered them, saying, "I baptize in water. In your midst stands one whom you do not know, ²⁷the one coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal." ²⁸These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹The next day he sees Jesus coming toward him, and he says, "Look—the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who has taken precedence over me, because he existed before me.' ³¹And I did not know him, but so that he might be revealed to Israel—for this reason I came baptizing in water." ³²And John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained upon him. ³³And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize in water—that one said to me, 'The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' ³⁴And I have seen and have testified that this is the Chosen One of God."

³⁵The next day, John was standing again with two of his disciples, ³⁶and watching Jesus as he walked by, he says, "Look—the Lamb of God!" ³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking and followed Jesus. ³⁸But Jesus turned and, seeing them following, says to them, "What are you seeking?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?" ³⁹He says to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him. ⁴¹This one first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Christ). ⁴²He led him to Jesus. Looking intently at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

⁴³The next day he decided to go out to Galilee. And he finds Philip and says to him, Jesus does, "Follow me." ⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, from the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also—Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth." ⁴⁶And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip says to him, "Come and see."

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and says about him, "Look—truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" ⁴⁸Nathanael says to him, "From where do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" ⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe? You will see greater things than these." ⁵¹And he says to him, "Amen, amen, I tell you all: you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."