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1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word 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.[#Or “came into being. What …,” beginning a new sentence connected with the following verse. A major punctuation problem is involved, since the earliest manuscripts have no punctuation, but some important later ones place the punctuation before this phrase, effectively connecting it to v. 4: “What has come into being was life in him”]
4In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.[#Or “humankind”]
5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.[#Or “comprehend” (if primarily referring to people in the world)]
6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.[#Literally “the name to him”]
7This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.
8That one was not the light, but came in order that he could testify about the light.[#The verb is implied from the previous verse, and must be supplied in the English translation]
9The true light, who gives light to 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 recognize him.[#Or “acknowledge”]
11He came to his own things, and his own people did not receive him.
12But as many as received him—to those who believe in his name—he gave to them authority to become children of God,
13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
14And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This one was he about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”
16For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.
17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
18No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him known.[#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation]
19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, “Who are you?”[#Some manuscripts have “sent to him”]
20And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—“I am not the Christ!”
21And they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No!”[#A reference to the “Prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15 (see Acts 3:22)]
22Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we can 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,
just as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
25And they asked him and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water. In your midst stands one whom you do not know—
27the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”[#Literally “that I might untie”]
28These things took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
31And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water.”
32And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him.
33And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, ‘The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him—this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
34And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.[#Some manuscripts have “the Son of God”]
35On the next day again John was standing there, and two of his disciples,[#*The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied]
36and looking at Jesus as he was walking by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”[#*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“walking by”) which is understood as temporal]
37And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
38And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him, said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means when translated “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”[#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation; #*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“translated”) which is understood as temporal]
39He said to them, “Come and you will see!” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day (it was about the tenth hour).
40Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.
41This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”).
42He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is interpreted “Peter”).
43On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me!”
44(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets wrote about—Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!”
46And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see!”
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Look! A true Israelite in whom is no deceit!”[#Literally “truly an Israelite”]
48Nathanael said 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.”[#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal]
49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!”
50Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”
51And he said to him, “Truly, truly I say to all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”