Gospel of John 1:1. From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

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Gospel of John 1:2. This Word was from the first in relation with God.

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Gospel of John 1:3. All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

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Gospel of John 1:4. What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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Gospel of John 1:5. And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

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Gospel of John 1:6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

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Gospel of John 1:7. He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

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Gospel of John 1:8. He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

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Gospel of John 1:9. The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

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Gospel of John 1:10. He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

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Gospel of John 1:11. He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

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Gospel of John 1:12. To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

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Gospel of John 1:13. Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

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Gospel of John 1:14. And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

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Gospel of John 1:15. John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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Gospel of John 1:16. From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

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Gospel of John 1:17. For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

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Gospel of John 1:18. No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

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Gospel of John 1:19. And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

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Gospel of John 1:20. He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

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Gospel of John 1:21. And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

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Gospel of John 1:22. So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

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Gospel of John 1:23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

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Gospel of John 1:24. Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

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Gospel of John 1:25. And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

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Gospel of John 1:26. John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

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Gospel of John 1:27. It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

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Gospel of John 1:28. These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

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Gospel of John 1:29. The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

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Gospel of John 1:30. This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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Gospel of John 1:31. I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

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Gospel of John 1:32. And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

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Gospel of John 1:33. I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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Gospel of John 1:34. This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

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Gospel of John 1:35. The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

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Gospel of John 1:36. And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

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Gospel of John 1:37. Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

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Gospel of John 1:38. And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

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Gospel of John 1:39. He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

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Gospel of John 1:40. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

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Gospel of John 1:41. Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

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Gospel of John 1:42. And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

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Gospel of John 1:43. The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

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Gospel of John 1:44. Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

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Gospel of John 1:45. Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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Gospel of John 1:46. Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

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Gospel of John 1:47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

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Gospel of John 1:48. Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

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Gospel of John 1:49. Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!

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Gospel of John 1:50. In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.

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Gospel of John 1:51. And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

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