John 1
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The Word Became Flesh
1#Jn 17:5; 1Jn 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3#Jn 1:10; 1Co 8:6All things were created through Him, and without Him nothing was created that was created. 4#Jn 5:26; 8:12; 11:25In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. 5The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.
6#Mal 3:1; Jn 1:33There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7#Jn 1:19; Ac 19:4This man came as a witness in order to testify concerning the Light, that all men through Him might believe. 8#Jn 1:20He was not this Light, but was sent in order to testify concerning the Light.
9#Isa 49:6; 1Jn 2:8The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10#1Jn 3:1He was in the world, and the world was created through Him, yet the world did not know Him. 11#Jn 3:32He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. 12#Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name, 13#Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:23; 1Jn 3:9who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14#Gal 4:4; 1Ti 3:16The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15#Mt 3:11John bore witness of Him and cried out, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” 16#Col 1:19; Eph 1:23We have all received from His fullness grace upon grace. 17#Jn 1:14; 7:19For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18#Mt 11:27; Jn 6:46; Col 1:15No one has seen God at any time. The only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
Mt 3:1–12; Mk 1:2–8; Lk 3:15–17
19#Jn 10:24Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21#Mt 11:14; 16:14They asked him, “Who then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22They said to him then, “Who are you? Tell us so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?”
23#Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3John said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’#Isa 40:3. just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, “Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26#Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8John answered them, “I baptize with water, but One stands among you, whom you do not know. 27#Jn 1:30; Mt 3:11This is He who comes after me, who is preferred before me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
28#Jn 10:40These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29#Isa 53:7; Jn 1:36The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. 30#Jn 1:15; 1:27This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31#Lk 1:17I did not know Him, but for this reason I came baptizing with water: so that He might be revealed to Israel.”
32#Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22Then John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. 33#Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34#Mt 4:3; Jn 1:49I have seen and have borne witness that He is the Son of God.”
The First Disciples
35Again, the next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36#Jn 1:29Looking upon Jesus as He walked, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38#Jn 1:49; 3:2Then Jesus turned, saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?”
And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39Jesus said to them, “Come and see.”
So they came and saw where He stayed and remained with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
40One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41#Jn 4:25He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means the Christ). 42#Jn 21:15–17; 1Co 1:12Then he brought him to Jesus.
When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
The Calling of Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip, and said to him, “Follow Me.”
44#Jn 12:21; Mt 11:21Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45#Lk 24:27; Mt 2:23; Jn 21:2Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, as well as the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46#Jn 7:52; 7:41–42Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47#Ps 32:2; Ro 9:6Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said concerning him, “Here is an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.”
48#Jn 2:25Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49#Mt 27:42; Zec 9:9Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51#Ge 28:12; Mt 3:16And He said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
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John 1
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The Word Became a Human Being
1In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him. 4Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people. 5The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light.
6There was a man sent from God. His name was John. 7He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe. 8John himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
9The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10The Word was in the world. And the world was made through him. But the world did not recognize him. 11He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him. 12Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God. 13To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
14The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth.
15John was a witness about the Word. John cried out and said, “This was the one I was talking about. I said, ‘He who comes after me is more important than I am. He is more important because he existed before I was born.’ ” 16God is full of grace. From him we have all received grace in place of the grace already given. 17In the past, God gave us grace through the law of Moses. Now, grace and truth come to us through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.
John the Baptist Says That He Is Not the Messiah
19The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask John who he was. John spoke the truth to them. 20He did not try to hide the truth. He spoke to them openly. He said, “I am not the Messiah.”
21They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet we’ve been expecting?” they asked.
“No,” he answered.
22They asked one last time, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23John replied, using the words of Isaiah the prophet. John said, “I’m the messenger who is calling out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight.’ ” (Isaiah 40:3)
24The Pharisees who had been sent 25asked him, “If you are not the Messiah, why are you baptizing people? Why are you doing that if you aren’t Elijah or the Prophet we’ve been expecting?”
26“I baptize people with water,” John replied. “But someone is standing among you whom you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River. That was where John was baptizing.
What John Says About Jesus
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God! He takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I was talking about. I said, ‘A man who comes after me is more important than I am. That’s because he existed before I was born.’ 31I did not know him. But God wants to make it clear to Israel who this person is. That’s the reason I came baptizing with water.”
32Then John told them, “I saw the Holy Spirit come down from heaven like a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus. 33I myself did not know him. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and remain on someone. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen it happen. I am a witness that this is God’s Chosen One.”
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36He saw Jesus walking by. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”
37The two disciples heard him say this. So they followed Jesus. 38Then Jesus turned around and saw them following. He asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” Rabbi means Teacher.
39“Come,” he replied. “You will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying. They spent the rest of the day with him. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
40Andrew was Simon Peter’s brother. Andrew was one of the two disciples who heard what John had said. He had also followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon. He told him, “We have found the Messiah.” Messiah means Christ. 42And he brought Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas.” Cephas means Peter, or Rock.
Jesus Chooses Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
44Philip was from the town of Bethsaida. So were Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the Law. The prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47Jesus saw Nathanael approaching. Here is what Jesus said about him. “He is a true Israelite. Nothing about him is false.”
48“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree. I saw you there before Philip called you.”
49Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel.”
50Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51Then he said to the disciples, “What I’m about to tell you is true. You will see heaven open. You will see the angels of God going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”
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