| 1 In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God; | |
| 2 he was in the beginning with God. | |
| 3 All things were made through him and without him nothing came to be. Whatever has come to be, | |
| 4 found life in him, life which for humans was also light. | |
| 5 Light that shines in the dark: light that darkness could not overcome. | |
| 6 A man came, sent by God; his name was John. | |
| 7 He came to bear witness, as a witness to introduce the Light so that all might believe through him. | |
| 8 He was not the Light but a witness to introduce the Light. | |
| 9 For the Light was coming into the world, the true Light that enlightens everyone. | |
| 10 He was already in the world and through him the world was made, the very world that did not know him. | |
| 11 He came to his own, yet his own people did not receive him; | |
| 12 but all who have received him he empowers to become children of God for they believe in his Name. | |
| 13 These are born, but without seed or carnal desire or will of man: they are born of God. | |
| 14 And the Word was made flesh; he had his tent pitched among us, and we have seen his Glory, the Glory of the only Son coming from the Father: fullness of truth and loving-kindness. | |
| 15 John bore witness to him openly, saying: This is the one who comes after me, but he is already ahead of me for he was before me. | |
| 16 From his fullness we have all received, favor upon favor. | |
| 17 For God had given us the Law through Moses, but Truth and Loving-kindness came through Jesus Christ. | |
| 18 No one has ever seen God, but God-the-Only-Son made him known: the one who is in and with the Father. | |
| 19 This was the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” | |
| 20 John recognized the truth and did not deny it. He said, “I am not the Messiah.” | |
| 21 And they asked him, “Then who are you? Elijah?” He answered, “I am not.” They said, “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” | |
| 22 Then they said to him, “Tell us who you are, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. How do you see yourself?” | |
| 23 And John said, quoting the prophet Isaiah, “I am the voice crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord.” | |
| 24 Those who had been sent were Pharisees; | |
| 25 so they put a further question to John: “Then why are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?” | |
| 26 John answered, “I baptize you with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know; | |
| 27 although he comes after me, I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal.” | |
| 28 This happened in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. | |
| 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. | |
| 30 It is he of whom I said: A man comes after me who is already ahead of me, for he was before me. | |
| 31 I myself did not know him, but I came baptizing to prepare for him, so that he might be revealed in Israel.” | |
| 32 And John also gave this testimony, “I saw the Spirit coming down on him like a dove from heaven and resting on him. | |
| 33 I myself did not know him but God who sent me to baptize told me: ‘You will see the Spirit coming down and resting on the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ | |
| 34 Yes, I have seen! and I declare that this is the Chosen One of God.” | |
| 35 On the following day John was standing there again with two of his disciples. | |
| 36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said, “There is the Lamb of God.” | |
| 37 On hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. | |
| 38 He turned and saw them following, and he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They answered, “Rabbi (which means Master), where are you staying?” | |
| 39 Jesus said, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where he stayed and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. | |
| 40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard what John had said and followed Jesus. | |
| 41 Early the next morning he found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means the Christ), | |
| 42 and he brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas” (which means Rock). | |
| 43 The next day, Jesus decided to set off for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” | |
| 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. | |
| 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets as well: he is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” | |
| 46 Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” | |
| 47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming, he said of him, “Here comes an Israelite, a true one; there is nothing false in him.” | |
| 48 Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” And Jesus said to him, “Before Philip called you, you were under the fig tree and I saw you.” | |
| 49 Nathanael answered, “Master, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” | |
| 50 But Jesus replied, “You believe because I said: ‘I saw you under the fig tree.’ But you will see greater things than that. | |
| 51 Truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” | |
