John 1:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son,^[a] who is close to the Father’s heart,^[b] who has made him known.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

¹⁹ This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ ²⁰ He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah.’^[c]