The Word Becomes Flesh

^14 (A)And the Word ^(B)became ^(C)flesh and dwelt among us, and ^(D)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ^(E)full of grace and truth.

^15 (F)John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ^(G)‘He who comes after me ^[a]is preferred before me, ^(H)for He was before me.’ ”

^16 [b]And of His ^(I)fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

²⁴ Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

²⁶ John answered them, saying, ^(A)“I baptize with water, ^(B)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. ^27 (C)It is He who, coming after me, ^[a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

²⁸ These things were done ^(D)in ^[b]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God^(E)

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! ^(F)The Lamb of God ^(G)who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who ^[c]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ³¹ I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, ^(H)therefore I came baptizing with water.”

^32 (I)And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. ³³ I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, ^(J)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I have seen and testified that this is the ^(K)Son of God.”