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John 1:5-8
New Living Translation
John 1:5-8
New Living Translation
5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.[a]
6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,[b] 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.
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