John 1-2 (English Standard Version)

John 1

The Word Became Flesh

 ^1(A) In the beginning was^(B) the Word, and^(C) the Word was with God, and^(D) the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ^3(E) All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. ^4(F) In him was life,^[a] and^(G) the life was the light of men. ^5(H) The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

 ⁶There was a man^(I) sent from God, whose name was^(J) John. ⁷He came as a^(K) witness, to bear witness about the light,^(L) that all might believe through him. ^8(M) He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

 ^9(N) The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet^(O) the world did not know him. ¹¹He came to^(P) his own,^[b] and^(Q) his own people^[c](R) did not receive him. ¹²But to all who did receive him,^(S) who believed in his name,^(T) he gave the right^(U) to become^(V) children of God, ¹³who^(W) were born,^(X) not of blood^(Y) nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

 ¹⁴And^(Z) the Word^(AA) became flesh and^(AB) dwelt among us,^(AC) and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of^(AD) grace and^(AE) truth. ¹⁵(^(AF) John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said,^(AG) 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'") ¹⁶And from^(AH) his fullness we have all received,^(AI) grace upon grace. ¹⁷For^(AJ) the law was given through Moses;^(AK) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ^18(AL) No one has ever seen God;^(AM) the only God,^[d] who is at the Father’s side,^[e](AN) he has made him known.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

 ¹⁹And this is the^(AO) testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,^(AP) "Who are you?" ^20(AQ) He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." ²¹And they asked him, "What then?^(AR) Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you^(AS) the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." ²²So they said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" ²³He said, "I am^(AT) the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight^[f] the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

 ²⁴(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) ²⁵They asked him,^(AU) "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶John answered them,^(AV) "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, ²⁷even^(AW) he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." ²⁸These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Behold, the Lamb of God

 ²⁹The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold,^(AX) the Lamb of God, who^(AY) takes away the sin^(AZ) of the world! ³⁰This is he of whom I said,^(BA) 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.' ³¹I myself did not know him, but^(BB) for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." ³²And John^(BC) bore witness:^(BD) "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and^(BE) it remained on him. ³³I myself did not know him, but^(BF) he who sent me to baptize^(BG) with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,^(BH) this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' ³⁴And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

 ³⁵The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold,^(BI) the Lamb of God!" ³⁷The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, ^(BJ) "What are you seeking?" And they said to him,^(BK) "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" ³⁹He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.^{[g] 40(BL)} One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus^[h] was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found^(BM) the Messiah" (which means Christ). ⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of^(BN) John? You shall be called^(BO) Cephas" (which means^(BP) Peter^[i]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

 ^43(BQ) The next day Jesus decided^(BR) to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." ⁴⁴Now^(BS) Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found^(BT) Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom^(BU) Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus^(BV) of Nazareth,^(BW) the son of Joseph." ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him,^(BX) "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold,^(BY) an Israelite indeed,^(BZ) in whom there is no deceit!" ⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, "How^(CA) do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him,^(CB) "Rabbi,^(CC) you are the Son of God! You are the^(CD) 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." ⁵¹And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you,^[j] you will see^(CE) heaven opened, and^(CF) the angels of God ascending and descending on^(CG) the Son of Man."

John 2

The Wedding at Cana

 ¹On^(CH) the third day there was a wedding at^(CI) Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ²Jesus also was invited to the wedding with^(CJ) his disciples. ³When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." ⁴And Jesus said to her, ^(CK) "Woman,^(CL) what does this have to do with me?^(CM) My hour has not yet come." ⁵His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

 ⁶Now there were six stone water jars there^(CN) for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty^(CO) gallons.^{[k] 7}Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. ⁹When the master of the feast tasted^(CP) the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ¹⁰and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." ¹¹This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested^(CQ) his glory. And^(CR) his disciples believed in him.

 ¹²After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and^(CS) his brothers^[l] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

 ^13(CT) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus^(CU) went up to Jerusalem. ^14(CV) In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make^(CW) my Father’s house a house of trade." ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written,^(CX) "Zeal for your house will consume me."

 ¹⁸So the Jews said to him,^(CY) "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" ¹⁹Jesus answered them, ^(CZ) "Destroy this temple, and in three days^(DA) I will raise it up." ²⁰The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" ²¹But he was speaking about^(DB) the temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead,^(DC) his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed^(DD) the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

 ²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name^(DE) when they saw the signs that he was doing. ²⁴But Jesus^(DF) on his part did not entrust himself to them, because^(DG) he knew all people ²⁵and needed no one to bear witness about man, for^(DH) he himself knew what was in man.