John 1-2 (New American Standard Bible)

John 1

The Deity of Jesus Christ

 ^1(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and the Word was ^(C)with God, and ^(D)the Word was God.

 ²He was in the beginning with God.

 ^3(E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

 ^4(F)In Him was life, and the life was ^(G)the Light of men.

 ^5(H)The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ^[a]comprehend it.

The Witness John

 ⁶There ^[b]came a man sent from God, whose name was ^(I)John.

 ⁷He came ^(J)as a witness, to testify about the Light, ^(K)so that all might believe through him.

 ^8(L)He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

 ⁹There was ^(M)the true Light ^[c]which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

 ¹⁰He was in the world, and ^(N)the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

 ¹¹He came to His ^[d]own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

 ¹²But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(O)children of God, even ^(P)to those who believe in His name,

 ^13(Q)who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

 ¹⁴And ^(R)the Word ^(S)became flesh, and ^(T)dwelt among us, and ^(U)we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of ^(V)grace and ^(W)truth.

 ¹⁵John ^(X)testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, '^(Y)He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, ^(Z)for He existed before me.'"

 ¹⁶For of His ^(AA)fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

 ¹⁷For ^(AB)the Law was given through Moses; ^(AC)grace and ^(AD)truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

 ^18(AE)No one has seen God at any time; ^(AF)the only begotten God who is ^(AG)in the bosom of the Father, ^(AH)He has explained Him.

The Testimony of John

 ¹⁹This is ^(AI)the testimony of John, when ^(AJ)the Jews sent to him priests and Levites ^(AK)from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

 ²⁰And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "^(AL)I am not the Christ."

 ²¹They asked him, "What then? Are you ^(AM)Elijah?" And he said, "I am not " "Are you ^(AN)the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."

 ²²Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

 ²³He said, "I am ^(AO)A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

 ²⁴Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

 ²⁵They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^(AP)the Prophet?"

 ²⁶John answered them saying, "^(AQ)I baptize ^[e]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

 ²⁷"It is ^(AR)He who comes after me, the ^(AS)thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

 ²⁸These things took place in Bethany ^(AT)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

 ²⁹The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, ^(AU)the Lamb of God who ^(AV)takes away the sin of the world!

 ³⁰"This is He on behalf of whom I said, '^(AW)After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, ^(AX)for He existed before me.'

 ³¹"I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ^[f]in water."

 ³²John ^(AY)testified saying, "^(AZ)I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

 ³³"I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^[g]in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^(BA)this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

 ³⁴"I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^(BB)the Son of God."

Jesus' Public Ministry, First Converts

 ³⁵Again ^(BC)the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

 ³⁶and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, ^(BD)the Lamb of God!"

 ³⁷The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

 ³⁸And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "^(BE)Rabbi (which translated 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 ^[h]tenth hour.

 ^40(BF)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

 ⁴¹He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the ^(BG)Messiah" (which translated means Christ).

 ⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of ^(BH)John; you shall be called ^(BI)Cephas" (which is translated ^(BJ)Peter).

 ^43(BK)The next day He purposed to go into ^(BL)Galilee, and He found ^(BM)Philip And Jesus said to him, "^(BN)Follow Me."

 ⁴⁴Now ^(BO)Philip was from ^(BP)Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

 ^45(BQ)Philip found ^(BR)Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom ^(BS)Moses in the Law and also ^(BT)the Prophets wrote--Jesus of ^(BU)Nazareth, ^(BV)the son of Joseph."

 ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, "^(BW)Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ^(BX)Philip said to him, "Come and see."

 ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an ^(BY)Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

 ⁴⁸Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before ^(BZ)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

 ⁴⁹Nathanael answered Him, "^(CA)Rabbi, You are ^(CB)the Son of God; You are the ^(CC)King of Israel."

 ⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that 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, you will see ^(CD)the heavens opened and ^(CE)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(CF)the Son of Man."

John 2

Miracle at Cana

 ¹On ^(CG)the third day there was a wedding in ^(CH)Cana of Galilee, and the ^(CI)mother of Jesus was there;

 ²and both Jesus and His ^(CJ)disciples were invited to the wedding.

 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 that have to do with us? ^(CM)My hour has not yet come."

 ⁵His ^(CN)mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."

 ⁶Now there were six stone waterpots set there ^(CO)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

 ⁷Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

 ⁸And He said to them, "Draw some out now and take it to the ^[i]headwaiter." So they took it to him.

 ⁹When the headwaiter tasted the water ^(CP)which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom,

 ¹⁰and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ^(CQ)have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."

 ¹¹This beginning of His ^(CR)signs Jesus did in Cana of ^(CS)Galilee, and manifested His ^(CT)glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

 ¹²After this He went down to ^(CU)Capernaum, He and His ^(CV)mother and His ^(CW)brothers and His ^(CX)disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

First Passover--Cleansing the Temple

 ^13(CY)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(CZ)went up to Jerusalem.

 ^14(DA)And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

 ¹⁵And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;

 ¹⁶and to those who were selling ^(DB)the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making ^(DC)My Father's house a place of business."

 ¹⁷His ^(DD)disciples remembered that it was written, "^(DE)ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME."

 ^18(DF)The Jews then said to Him, "^(DG)What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?"

 ¹⁹Jesus answered them, "^(DH)Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

 ^20(DI)The Jews then said, "It took ^(DJ)forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?"

 ²¹But He was speaking of ^(DK)the temple of His body.

 ²²So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(DL)disciples ^(DM)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(DN)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

 ²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^(DO)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, ^(DP)observing His signs which He was doing.

 ²⁴But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for ^(DQ)He knew all men,

 ²⁵and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, ^(DR)for He Himself knew what was in man.