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Nel principio era la Parola e la Parola era presso Dio, e la Parola era Dio.

Egli (la Parola) era nel principio con Dio.

Tutte le cose sono state fatte per mezzo di lui (la Parola), e senza di lui nessuna delle cose fatte è stata fatta.

In lui era la vita e la vita era la luce degli uomini.

E la luce risplende nelle tenebre e le tenebre non l'hanno compresa.

Vi fu un uomo mandato da Dio, il cui nome era Giovanni,

Questi venne come testimone per rendere testimonianza alla luce, affinché tutti credessero per mezzo di lui;

egli non era la luce, ma fu mandato per rendere testimonianza della luce.

Egli (la Parola) era la luce vera, che illumina ogni uomo che viene nel mondo.

10 Egli (la Parola) era nel mondo, e il mondo fu fatto per mezzo di lui, ma il mondo non lo ha conosciuto.

11 Egli è venuto in casa sua, e i suoi non lo hanno ricevuto,

12 ma a tutti coloro che lo hanno ricevuto, egli ha dato l'autorità di diventare figli di Dio, a quelli cioè che credono nel suo nome,

13 i quali non sono nati da sangue né da volontà di carne, né da volontà di uomo, ma sono nati da Dio.

14 E la Parola si è fatta carne ed ha abitato fra di noi, e noi abbiamo contemplato la sua gloria, come gloria dell'unigenito proceduto dal Padre, piena di grazia e di verità.

15 Giovanni testimoniò di lui e gridò, dicendo: «Questi è colui del quale dicevo: Colui che viene dopo di me mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me.

16 E noi tutti abbiamo ricevuto dalla sua pienezza grazia sopra grazia.

17 Poiché la legge è stata data per mezzo di Mosé, ma la grazia e la verità sono venute per mezzo di Gesú Cristo.

18 Nessuno ha mai visto Dio; l'unigenito Figlio, che è nel seno del Padre, è colui che lo ha fatto conoscere.

19 E questa è la testimonianza di Giovanni, quando i Giudei gli inviarono da Gerusalemme dei sacerdoti e dei leviti per domandargli: «Chi sei tu?».

20 Egli lo dichiarò e non lo negò, e dichiarò: «Io non sono il Cristo»,

21 Allora essi gli domandarono: «Chi sei dunque? Sei tu Elia?». Egli disse: «Non lo sono!». «Sei tu il profeta?». Ed egli rispose: «No!».

22 Essi allora gli dissero: «Chi sei tu, affinché diamo una risposta a coloro che ci hanno mandato? Che dici di te stesso?».

23 Egli rispose: «Io sono la voce di colui che grida nel deserto: Raddrizzate la via del Signore, come disse il profeta Isaia».

24 Or coloro che erano stati mandati venivano dai farisei;

25 essi gli domandarono e gli dissero: «Perché dunque battezzi, se tu non sei il Cristo, né Elia, né il profeta?».

26 Giovanni rispose loro. dicendo: «Io battezzo con acqua, ma in mezzo a vo i sta uno che non conoscete.

27 Egli è colui che viene dopo di me e che mi ha preceduto, a cui io non sono degno di sciogliere il legaccio dei sandali».

28 Queste cose avvennero in Betabara al di là del Giordano, dove Giovanni battezzava.

29 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni vide Gesú che veniva verso di lui e disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio, che toglie il peccato del mondo!

30 Questi è colui del quale dissi: "Dopo di me viene un uomo che mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me"

31 Io non lo conoscevo, perciò sono venuto a battezzare con acqua, affinché egli fosse manifestato in Israele».

32 E Giovanni testimoniò, dicendo: «Io ho visto lo Spirito scendere dal cielo come una colomba e fermarsi su di lui.

33 Io non lo conoscevo, ma colui che mi mandò a battezzare con acqua mi disse: "Colui sul quale vedrai scendere lo Spirito e fermarsi su di lui, è quello che battezza con lo Spirito Santo".

34 Ed io ho visto ed ho attestato che questi è il Figlio di Dio».

35 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni era nuovamente là con due dei suoi discepoli.

36 E, fissando lo sguardo su Gesú che passava, disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio».

37 E i due discepoli, avendolo sentito parlare, seguirono Gesú.

38 Ma Gesú, voltatosi e vedendo che lo seguivano, disse loro: «Che cercate?» Essi gli dissero: «Rabbi (che, tradotto; vuol dire maestro), dove abiti?».

39 Egli disse loro: «Venite e vedete». Essi dunque andarono e videro dove egli abitava, e stettero con lui quel giorno. Era circa l'ora decima.

40 Andrea, fratello di Simon Pietro, era uno dei due che avevano udito questo da Giovanni e avevano seguito Gesú.

41 Costui trovò per primo suo fratello Simone e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato il Messia che, tradotto, vuol dire: "Il Cristo"»;

42 e lo condusse da Gesú. Gesú allora, fissandolo, disse: «Tu sei Simone, figlio di Giona; tu sarai chiamato Cefa che vuol dire: sasso».

43 Il giorno seguente, Gesú desiderava partire per la Galilea; trovò Filippo e gli disse: «Seguimi».

44 Or Filippo era di Betsaida, la stessa città di Andrea e di Pietro.

45 Filippo trovò Natanaele e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato colui, del quale hanno scritto Mosé nella legge e i profeti: Gesú da Nazareth, il figlio di Giuseppe».

46 E Natanaele gli disse: «Può venire qualcosa di buono da Nazaret?». Filippo gli disse: «Vieni e vedi».

47 Gesú vide venirgli incontro Natanaele e disse di lui: «Ecco un vero Israelita, in cui non c'è inganno».

48 Natanaele gli disse: «Come fai a conoscermi?». Gesú gli rispose, dicendo: «Ti ho visto quando eri sotto il fico, prima che Filippo ti chiamasse».

49 Natanaele, rispondendogli, disse: «Maestro, tu sei il Figlio di Dio tu sei il re d'Israele».

50 Gesú rispose e gli disse: «Poiché ho detto di averti visto sotto il fico, tu credi; vedrai cose maggiori di queste».

51 Poi gli disse: «In verità, in verità io vi dico che da ora in poi vedrete il cielo aperto e gli angeli di Dio salire e scendere sopra il Figlio dell'uomo».

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(J) He came as a witness to testify(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(L) He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light(M) that gives light to everyone(N) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(O) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(P) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(Q) in his name,(R) he gave the right to become children of God(S) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(T)

14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)

15 (John testified(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(Z) 16 Out of his fullness(AA) we have all received grace(AB) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(AD) 18 No one has ever seen God,(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b](AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders[c](AH) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(AI)

21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AJ)

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”(AK)

He answered, “No.”

22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d](AM)

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 “I baptize with[e] water,”(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AP)

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AQ) where John was baptizing.

John Testifies About Jesus

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!(AS) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AT) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(AU) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AW) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f](AX)

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AY)

35 The next day John(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(BA)

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi”(BB) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(BC) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).(BE)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”(BG)

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(BH) 45 Philip found Nathanael(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BL) the son of Joseph.”(BM)

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BN) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”(BP)

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(BQ) you are the Son of God;(BR) you are the king of Israel.”(BS)

50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open,(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BU) on’[k] the Son of Man.”(BV)

Footnotes

  1. John 1:5 Or understood
  2. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  3. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
  4. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
  5. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
  6. John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
  7. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
  8. John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
  9. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  10. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  11. John 1:51 Gen. 28:12

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

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

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Nel principio era la Parola e la Parola era presso Dio, e la Parola era Dio.

Egli (la Parola) era nel principio con Dio.

Tutte le cose sono state fatte per mezzo di lui (la Parola), e senza di lui nessuna delle cose fatte è stata fatta.

In lui era la vita e la vita era la luce degli uomini.

E la luce risplende nelle tenebre e le tenebre non l'hanno compresa.

Vi fu un uomo mandato da Dio, il cui nome era Giovanni,

Questi venne come testimone per rendere testimonianza alla luce, affinché tutti credessero per mezzo di lui;

egli non era la luce, ma fu mandato per rendere testimonianza della luce.

Egli (la Parola) era la luce vera, che illumina ogni uomo che viene nel mondo.

10 Egli (la Parola) era nel mondo, e il mondo fu fatto per mezzo di lui, ma il mondo non lo ha conosciuto.

11 Egli è venuto in casa sua, e i suoi non lo hanno ricevuto,

12 ma a tutti coloro che lo hanno ricevuto, egli ha dato l'autorità di diventare figli di Dio, a quelli cioè che credono nel suo nome,

13 i quali non sono nati da sangue né da volontà di carne, né da volontà di uomo, ma sono nati da Dio.

14 E la Parola si è fatta carne ed ha abitato fra di noi, e noi abbiamo contemplato la sua gloria, come gloria dell'unigenito proceduto dal Padre, piena di grazia e di verità.

15 Giovanni testimoniò di lui e gridò, dicendo: «Questi è colui del quale dicevo: Colui che viene dopo di me mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me.

16 E noi tutti abbiamo ricevuto dalla sua pienezza grazia sopra grazia.

17 Poiché la legge è stata data per mezzo di Mosé, ma la grazia e la verità sono venute per mezzo di Gesú Cristo.

18 Nessuno ha mai visto Dio; l'unigenito Figlio, che è nel seno del Padre, è colui che lo ha fatto conoscere.

19 E questa è la testimonianza di Giovanni, quando i Giudei gli inviarono da Gerusalemme dei sacerdoti e dei leviti per domandargli: «Chi sei tu?».

20 Egli lo dichiarò e non lo negò, e dichiarò: «Io non sono il Cristo»,

21 Allora essi gli domandarono: «Chi sei dunque? Sei tu Elia?». Egli disse: «Non lo sono!». «Sei tu il profeta?». Ed egli rispose: «No!».

22 Essi allora gli dissero: «Chi sei tu, affinché diamo una risposta a coloro che ci hanno mandato? Che dici di te stesso?».

23 Egli rispose: «Io sono la voce di colui che grida nel deserto: Raddrizzate la via del Signore, come disse il profeta Isaia».

24 Or coloro che erano stati mandati venivano dai farisei;

25 essi gli domandarono e gli dissero: «Perché dunque battezzi, se tu non sei il Cristo, né Elia, né il profeta?».

26 Giovanni rispose loro. dicendo: «Io battezzo con acqua, ma in mezzo a vo i sta uno che non conoscete.

27 Egli è colui che viene dopo di me e che mi ha preceduto, a cui io non sono degno di sciogliere il legaccio dei sandali».

28 Queste cose avvennero in Betabara al di là del Giordano, dove Giovanni battezzava.

29 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni vide Gesú che veniva verso di lui e disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio, che toglie il peccato del mondo!

30 Questi è colui del quale dissi: "Dopo di me viene un uomo che mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me"

31 Io non lo conoscevo, perciò sono venuto a battezzare con acqua, affinché egli fosse manifestato in Israele».

32 E Giovanni testimoniò, dicendo: «Io ho visto lo Spirito scendere dal cielo come una colomba e fermarsi su di lui.

33 Io non lo conoscevo, ma colui che mi mandò a battezzare con acqua mi disse: "Colui sul quale vedrai scendere lo Spirito e fermarsi su di lui, è quello che battezza con lo Spirito Santo".

34 Ed io ho visto ed ho attestato che questi è il Figlio di Dio».

35 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni era nuovamente là con due dei suoi discepoli.

36 E, fissando lo sguardo su Gesú che passava, disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio».

37 E i due discepoli, avendolo sentito parlare, seguirono Gesú.

38 Ma Gesú, voltatosi e vedendo che lo seguivano, disse loro: «Che cercate?» Essi gli dissero: «Rabbi (che, tradotto; vuol dire maestro), dove abiti?».

39 Egli disse loro: «Venite e vedete». Essi dunque andarono e videro dove egli abitava, e stettero con lui quel giorno. Era circa l'ora decima.

40 Andrea, fratello di Simon Pietro, era uno dei due che avevano udito questo da Giovanni e avevano seguito Gesú.

41 Costui trovò per primo suo fratello Simone e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato il Messia che, tradotto, vuol dire: "Il Cristo"»;

42 e lo condusse da Gesú. Gesú allora, fissandolo, disse: «Tu sei Simone, figlio di Giona; tu sarai chiamato Cefa che vuol dire: sasso».

43 Il giorno seguente, Gesú desiderava partire per la Galilea; trovò Filippo e gli disse: «Seguimi».

44 Or Filippo era di Betsaida, la stessa città di Andrea e di Pietro.

45 Filippo trovò Natanaele e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato colui, del quale hanno scritto Mosé nella legge e i profeti: Gesú da Nazareth, il figlio di Giuseppe».

46 E Natanaele gli disse: «Può venire qualcosa di buono da Nazaret?». Filippo gli disse: «Vieni e vedi».

47 Gesú vide venirgli incontro Natanaele e disse di lui: «Ecco un vero Israelita, in cui non c'è inganno».

48 Natanaele gli disse: «Come fai a conoscermi?». Gesú gli rispose, dicendo: «Ti ho visto quando eri sotto il fico, prima che Filippo ti chiamasse».

49 Natanaele, rispondendogli, disse: «Maestro, tu sei il Figlio di Dio tu sei il re d'Israele».

50 Gesú rispose e gli disse: «Poiché ho detto di averti visto sotto il fico, tu credi; vedrai cose maggiori di queste».

51 Poi gli disse: «In verità, in verità io vi dico che da ora in poi vedrete il cielo aperto e gli angeli di Dio salire e scendere sopra il Figlio dell'uomo».

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(J) He came as a witness to testify(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(L) He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light(M) that gives light to everyone(N) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(O) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(P) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(Q) in his name,(R) he gave the right to become children of God(S) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(T)

14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)

15 (John testified(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(Z) 16 Out of his fullness(AA) we have all received grace(AB) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(AD) 18 No one has ever seen God,(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b](AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders[c](AH) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(AI)

21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AJ)

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”(AK)

He answered, “No.”

22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d](AM)

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 “I baptize with[e] water,”(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AP)

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AQ) where John was baptizing.

John Testifies About Jesus

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!(AS) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AT) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(AU) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AW) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f](AX)

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AY)

35 The next day John(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(BA)

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi”(BB) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(BC) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).(BE)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”(BG)

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(BH) 45 Philip found Nathanael(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BL) the son of Joseph.”(BM)

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BN) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”(BP)

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(BQ) you are the Son of God;(BR) you are the king of Israel.”(BS)

50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open,(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BU) on’[k] the Son of Man.”(BV)

Footnotes

  1. John 1:5 Or understood
  2. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  3. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
  4. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
  5. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
  6. John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
  7. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
  8. John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
  9. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  10. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  11. John 1:51 Gen. 28:12

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

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

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.