John 1:14-19

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¹⁴The Word became flesh^(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(C) and truth.^(D)

¹⁵(John testified^(E) 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.’”)^(F) ¹⁶Out of his fullness^(G) we have all received grace^(H) in place of grace already given. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses;^(I) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(J) ¹⁸No one has ever seen God,^(K) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[a]^(L) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

¹⁹Now this was John’s^(M) testimony when the Jewish leaders^[b]^(N) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
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.