New Testament in a Year

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

² The same was in the beginning with the God.

³ All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵ ¶ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light.

⁹ That Word was the true Light, which lightens every man that comes into this 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 sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,

¹³ who are not born of blood, nor of the will of 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 bore witness of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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

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

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

¹⁹ ¶ And this is the testimony 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 Elijah? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

²² Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those 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 Isaiah.

²⁴ And those who were sent were of the Pharisees.

²⁵ And they asked him and said unto him, Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there stands 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.