^aIn the beginning was ^bthe Word, and the Word was ^cwith God, and ^dthe Word was God. 2 ¹He was in the beginning with God. 3 ^aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him ¹not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 ^aIn Him was life, and the life was ^bthe Light of mankind. 5 And ^athe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ¹grasp it.

6 A man ¹came, one sent from God, and his name was ^aJohn. 7 ¹He came ^2aas a witness, to testify about the Light, ^bso that all might believe through him. 8 ^1aHe was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

9 ¹This was ^athe true Light ²that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. 10 He was in the world, and ^athe world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not ¹know Him. 11 He came to His ¹own, and His own people did not ²accept Him. 12 But ¹as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^achildren of God, ^bto those who ²believe in His name, 13 ^awho were ¹born, not of ²blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

14 And ^athe Word ^bbecame flesh, and ^cdwelt among us; and ^dwe saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^egrace and ^ftruth. 15 John *^atestified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^bHe who is coming after me has proved to be ¹my superior, ^cbecause He existed before me.’” 16 For of His ^afullness ¹we have all received, and ²grace upon grace. 17 For ^athe Law was given through Moses; ^bgrace and ^ctruth ¹were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 ^aNo one has seen God at any time; ^bGod the only Son, who is ^cin the ¹arms of the Father, ^dHe has ²explained Him.

19 This is ^athe testimony of John, when ^bthe Jews sent priests and Levites to him ^cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “^aI am not the ¹Christ.” 21 And so they asked him, “What then? Are you ^aElijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^bthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am ^aTHE VOICE OF ONE CALLING ¹OUT IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE THE WAY OF THE LORD STRAIGHT,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24 And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ¹Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^athe Prophet?” 26 John answered them, saying, “^aI baptize ¹in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27 It is ^aHe who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the ^bstrap of His sandal.” 28 These things took place in Bethany ^abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.

29 The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God who ^btakes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He in behalf of whom I said, ‘^aAfter me is coming a Man who has proved to be ¹my superior, ^bbecause He existed before me.’ 31 And I did not recognize ¹Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing ²in water.” 32 And John ^atestified, saying, “^bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33 And I did not recognize ¹Him, but He who sent me to baptize ²in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^athis is the One who baptizes ³in the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^athe ¹Son of God.”

35 Again ^athe next day John was standing ¹with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God!” 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What are you seeking?” They said to Him, “^aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” 39 He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day; it was about the ¹tenth hour. 40 ^aOne of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the ^aMessiah” (which translated means ¹Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^1aJohn; you shall be called ^bCephas” (which is translated ^2cPeter).

43 ^aThe next day He ¹decided to go to ^bGalilee, and He *found ^cPhilip. And Jesus *said to him, “^dFollow Me.” 44 Now ^aPhilip was from ^bBethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 ^aPhilip *found ^bNathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^cMoses wrote in the Law, and ^dthe prophets also wrote: Jesus ^ethe son of Joseph, from ^fNazareth!” 46 Nathanael said to him, “^aCan anything good be from Nazareth?” ^bPhilip *said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Here is truly an ^aIsraelite, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered Him, “^aRabbi, You are ^bthe Son of God; You are the ^cKing of Israel!” 50 Jesus 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.” 51 And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ^aheaven opened and ^bthe angels of God ascending and descending on ^cthe Son of Man.”