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1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. 1:2The same was in the beginning with God. 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that has been made. 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 1:5And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness did not {F} overtake it.
1:6 It happened that a man came, having been sent from God, his name was John. 1:7 The same came to be a witness, that* he might testify concerning the light, that* all might believe through him. 1:8 He was not the light, but came that he might testify concerning the light. 1:9 There was the true light, the light which illuminates every man, coming into the world. 1:10 He was in the world and the world was made through him and the world did not know him. 1:11 He came to his own and those who were his own did not receive him. 1:12 But as many as received him, he gave the right to become children of God to them , to those who believe in his name: 1:13 who were born, not from bloods, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God. 1:14 And the Word became flesh and resided among us (and we saw his glory, glory like thatof the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. 1:15 John testifies concerning him and cries, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He who is coming after me has become before me: because he was before me. 1:16 And we all received out of his fullness and grace upon grace.1:17 Because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has described him.
1:19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem that* they might ask him, Who are you?
1:20 And he confessed and did not deny, and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are you the prophet?
And he answered, No.
1:22 Therefore they said to him, Who are you? That* we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say of yourself?
1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
1:24 And those who had been sent, were from the Pharisees. 1:25 And they asked him and said to him, Why then do you immerse*, if you are not the Christ, neither Elijah, nor the prophet?
1:26 John answered them, saying, I immerse* in water: in the midst of you* stands one whom you* do not know, 1:27 It is he who is coming after me, who was before me, I am not worthy that* I should unloose the strap of his sandals. 1:28 These things happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing*.
1:29 On the next day he sees Jesus coming to him and says, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is he concerning whom I said, After me is coming a man who has come before me: because he was before me. 1:31 And I did not know him; but that* he should be made manifest to Israel, I came immersing* in water because of this. 1:32 And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him. 1:33 And I did not know him: but he who sent me to immerse* in water, he said to me, Upon whomever you will see the Spirit coming down and abiding upon him, this one is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. 1:34 And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.
1:35 Again on the next day John was standing and two out of his disciples; 1:36 and he looked on Jesus as he walked and says, Behold, the Lamb of God! 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak and they followed Jesus. 1:38 And Jesus, having turned, saw them following and says to them, What do you* seek?
And they said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, being translated, Teacher), where do you abide?
1:39 He says to them, Come and see.
They went and saw where he abode, and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. 1:40 One out of the two who heard this from John, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother and he followed him. 1:41 He finds first his own brother Simon and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, the Christ). 1:42 And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus looked on him and said, You are Simon the son of Jonah: you will be called Cephas (which is by translation, a pebble).
1:43 On the next day he wished to go out into Galilee and he finds Philip and Jesus says to him, Follow me.
1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, from the city of Andrew and Peter. 1:45 Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
1:46 And Nathanael said to him, Can there be any good thing coming out of Nazareth?
Philip says to him, Come and see.
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and says about him, Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile!
1:48 Nathanael says to him, From where do you know me?
Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, I saw you* when you were under the fig tree.
1:49 Nathanael answered and says to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you, I saw you underneath the fig tree. Is this why you believe? You will see greater things than these. 1:51 And he says to him,Truly, truly, I say to you*, You* will see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and coming down upon the Son of Man.
{ Footnotes: Please read the Preface. Words with an * are in the Appendix. Jn 1:5- OR: comprehend. }
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Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1987, 1999, 2011 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.