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

He was in the beginning with God.

Everything made its appearance.
Through him,

And without him

Not a thing made its appearance.

What has made its appearance in him was Life, And the Life was the Light of men.

And the Light keeps shining in the darkness, And the darkness never became thoroughly permeated by it.

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A man sent from God made his appearance.

His name was John.

He came for witness

To bear witness about the Light,

So that everybody might believe through him.

He was not the Light,

But came to bear witness about the Light.

The Light, the True Light, which keeps lighting everybody,

Kept coming into the world.

He was in the world,

And the world made its appearance through him,

And the world never came to know him.

He came to his own possessions,

And his own people did not receive him.

But as many as received him,
To them gave he the right

To become children of God,

To those who keep believing in his name.
Who were begotten, not by blood,

Nor by the will of the flesh,

Nor by the will of man,

But by God.

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So the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, And we looked at his glory,

Glory as of the only begotten from the Father, Full of divine favor and truth.

John keeps bearing witness about him, and keeps crying :

"This is he of whom I said,

He who is coming after me has come to be before me,

For he was before I came into existence."

For out of his fulness we all kept receiving,
And favor upon favor.

For the law was given through Moses.

Favor and truth kept coming through Jesus Christ.

No one has ever yet seen God.

The Only Begotten Son

Who is in the bosom of the Father,

He has made him known.

1: 19.

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And the witness of John is this, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?”

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"I am not the Christ,” said he, nor did he deny

"What then are you? Are you Elijah?"

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"Who are you? so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

"I am the voice of one crying in the wilder

ness,

Make straight the way of the Lord,

as said the Prophet Isaiah.”

They had been sent from the Pharisees. And they asked him :

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'Why are you purifying then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

"I am purifying with water. But one whom you do not know is standing among you, he who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie his shoestrings."

These things were done. in Bethany beyond Jordan where John was purifying.

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