John
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
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The Word was with God in the beginning.
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All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
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In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
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And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
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A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.
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He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
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He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
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The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.
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He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
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But to all who have received him - those who believe in his name - he has given the right to become God's children
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- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.
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Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory - the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.
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John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"
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For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
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For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
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No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
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Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
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He confessed - he did not deny but confessed - "I am not the Christ!"
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So they asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No!"
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Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
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John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
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(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
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So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
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who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!"
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These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.
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On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'
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I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel."
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Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
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And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining - this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
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I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."
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Created on Feb 5, 2016.
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