99 lines
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99 lines
5.2 KiB
Markdown
Prologue
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# Chapter 1
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1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God.
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2. He was with God in the beginning.
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3. All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
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4. In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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5. That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.
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6. There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
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7. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.
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8. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
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9. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
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10. He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him.
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11. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
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12. But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
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13. who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
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14. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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15. (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, "This was the one of whom I said, 'The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.'")
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16. Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness,
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17. for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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18. No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father's side--he has revealed him.
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John the Baptist's Testimony
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19. This was John's testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"
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20. He didn't deny it but confessed, "I am not the Messiah."
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21. "What then?" they asked him. "Are you Elijah?"
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"I am not," he said.
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"Are you the Prophet?"
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"No," he answered.
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22. "Who are you, then?" they asked. "We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?"
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23. He said, "I am a <b class="quote">voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord**--just as Isaiah the prophet said."
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24. Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
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25. So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"
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26. "I baptize with water," John answered them. "Someone stands among you, but you don't know him.
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27. He is the one coming after me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to untie."
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28. All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The Lamb of God
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29. 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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30. This is the one I told you about: 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.'
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31. I didn't know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."
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32. And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.
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33. I didn't know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on--he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
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34. I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."
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35. The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.
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36. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
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37. The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus.
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38. When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, *"What are you looking for?"*
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They said to him, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
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39. *"Come and you'll see,"* he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.
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40. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.
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41. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated "the Christ"),
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42. and he brought Simon to Jesus.
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When Jesus saw him, he said, *"You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas"* (which is translated "Peter").
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Philip and Nathanael
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43. The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and told him, *"Follow me."*
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44. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.
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45. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."
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46. "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Nathanael asked him.
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"Come and see," Philip answered.
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47. Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, *"Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."*
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48. "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
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*"Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,"* Jesus answered.
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49. "Rabbi," Nathanael replied, "You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!"
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50. Jesus responded to him, *"Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."*
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51. Then he said, *"Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."*
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