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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beginning</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Genesis 1:1&#8211;2</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Hebrews 11:1&#8211;3</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or comprehended</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Witness of John</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Word Became Flesh</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Psalms 84:1&#8211;12</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Or and tabernacled among us</span></span></span><span class="content"> We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Or the Only Begotten or the Unique One</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is He of whom I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.&#8217;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or but the only begotten God, who; BYZ and TR but the only begotten Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is at the Father&#8217;s side,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Greek in the Father&#8217;s bosom</span></span></span><span class="content"> has made Him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mission of John the Baptist</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Isaiah 40:1&#8211;5</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Matthew 3:1&#8211;12</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Mark 1:1&#8211;8</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luke 3:1&#8211;20</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, &#8220;I am not the Christ.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then who are you?&#8221; they inquired. &#8220;Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So they said to him, &#8220;Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">&#8220;I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">&#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3 (see also LXX)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">asked him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or in; also in verse 31 and twice in 33</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands One you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus the Lamb of God</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Matthew 3:13&#8211;17</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Mark 1:9&#8211;11</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luke 3:21&#8211;22</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This is He of whom I said, &#8216;A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then John testified, &#8220;I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, &#8216;The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:34 </span><span class="ft">SBL the Chosen One of God</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The First Disciples</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Matthew 4:18&#8211;22</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Mark 1:16&#8211;20</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luke 5:1&#8211;11</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and saw them following. &#8220;What do you want?&#8221; He asked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">They said to Him, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which means Teacher), &#8220;where are You staying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:39 </span><span class="ft">That is, about four in the afternoon</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Andrew, Simon Peter&#8217;s brother, was one of the two who heard John&#8217;s testimony and followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He first found his brother Simon and told him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (which is translated as Christ).</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, &#8220;You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas&#8221; (which is translated as Peter).</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, &#8220;Follow Me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Philip found Nathanael and told him, &#8220;We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold&#8212;Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can anything good come from Nazareth?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; said Philip.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, &#8220;Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;How do You know me?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">Jesus replied, &#8220;Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rabbi,&#8221; Nathanael answered, &#8220;You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said to him, &#8220;Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then He declared, &#8220;Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">See Genesis 28:12.</span></span></span></span></div>
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.


There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.



The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.



And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”

He answered, “No.”

So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

Then the Pharisees who had been sent asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know. He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.



The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’ I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”



The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked.

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus. He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).


The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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