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John 1:1¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 1:1 John 17:5 Rev 19:13 Col 1:17 John 1:14 1 John 1:1-2 Rev 22:13 John 1:2 Rev 1:8 John 10:30-33

John 1:2²The Word was with God in the beginning.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

John 1:3³All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 1:16-17 1 Cor 8:6 Rev 4:11 Ps 33:6 Gen 1:26 John 1:10 Heb 1:2-3 Isa 45:18 Isa 45:12 Ps 102:25

John 1:4⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 8:12 John 12:46 1 John 1:5-7 John 5:26 John 9:5 Luke 1:78-79 John 11:25 Isa 42:6-7 1 John 5:11 John 14:6

John 1:5⁵And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:19-20 John 12:36-40 1 Cor 2:14 Job 24:13-17 John 1:10 Rom 1:28 Prov 1:22 Prov 1:29-30

John 1:6⁶A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 3:1 John 3:28 Isa 40:3-5 Acts 13:24 John 1:33 Luke 1:76 Mark 1:1-8 Matt 11:10 Matt 3:1-11 Mal 4:5-6

John 1:7⁷He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 19:4 John 1:12 John 1:32-34 John 1:36 John 5:33-35 John 1:9 2 Pet 3:9 John 1:26-27 John 3:26-36 Titus 2:11

John 1:8⁸He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:20 John 3:28 Acts 19:4

John 1:9⁹The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:46 John 1:4 1 John 2:8 Isa 49:6 1 Thess 5:4-7 John 1:7 1 John 5:20 John 14:6 John 6:32 Isa 8:20

John 1:10¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 17:25 1 John 3:1 1 Cor 2:8 1 Cor 1:21 Matt 11:27 Acts 17:24-27 Heb 11:3 Heb 1:2-3 John 1:18 John 1:5

John 1:11¹¹He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:14 Isa 53:2-3 John 3:32 Acts 7:51-52 Luke 20:13-15 Matt 15:24 Acts 3:25-26 Rom 15:8 Acts 13:46 Rom 9:5

John 1:12¹²But to all who have received him—those who believe in his name —he has given the right to become God’s childrenCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 3:26 Rom 8:14 1 John 3:1 2 Cor 6:17-18 Gal 4:6 John 3:18 Matt 10:40 1 John 5:12-13 Col 2:6 Isa 56:5

John 1:13¹³—children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 3:9 Jas 1:18 1 Pet 1:23 1 Pet 1:3 John 3:5-8 1 John 5:4 1 John 2:28-29 1 John 4:7 Titus 3:5 Phil 2:13

John 1:14¹⁴Now 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 4:9 1 Tim 3:16 Gal 4:4 John 1:1 Isa 40:5 Heb 1:3 1 John 1:1-2 Phil 2:6-8 John 6:51 Col 1:19

John 1:15¹⁵John 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.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 3:11 Col 1:17 John 1:1-2 John 1:29-34 Luke 3:16 John 1:7-8 John 3:26-36 John 5:33-36 Matt 3:13-17 John 1:27

John 1:16¹⁶For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 1:19 Rom 5:2 Eph 2:5-10 Col 2:9-10 Eph 4:7-13 Eph 3:19 Eph 1:23 Rom 5:17 1 Cor 1:4-5 Eph 1:6-8

John 1:17¹⁷For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 6:14 John 14:6 Rom 3:19-26 Rom 5:20-21 John 1:14 Heb 9:22 John 8:32 John 7:19 2 Cor 3:7-10 Heb 3:5-6

John 1:18¹⁸No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 1:15 John 6:46 Matt 11:27 Luke 10:22 1 John 4:12 1 Tim 6:16 1 John 4:9 1 John 4:20 Exod 33:18-23 1 John 5:20

John 1:19¹⁹Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:24 Luke 3:15-18 Acts 19:4 Acts 13:25 John 5:33-36 Matt 21:23-32 John 2:18

John 1:20²⁰He confessed—he did not deny but confessed—“I am not the Christ!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 1:7-8 Matt 3:11-12 John 3:28-36 Luke 3:15-17

John 1:21²¹So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 4:5 Deut 18:15-18 Matt 11:14 John 1:25 Luke 1:17 Matt 16:14 Matt 17:10-12 John 7:40 Matt 11:9-11

John 1:22²²Then 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?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

John 1:23²³John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:3-5 Mark 1:3 Matt 3:3 John 3:28 Luke 1:16-17 Luke 1:76-79 Luke 3:4-6

John 1:24²⁴(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. )Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 11:39-44 Luke 11:53 Matt 23:13-15 John 3:1-2 Luke 16:14 Luke 7:30 Acts 23:8 Acts 26:5 John 7:47-49 Matt 23:26

John 1:25²⁵So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 18:18 Deut 18:15 John 1:20-22 Acts 5:28 Matt 21:23 Acts 4:5-7 Dan 9:24-26

John 1:26²⁶John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:5 John 1:10-11 Luke 3:16 Mark 1:8 Matt 3:11 Acts 11:16 John 8:19 1 John 3:1 John 17:25 John 17:3

John 1:27²⁷who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 3:16 John 1:30 Mark 1:7 Matt 3:11 John 1:15 Acts 19:4

John 1:28²⁸These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:40 John 3:23 Judg 7:24 John 3:26

John 1:29²⁹On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:7 1 John 2:2 1 John 3:5 1 Pet 1:19 2 Cor 5:21 1 Pet 2:24 Isa 53:11 Heb 1:3 Rev 12:11 Rev 6:1

John 1:30³⁰This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:15 John 1:27 Luke 3:16

John 1:31³¹I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 3:1 John 1:33 John 1:7 Luke 1:17 Isa 40:3-5 Luke 3:3-4 Mal 4:2-5 Mark 1:3-5 Matt 3:6 Acts 19:4

John 1:32³²Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 3:22 Mark 1:10 Matt 3:16 John 1:7 John 5:32

John 1:33³³And 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.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:5 Matt 3:11 Luke 3:16 Titus 3:5-6 Acts 10:44-47 Acts 19:2-6 John 3:34 1 Cor 12:13 Acts 11:15-16 John 3:5

John 1:34³⁴I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 2:7 John 1:49 Matt 4:3 1 John 5:20 Ps 89:26-27 John 20:31 Rev 2:18 Rom 1:4 John 3:16-18 1 John 2:23

John 1:35³⁵Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 3:16 John 3:25-26

John 1:36³⁶Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:29 1 Pet 1:19-20 Isa 65:1-2 Heb 12:2 Isa 45:22

John 1:37³⁷When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 10:17 John 1:43 Rev 22:17 Zech 8:21 John 4:39-42 Eph 4:29 Prov 15:23

John 1:38³⁸Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, “What do you want?” So they said to him, “Rabbi” (which is translated Teacher), “where are you staying?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:7 John 3:2 John 1:49 John 18:4 Prov 8:34 Ps 27:4 John 12:21 John 3:26 John 6:25 Acts 10:29

John 1:39³⁹Jesus answered, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 24:29 Matt 11:28-30 John 6:37 John 1:46 John 4:40 Prov 8:17 Rev 3:20 John 14:22-23 Acts 28:30-31

John 1:40⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 1:16-20 Matt 4:18-22 John 1:40-42 Luke 5:2-11 Matt 10:2 Acts 1:13 John 6:8

John 1:41⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 4:25 John 1:45 Acts 13:32-33 Isa 2:3-5 Ps 89:20 Acts 10:38 Dan 9:25-26 John 1:36-37 John 4:28-29 Luke 2:17

John 1:42⁴²Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:22 John 21:15-17 1 Cor 15:5 1 Cor 1:12 1 Cor 9:5 Gal 2:9 Matt 10:2 Matt 16:17-18 John 6:70-71 Luke 5:8

John 1:43⁴³On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 65:1 John 14:8 Matt 9:9 John 12:21 Matt 4:18-21 1 John 4:19 John 6:5 Phil 3:12 John 1:28 Luke 19:10

John 1:44⁴⁴(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:21 Matt 11:21 Luke 10:13 Luke 9:10 Mark 3:18 Mark 6:45 Mark 8:22 Matt 10:3 Acts 1:13 John 14:8-9

John 1:45⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 18:18-22 Mic 5:2 Luke 24:27 Matt 2:23 Luke 24:44 Isa 7:14 Isa 9:6 John 5:45-46 Zech 9:9 Isa 53:2

John 1:46⁴⁶Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:52 John 7:41-42 John 4:29 1 Thess 5:21 Luke 12:57

John 1:47⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit! ”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 14:5 Ps 32:2 Ps 73:1 Rom 9:4 John 8:39 Rom 9:6 John 8:31 Rom 2:28-29 1 Pet 2:1 1 Pet 2:22

John 1:48⁴⁸Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 65:24 John 2:25 Matt 6:6 Ps 139:1-2 Rev 2:18-19 1 Cor 14:25 Gen 32:24-30 1 Cor 4:5

John 1:49⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zeph 3:15 Matt 27:42 Zech 9:9 John 12:13-15 Luke 19:38 Matt 2:2 John 1:34 Matt 21:5 Matt 27:11 Hos 3:5

John 1:50⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 20:29 John 11:40 Luke 1:45 Matt 25:29

John 1:51⁵¹He continued, “I tell all of you the solemn truth —you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 28:12 Acts 7:56 Luke 22:43 Mark 1:10 Matt 16:27-28 Acts 10:11 Luke 2:13 Mark 14:62 Acts 1:10-11 Ezek 1:1

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