John 1 (NET)

John 1:1¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:2²The Word was with God in the beginning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:3³All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:4⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:5⁵And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:6⁶A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:7⁷He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:8⁸He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:9⁹The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:10¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:11¹¹He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:13¹³—children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:16¹⁶For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:17¹⁷For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:20²⁰He confessed—he did not deny but confessed—“I am not the Christ!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:24²⁴(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:25²⁵So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:26²⁶John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:27²⁷who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:28²⁸These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:31³¹I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:32³²Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:34³⁴I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:35³⁵Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:36³⁶Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:37³⁷When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:40⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:41⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:43⁴³On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:44⁴⁴(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:46⁴⁶Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:47⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit! ”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

John 1:49⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions