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15 John beareth witness concerning Him, and cried out saying; This is He of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me has been before me:
16 because He was my Creator. And of His fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.
19 This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, that they might ask him,
20 Who art thou? and he confessed and denied not, and confessed that, I am not the Christ.
21 They asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Art thou that prophet?
22 And he responded, No. Then they said to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those having sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?
23 I am the voice of one roaring in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord as Isaiah the prophet said.
24 And those having been sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said to him, Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that prophet?
26 John responded to them, saying, I baptize with water: There standeth One in your midst whom you do not know,
27 the One coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the latchet of His sandal.
28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is He concerning whom I spoke, A man cometh after me who has been before me: because he was my Creator.
31 And I did not know Him, but in order that He may be made manifest to Israel, on this account I came baptizing with water.
32 And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and remained on Him.
33 And I did not know Him, but the One having sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whom you may see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, He is the one baptizing with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I have seen, and testified that He is the Son of God.
35 On the following day John again stood, and two of his disciples,
36 and looking upon Jesus walking about, says, Behold, the Lamb of God.