John 1:15-36 (It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ (It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.) ¹⁶ Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake; ¹⁷ for the law was given by Moses-the favor and the truth came by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known. ¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you? ²⁰ he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah. ²¹ And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No. ²² They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself? ²³ He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered, I immerse in water, but there is one among you whom you know not. ²⁷ It is he who comes after me, and was before me; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose. ²⁸ This happened at Bethabara, upon the Jordan, where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for he was before me. ³¹ As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water. ³² John testified further, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove, and remaining upon him. ³³ For my part, I should not have known him, had not He, who sent me to immerse in water, told me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, the same is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit. ³⁴ Having, therefore, seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God. ³⁵ The next day, John, being with two of his disciples, ³⁶ observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the Lamb of God.