John 1:15-36 John testified of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

Wesley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ John testified of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. ¹⁶ And out of his fulness have we all received, even grace upon grace. For the law was given by Moses, ¹⁷ but grace and truth was by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What then, Art thou Elijah? ²² And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they to him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. ²³ What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you whom ye know not. ²⁷ He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day he seeth Jesus coming toward him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me. ³¹ And I knew him not, but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. ³² And John testified, saying, I saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and it abode upon him. ³³ And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he had said to me, On whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, this is he who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴ And I saw it, and testified, that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ Again, the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And looking upon Jesus walking, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God.