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15 John witnesses concerning Him, and he cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I was saying, ‘The One coming after me has precedence over me, because He was before me.’”
16 For from His fullness, we have all received and grace upon grace.
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever yet seen God. The only begotten God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.
19 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem, that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
22 Therefore they said to him, “Who are you, that we might give an answer to those having sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He was saying, “I am a voice crying 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, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
26 John answered them saying, “I baptize with water, but in the midst of you stands One whom you do not know,
27 the One coming after me, of whom am I not worthy that I should untie the strap of His sandal.”
28 These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world.
30 This is He concerning whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has precedence over me, because He was before me.’
31 And I did not know Him. But so that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this, I came baptizing with water.”
32 And John bore witness saying, “I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon Him.
33 And I did not know Him; but the One having sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, ‘Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, He is the One baptizing with the Holy Spirit.’
34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
35 On the next day John again was standing, and two of his disciples.
36 And having looked at Jesus walking, he says, “Behold the Lamb of God!”