John 1:15-36 John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me.

DouayRheims⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me. ¹⁶ And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came 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 from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. ²² They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. ²⁴ And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. ²⁷ The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who taketh away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me. ³¹ And I knew him not: but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. ³² And John gave testimony, saying: I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven; and he remained upon him. ³³ And I knew him not: but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, he it is that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴ And I saw: and I gave testimony that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ The next day again John stood and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God.