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9 the true Light which illumines everyone who comes into the world.
10 He was in the world, the world that came into being by Him, yet the world did not know Him.
11 He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him.
12 But, as many as did receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe into His name:
13 who were begotten, not by blood, nor by the desire of the flesh, nor by the will of a man, but by God .
14 So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John testified about Him and called out saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did’.”
16 Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace.
17 Because the Law was given through Moses; the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God. The Only-begotten Son, who exists in the bosom of the Father, He has interpreted Him .
19 Now this is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 He confessed, he did not deny but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 So they asked him, “What then, are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you ‘the Prophet’?” “No,” he answered.
22 So they said to him, “Who are you?—so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said, “I am ‘the voice of one calling out: “Make the LORD’s road straight in the wilderness”,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25 So they asked him saying, “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 among you stands One whom you do not know.
27 He is the One coming after me who is now ahead of me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
28 These things happened in Bithabara, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’