1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2This one was in the beginning with God.
3All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.
5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
6A man came, sent from God, _whose name was_ John.
7This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.
8That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.
9The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.
11He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.
12But as many as received him—to those who believe in his name—he gave to them authority to become children of God,
13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
14And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
16For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.
17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
18No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made [him] known.
19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?
20And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—"I am not the Christ!
21And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!
22Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?
23He said, "I [am] ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," ‘ just as Isaiah the prophet said.
24(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)