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From the Bible - The Book
of John
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The
Word Became Flesh
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Chapter
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... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
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... He was with God in the beginning.
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3
... Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that
has been made.
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... In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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... The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood
it.
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... There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.
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... He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through
him all men might believe.
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... He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
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... The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
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... He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the
world did not recognize him.
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... He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
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... Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he
gave the right to become children of God ...
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... children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's
will, but born of God.
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... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen
his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full
of grace and truth.
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... John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of
whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before
me.' "
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... From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after
another.
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... For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.
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... No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's
side, has made him known.
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John
the Baptist Denies Being the Christ
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... Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests
and Levites to ask him who he was.
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... He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ."
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... They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am
not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
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... Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to
those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
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... John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of
one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "
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... Now some Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, "Why then do you
baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elizah, nor the Prophet?"
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... "I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you
do not know.
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... He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am
not worthy to untie."
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... This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where
John was baptizing.
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Jesus
the Lamb of God
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... The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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... This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has
surpassed me because he was before me.'
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... I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water
was that he might be revealed to Israel."
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... Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven
as a dove and remain on him.
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... I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize
with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain
is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
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... I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."
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Jesus'
First Disciples
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... The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
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... When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
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... When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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... Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What
do you want?"
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said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
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... "Come," he
replied, "and you will see."
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they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It
was about the tenth hour.
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... Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John
had said and who had followed Jesus.
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... The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him,
"We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).
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... And he brought him to Jesus.
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Jesus
looked at him and said, "You are Simon son
of John. You will be called Cephas" (which,
when translated, is Peter).
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Jesus
Calls Philip and Nathanael
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... The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he
said to him, "Follow me."
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... Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
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... Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote
about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote ... Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph."
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... "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked.
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"Come
and see," said Philip.
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... When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him "Here
is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."
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... "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
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Jesus
answered, "I saw you while you were still
under the fig tree before Philip called you."
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... Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the
King of Israel."
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... Jesus said, "You believe because I told
you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that."
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... He then added, "I tell you the truth,
you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
on the Son of Man."
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Jesus
Changes Water to Wine
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Chapter
2
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On
the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was
there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
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... When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more
wine."
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... "Dear woman, why do you involve me?"
Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."
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... His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
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... Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial
washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
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... Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the
jars with water"; so they filled them to the
brim.
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... Then he told them, "Now draw some out
and take it to the master of the banquet."
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did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned
into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants
who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,
"Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after
the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till
now."
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... This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of
Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith
in him.
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Jesus
Clears the Temple
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... After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and
his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
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... When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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... In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves,
and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
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... So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area,
both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and
overturned their tables.
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... To those who sold doves he said, "Get
these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"
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... His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will
consume me."
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... Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us
to prove your authority to do all this?"
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... Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple,
and I will raise it again in three days."
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... The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,
and you are going to raise it in three days?"
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... But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
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... After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had
said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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... Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw
the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name.
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... But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.
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... He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in
a man.
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