John 1:19-51.
John 1:19-51 (Good News Translation)
19The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to
John to ask him,
Who are you?
20John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and
clearly, saying:
I am not the Messiah.
21Who are you, then? they asked.
Are you Elijah?
No, I am not, John answered.
Are you the Prophet?
they asked.
No, he replied.
22Then tell us who you are, they said.
We have to take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you
say about yourself
23John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah:
I am
the voice of someone shouting in the desert:
Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!
24The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,
25then
asked John,
If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do
you baptize?
26John answered,
I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not
know.
27He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie
his sandals.
28All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan
River, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said,
There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30This is the one I was talking about when I said,
A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because
he existed before I was born.
31I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with
water in order to make him known to the people of Israel.
32And John gave this testimony:
I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and stay on
him.
33I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent
me to baptize with water, had said to me,
You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the
one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34I have seen it,
said John,
and I tell you that he is the Son of God.
35The next day John was standing there again with two of his
disciples,
36when he saw Jesus walking by.
There is the Lamb of God! he said.
37The two disciples heard him say this and went with Jesus.
38Jesus turned, saw them following him, and asked,
What are you looking for?
They answered,
Where do you live, Rabbi? (This word means
Teacher.)
39Come and see, he answered. (It was then about four o'clock in
the afternoon.) So they went with him and saw where he lived, and spent the
rest of that day with him.
40One of them was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41At once he found his brother Simon and told him,
We have found the Messiah. (This word means
Christ.)
42Then he took Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said,
Your name is Simon son of John, but you will be called Cephas.
(This is the same as Peter and means
a rock.)
43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip
and said to him,
Come with me! (
44Philip was from Bethsaida, the town where Andrew and Peter
lived.)
45Philip found Nathanael and told him,
We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in
the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He
is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.
46Can anything good come from Nazareth? Nathanael asked.
Come and see, answered Philip.
47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him,
Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!
48Nathanael asked him,
How do you know me?
Jesus answered,
I saw you when you were under the fig tree before Philip called
you.
49Teacher, answered Nathanael,
you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
50Jesus said,
Do you believe just because I told you I saw you when you were
under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than this!
51And he said to them,
I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's
angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.
God bless you.
19The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to
John to ask him,
Who are you?
20John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and
clearly, saying:
I am not the Messiah.
21Who are you, then? they asked.
Are you Elijah?
No, I am not, John answered.
Are you the Prophet?
they asked.
No, he replied.
22Then tell us who you are, they said.
We have to take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you
say about yourself
23John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah:
I am
the voice of someone shouting in the desert:
Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!
24The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,
25then
asked John,
If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do
you baptize?
26John answered,
I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not
know.
27He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie
his sandals.
28All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan
River, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said,
There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30This is the one I was talking about when I said,
A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because
he existed before I was born.
31I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with
water in order to make him known to the people of Israel.
32And John gave this testimony:
I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and stay on
him.
33I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent
me to baptize with water, had said to me,
You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the
one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34I have seen it,
said John,
and I tell you that he is the Son of God.
35The next day John was standing there again with two of his
disciples,
36when he saw Jesus walking by.
There is the Lamb of God! he said.
37The two disciples heard him say this and went with Jesus.
38Jesus turned, saw them following him, and asked,
What are you looking for?
They answered,
Where do you live, Rabbi? (This word means
Teacher.)
39Come and see, he answered. (It was then about four o'clock in
the afternoon.) So they went with him and saw where he lived, and spent the
rest of that day with him.
40One of them was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41At once he found his brother Simon and told him,
We have found the Messiah. (This word means
Christ.)
42Then he took Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said,
Your name is Simon son of John, but you will be called Cephas.
(This is the same as Peter and means
a rock.)
43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip
and said to him,
Come with me! (
44Philip was from Bethsaida, the town where Andrew and Peter
lived.)
45Philip found Nathanael and told him,
We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in
the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He
is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.
46Can anything good come from Nazareth? Nathanael asked.
Come and see, answered Philip.
47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him,
Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!
48Nathanael asked him,
How do you know me?
Jesus answered,
I saw you when you were under the fig tree before Philip called
you.
49Teacher, answered Nathanael,
you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
50Jesus said,
Do you believe just because I told you I saw you when you were
under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than this!
51And he said to them,
I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's
angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.
God bless you.
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