the darkness comprehended it not.

(6)There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (7)The same
came for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all
might believe. (8)He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of
the light. (9)There was the true light, which lights every man that
comes into the world. (10)He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not. (11)He came to his own, and his
own received him not. (12)But as many as received him, to them he gave
power to become children of God, to those who believe on his name;
(13)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God.

(14)And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us[1:14]; and we beheld
his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of
grace and truth.

(15)John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I
said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was
before me[1:15]. (16)Because out of his fullness we all received, and
grace for grace. (17)For the law was given through Moses; grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ. (18)No one has ever seen God; the
only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

(19)And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? (20)And he confessed,
and denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. (21)And they
asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou
the Prophet? And he answered: No. (22)They said therefore to him: Who
art thou? that we may give an answer to those who 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 Isaiah the
prophet.

(24)And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. (25)And they asked
him, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the
Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? (26)John answered them, saying: I
immerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know
not; (27)he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not
worthy to loose.

(28)These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John
was immersing.

(29)On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world! (30)This is he of
whom I said: After me comes a man who is pref