John 1:15-27
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15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
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17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
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21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
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22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
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23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
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24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
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25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.