John 1:15-30

15(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

16for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

17For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

18No one has seen 1God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

20And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

22They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

24And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

25And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

26John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

27he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

28These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

29On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of 2God, who takes away the sin of the world.

30He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;