John 1 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and the Word was ^(C)with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ^{2 [a]}He was in the beginning with God. ^{3 (E)}All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him ^[b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. ^{4 (F)}In Him was life, and the life was ^(G)the Light of mankind. ⁵ And ^(H)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ^[c]grasp it.

The Witness John the Baptist

⁶ A man ^[d]came, one sent from God, and his name was ^(I)John. ^{7 [e]}He came ^[f](J)as a witness, to testify about the Light, ^(K)so that all might believe through him. ^{8 [g](L)}He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

^{9 [h]}This was ^(M)the true Light ^[i]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and ^(N)the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not ^[j]know Him. ¹¹ He came to His ^[k]own, and His own people did not ^[l]accept Him. ¹² But ^[m]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(O)children of God, ^(P)to those who ^[n]believe in His name, ^{13 (Q)}who were ^[o]born, not of ^[p]blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

¹⁴ And ^(R)the Word ^(S)became flesh, and ^(T)dwelt among us; and ^(U)we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^(V)grace and ^(W)truth. ¹⁵ John *^(X)testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^(Y)He who is coming after me has proved to be ^[q]my superior, ^(Z)because He existed before me.’” ¹⁶ For of His ^(AA)fullness ^[r]we have all received, and ^[s]grace upon grace. ¹⁷ For ^(AB)the Law was given through Moses; ^(AC)grace and ^(AD)truth ^[t]were realized through Jesus Christ. ^{18 (AE)}No one has seen God at any time; ^(AF)God the only Son, who is ^(AG)in the ^[u]arms of the Father, ^(AH)He has ^[v]explained Him.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

¹⁹ This is ^(AI)the testimony of John, when ^(AJ)the Jews sent priests and Levites to him ^(AK)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “^(AL)I am not the ^[w]Christ.” ²¹ And so they asked him, “What then? Are you ^(AM)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^(AN)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” ²² Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” ²³ He said, “I am ^(AO)the voice of one calling ^[x]out in the wilderness, ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴ And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[y]Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^(AP)the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, saying, “^(AQ)I baptize ^[z]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ It is ^(AR)He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the ^(AS)strap of His sandal.” ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany ^(AT)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.

²⁹ The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, ^(AU)the Lamb of God who ^(AV)takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He in behalf of whom I said, ‘^(AW)After me is coming a Man who has proved to be ^[aa]my superior, ^(AX)because He existed before me.’ ³¹ And I did not recognize ^[ab]Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing ^[ac]in water.” ³² And John ^(AY)testified, saying, “^(AZ)I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. ³³ And I did not recognize ^[ad]Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^[ae]in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^(BA)this is the One who baptizes ^[af]in the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^(BB)the ^[ag]Son of God.”

Jesus’ Public Ministry; First Converts

³⁵ Again ^(BC)the next day John was standing ^[ah]with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, ^(BD)the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What are you seeking?” They said to Him, “^(BE)Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” ³⁹ He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day; it was about the ^[ai]tenth hour. ^{40 (BF)}One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the ^(BG)Messiah” (which translated means ^[aj]Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^[ak](BH)John; you shall be called ^(BI)Cephas” (which is translated ^[al](BJ)Peter).

^{43 (BK)}The next day He ^[am]decided to go to ^(BL)Galilee, and He *found ^(BM)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “^(BN)Follow Me.” ⁴⁴ Now ^(BO)Philip was from ^(BP)Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ^{45 (BQ)}Philip *found ^(BR)Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^(BS)Moses wrote in the Law, and ^(BT)the prophets also wrote: Jesus ^(BU)the son of Joseph, from ^(BV)Nazareth!” ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, “^(BW)Can anything good be from Nazareth?” ^(BX)Philip *said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Here is truly an ^(BY)Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^(BZ)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered Him, “^(CA)Rabbi, You are ^(CB)the Son of God; You are the ^(CC)King of Israel!” ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹ And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ^(CD)heaven opened and ^(CE)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(CF)the Son of Man.”

Footnotes

1. John 1:2 Lit This one
2. John 1:3 One early ms nothing came into
3. John 1:5 Or overpower
4. John 1:6 Or came into being
5. John 1:7 Lit This one
6. John 1:7 Lit for testimony
7. John 1:8 Lit That one; i.e., John
8. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
9. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world
10. John 1:10 Or acknowledge
11. John 1:11 Or own things, possessions, domain
12. John 1:11 Or receive
13. John 1:12 Or all who received
14. John 1:12 Or trust in
15. John 1:13 Or fathered
16. John 1:13 Lit bloods
17. John 1:15 Lit before me
18. John 1:16 Lit we all received
19. John 1:16 Lit grace for grace
20. John 1:17 Lit came to be
21. John 1:18 Lit chest; or possibly lap
22. John 1:18 I.e., given a detailed account of
23. John 1:20 I.e., Messiah
24. John 1:23 Or out, In the wilderness make the way
25. John 1:25 I.e., Messiah
26. John 1:26 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
27. John 1:30 Lit before me
28. John 1:31 I.e., as the Messiah
29. John 1:31 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
30. John 1:33 I.e., as the Messiah
31. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
32. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
33. John 1:34 One early ms Chosen One of
34. John 1:35 Lit and
35. John 1:39 I.e., about 4 p.m.
36. John 1:41 Gr Anointed One
37. John 1:42 Gr Joannes
38. John 1:42 I.e., Rock or Stone in Gr
39. John 1:43 Or resolved

Cross references

1. John 1:1 : Gen 1:1; Col 1:17; 1 John 1:1
2. John 1:1 : John 1:14; Rev 19:13
3. John 1:1 : John 17:5; 1 John 1:2
4. John 1:1 : Phil 2:6
5. John 1:3 : John 1:10; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2
6. John 1:4 : John 5:26; 11:25; 14:6
7. John 1:4 : John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46
8. John 1:5 : John 3:19
9. John 1:6 : Matt 3:1
10. John 1:7 : John 1:15, 19, 32; 3:26; 5:33
11. John 1:7 : John 1:12; Acts 19:4; Gal 3:26
12. John 1:8 : John 1:20
13. John 1:9 : 1 John 2:8
14. John 1:10 : 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2
15. John 1:12 : John 11:52; Gal 3:26
16. John 1:12 : John 1:7; 3:18; 1 John 3:23; 5:13
17. John 1:13 : John 3:5f; James 1:18; 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 2:29; 3:9
18. John 1:14 : Rev 19:13
19. John 1:14 : Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Phil 2:7f; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14; 1 John 1:1f; 4:2; 2 John 7
20. John 1:14 : Rev 21:3
21. John 1:14 : Luke 9:32; John 2:11; 17:22, 24; 2 Pet 1:16f; 1 John 1:1
22. John 1:14 : John 1:17; Rom 5:21; 6:14
23. John 1:14 : John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37
24. John 1:15 : John 1:7
25. John 1:15 : Matt 3:11; John 1:27, 30
26. John 1:15 : John 1:30
27. John 1:16 : Eph 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col 1:19; 2:9
28. John 1:17 : John 7:19
29. John 1:17 : John 1:14; Rom 5:21; 6:14
30. John 1:17 : John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37
31. John 1:18 : Ex 33:20; John 6:46; Col 1:15; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:12
32. John 1:18 : John 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9
33. John 1:18 : Luke 16:22; John 13:23
34. John 1:18 : John 3:11
35. John 1:19 : John 1:7
36. John 1:19 : John 2:18, 20; 5:10, 15f, 18; 6:41, 52; 7:1, 11, 13, 15, 35; 8:22, 48, 52, 57; 9:18, 22; 10:24, 31, 33
37. John 1:19 : Matt 15:1
38. John 1:20 : Luke 3:15f; John 3:28
39. John 1:21 : Matt 11:14; 16:14
40. John 1:21 : Deut 18:15, 18; Matt 21:11; John 1:25
41. John 1:23 : Is 40:3; Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4
42. John 1:25 : Deut 18:15, 18; Matt 21:11; John 1:21
43. John 1:26 : Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5
44. John 1:27 : Matt 3:11; John 1:30
45. John 1:27 : Matt 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16
46. John 1:28 : John 3:26; 10:40
47. John 1:29 : Is 53:7; John 1:36; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet 1:19; Rev 5:6, 8, 12f; 6:1
48. John 1:29 : Matt 1:21; 1 John 3:5
49. John 1:30 : Matt 3:11; John 1:27
50. John 1:30 : John 1:15
51. John 1:32 : John 1:7
52. John 1:32 : Matt 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22
53. John 1:33 : Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5
54. John 1:34 : Matt 4:3; John 1:49
55. John 1:35 : John 1:29
56. John 1:36 : John 1:29
57. John 1:38 : Matt 23:7f; John 1:49
58. John 1:40 : Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42
59. John 1:41 : Dan 9:25; John 4:25
60. John 1:42 : Matt 16:17; John 21:15-17
61. John 1:42 : 1 Cor 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gal 1:18; 2:9, 11, 14
62. John 1:42 : Matt 16:18
63. John 1:43 : John 1:29, 35
64. John 1:43 : Matt 4:12; John 1:28; 2:11
65. John 1:43 : Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f
66. John 1:43 : Matt 8:22
67. John 1:44 : Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f
68. John 1:44 : Matt 11:21
69. John 1:45 : Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f
70. John 1:45 : John 1:46-49; 21:2
71. John 1:45 : Luke 24:27
72. John 1:45 : Luke 24:27
73. John 1:45 : Luke 2:48; 3:23; 4:22; John 6:42
74. John 1:45 : Matt 2:23
75. John 1:46 : John 7:41, 52
76. John 1:46 : Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f
77. John 1:47 : Rom 9:4
78. John 1:48 : Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f
79. John 1:49 : John 1:38
80. John 1:49 : John 1:34
81. John 1:49 : Matt 2:2; 27:42; Mark 15:32; John 12:13
82. John 1:51 : Ezek 1:1; Matt 3:16; Luke 3:21; Acts 7:56; 10:11; Rev 19:11
83. John 1:51 : Gen 28:12
84. John 1:51 : Matt 8:20