John 1:19-51

Legacy Standard Bible

A Voice in the Wilderness

¹⁹ And this is ^(A)the witness of John, when ^(B)the ^[a]Jews sent to him priests and Levites ^(C)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “^(D)I am not the ^[b]Christ.” ²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Are you ^(E)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^(F)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” ²² Therefore, they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” ²³ He said, “I am ^(G)a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the ^[c]Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴ Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[d]Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^(H)the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, saying, “^(I)I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ This One is ^(J)He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the ^(K)strap of His sandal.” ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany ^(L)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹ On the next day, he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, ^(M)the Lamb of God who ^(N)takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘^(O)After me comes a man who has been ^[e]ahead of me, ^(P)for He existed before me.’ ³¹ I did not know ^[f]Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing with water.” ³² And John ^(Q)bore witness saying, “^(R)I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He abided on Him. ³³ And I did not know ^[g]Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, ^(S)this is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I myself have seen, and have borne witness that this is ^(T)the Son of God.”

Behold, the Lamb of God

^35 (U)On the next day, John again was standing ^[h]with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, ^(V)the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus. ³⁸ And when Jesus turned and noticed them following, He *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “^(W)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 ^[i]tenth hour. ^40 (X)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 ^(Y)Messiah” (which translated means ^[j]Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. When Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of ^(Z)John; you shall be called ^(AA)Cephas” (which is translated ^[k](AB)Peter).

^43 (AC)On the next day, He desired to go into ^(AD)Galilee, and He *found ^(AE)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “^(AF)Follow Me.” ⁴⁴ Now ^(AG)Philip was from ^(AH)Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ^45 (AI)Philip *found ^(AJ)Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^(AK)Moses in the Law and also ^(AL)the Prophets wrote—Jesus of ^(AM)Nazareth, ^(AN)the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “^(AO)Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” ^(AP)Philip *said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said about him, “Behold, truly an ^(AQ)Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael *said to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^(AR)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered Him, “^(AS)Rabbi, You are ^(AT)the Son of God; You are the ^(AU)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 ^(AV)the heavens opened and ^(AW)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(AX)the Son of Man.”