6. There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.
7. He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
8. He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
9. The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
10. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
11. He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.
12. Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
13. These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14. And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15. John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: "This is the one about whom I said: 'He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.' "
16. And from his fullness, we all have received, even grace for grace.
17. For the law was given though Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18. No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
19. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, "Who are you?"
20. And he confessed it and did not deny it; and what he confessed was: "I am not the Christ."
21. And they questioned him: "Then what are you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you 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 a voice crying out in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' just as the prophet Isaiah said."
24. And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.