16. And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
17. For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.
18. No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
19. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20. And he confessed and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
24. And those who were sent were of the Pharisees.