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;)
16. for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17. For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
18. No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19. And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
20. And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22. They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
24. And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25. And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26. John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27. he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28. These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
29. On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.