11. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
12. But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
13. who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14. The Word became flesh, and lived amongst us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15. Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
16. From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17. For the Torah was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realised through Yeshua the Messiah.
18. No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
19. This is Yochanan’s testimony, when the Judeans sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20. He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah.”
21. They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”He said, “I am not.”“Are you the prophet?”He answered, “No.”
22. They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23. He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24. The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25. They asked him, “Why then do you immerse, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
26. Yochanan answered them, “I immerse in water, but amongst you stands one whom you don’t know.
27. He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”