In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
It was in the beginning with God.
Everything came into being through Him, and without Him nothing began to be that has come into being. In Him was life, and life was the light of men.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it.
Matthew There was a man sent from God; his name is John.
He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him all might believe.
He was not light, but was sent to testify to the Light.
There was the true Light, which enlightens every person coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to his own, and his own did not receive Him.
And to those who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the power to become children of God, who were born neither of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father.
John testifies of Him and, exclaiming, says: This was He of whom I said that He who came after me stood before me, because He was before me.
And from His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace, for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God; The Only Begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: who are you? He declared, and did not deny, and declared that I am not the Christ.
And they asked him: what then? are you Elijah? He said no. Prophet? He answered: no.
They said to him: who are you? so that we can give an answer to those who sent us: what do you say about yourself?
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: straighten the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.