^{15 Ref} John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

^{16 Ref} For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

^{17 Ref} For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

^{18 Ref} No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared `him'.

^{19 Ref} And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

^{20 Ref} And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

^{21 Ref} And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

^{22 Ref} They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

^{23 Ref} He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

^{24 Ref} And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

^{25 Ref} And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

^{26 Ref} John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

^{27 Ref} `even' he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.