Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: John

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Book 43 John 001:001 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. 001:002 He was in the
beginning with God. 001:003 All things came into being through Him,
and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being. 001:004 In
Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men. 001:005 The Light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
001:006 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
001:007 He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony
concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him. 001:008
He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony
concerning the Light. 001:009 The true Light was that which illumines
every man by its coming into the world. 001:010 He was in the world,
and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not
recognize Him. 001:011 He came to the things that were His own, and
His own people gave Him no welcome. 001:012 But all who have
received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has
given the privilege of becoming children of God; 001:013 who were
begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their
own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.
001:014 And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our
midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son,
sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth. 001:015 John
gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of
whom I said, `He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for
He was before me." 001:016 For He it is from whose fulness we have
all received, and grace upon grace. 001:017 For the Law was given
through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 001:018 No

human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's
bosom--He has made Him known. 001:019 This also is John's
testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. 001:020 He
avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the
Christ." 001:021 "What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am
not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered. 001:022 So
they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take
an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of
yourself?" 001:023 "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud,
`Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the
Prophet Isaiah." 001:024 They were Pharisees who had been sent.
001:025 Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they
said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?" 001:026
"I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One
whom you do not know-- 001:027 He who is to come after me, and
whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten." 001:028 This
conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was
baptizing. 001:029 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him
and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take