MODERN LITERAL VERSION

1:1 {Much of what is here is not found in the earlier writings of Mark, Matthew and Luke.}
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3 All things became through him, and without him nothing became that has become into being.
1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
1:5 And the light is appearing in the darkness, and the darkness did not {F} overtake it.

1:6 It happened that a man came, having been sent from God, and his name was John.
1:7 The same came to be a witness, that* he might testify concerning the light, that* all might believe through him.
1:8 He was not the light, but came that* he might testify concerning the light.
1:9 There was the true light, the light which illuminates every man, coming into the world.
1:10 He was in the world and the world became through him and the world did not know him.
1:11 He came to his own and those who were his own did not receive him.
1:12 But as many as received him, he gave the authority to become children of God to them, to those who believe in his name,
1:13 who were born, not from bloods, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.
1:14 And the Word became flesh and resided among us (and we saw his glory, glory like that of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
1:15 John testifies concerning him and cries, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He who is coming after me has become in front of me, because he was before me.
1:16 And we all received out of his fullness and grace in exchange-for grace.
1:17 Because the law was given through Moses; the grace and the truth came* through Jesus Christ.
1:18 No one has seen God at anytime; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has described him.

1:19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem that* they might ask him, Who are you?

1:20 And he confessed and did not deny, and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

1:21 And they asked him, Then*, what? Are you Elijah?
And he says, I am not.
Are you the prophet?
And he answered, No.

1:22 Therefore they said to him, Who are you? That* we might give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say of yourself?

1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

1:24 And those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
1:25 And they asked him, and said to him, Then* why do you immerse*, if you are not the Christ, neither Elijah, nor the prophet?

1:26 John answered them, saying, I immerse* in water, but one stands in your* midst whom you* do not know.
1:27 It is he who is coming after me, who has become in front of me. I am not worthy that* I should loose the strap of his shoes.
1:28 These things happened in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was immersing*.

1:29 On the next-day he sees Jesus coming to him and says, Behold, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world!
1:30 This is he, concerning whom I said, After me is coming a man who has become in front of me, because he was first; then me.
1:31 And I did not know him, but that* he should be manifested to Israel. I came immersing* in water because of this.
1:32 And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove from heaven, and it remained upon him.
1:33 And I did not know him, but he who sent me to immerse* in water, he said to me, Upon whomever you see the Spirit coming down and remaining upon him, this one is he who immerses* in the Holy Spirit.
1:34 And I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.

1:35 Again on the next-day, John and two others from his disciples was standing,
1:36 and looking at Jesus walking and says, Behold, the Lamb of God!
1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak and they followed Jesus.
1:38 And Jesus, having turned, saw them following, and says to them, What are you* seeking?
And they said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, after being translated, Teacher), where do you abide?

1:39 He says to them, Come and see.
They went and saw where he abode, and they remained with him that day. It was approximately the tenth hour.
1:40 One from the two who heard this from John was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother and he followed him.
1:41 He finds first his own brother Simon and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, after being translated, The Christ).
1:42 And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus looked on him and said, You are Simon, the Son of Jonah, you will be called Cephas, which is by translation, a Pebble.

1:43 On the next-day, he wished to go out into Galilee, and he finds Philip, and Jesus says to him, Follow me .

1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, from the city of Andrew and Peter.
1:45 Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote, Jesus the Nazarene, the son of Joseph.

1:46 And Nathanael said to him, Can there be any good thing coming out of Nazareth?
Philip says to him, Come and see.

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and says concerning him, Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no treachery!

1:48 Nathanael says to him, From where do you know me?
Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip summoned you, I saw you when you were under the fig tree .

1:49 Nathanael answered and says to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.

1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, Is it because I said to you, I saw you underneath the fig tree that you believe? You will see greater things than these.
1:51 And he says to him, Assuredly, assuredly, I say to you*, From now on, you* will see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God ascending and coming down upon the Son of Man.
{Footnotes: Please read the Preface. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the Appendix. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e. *for is different from for* is different from for. Jn 1:5- Or: comprehend.}