1 No princípio era o Verbo, e o Verbo estava com Deus, e o Verbo era Deus.
2 Ele estava no princípio com Deus.
3 Tudo foi feito por ele; e nada do que tem sido feito, foi feito sem ele.
4 Nele estava a vida, e a vida era a luz dos homens.
5 A luz resplandece nas trevas, e contra ela as trevas não prevaleceram.
6 Houve um homem, enviado por Deus, e chamava-se João;
7 este veio como testemunha para dar testemunho da luz, a fim de que todos cressem por meio dele.
8 Ele não era a luz, mas veio para dar testemunho da luz.
9 Havia a verdadeira luz que, vinda ao mundo, alumia a todo o homem.
10 Ele estava no mundo, e o mundo foi feito por ele, e o mundo não o conheceu.
11 Veio para o que era seu, e os seus não o receberam.
12 Mas a todos os que o receberam, aos que crêem em seu nome, deu ele o direito de se tornarem filhos de Deus:
13 os quais não nasceram do sangue, nem da vontade da carne, nem da vontade do homem, mas sim de Deus.
14 O Verbo se fez carne e habitou entre nós, cheio de graça e de verdade, e vimos a sua glória, glória como do unigênito do Pai.
15 João deu testemunho dele e clamou, dizendo: Este é o de quem falei: Aquele que há de vir depois de mim, tem passado adiante de mim porque existia antes de mim.
16 Pois todos nós recebemos da sua plenitude, e graça sobre graça;
17 porque a Lei foi dada por intermédio de Moisés, mas a graça e a verdade vieram por Jesus Cristo.
18 Ninguém jamais viu a Deus; o Deus unigênito que está no seio do Pai, esse o revelou.
19 Este é o testemunho de João, quando os judeus lhe enviaram de Jerusalém sacerdotes e levitas para lhe perguntar: Quem és tu?
20 Ele confessou e não negou, e a sua confissão foi: Eu não sou o Cristo.
21 Perguntaram-lhe eles: Que és, então? És tu Elias? Ele respondeu: Não sou. És tu o profeta? Respondeu: Não.
22 Disseram-lhe, pois: Quem és? para que possamos dar resposta aos que nos enviaram; que pensas de ti mesmo?
23 Ele replicou: Eu sou a voz do que clama no deserto: Endireitai o caminho do Senhor, como disse o profeta Isaías.
24 Ora eles tinham sido enviados pelos fariseus.
25 Perguntaram-lhe também: Por que, então, batizas, se tu não és o Cristo, nem Elias, nem o profeta?
26 Respondeu-lhes João: Eu batizo com água; no meio de vós está quem vós não conheceis,
27 é aquele que há de vir depois de mim, e ao qual eu não sou digno de lhe desatar a correia das sandálias.
28 Isto passou-se em Betânia além do Jordão, onde João estava batizando.
29 No dia seguinte viu João a Jesus que vinha para ele, e disse: Eis o Cordeiro de Deus, que tira o pecado do mundo!
30 Este é o mesmo de quem eu disse: Depois de mim há de vir um homem que tem passado adiante de mim, porque existia antes de mim.
31 Eu não o conhecia, mas para que ele fosse manifestado a Israel, é que eu vim batizar com água.
32 João deu testemunho, dizendo: Vi o Espírito descer do céu como pomba, e permaneceu sobre ele.
33 Eu não o conhecia, mas o que me enviou a batizar com água, disse-me: Aquele sobre quem vires descer o Espírito e ficar sobre ele, esse é o que batiza com o Espírito Santo.
34 Eu tenho visto e testificado que ele é o Filho de Deus.
35 No dia seguinte João estava lá outra vez com dois de seus discípulos
36 e, olhando para Jesus que passava, disse: Eis ali o Cordeiro de Deus!
37 Os dois discípulos, ouvindo dizer isto, seguiram a Jesus.
38 Voltando-se Jesus e vendo que eles o seguiam, perguntou-lhes: Que buscais? Disseram-lhe: Rabi (que quer dizer, Mestre), onde assistes?
39 Ele respondeu: Vinde, e vereis. Foram, pois, e viram onde assistia; e ficaram aquele dia com ele: era mais ou menos a hora décima.
40 André, irmão de Simão Pedro, era um dos dois que ouviram João falar e que seguiram a Jesus.
41 Ele procurou primeiro seu irmão Simão, e lhe disse: Temos achado o Messias (que quer dizer, Cristo).
42 E o levou a Jesus. Jesus, olhando para ele, disse: Tu és Simão, filho de João; tu serás chamado Cefas (que significa Pedro).
43 No dia seguinte resolveu Jesus ir à Galiléia, e encontrou a Filipe. E disse-lhe: Segue-me.
44 Ora Filipe era de Betsaida, cidade de André e Pedro.
45 Filipe encontrou a Natanael e declarou-lhe: Temos achado aquele, de quem escreveu Moisés na Lei, e de quem falaram os profetas, Jesus de Nazaré, filho de José.
46 Perguntou-lhe Natanael: De Nazaré pode sair coisa que boa seja? Respondeu-lhe Filipe: Vem e vê.
47 Jesus, vendo a Natanael aproximar-se, disse dele: Eis um verdadeiro israelita, em quem não há dolo!
48 Perguntou-lhe Natanael: Donde me conheces? Respondeu Jesus: Antes de Filipe chamar-te, eu te vi, quando estavas debaixo da figueira.
49 Replicou-lhe Natanael: Mestre, tu és o Filho de Deus, tu és o Rei de Israel.
50 Disse-lhe Jesus: Por eu te dizer que te vi debaixo da figueira, crês? maiores coisas do que estas verás.
51 E acrescentou: Em verdade, em verdade vos digo que vereis o céu aberto e os anjos de Deus subindo e descendo sobre o Filho do homem.
1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.
3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
11 He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
16 From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.
32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.
33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.
34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
35 The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;
36 And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.
38 And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?
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40 He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.
41 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.
42 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).
43 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
44 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.
45 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.
46 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
47 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
48 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
49 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.
50 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!
51 In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.
52 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.