The Word of Life

In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God.

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him the complete gifts of undeserved grace and truth have come down to us.

John spoke about him and shouted, “This is the one I told you would come! He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”

Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.

The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth.

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”

John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.

The Lamb of God

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

He is the one I told you about when I said, “Someone else will come, who is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”

I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.

I was there and saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven. And the Spirit stayed on him.

Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Here is the Lamb of God!”

Jesus replied, “Come and see!” It was already about four o'clock in the afternoon when they went with him and saw where he lived. So they stayed on for the rest of the day.

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and tell him, “We have found the Messiah!” The Hebrew word “Messiah” means the same as the Greek word “Christ.”

Philip then found Nathanael and said, “We have found the one that Moses and the Prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

Nathanael asked, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip answered, “Come and see.”

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful.”

Nathanael said, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God and the King of Israel!”

Jesus replied, “Mother, my time hasn't yet come! You must not tell me what to do.”

and the man in charge drank some of the water that had now turned into wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants did. He called the bridegroom over

and said, “The best wine is always served first. Then after the guests have had plenty, the other wine is served. But you have kept the best until last!”

Only God's Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going.