These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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John 1
Brit Hadashah 50 verses
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with , and the Word was .
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1 John 1:1-2 John 17:5 Genesis 1:1 John 1:14 Revelation 19:13 Colossians 1:17 Revelation 22:13 Revelation 1:8 John 1:2 Philippians 2:6 John 10:30-33 Proverbs 8:22-31 Isaiah 9:6 Revelation 21:6 Matthew 1:23 Titus 2:13 1 Timothy 3:16 John 1:18 1 John 5:7 John 16:28 Hebrews 13:8 Hebrews 1:8-13 Isaiah 7:14 Revelation 2:8 Revelation 1:17 John 20:28 1 John 5:20 Psalm 45:6 Revelation 3:14 Ephesians 3:9 Romans 9:5 2 Peter 1:1 Isaiah 40:9-11 Revelation 1:2 Hebrews 7:3 - 2 He was in the beginning with .
- 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.
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In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.
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John 8:12 John 11:25 John 5:26 John 14:6 John 12:46 1 John 1:5-7 John 9:5 Ephesians 5:14 1 John 5:11 John 12:35 John 1:8-9 Colossians 3:4 Luke 1:78-79 Matthew 4:16 Luke 2:32 Isaiah 42:6-7 Acts 26:23 1 Corinthians 15:45 Revelation 22:16 1 John 1:2 Psalm 84:11 Isaiah 42:16 Revelation 22:1 Malachi 4:2 John 5:21 Psalm 60:1-3 Isaiah 35:4-5 -
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The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
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- 6 There was a man sent from , whose was .
- 7 He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light—so that all might believe through him.
- 8 He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.
- 9 The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.
- 10 He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.
- 11 He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.
- 12 But all who have received Him, to them—that is, to those who trust in His —He has given the privilege of becoming children of ;
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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 .
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James 1:18 1 John 3:9 1 Peter 1:23 1 Peter 1:3 John 3:3 1 John 4:7 1 John 5:4 Titus 3:5 John 3:5-8 Genesis 25:22 1 John 2:28-29 Romans 10:1-3 1 John 5:1 1 Peter 2:2 Philippians 2:13 1 Corinthians 3:6 Matthew 3:9 Psalm 110:3 John 8:33-41 Genesis 25:28 Genesis 27:33 1 John 5:18 Romans 9:7-16 Romans 9:1-5 Genesis 27:4 -
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And the Word came in the , and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His —the as of the Father’s only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of and .
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1 Timothy 3:16 Galatians 4:4 John 1:1 1 John 4:9 Isaiah 40:5 Hebrews 1:3 Psalm 2:7 Philippians 2:6-8 1 John 1:1-2 John 6:51 Hebrews 10:5 1 Corinthians 15:47 1 John 4:14 1 John 4:2-3 Romans 8:3 2 John 1:7 Colossians 1:19 Hebrews 1:5 Isaiah 53:2 Hebrews 5:5 John 1:16-18 1 Peter 2:4-7 John 2:11 John 11:40 1 Timothy 1:14-16 Colossians 2:9 Luke 1:31-35 Isaiah 7:14 John 3:16 John 17:22 John 14:9 2 Peter 1:16-17 John 14:6 Luke 9:32 Romans 9:5 Matthew 17:1-5 John 12:40-41 Isaiah 60:1-2 Revelation 21:3 Luke 2:11 Romans 1:3-4 Hebrews 2:11 Matthew 1:20-23 2 Corinthians 12:9 Hebrews 2:14-17 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 Ephesians 3:18-19 Matthew 1:16 Psalm 45:2 Luke 2:7 Acts 13:33 John 3:18 Colossians 2:3 - 15 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.”
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For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and upon .
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Colossians 1:19 Romans 5:2 Ephesians 4:7-13 Ephesians 1:6-8 Ephesians 2:5-10 Ephesians 1:23 1 Corinthians 1:4-5 Ephesians 3:19 John 3:34 Romans 5:17 Luke 21:15 Colossians 2:9-10 1 Peter 1:2 1 Peter 1:11 Romans 5:20 Acts 3:12-16 John 15:1-5 Romans 8:9 Zechariah 4:7 Colossians 2:3 Matthew 13:12 Matthew 3:14 Matthew 3:11 -
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For the Law was given through ; and came through the .
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Romans 6:14 John 14:6 Romans 3:19-26 John 8:32 Romans 5:20-21 Hebrews 9:22 2 Corinthians 3:7-10 John 1:14 John 7:19 Acts 28:23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 5:45 Hebrews 3:5-6 Galatians 3:10-13 Romans 15:8-12 Acts 13:34-39 Hebrews 10:4-10 Hebrews 8:8-12 Luke 1:54-55 Genesis 22:18 Galatians 3:17 Deuteronomy 5:1 Luke 1:68-79 Acts 7:38 2 Corinthians 1:20 Genesis 3:15 Psalm 89:1-2 Psalm 98:3 Psalm 85:10 John 9:29 Micah 7:20 Hebrews 11:39-40 Revelation 5:8-10 Exodus 20:1-17 Deuteronomy 4:44 Deuteronomy 33:4 -
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No human eye has ever seen : the only Son, who is in the Father’s bosom—He has made Him known.
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1 John 4:12 Colossians 1:15 John 6:46 1 Timothy 6:16 Matthew 11:27 1 John 4:9 1 John 4:20 John 1:14 Luke 10:22 Exodus 33:18-23 1 John 5:20 John 17:26 Numbers 12:8 Genesis 32:28-30 Exodus 3:4-6 Exodus 34:5-7 John 12:41 1 Timothy 1:17 John 14:9 Joshua 5:13 Exodus 23:21 Isaiah 6:1-3 Isaiah 40:11 Deuteronomy 4:12 Genesis 16:13 Ezekiel 1:26-28 Genesis 48:15-16 John 13:23 Proverbs 8:30 John 3:16-18 Lamentations 2:12 Judges 6:12-26 Genesis 18:33 John 17:6 Luke 16:22-23 Judges 13:20-23 Hosea 12:3-5 -
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This also is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from to ask him who he was.
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He avowed—he did not conceal the , but avowed, “I am not the .”
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“What then?” they inquired; “are you ?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered.
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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?”
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“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 .”
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They were Pharisees who had been sent.
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Again they questioned him. “Why then do you baptize,” they said, “if you are neither the nor nor the Prophet?”
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“I baptize in water only,” answered, “but in your midst stands One whom you do not —
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- 27 He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten.”
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This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the , where was baptizing.
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The next day saw coming towards him and exclaimed, “Look, that is the Lamb of who is to take away the sin of the world!
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1 Peter 1:19 Acts 8:32 1 John 3:5 Revelation 5:8 John 1:36 1 John 2:2 Revelation 5:6 Isaiah 53:7 Matthew 1:21 Revelation 6:1 Galatians 1:4 Matthew 20:28 Revelation 1:5 Isaiah 53:11 Galatians 3:13 Hebrews 1:3 1 Peter 2:24 Revelation 15:3 Revelation 7:9-10 1 Corinthians 15:3 John 3:16 Hosea 14:2 Revelation 14:4 Revelation 19:7 2 Corinthians 5:21 Revelation 19:9 Revelation 14:10 Revelation 6:16 Revelation 5:12-13 Revelation 21:14 Revelation 14:1 Titus 2:14 Hebrews 9:28 Revelation 7:17 Revelation 13:8 Revelation 12:11 Revelation 21:22-23 1 John 4:10 Revelation 7:14 Revelation 17:14 Hebrews 2:17 1 Timothy 2:6 Numbers 18:23 1 Peter 3:18 Revelation 21:9 Acts 13:39 Revelation 21:27 Exodus 12:3-13 Leviticus 16:21-22 Exodus 28:38 Numbers 18:1 Genesis 22:7-8 Leviticus 10:17 Numbers 28:3-10 - 30 This is He about whom I said, ‘After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.’
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I did not yet Him; but that He may be openly shown to is the reason why I have come baptizing in water.”
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also gave testimony by stating: “I have seen the coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.
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- 33 I did not yet Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, “’The One on whom you see the coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy .’
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“This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of .”
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Matthew 4:3 John 1:49 Psalm 2:7 Psalm 89:26-27 John 11:27 John 5:23-27 Mark 1:11 Matthew 17:5 Hebrews 1:5-6 Luke 1:35 1 John 4:14-15 Matthew 11:27 2 John 1:9 Matthew 27:40 Matthew 27:43 2 Corinthians 1:19 Revelation 2:18 Matthew 26:63 1 John 5:9-13 John 19:7 John 10:36 John 3:16-18 Matthew 3:17 1 John 5:20 1 John 3:8 Hebrews 7:3 Matthew 8:29 1 John 4:9 1 John 2:23 Mark 1:1 Matthew 27:54 Romans 1:4 Hebrews 1:1-2 John 20:31 Matthew 4:6 Luke 3:22 Matthew 16:16 John 3:35-36 John 10:30 John 6:69 John 1:18 John 20:28 -
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Again the next day was standing with two of his disciples,
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when he saw passing by, and said, “Look! that is the Lamb of !”
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The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed .
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Then turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, “What is your wish?” “Rabbi,” they replied—’Rabbi’ means ‘Teacher’—”where are you staying?”
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John 1:49 John 3:2 John 18:7 John 18:4 John 20:15-16 John 6:25 Matthew 23:7-8 Ruth 1:16 Luke 10:39 John 3:26 Luke 19:5 John 12:21 Psalm 27:4 Luke 18:40-41 Acts 10:21 Acts 10:29 Luke 7:24-27 Proverbs 8:34 Luke 22:61 Luke 14:25 Proverbs 13:20 Song of Solomon 1:7-8 Proverbs 3:18 Luke 8:38 Luke 15:20 1 Kings 10:8 -
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“Come and you shall see,” He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o’clock in the morning.
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Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s exclamation and followed .
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- 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the !”—that is to say, the Anointed One.
- 42 He brought him to . looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of : you shall be called Cephas”—that is to say, (or ‘Rock’)
- 43 The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into , found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.
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Then Philip found , and said to him, “We have found him about whom in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets—, the son of , a man of .”
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Luke 24:27 Deuteronomy 18:18-22 John 21:2 Matthew 2:23 Luke 24:44 Luke 4:22 Luke 3:23 John 18:7 John 18:5 Matthew 21:11 John 1:46-48 Acts 10:38 Acts 22:8 Acts 2:22 John 6:42 Genesis 49:10 Mark 14:67 Acts 26:9 John 19:19 John 5:45-46 Luke 2:4 Matthew 13:55 Mark 6:3 Acts 3:6 Genesis 3:15 Micah 5:2 Zechariah 9:9 Genesis 22:18 Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 53:2 Zechariah 6:12 Isaiah 4:2 -
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“Can anything good come out of ?” replied . “Come and see,” said Philip.
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saw approaching, and said of him, “Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!”
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- 48 “How do you me?” asked. “Before Philip called you,” said , “when you were under the fig-tree I saw you.”
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“Rabbi,” cried , “you are the Son of , you are Israel’s King!”
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Zechariah 9:9 Matthew 27:42 John 1:34 Matthew 2:2 John 1:38 Matthew 21:5 Matthew 27:11 Zephaniah 3:15 Hosea 3:5 Isaiah 9:7 John 1:18 John 12:13-15 John 19:19-22 John 18:37 Matthew 14:33 Jeremiah 23:5-6 Luke 19:38 Psalm 110:1 Daniel 9:25 John 20:28-29 Micah 5:2 Psalm 2:6 Ezekiel 37:21-25 Zechariah 6:12-13 -
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“Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig-tree,’” replied , “do you believe? You shall see greater things than that.”
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“I tell you all in most solemn ,” He added, “that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and Elohim’s angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man.”
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Genesis 28:12 Luke 3:21 Ezekiel 1:1 Acts 7:56 Revelation 19:11 Matthew 3:16 Acts 10:11 Mark 14:62 Jude 1:14 Luke 22:43 Mark 1:10 Luke 2:13 Daniel 7:13-14 2 Thessalonians 1:7 John 3:13-14 Matthew 4:11 Daniel 7:9-10 Luke 2:9 Matthew 25:31 1 Timothy 3:16 Acts 1:10-11 Matthew 16:27-28 Revelation 4:1 John 3:5 Hebrews 1:14 John 6:32 Luke 22:69 John 3:3 Matthew 16:13-16 John 6:53 2 Thessalonians 1:9 John 10:1 John 6:47 Matthew 26:24 John 12:23-24 John 16:20 John 8:51 John 10:7 Luke 24:4 John 14:12 Matthew 9:6 John 21:18 John 5:19 John 13:20-21 Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 8:20 John 16:23 John 6:26 John 13:38 John 8:34 John 5:27 John 8:58 John 13:16 John 5:24-25