Jn 1 (King James)

   ¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² The same was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
   ⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. ⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. ⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. ⁹ That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹ He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: ¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
   ¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. ¹⁶ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
   ¹⁹ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. ²² Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. ²⁴ And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; ²⁷ He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
   ²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. ³¹ And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. ³² And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. ³³ And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴ And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; ³⁶ And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
   ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? ³⁹ He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰ One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. ⁴¹ He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
   ⁴³ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. ⁴⁴ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! ⁴⁸ Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. ⁵¹ And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Jn 1 (Stephanus 1550)

   ¹ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος ² οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν ³ πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν ⁴ ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ⁵ καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν ⁶ ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἰωάννης ⁷ οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός ἵνα πάντες πιστεύσωσιν δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ⁸ οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός ⁹ ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον ¹⁰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω ¹¹ εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθεν καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον ¹² ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα θεοῦ γενέσθαι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ¹³ οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν ¹⁴ καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας ¹⁵ ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων, οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν ¹⁶ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος ¹⁷ ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ μωσέως ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ ἐγένετο ¹⁸ θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο ¹⁹ καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ ἰωάννου ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν οἱ ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ λευίτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτὸν σὺ τίς εἶ ²⁰ καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ χριστός ²¹ καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν τί οὖν ἠλίας εἶ σύ καὶ λέγει οὐκ εἰμί ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ καὶ ἀπεκρίθη οὔ ²² εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ τίς εἶ ἵνα ἀπόκρισιν δῶμεν τοῖς πέμψασιν ἡμᾶς τί λέγεις περὶ σεαυτοῦ ²³ ἔφη ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου καθὼς εἶπεν ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης ²⁴ καὶ οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν φαρισαίων ²⁵ καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς οὔτε ἠλίας οὔτε ὁ προφήτης ²⁶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ ἰωάννης λέγων, ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι μέσος δὲ ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε ²⁷ αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν οὗ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος ²⁸ ταῦτα ἐν βηθαβαρᾶ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ ἰορδάνου ὅπου ἦν ἰωάννης βαπτίζων ²⁹ τῇ ἐπαύριον βλέπει ὁ ἰωάννης τὸν ἰησοῦν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ λέγει ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου ³⁰ οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν ³¹ κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων ³² καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν ἰωάννης λέγων ὅτι τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν ³³ κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν ἀλλ᾽ ὁ πέμψας με βαπτίζειν ἐν ὕδατι ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν ἐφ ὃν ἂν ἴδῃς τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον καὶ μένον ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βαπτίζων ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ³⁴ κἀγὼ ἑώρακα καὶ μεμαρτύρηκα ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ³⁵ τῇ ἐπαύριον πάλιν εἱστήκει ὁ ἰωάννης καὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ δύο ³⁶ καὶ ἐμβλέψας τῷ ἰησοῦ περιπατοῦντι λέγει ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ³⁷ καὶ ἤκουσαν αὐτοῦ οἱ δύο μαθηταὶ λαλοῦντος καὶ ἠκολούθησαν τῷ ἰησοῦ ³⁸ στραφεὶς δὲ ὁ ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀκολουθοῦντας λέγει αὐτοῖς τί ζητεῖτε οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ ῥαββί ὃ λέγεται ἑρμηνευόμενον, διδάσκαλε ποῦ μένεις ³⁹ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἔρχεσθε καὶ ἴδετε ἦλθον καὶ εἶδον ποῦ μένει καὶ παρ᾽ αὐτῷ ἔμειναν τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ὥρα δέ ἦν ὡς δεκάτη ⁴⁰ ἦν ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς σίμωνος πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ ἰωάννου καὶ ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ ⁴¹ εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον σίμωνα καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ εὑρήκαμεν τὸν μεσσίαν ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον ὅ χριστός ⁴² καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν ἰησοῦν ἐμβλέψας δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς εἶπεν σὺ εἶ σίμων ὁ υἱὸς ἰωνᾶ σὺ κληθήσῃ κηφᾶς ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται πέτρος ⁴³ τῇ ἐπαύριον ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἰησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γαλιλαίαν καὶ εὑρίσκει φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀκολούθει μοι ⁴⁴ ἦν δὲ ὁ φίλιππος ἀπὸ βηθσαϊδά ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἀνδρέου καὶ πέτρου ⁴⁵ εὑρίσκει φίλιππος τὸν ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὅν ἔγραψεν μωσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ ναζαρέτ ⁴⁶ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ναθαναήλ ἐκ ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι λέγει αὐτῷ φίλιππος ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε ⁴⁷ εἶδεν ὁ ἰησοῦς τὸν ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ἴδε ἀληθῶς ἰσραηλίτης ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστιν ⁴⁸ λέγει αὐτῷ ναθαναήλ πόθεν με γινώσκεις ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πρὸ τοῦ σε φίλιππον φωνῆσαι ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε ⁴⁹ ἀπεκρίθη ναθαναήλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ῥαββί σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἰσραήλ ⁵⁰ ἀπεκρίθη ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι εἶπόν σοι εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς πιστεύεις μείζω τούτων ὄψει ⁵¹ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

Jn 1 (Vulgate)

¹ [In principio erat Verbum,
et Verbum erat apud Deum,
et Deus erat Verbum.
   ² Hoc erat in principio apud Deum.
   ³ Omnia per ipsum facta sunt :
et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est.
   ⁴ In ipso vita erat,
et vita erat lux hominum :
   ⁵ et lux in tenebris lucet,
et tenebræ eam non comprehenderunt.
   ⁶ Fuit homo
missus a Deo,
cui nomen erat Joannes.
   ⁷ Hic venit in testimonium
ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine,
ut omnes crederent per illum.
   ⁸ Non erat ille lux,
sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
   ⁹ Erat lux vera,
quæ illuminat omnem hominem
venientem in hunc mundum.
   ¹⁰ In mundo erat,
et mundus per ipsum factus est,
et mundus eum non cognovit.
   ¹¹ In propria venit,
et sui eum non receperunt.
   ¹² Quotquot autem receperunt eum,
dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri,
his qui credunt in nomine ejus :
   ¹³ qui non ex sanguinibus,
neque ex voluntate carnis,
neque ex voluntate viri,
sed ex Deo nati sunt.
   ¹⁴ Et Verbum caro factum est,
et habitavit in nobis :
et vidimus gloriam ejus,
gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre
plenum gratiæ et veritatis.
   ¹⁵ Joannes testimonium perhibet de ipso,
et clamat dicens :
Hic erat quem dixi :
Qui post me venturus est,
ante me factus est :
quia prior me erat.
   ¹⁶ Et de plenitudine ejus
nos omnes accepimus, et gratiam pro gratia :
   ¹⁷ quia lex per Moysen data est,
gratia et veritas per Jesum Christum facta est.
   ¹⁸ Deum nemo vidit umquam :
unigenitus Filius, qui est in sinu Patris,
ipse enarravit.]
   ¹⁹ Et hoc est testimonium Joannis, quando miserunt Judæi ab Jerosolymis sacerdotes et Levitas ad eum ut interrogarent eum : Tu quis es ?
   ²⁰ Et confessus est, et non negavit, et confessus est : Quia non sum ego Christus.
   ²¹ Et interrogaverunt eum : Quid ergo ? Elias es tu ? Et dixit : Non sum. Propheta es tu ? Et respondit : Non.
   ²² Dixerunt ergo ei : Quis es ut responsum demus his qui miserunt nos ? quid dicis de teipso ?
   ²³ Ait : Ego vox clamantis in deserto : Dirigite viam Domini, sicut dixit Isaias propheta.
   ²⁴ Et qui missi fuerant, erant ex pharisæis.
   ²⁵ Et interrogaverunt eum, et dixerunt ei : Quid ergo baptizas, si tu non es Christus, neque Elias, neque propheta ?
   ²⁶ Respondit eis Joannes, dicens : Ego baptizo in aqua : medius autem vestrum stetit, quem vos nescitis.
   ²⁷ Ipse est qui post me venturus est, qui ante me factus est : cujus ego non sum dignus ut solvam ejus corrigiam calceamenti.
   ²⁸ Hæc in Bethania facta sunt trans Jordanem, ubi erat Joannes baptizans.
   ²⁹ Altera die vidit Joannes Jesum venientem ad se, et ait : Ecce agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccatum mundi.
   ³⁰ Hic est de quo dixi : Post me venit vir qui ante me factus est : quia prior me erat :
   ³¹ et ego nesciebam eum, sed ut manifestetur in Israël, propterea veni ego in aqua baptizans.
   ³² Et testimonium perhibuit Joannes, dicens : Quia vidi Spiritum descendentem quasi columbam de cælo, et mansit super eum.
   ³³ Et ego nesciebam eum : sed qui misit me baptizare in aqua, ille mihi dixit : Super quem videris Spiritum descendentem, et manentem super eum, hic est qui baptizat in Spiritu Sancto.
   ³⁴ Et ego vidi : et testimonium perhibui quia hic est Filius Dei.
   ³⁵ Altera die iterum stabat Joannes, et ex discipulis ejus duo.
   ³⁶ Et respiciens Jesum ambulantem, dicit : Ecce agnus Dei.
   ³⁷ Et audierunt eum duo discipuli loquentem, et secuti sunt Jesum.
   ³⁸ Conversus autem Jesus, et videns eos sequentes se, dicit eis : Quid quæritis ? Qui dixerunt ei : Rabbi (quod dicitur interpretatum Magister), ubi habitas ?
   ³⁹ Dicit eis : Venite et videte. Venerunt, et viderunt ubi maneret, et apud eum manserunt die illo : hora autem erat quasi decima.
   ⁴⁰ Erat autem Andreas, frater Simonis Petri, unus ex duobus qui audierant a Joanne, et secuti fuerant eum.
   ⁴¹ Invenit hic primum fratrem suum Simonem, et dicit ei : Invenimus Messiam (quod est interpretatum Christus).
   ⁴² Et adduxit eum ad Jesum. Intuitus autem eum Jesus, dixit : Tu es Simon, filius Jona ; tu vocaberis Cephas, quod interpretatur Petrus.
   ⁴³ In crastinum voluit exire in Galilæam, et invenit Philippum. Et dicit ei Jesus : Sequere me.
   ⁴⁴ Erat autem Philippus a Bethsaida, civitate Andreæ et Petri.
   ⁴⁵ Invenit Philippus Nathanaël, et dicit ei : Quem scripsit Moyses in lege, et prophetæ, invenimus Jesum filium Joseph a Nazareth.
   ⁴⁶ Et dixit ei Nathanaël : A Nazareth potest aliquid boni esse ? Dicit ei Philippus : Veni et vide.
   ⁴⁷ Vidit Jesus Nathanaël venientem ad se, et dicit de eo : Ecce vere Israëlita, in quo dolus non est.
   ⁴⁸ Dicit ei Nathanaël : Unde me nosti ? Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei : Priusquam te Philippus vocaret, cum esses sub ficu, vidi te.
   ⁴⁹ Respondit ei Nathanaël, et ait : Rabbi, tu es Filius Dei, tu es rex Israël.
   ⁵⁰ Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei : Quia dixi tibi : Vidi te sub ficu, credis ; majus his videbis.
   ⁵¹ Et dicit ei : Amen, amen dico vobis, videbitis cælum apertum, et angelos Dei ascendentes, et descendentes supra Filium hominis.