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Current outline context The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry 1:1–51 The Beginning 1:1–5 The Witness of John 1:6–13 The Word Became Flesh 1:14–18 John the Baptist 1:19–34 The Mission of John the Baptist 1:19–28 Jesus the Lamb of God 1:29–34 The Calling of Disciples 1:35–51 The First Disciples 1:35–42 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael 1:43–51 Explore this book: John outline The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry 1:1–51 The Beginning 1:1–5 The Witness of John 1:6–13 The Word Became Flesh 1:14–18 John the Baptist 1:19–34 The Mission of John the Baptist 1:19–28 Jesus the Lamb of God 1:29–34 The Calling of Disciples 1:35–51 The First Disciples 1:35–42 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael 1:43–51 Miraculous Signs and Controversies 2:1–10:42 Four Traditions 2:1–4:54 The Wedding at Cana 2:1–11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple 2:12–25 On Baptism 3:1–36 Jesus and Nicodemus 3:1–21 John’s Testimony about Jesus 3:22–36 On Gentiles 4:1–54 The Samaritans 4:1–42 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman 4:1–26 The Disciples Return and Marvel 4:27–38 Many Samaritans Believe 4:39–42 Jesus Heals the Official’s Son 4:43–54 Four Feasts 5:1–10:42 The Sabbath 5:1–47 The Pool of Bethesda 5:1–15 The Father and the Son 5:16–30 Testimonies about Jesus 5:31–38 The Witness of Scripture 5:39–47 The Passover 6:1–71 The Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:1–15 Jesus Walks on Water 6:16–21 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:22–58 Many Disciples Turn Back 6:59–65 Peter’s Confession of Faith 6:66–71 The Feast of Tabernacles 7:1–10:21 Jesus Teaches at the Feast 7:1–53 Jesus Goes to Jerusalem in Secret 7:1–24 Is Jesus the Christ? 7:25–36 Living Water 7:37–39 Division regarding Jesus 7:40–44 The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders 7:45–53 The Woman Caught in Adultery 8:1–11 Questions of Paternity 8:12–59 Jesus the Light of the World 8:12–29 The Truth Will Set You Free 8:30–36 The Children of the Devil 8:37–47 Before Abraham Was Born, I Am 8:48–59 Physical and Spiritual Blindness 9:1–41 Jesus Heals the Man Born 9:1–12 The Pharisees Investigate the Healing 9:13–34 Spiritual Blindness 9:35–41 Jesus the Good Shepherd 10:1–21 The Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) 10:22–42 Questions of Divinity 10:22–39 John’s Testimony Confirmed 10:40–42 Raising Lazarus 11:1–12:11 The Death of Lazarus 11:1–16 Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary 11:17–37 Jesus Raises Lazarus 11:38–44 The Plot to Kill Jesus 11:45–57 Mary Anoints Jesus 12:1–8 The Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:9–11 Jesus’ Ministry in Jerusalem 12:12–21:25 Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem 12:12–50 The Triumphal Entry 12:12–19 Jesus Predicts His Death 12:20–36 Belief and Unbelief 12:37–50 The Last Supper 13:1–17:26 Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet 13:1–17 Jesus Predicts His Betrayal 13:18–30 The Farewell Discourse 13:31–16:33 “Where I Am Going, You Cannot Come” 13:31–14:31 Love One Another 13:31–35 Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial 13:36–38 In My Father’s House Are Many Rooms 14:1–4 The Way, the Truth, and the Life 14:5–14 Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit 14:15–26 Peace I Leave with You 14:27–31 Instructions for the Disciples 15:1–16:33 Jesus the True Vine 15:1–8 No Greater Love 15:9–17 The Hatred of the World 15:18–27 Persecution Foretold 16:1–4 The Promise of the Holy Spirit 16:5–16 Grief Will Turn to Joy 16:17–22 Ask and You Will Receive 16:23–33 Jesus’ Prayer 17:1–26 Prayer for the Son 17:1–5 Prayer for the Disciples 17:6–19 Prayer for All Believers 17:20–26 One Long Night 18:1–19:15 The Betrayal of Jesus 18:1–14 Peter’s First Denial 18:15–18 Jesus before the High Priest 18:19–24 Peter’s Second and Third Denials 18:25–27 Jesus before Pilate 18:28–40 The Soldiers Mock Jesus 18:41–19:15 The Crucifixion 19:16–37 The King of the Jews 19:16–27 The Death of Jesus 19:28–30 Jesus’ Side is Pierced 19:31–37 The Burial of Jesus 19:38–42 The Resurrection 20:1–21:25 The Empty Tomb 20:1–9 Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 20:10–18 Jesus Appears to the Disciples 20:19–23 Jesus Appears to Thomas 20:24–29 The Purpose of John’s Book 20:30–31 Jesus Appears by the Sea of Tiberias 21:1–14 Jesus and Peter 21:15–19 Jesus and the Beloved Disciple 21:20–25
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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He was with God in the beginning.
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Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
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In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
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He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
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He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
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The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
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He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
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But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
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The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
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From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
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For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
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He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
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“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
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So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
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Then the Pharisees who had been sent
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asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
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He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
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All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
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I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
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Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
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I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
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The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
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When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
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And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
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“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
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Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
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He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
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Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
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The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
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Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
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“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
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When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
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“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
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Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”
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Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
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