The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.

This same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of that light, that all men through him might beleeue.

He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.

This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.

He came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.

But as many as receiued him, to them he gaue prerogatiue to be the sonnes of God, euen to them that beleeue in his Name.

Which are borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of ye wil of man, but of God.

And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I.

And of his fulnesse haue all we receiued, and grace for grace.

For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.

No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

Then this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?

And he confessed and denied not, and said plainely, I am not that Christ.

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No.

Then said they vnto him, Who art thou, that we may giue an answere to them that sent vs? What sayest thou of thy selfe?

He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.

Nowe they which were sent, were of the Pharises.

And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?

Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.

He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan, where Iohn did baptize.

The next day Iohn, seeth Iesus comming vnto him, and saith, Beholde that Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.

This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.

And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

So Iohn bare recorde, saying, I behelde that Spirit come downe from heauen, like a doue, and it abode vpon him,

And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.

And I sawe, and bare record that this is that Sonne of God.

The next day, Iohn stoode againe, and two of his disciples.

And he behelde Iesus walking by, and said, Beholde that Lambe of God.

And the two disciples heard him speake, and followed Iesus.

Then Iesus turned about, and saw them follow, and saide vnto them, What seeke ye? And they saide vnto him, Rabbi (which is to say by interpretation, Master) where dwellest thou?

He saide vnto them, Come, and see. They came and sawe where hee dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth houre.

Andrew, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him.

The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde that Messias, which is by interpretation, that Christ.

And he brought him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.

The day following, Iesus woulde goe into Galile, and founde Philip, and said vnto him, Followe me.

Nowe Philip was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrew and Peter.

Philippe founde Nathanael, and saide vnto him, Wee haue founde him of whom Moses did write in the Lawe, and the Prophetes, Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, that was of Nazareth.

Then Nathanael sayde vnto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saide to him, Come, and see.

Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.

Nathanael sayde vnto him, Whence knewest thou mee? Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast vnder the figge tree, I sawe thee.

Nathanael answered, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, thou art that Sonne of God: thou art that King of Israel.

Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him, Because I sayde vnto thee, I sawe thee vnder the figtree, beleeuest thou? thou shalt see greater things then these.

And he saide vnto him, Verely, verely I say vnto you, hereafter shall yee see heauen open, and the Angels of God ascending, and descending vpon that Sonne of man.

And the thirde day, was there a mariage in Cana a towne of Galile, and the mother of Iesus was there.

And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.

Nowe when the wine failed, the mother of Iesus saide vnto him, They haue no wine.

Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, what haue I to doe with thee? mine houre is not yet come.

His mother saide vnto the seruants, Whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you, doe it.

And there were set there, sixe waterpots of stone, after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes, conteining two or three firkins a piece.

And Iesus sayde vnto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.

Then he sayde vnto them, Draw out nowe and beare vnto the gouernour of the feast. So they bare it.

Nowe when the gouernour of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he knewe not whence it was: but the seruants, which drewe the water, knewe) the gouernour of ye feast called the bridegrome,

And saide vnto him, All men at the beginning set foorth good wine, and when men haue well drunke, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept backe the good wine vntill nowe.

This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana a towne of Galile, and shewed forth his glorie: and his disciples beleeued on him.

After that, he went downe into Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: but they continued not many daies there.

For the Iewes Passeouer was at hande. Therefore Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.

And he found in the Temple those that sold oxen, and sheepe, and doues, and changers of money, sitting there.

Then hee made a scourge of small cordes, and draue them all out of the Temple with the sheepe and oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrewe the tables,

And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.

And his disciples remembred, that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me vp.

Then answered the Iewes, and saide vnto him, What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?

Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three daies I will raise it vp againe.

Then said the Iewes, Fourtie and sixe yeeres was this Temple a building, and wilt thou reare it vp in three daies?

But he spake of the temple of his bodie.

Assoone therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that hee thus sayde vnto them: and they beleeued the Scripture, and the worde which Iesus had saide.

Nowe when hee was at Hierusalem at the Passeouer in the feast, many beleeued in his Name, when they sawe his miracles which he did.

But Iesus did not commit him selfe vnto them, because he knewe them all,

And had no neede that any should testifie of man: for he knewe what was in man.

There was nowe a man of the Pharises, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes.

This man came to Iesus by night, and sayd vnto him, Rabbi, we knowe ye thou art a teacher come from God: for no man could do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him.

Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except a man be borne againe, he can not see the kingdome of God.

Nicodemus sayde vnto him, Howe can a man be borne which is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe againe, and be borne?

Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirite, hee can not enter into the kingdome of God.

That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.

Marueile not that I said to thee, Yee must be borne againe.

The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: so is euery man that is borne of the Spirit.

Nicodemus answered, and said vnto him, Howe can these things be?

Iesus answered, and saide vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Verely, verely I say vnto thee, wee speake that we know, and testifie that we haue seene: but yee receiue not our witnesse.

If when I tel you earthly things, ye beleeue not, howe should yee beleeue, if I shall tel you of heauenly things?

For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hath descended from heauen, that Sonne of man which is in heauen.

And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernesse, so must that Sonne of man be lift vp,

That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.

For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.

Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.

And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.

After these things, came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iudea, and there taried with them, and baptized.

And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.

Then there arose a question betweene Iohns disciples and the Iewes, about purifying.

And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

Iohn answered, and saide, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giuen him from heauen.

Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.