One
Solitary Life
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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. And of his fulness have all
we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and
truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And this is the record of
John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art
thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they
asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And
he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them
that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in
the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they
which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why
baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John
answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye
know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am
not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for
he was before me.
John 1:15-30 (KJV)
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