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

John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?

John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not.

These things were done in Beth any, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.

And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.

And John also was immersing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were immersed;

for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

There arose, therefore, a dispute between some of John's disciples and a Jew, about purification.

And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, behold, he immerses, and all are going to him.

John answered and said: A man can receive nothing unless it be given to him from heaven.

When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John,

You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.

But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these very works which I do, testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me.

And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John first immersed, and there he abode.

And many came to him, and said: John did no sign; but all things that John said of this man were true.