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 \v 14 Now the Word became a real human being and lived here where we live for a while. We have seen him display his splendid and amazing nature, the nature of the one and only Son of the Father, who shows us that God loves us faithfully and teaches us about his truth.
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-\v 15 One day John the Baptizer was telling people about the Word, and Jesus came to him. John shouted to the crowd around him, "I told you someone would come after me, someone who is much more important than I am. He existed long before me, eternal ages, before I was born. This man here! This is that man I was talking about!"
+\v 15 One day John the Baptizer was telling people about the Word, and Jesus came to him. John shouted to the crowd around him, "I told you someone would come after me, someone who is much more important than I am. He existed long before me, eternal ages before I was born. This man here! This is that man I was talking about!"
 
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 \v 16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted very kindly toward us.
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 \v 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. He said to the people, "Look! The Lamb of God, who will give his life as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the world.
- \v 30 He is the one of whom I said, 'Someone will come after me who is more important than I am, because he existed long before me, eternal ages, before I was born.'
+\v 30 He is the one of whom I said, 'Someone will come after me who is more important than I am, because he existed long before me, eternal ages before I was born.'
 \v 31 I did not know him at first, but now I know who he is. My work was to come and baptize with water those who were sorry and turned from their sins. I want the people of Israel to know who he is."
 
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-\v 32 It was John's work to tell us what he saw. He spoke like this, "I saw God's Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit came down and remained on Jesus.
+\v 32 It was John's work to tell us what he saw. He spoke like this: "I saw God's Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit came down and remained on Jesus.
 \v 33 At first, I myself did not know him, but God sent me to baptize people with water, people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. God told me, 'The man on whom you will see my Spirit descend and remain is the one who will baptize all of you with the Holy Spirit.'
 \v 34 I have seen and I bear witness to you that he is the Son of God."
 
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 \v 37 The two disciples of John, when they heard John, left John and followed him.
 \v 38 Jesus turned around and saw them following him, and he asked them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi (which means 'teacher'), tell us where you are staying."
-\v 39 He replied, "Come with me, and you will see!" So they came and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day, it was getting late. (It was about 4 pm.)
+\v 39 He replied, "Come with me, and you will see!" So they came and saw where Jesus was staying. They stayed with him that day because it was getting late (it was about 4 pm.)
 
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 \v 46 Nathaniel replied, "From Nazareth? Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and you will see!"
-\v 47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he described Nathaniel before he met him, "Here is an honest and good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!"
+\v 47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, and he said about him, "Look there! There is an honest and good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!"
 \v 48 Nathaniel asked him, "How do you know what kind of man I am? You do not know me." Jesus replied, "I saw you before Philip called you, when you were sitting by yourself under the fig tree."
 
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