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John 1:17-19
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17 Moses gave the law, but Jesus Christ gave this loving kindness and truth.

18 No one has ever seen God. But his only Son is very near to his Father's heart. He has told us plainly about God.

19 The leaders of the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem. They asked John, `Who are you?' John told them.

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John 1:17-19
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17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B) 18 No one has ever seen God,(C) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](D) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

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19 Now this was John’s(E) testimony when the Jewish leaders[b](F) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  2. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
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