John 1:18-20

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁸ Nobody has ever seen God. But God's only Son has shown God to us. He is very near to the Father, and he himself is God.

John the Baptist is not the Messiah

¹⁹ The Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask John, ‘Who are you?’^{[a] 20} John did not refuse to answer. He said, ‘I am not the Messiah.’