John 1:18-20

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¹⁸ Nobody has ever seen God. The only-begotten God, who is intimately close to the father—he has brought him to light.

The evidence of John

¹⁹ This is the evidence John gave, when the Judaeans sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰ He was quite open about it; he didn’t try to deny it. He said, quite openly, “I am not the Messiah.”