Jn 1:6-13

6^* A man named John was sent from God.^e 7He came for testimony,^* to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.^f 8He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.^g 9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.^h

10He was in the world,

and the world came to be through him,

but the world did not know him.

11He came to what was his own,

but his own people^* did not accept him.

12ⁱ But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, 13^{* j} who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God.