John 1:17

In context

15John testified about him. He cried out, “This is the one I meant when I said, ‘He who comes after me now stands ahead of me, because he was before me.’” 16From his fullness we have all received — grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is God and rests close to the Father’s heart — he has made him known. 19This is the testimony John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”