name:In the beginning (UK 2024 Mass Lectionary) Christmas Day Gospel;
office-part:Varia;
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(c4)IN(f) the(g) begin(h)ning(h) was(h) the(h) Word,(h) (,) and(h) the(h) Word(ixi) was(h) with(g) God,(h) (,) and(g) the(h) Word(fe) was(dc) God.(d) (:)  He(f) was(g) in(h) the(h) begin(h)ning(h) with(g) God.(h) (;) All(g) things(h) were(fe) made(d) through(c) him,(d) (,) and((f) with(g)out(h) him(h) was(h) not(h) any(h) thing(g) made(h) that(ixih) was(g) made.(h) (:)  In(h) him(h) was(h) life,(g) and(h) the(h) life(h) was(g) the(h) light(fe) of(dc) men.(d) (:) The(f) light(g) shines(h) in(h) the(h) dark(h)ness,(h) and(g) the(h) darkness(h) has(gh) not(fe) o(d)ver(c)come(d) it.(d)  (:)  
There(f) was(g) a(h) man(h) sent(ixih) from(g) God,(h) whose(gh) name(fvED) was(c) John.(d) (;) He(f) came(g) as(h) a(h) wit(h)ness,(h) to(f) bear(g) witness(h) a(h)bout(ixih) the(g) light,(h) (,) that(h) all(h) might(g) be(h)lieve(fe) through(dc) him.(d) (:)  He(f) was(gh) not(ixih) the(g) light,(h) but(h) came(h) to(g) bear(h) wit(f)ness(f) a(e)bout(d) the(c) light.(d) (:)  
The(f) true(g) light,(h) which(h) gives(g) light(j) to(iyi) ev(h)ery(g)one,(h) was(gh) com(f)ing(f) in(e)to(d) the(c) world.(d) (:)  He(f) was(g) in(h) the(h) world,(g) and(h) the(h) world(h) was(h) made(ixih) through(g) him,(h) (,) yet(g) the(h) world(fe) did(d) not(c) know(d) him.(d) (:) He(fg) came(h) to(ixih) his(g) own,(h) (,) and(f) his(g) own(h) peo(f)ple(f) did(e) not(d) re(c)ceive(d) him.(d) (:) But(f) to(g) all(h) who(h) did(h) re(g)ceive(h) him,(h) (,) who(g) be(g)lieved(iyji) in(h) his(g) name,(h) (,) he(f) gave(g) the(h)  right(h) to(h) be(h)come(gh) chil(fe)dren(d) of(c) God,(d) (;) who(f) were(g) born,(h) not(h) of(h) blood(g) (,) nor(h) of(h) the(h) will(h)  of(h) the(g) flesh(h) nor(h) of(h) the(h) will(g) of(h) man,(fe) (,) but(d) of(c) God.(d) (:)  
And(h) the(g) Word(iyvji) be(h)came(g) flesh(h) (,) and(fg) dwelt(h) a(h)mong(ixivHG) us,(h) (,) and(h) we(h) have(h) seen(h) his(h) glo(g)ry,(g) (,) glo(h)ry(h) as(h) of(h) the(h) Only(h) Be(h)got(ixi)ten(i) from(h) the(g) Fa(h)ther,(h) (,) full(g) of(h) grace(fe) and(dc) truth.(d) (:)
John(fg) bore(h) witness(h) about(h) him,(h) (,) and(h) cried(h) out,(h) ‘This(f) was(g) he(h) of(h) whom(h) I(h) said,(h) “He(f) who(g) comes(h) after(h) me(h) ranks(ixih) be(g)fore(h) me,(h) (,) be(gh)cause(f) he(e) was(d) be(c)fore(d) me.” ’(d) (:) For(f) from(g) his(h) fullness(h) we(h) have(h) all(h) re(h)ceived,(g) grace(j) u(iyi)pon(hg) grace.(h) (,)  For(f) the(g) law(h) was(h) giv(ixi)en(h) through(g) Mo(h)ses;(h) (,) grace(h) and(g) truth(h) came(f) through(e) Je(d)sus(c) Christ.(d) (:) No(f) one(g) has(h) e(ixi)ver(h) seen(g) God;(h) (,) the(f) only(g) begotten(h) God,(h) who(h) is(h) at(h) the(g) Fa(j)ther’s(iyi) side,(h) (,) he(g) has(h) made(fvED) him(c) known.(d) (::)