John 1:6-13

There came a man, having been sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, that all might believe through him. John was not the Light; he only came as a witness for the Light. The true Light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though everything in the world was made through him, the world did not know him. He came to his own people, but they rejected him. Yet to those who receive him and believe in him, he gives them the right to become children of God - children not born of flesh and blood - but children reborn of God.