Catholic Public Domain Version
"He went to his own, and his own did not accept him. "
— John 1:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”
“He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. ”
“He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.”
“He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.”
“He came unto his own: and his own received him not.”
“He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.”
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”
He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.
Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.