John:3-4

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* There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus , a ruler of the Jews . * This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him , "Rabbi , we know that You are a teacher come from God ; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him ." * Jesus answered and said to him , "Most assuredly , I say to you , unless one is born again , he cannot see the kingdom of God ." * Nicodemus said to Him , "How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born ?" * Jesus answered , "Most assuredly , I say to you , unless one is born of water and the Spirit , he cannot enter the kingdom of God . * That which is born of the flesh is flesh , and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit . * Do not marvel that I said to you , "You must be born again .' * The wind blows where it wishes , and you hear the sound of it , but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes . So is everyone who is born of the Spirit ." * Nicodemus answered and said to Him , "How can these things be ?" * Jesus answered and said to him , "Are you the teacher of Israel , and do not know these things ? * Most assuredly , I say to you , We speak what We know and testify what We have seen , and you do not receive Our witness . * If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe , how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things ? * No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven , that is , the Son of Man who is in heaven . * And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so must the Son of Man be lifted up , * that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life . * For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son , that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life . * For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world , but that the world through Him might be saved . * "He who believes in Him is not condemned ; but he who does not believe is condemned already , because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God . * And this is the condemnation , that the light has come into the world , and men loved darkness rather than light , because their deeds were evil . * For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light , lest his deeds should be exposed . * But he who does the truth comes to the light , that his deeds may be clearly seen , that they have been done in God ." * After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea , and there He remained with them and baptized . * Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim , because there was much water there . And they came and were baptized . * For John had not yet been thrown into prison . * Then there arose a dispute between some of John 's disciples and the Jews about purification . * And they came to John and said to him , "Rabbi , He who was with you beyond the Jordan , to whom you have testified--behold , He is baptizing , and all are coming to Him !" * John answered and said , "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven . * You yourselves bear me witness , that I said , "I am not the Christ ,' but , "I have been sent before Him .' * He who has the bride is the bridegroom ; but the friend of the bridegroom , who stands and hears him , rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom 's voice . Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled . * He must increase , but I must decrease . * He who comes from above is above all ; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth . He who comes from heaven is above all . * And what He has seen and heard , that He testifies ; and no one receives His testimony . * He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true . * For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God , for God does not give the Spirit by measure . * The Father loves the Son , and has given all things into His hand . * He who believes in the Son has everlasting life ; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life , but the wrath of God abides on him ." * Therefore , when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John * (though Jesus Himself did not baptize , but His disciples ), * He left Judea and departed again to Galilee . * But He needed to go through Samaria . * So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar , near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph . * Now Jacob 's well was there . Jesus therefore , being wearied from His journey , sat thus by the well . It was about the sixth hour . * A woman of Samaria came to draw water . Jesus said to her , "Give Me a drink ." * For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food . * Then the woman of Samaria said to Him , "How is it that You , being a Jew , ask a drink from me , a Samaritan woman ?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans . * Jesus answered and said to her , "If you knew the gift of God , and who it is who says to you , "Give Me a drink ,' you would have asked Him , and He would have given you living water ." * The woman said to Him , "Sir , You have nothing to draw with , and the well is deep . Where then do You get that living water ? * Are You greater than our father Jacob , who gave us the well , and drank from it himself , as well as his sons and his livestock ?" * Jesus answered and said to her , "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again , * but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst . But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life ." * The woman said to Him , "Sir , give me this water , that I may not thirst , nor come here to draw ." * Jesus said to her , "Go , call your husband , and come here ." * The woman answered and said , "I have no husband ." Jesus said to her , "You have well said , "I have no husband ,' * for you have had five husbands , and the one whom you now have is not your husband ; in that you spoke truly ." * The woman said to Him , "Sir , I perceive that You are a prophet . * Our fathers worshiped on this mountain , and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship ." * Jesus said to her , "Woman , believe Me , the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain , nor in Jerusalem , worship the Father . * You worship what you do not know ; we know what we worship , for salvation is of the Jews . * But the hour is coming , and now is , when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth ; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him . * God is Spirit , and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth ." * The woman said to Him , "I know that Messiah is coming " (who is called Christ ). "When He comes , He will tell us all things ." * Jesus said to her , "I who speak to you am He ." * And at this point His disciples came , and they marveled that He talked with a woman ; yet no one said , "What do You seek ?" or , "Why are You talking with her ?" * The woman then left her waterpot , went her way into the city , and said to the men , * "Come , see a Man who told me all things that I ever did . Could this be the Christ ?" * Then they went out of the city and came to Him . * In the meantime His disciples urged Him , saying , "Rabbi , eat ." * But He said to them , "I have food to eat of which you do not know ." * Therefore the disciples said to one another , "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat ?" * Jesus said to them , "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me , and to finish His work . * Do you not say , "There are still four months and then comes the harvest '? Behold , I say to you , lift up your eyes and look at the fields , for they are already white for harvest ! * And he who reaps receives wages , and gathers fruit for eternal life , that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together . * For in this the saying is true : "One sows and another reaps .' * I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored ; others have labored , and you have entered into their labors ." * And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified , "He told me all that I ever did ." * So when the Samaritans had come to Him , they urged Him to stay with them ; and He stayed there two days . * And many more believed because of His own word . * Then they said to the woman , "Now we believe , not because of what you said , for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ , the Savior of the world ." * Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee . * For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country . * So when He came to Galilee , the Galileans received Him , having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast ; for they also had gone to the feast . * So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine . And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum . * When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee , he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son , for he was at the point of death . * Then Jesus said to him , "Unless you people see signs and wonders , you will by no means believe ." * The nobleman said to Him , "Sir , come down before my child dies !" * Jesus said to him , "Go your way ; your son lives ." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him , and he went his way . * And as he was now going down , his servants met him and told him , saying , "Your son lives !" * Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better . And they said to him , "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him ." * So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him , "Your son lives ." And he himself believed , and his whole household . * This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee . * After this there was a feast of the Jews , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem .

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