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Most assuredly ,
I say to you ,
We speak what We know and testify what We have seen ,
and you do not receive Our witness .
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If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe ,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things ?
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No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven ,
that is ,
the Son of Man who is in heaven .
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness ,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up ,
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that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life .
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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 .
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world ,
but that the world through Him might be saved .
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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 .
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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 .
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For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light ,
lest his deeds should be exposed .
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But he who does the truth comes to the light ,
that his deeds may be clearly seen ,
that they have been done in God ."
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After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea ,
and there He remained with them and baptized .
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Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim ,
because there was much water there .
And they came and were baptized .
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For John had not yet been thrown into prison .
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Then there arose a dispute between some of John '
s disciples and the Jews about purification .
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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 !"
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John answered and said , "
A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven .
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You yourselves bear me witness ,
that I said , "
I am not the Christ ,'
but , "
I have been sent before Him .'
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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 .
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He must increase ,
but I must decrease .
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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 .
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And what He has seen and heard ,
that He testifies ;
and no one receives His testimony .