29 And the next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, 'Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.'  30 This is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me, who has gone before me, because he was before me.'  31 I did not know Him; but for this reason He came to baptize in water, that He might be manifested to Israel.  32 And John testified, saying, 'I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and abiding upon him.'  33 I did not know him; but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding upon Him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.  34 And I saw and testified that this is the Son of God.

     35 And on the morrow John stood again, and two of his disciples.  36 And when he saw Jesus coming, he said, 'Behold the Lamb of God.'  37 When the two disciples heard these words from him, they followed Jesus.  38 And Jesus, having turned and seen them coming, said to them, 'What have you need?' And they said unto him, Rabbi, which is to say, teacher, where dwellest thou?  39 He said to them, 'Go and see.' They went and saw where He lived; and they stayed with him that day. It was about ten o'clock.  40 One of the two who heard from John about Jesus and followed him was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.  41 He was the first to find his brother Simon, and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah, which means, Christ;  42 and brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looked at him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas, which means a stone (Peter).

     43 And the next day Jesus desired to go into Galilee, and found Philip, and said to him, Follow me.  44 And Philip was from Bethsaida, from the same city as Andrew and Peter.  45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth."  46 But Nathanael said to him, 'Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?' Philip said to him, "Go and see."  47 And when Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said of him, "Behold a true Israelite, in whom there is no guile."  48 Nathanael said to him, 'Why do you know me?' Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."  49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi! You are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.  50 Jesus answered and said to him, 'You believe, because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree; you will see more than this.  51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, From henceforth ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending unto the Son of man. 

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     E-1 On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.  2 Jesus and his disciples were also called to the wedding.  3 And because there was a lack of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'  4 Jesus said to her, 'What have I to do with you, Woman?' My hour has not yet come.  5 His mother said to the servants, 'Whatsoever he says to you, do it.'  6 And there were six stone waterpots, standing according to the custom of the purification of the Jews, containing two or three measures.  7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the vessels with water." And they filled them to the top.  8 And he saith unto them, Now draw it, and bring it to the master of the feast. And they carried it.  9 And when the steward had tasted the water which had become wine, and he did not know whence it came, only the servants who drew the water knew, then the steward called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, "Every man gives the good wine first, and when they are drunk, then the worst; and thou hast preserved the good wine until now.  11 Thus Jesus began the miracles at Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and His disciples believed in Him.  12 And after these things he came to Capernaum, himself, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they stayed a few days.  13 The Passover of the Jews was approaching, and Jesus came to Jerusalem 14 and found that oxen and sheep and doves were being sold in the temple, and money changers were sitting.  15 And having made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, even the sheep and the oxen; and scattered the money of the moneychangers, and overturned their tables.  16 And he said to those who sold doves, 'Take this from hence, and do not make my Father's house a house of trade.'  17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'Zeal for thy house devours me.'  18 And the Jews said, "By what sign wilt thou prove unto us that thou hast authority to do such things?"  19 Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.'  20 And the Jews said to this, 'This temple has been built for forty-six years, and you will build it in three days?'  21 And He spoke of the temple of His body.  22 And when he rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had spoken these things, and believed the Scriptures, and the word which Jesus had spoken.  23 And when he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many saw the miracles which he did, and believed in his name.  24 But Jesus Himself did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all 25 and had no need for anyone to bear witness of man, for He Himself knew what was in man. 

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     1 And there was one among the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, one of the rulers of the Jews.  2 He came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi! we know that you are a teacher who came from God; for no one can do such miracles as you do, unless God is with him.  3 Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'  4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old?" Can he enter his mother's womb another time and be born?  5 Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."  6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  7 Do not be surprised that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'  8 The Spirit breatheth where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not whence it cometh or whither it goeth: so it is with every one that is born of the Spirit.  9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can this be?"  10 Jesus answered and said to him, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and do you not know this?'  11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak of what we know, and bear witness of what we have seen, but ye receive not our testimony.  12 If I have told you about earthly things, and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak to you about heavenly things?  13 No man ascended into heaven except the Son of man who came down from heaven, which is in heaven.  14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.  16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  17 For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.  18 He who believes in him is not judged, but he who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  19 But the judgment is that light has come into the world; but men loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil;  20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed, because they are evil, 21 but he who does righteousness comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, because they are done in God.

     22 And after these things Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he dwelt with them, and baptized them.  23 And John also baptized in Aenon near Salem, because there was plenty of water there; and they went there and were baptized, 24 for John was not yet locked up in prison.  25 Then the disciples of John had a dispute with the Jews about purification.  26 And they came to John, and said to him, 'Rabbi! He who was with you at the Jordan, and of whom you testified, behold, He baptizes, and all go to Him.  27 And John answered and said, 'A man cannot take anything upon himself, except it be given to him from heaven.'  28 Ye yourselves are witnesses unto me, that I have said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him.  29 He who has a bride is a bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hearkens to him, rejoices when he hears the voice of the bridegroom. This is my joy fulfilled.  30 He must increase, but I must decrease.  31 He who comes from above is above all; but he who is of the earth is and speaks, as he who is of the earth; He who comes from heaven is above all, 32 and what he has seen and heard, he also bears witness to; and no one accepts His testimony.  33 He who received His testimony hereby sealed that God is true, 34 for He whom God sent speaks the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit by measure.  35 The Father loves the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.  36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him. 

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     1 And when Jesus heard of the rumor that had come to the Pharisees, that he made more disciples and baptized than John, 2 although Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples, 3 he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

     4 And it behooved him to pass through Samaria.  5 Therefore he came to the city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob had given to his son Joseph.  6 There was the well of Jacob. Jesus, having labored from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about six o'clock.  7 A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."  8 For his disciples went away into the city to buy food.  9 And the Samaritan woman saith unto him, Thou art a Jew, and ask me, a Samaritan woman, to drink? for the Jews have no fellowship with the Samaritans.  10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God, and who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him yourself, and he would have given you living water.'  11 The woman said to him, 'Lord! you have nothing to draw with, but the well is deep; Where did you get living water?  12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank of it, and his children, and his cattle?  13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never thirst. but the water that I give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.  15 And the woman said to him, 'Lord! Give me this water, that I may not be thirsty, and that I may not come hither to draw.  16 Jesus said to her, "Go and call your husband and come hither."  17 The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "It is true that you have no husband, 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. You said it fairly.  19 The woman said to him, "Lord! I see that you are a prophet.  20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you say that the place where we should worship is in Jerusalem.  21 Jesus said to her, "Believe me, the time is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem."  22 You do not know what you worship, but we know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.  23 But the time will come, and has already come, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such worshipers for himself.  24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.  25 The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, that is, the Christ; when He comes, He will tell us all things.  26 Jesus said to her, "It is I who speak to you."  27 And it came to pass that his disciples came, and were amazed that he was speaking with a woman; yet not one said, What do you require? or, "What are you talking to her about?"  28 Then the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and said to the people, 29 Go and see the man who told me all that I had done: Is he not the Christ?  E-30 They went out of the city and went to Him.  31 And the disciples besought him, saying, "Rabbi! Eat it.  32 But he said to them, 'I have food that you do not know.'  33 Wherefore the disciples said among themselves, 'Who hath brought him food?'  34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to do His work."  35 Do you not say that there are still four months, and the harvest will come? But I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and behold the fields, how they are white, and ripe for the harvest.  36 He who reaps receives a reward and gathers fruit into eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps will rejoice together, 37 for in this case the saying is true, "The one sows and the other reaps."  38 I have sent you to reap what you have not labored for: others have labored, but you have entered into their labor.  39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman, who testified that he had told her all that she had done.  40 Wherefore, when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he tarried there two days.  41 And a greater number believed according to His word.  42 And they said to the woman, 'We no longer believe by thy words, for we yourselves have heard, and have known, that he is truly the Saviour of the world, the Christ.'

     43 And after two days he went out from thence and went to Galilee, 44 for Jesus himself testified that the prophet had no honor in his own country.  45 And when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, seeing all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.  46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where he changed water into wine. In Capernaum there was a certain courtier whose son was sick.  47 And when he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he came to him, and asked him to come and heal his son, who was about to die.  48 Jesus said to him, "You will not believe unless you see signs and wonders."  49 The courtier said to him, "Lord! Come before my son dies.  50 Jesus said to him, 'Go, your son is well.' He believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him and went.  51 And his servants met him on the way, and said, 'Thy son is well.'  52 And he asked them, 'At what hour did he feel better?' He was told: yesterday at seven o'clock the fever left him.  53 From this the father knew that this was the hour in which Jesus said to him, 'Your son is well,' and he himself and all his household believed.  54 This second miracle was performed by Jesus when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

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     1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus came to Jerusalem.  2 And there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep's Gate a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which had five covered passages.  3 And in them lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, the withered, waiting for the water to move, 4 for the angel of the Lord went down from time to time into the pool, and stirred up the waters, and whoever first entered into it when the waters were disturbed, he recovered, no matter what disease he was afflicted with.  E-5 There was a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years.  6 And when Jesus saw him lying down, and knew that he had been lying for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"  7 And the sick man answered him, 'Yes, Lord; but I have no man to lower me into the pool when the waters are troubled; but when I come, another one has already descended before me.  8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk."  9 And straightway he recovered, and took up his bed, and went. And it was on the Sabbath day.  10 Therefore the Jews said to the healed man, 'This is the Sabbath; thou shalt not take a bed.  11 And he answered them, 'He who healed me said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.'  12 And they asked him, 'Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk?'  13 And he who was healed did not know who he was, for Jesus hid himself among the people who were in that place.  14 Then Jesus met him in the temple and said to him, 'Behold, you are healed; sin no more, lest something worse happen to you.  15 And the man went and declared to the Jews that he who had healed him was Jesus.  16 And the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done such things on the sabbath day.