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12 I have told you about things here on earth, and you do not believe me. So you will not believe me if I tell you about things of heaven. 13 The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the One who came down from heaven—the Son of Man.[a]

14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,[b] the Son of Man must also be lifted up.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 the Son of Man Some Greek copies continue, “who is in heaven.”
  2. 3:14 Moses . . . desert When the Israelites were dying from snakebites, God told Moses to put a bronze snake on a pole. The people who looked at the snake were healed (Numbers 21:4–9).

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