John 3:11-26
English Standard Version
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but (B)you[a] do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (C)No one has (D)ascended into heaven except (E)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[b] 14 And (F)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (G)be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes (H)in him (I)may have eternal life.[c]
For God So Loved the World
16 “For (J)God so loved (K)the world,[d] (L)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (M)perish but have eternal life. 17 For (N)God did not send his Son into the world (O)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 (P)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not (Q)believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 (R)And this is the judgment: (S)the light has come into the world, and (T)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (U)their works were evil. 20 (V)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (W)lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever (X)does what is true (Y)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
John the Baptist Exalts Christ
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and (Z)was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for (AA)John had not yet been put in prison).
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over (AB)purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, (AC)“Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, (AD)to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and (AE)all are going to him.”
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