12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(A) except the one who came from heaven(B)—the Son of Man.[a](C) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(D) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  2. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.

12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (A)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [a]who is in heaven. 14 (B)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (C)must the Son of Man be lifted up,

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  1. John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven

12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (A)No one has (B)ascended into heaven except (C)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a] 14 And (D)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (E)be lifted up,

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven

12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (A)No one has ascended into heaven, except (B)He who descended from heaven: (C)the Son of Man. 14 And just as (D)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must (E)the Son of Man (F)be lifted up,

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12 But if you don’t even believe me when I tell you about such things as these that happen here among men, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven? 13 For only I, the Messiah,[a] have come to earth and will return to heaven again. 14 And as Moses in the wilderness lifted up the bronze image of a serpent on a pole, even so I must be lifted up upon a pole,

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  1. John 3:13 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”