10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel (A)and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (B)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but (C)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 (D)No one has (E)ascended into heaven except (F)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[b] 14 And (G)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (H)be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes (I)in him (J)may have eternal life.[c]

For God So Loved the World

16 “For (K)God so loved (L)the world,[d] (M)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (N)perish but have eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:11 The Greek for you is plural here; also four times in verse 12
  2. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven
  3. John 3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15
  4. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

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