^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, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(F)in him ^(G)may have eternal life.^[b]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(H)God so loved ^(I)the world,^{[c] (J)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(K)perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For ^(L)God did not send his Son into the world ^(M)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ^18 (N)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not ^(O)believed in the name of the only Son of God.

¹⁵ When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, ^(A)“Blessed is everyone who will ^(B)eat bread in the kingdom of God!” ¹⁶ But he said to him, ^(C)“A man once ^(D)gave a great banquet and invited many. ¹⁷ And at the time for the banquet he ^(E)sent his servant^[a] to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ ¹⁸ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ ¹⁹ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ ²⁰ And another said, ^(F)‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ ²¹ So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in ^(G)the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ ²² And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ ²³ And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I tell you,^{[b] (H)}none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”