John 1:35-3:21

English Standard Version

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

³⁵ The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, ^(A)the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, ^(B)“What are you seeking?” And they said to him, ^(C)“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” ³⁹ He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.^{[a] 40 (D)}One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus^[b] was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. ⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ^(E)the Messiah” (which means Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^(F)John. You shall be called ^(G)Cephas” (which means ^(H)Peter^[c]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

^43 (I)The next day Jesus decided ^(J)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴ Now ^(K)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip found ^(L)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^(M)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^(N)of Nazareth, ^(O)the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, ^(P)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ^(Q)an Israelite indeed, ^(R)in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, “How ^(S)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered him, ^(T)“Rabbi, ^(U)you are the Son of God! You are the ^(V)King of Israel!” ⁵⁰ Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹ And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,^[d] you will see ^(W)heaven opened, and ^(X)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(Y)the Son of Man.”

The Wedding at Cana

2 On ^(Z)the third day there was a wedding at ^(AA)Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² Jesus also was invited to the wedding with ^(AB)his disciples. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus said to her, ^(AC)“Woman, ^(AD)what does this have to do with me? ^(AE)My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Now there were six stone water jars there ^(AF)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty ^(AG)gallons.^{[e] 7} Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. ⁹ When the master of the feast tasted ^(AH)the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested ^(AI)his glory. And ^(AJ)his disciples believed in him.

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and ^(AK)his brothers^[f] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^13 (AL)The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus ^(AM)went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (AN)In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵ And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make ^(AO)my Father's house a house of trade.” ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, ^(AP)“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

¹⁸ So the Jews said to him, ^(AQ)“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, ^(AR)“Destroy this temple, and in three days ^(AS)I will raise it up.” ²⁰ The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,^[g] and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But he was speaking about ^(AT)the temple of his body. ²² When therefore he was raised from the dead, ^(AU)his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed ^(AV)the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

²³ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name ^(AW)when they saw the signs that he was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus ^(AX)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^(AY)he knew all people ²⁵ and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^(AZ)he himself knew what was in man.

You Must Be Born Again

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named ^(BA)Nicodemus, ^(BB)a ruler of the Jews. ² This man came to Jesus^{[h] (BC)}by night and said to him, ^(BD)“Rabbi, ^(BE)we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do ^(BF)unless God is with him.” ³ Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ^(BG)born ^(BH)again^[i] he cannot ^(BI)see the kingdom of God.” ⁴ Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” ⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^(BJ)of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ^6 (BK)That which is born of the flesh is ^(BL)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.^{[j] 7 (BM)}Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You^[k] must be born ^(BN)again.’ ^8 (BO)The wind^[l] blows ^(BP)where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

⁹ Nicodemus said to him, ^(BQ)“How can these things be?” ¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^(BR)and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BS)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but ^(BT)you^[m] 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 (BU)No one has ^(BV)ascended into heaven except ^(BW)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{[n] 14} And ^(BX)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^(BY)be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(BZ)in him ^(CA)may have eternal life.^[o]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(CB)God so loved ^(CC)the world,^{[p] (CD)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(CE)perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For ^(CF)God did not send his Son into the world ^(CG)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ^18 (CH)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not ^(CI)believed in the name of the only Son of God. ^19 (CJ)And this is the judgment: ^(CK)the light has come into the world, and ^(CL)people loved the darkness rather than the light because ^(CM)their works were evil. ^20 (CN)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^(CO)lest his works should be exposed. ²¹ But whoever ^(CP)does what is true ^(CQ)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”