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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
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children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
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Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
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So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
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Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
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“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.
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You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
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and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
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Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
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Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
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“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
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The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy
Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”
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At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’ ?”
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They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’ ? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
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Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’?
