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(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
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John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
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He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
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questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
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This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
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Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
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And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
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“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
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The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
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“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
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“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
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“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
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and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
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He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
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The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
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But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’
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The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
