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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
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“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
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John Testifies Again About Jesus
After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
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Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John—
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although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
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Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
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When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
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Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
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Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
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“I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.
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“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
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Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
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The Disciples Rejoin Jesus
Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
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“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
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Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
After the two days he left for Galilee.
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(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
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When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
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“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
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“Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
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Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed.
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This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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The Healing at the Pool
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.
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When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
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Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”
