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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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No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
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John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
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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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I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
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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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I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”
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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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And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
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Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
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When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
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Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
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He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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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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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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“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
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I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
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No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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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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They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
