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3 Now de there was eimi a man anthrōpos of ek the ho Pharisees Pharisaios named onoma Nicodemus Nikodēmos, a ruler archōn of the ho Jews Ioudaios. ² This houtos man came erchomai to pros Jesus autos by night nyx and kai said legō to him autos, “ Rabbi rhabbi, we know oida that hoti you are erchomai a teacher didaskalos come erchomai from apo God theos, for gar no oudeis one is able dynamai to perform poieō these houtos · ho miraculous sēmeion signs that hos you sy are doing poieō unless ean mē God theos is eimi · ho with meta him autos.” ³ Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai him autos, · kai saying legō, “ I tell legō you sy the solemn amēn truth amēn, unless ean mē a person tis is born gennaō again anōthen he cannot ou see the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos.” ⁴ Nicodemus Nikodēmos said legō to pros him autos, · ho “ How pōs can dynamai a man anthrōpos be born gennaō when he is eimi old gerōn? He cannot mē enter eiserchomai into eis · ho his autos mother’ s mētēr womb koilia · ho and kai be born gennaō a second deuteros time , can he ?” ⁵ Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai, “ I tell legō you sy the solemn amēn truth amēn, unless ean mē one tis is born gennaō of ek water hydōr and kai Spirit pneuma, he cannot ou enter eiserchomai eis the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos. ⁶ What ho is born gennaō of ek the ho flesh sarx is eimi flesh sarx, and kai what ho is born gennaō of ek the ho Spirit pneuma is eimi spirit pneuma. ⁷ Do not mē be astonished thaumazō that hoti I said legō to you sy, ‘ You hymeis must dei be born gennaō again anōthen.’ ⁸ The ho wind pneuma blows pneō wherever hopou it chooses thelō, and kai you hear akouō · ho its autos sound phōnē, but alla do not ou know oida where pothen it is coming erchomai from or kai where pou it is going hypagō. So houtōs it is eimi with everyone pas · ho born gennaō of ek the ho Spirit pneuma.” ⁹ Nicodemus Nikodēmos replied apokrinomai, · kai saying legō to him autos, “ How pōs can dynamai these houtos things be ginomai?” ¹⁰ Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai, · kai saying legō to him autos, “ Are eimi you sy the ho teacher didaskalos of ho Israel Israēl and kai you do ginōskō not ou understand ginōskō these houtos things ?”

¹¹ “ I tell legō you sy the solemn amēn truth amēn, we speak about laleō what hos we know oida and kai testify about martyreō what hos we have seen horaō, but kai you lambanō people do lambanō not ou accept lambanō · ho our hēmeis testimony martyria. ¹² If ei I have told legō you hymeis about legō · ho earthly epigeios things and kai you do not ou believe pisteuō, how pōs will you believe pisteuō if ean I tell legō you hymeis about · ho heavenly epouranios things ? ¹³ · kai No oudeis one has gone anabainō up to eis · ho heaven ouranos except ei mē the ho one who came down katabainō out ek of · ho heaven ouranos, the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos. ¹⁴ And kai just kathōs as Moses Mōysēs lifted hypsoō up the ho serpent ophis in en the ho wilderness erēmos, so houtōs must dei the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos be lifted hypsoō up , ¹⁵ so hina that everyone pas who ho believes pisteuō in en him autos may have echō eternal aiōnios life zōē.

¹⁶ “ For gar this houtōs is how God theos loved agapaō · ho the ho world kosmos: he gave didōmi his ho one and only monogenēs Son hyios · ho that hina everyone pas who ho believes pisteuō in eis him autos should not mē perish apollymi but alla have echō eternal aiōnios life zōē. ¹⁷ For gar God theos did not ou send apostellō · ho his ho Son hyios into eis the ho world kosmos to hina condemn krinō the ho world kosmos, but alla so hina that the ho world kosmos might be saved sōzō through dia him autos. ¹⁸ The ho one who believes pisteuō in eis him autos is not ou condemned krinō, but de the ho one who does not mē believe pisteuō is condemned krinō already ēdē, because hoti he has not mē believed pisteuō in eis the ho name onoma of ho God’ s theos one monogenēs and only Son hyios. · ho ¹⁹ And de the ho basis for judging krisis is eimi this houtos, that hoti · ho light phōs has come erchomai into eis the ho world kosmos and kai people anthrōpos love agapaō · ho darkness skotos rather mallon than ē · ho · ho light phōs, because gar their autos deeds ergon are eimi evil ponēros. · ho ²⁰ For gar everyone pas who ho practices prassō wickedness phaulos hates miseō the ho light phōs and kai does not ou come erchomai to pros the ho light phōs for fear that hina his autos deeds ergon will be exposed elenchō. · ho ²¹ But de the ho one who does poieō the ho truth alētheia comes erchomai to pros the ho light phōs, so hina that his autos deeds ergon may be clearly seen phaneroō, · ho that hoti they have been eimi done ergazomai in en God theos.”

²² After meta this houtos Jesus Iēsous and kai his autos disciples mathētēs went erchomai · ho · ho into eis the ho Judean Ioudaios countryside gē, and kai he was there ekei with meta them autos for a time diatribō and kai was baptizing baptizō. ²³ Now de John Iōannēs also kai was eimi · ho baptizing baptizō at en Aenon Ainōn near engys · ho Salim, because hoti there were eimi many polys springs hydōr there ekei, and kai people kept coming paraginomai · kai to be baptized baptizō. ²⁴ ( John Iōannēs had eimi not oupō yet been thrown ballō into eis · ho prison phylakē.) · ho

²⁵ Now oun an argument zētēsis about peri ritual cleansing katharismos arose ginomai between meta some ek of ho John’ s Iōannēs disciples mathētēs and a certain Jew Ioudaios. ²⁶ So kai they came erchomai to pros · ho John Iōannēs and kai said legō to him autos, “ Rabbi rhabbi, that man who hos was eimi with meta you sy on the far peran side of the ho Jordan Iordanēs, the one to whom hos you sy bore witness martyreō— well ide, he houtos is baptizing baptizō, and kai everyone pas is going erchomai to pros him autos!” ²⁷ John Iōannēs responded apokrinomai, · kai saying legō, “A man anthrōpos cannot ou dynamai receive lambanō anything oude heis unless ean mē it has been eimi given didōmi to him autos from ek · ho heaven ouranos. ²⁸ You hymeis yourselves autos bear me egō witness martyreō that hoti I said legō, ‘ I egō am eimi not ou the ho Christ Christos,’ but alla rather , ‘ I am eimi the one sent apostellō ahead emprosthen of him ekeinos.’ ²⁹ It is eimi the ho bridegroom nymphios who has echō the ho bride nymphē; but de the ho friend philos of the ho bridegroom nymphios, who ho stands histēmi by and kai listens akouō for him autos, rejoices greatly chara when dia he hears the ho bridegroom’ s nymphios voice phōnē. · ho Therefore oun this houtos · ho joy chara · ho of mine emos is now complete plēroō. ³⁰ He ekeinos must dei increase auxanō, but de I egō must decrease elattoō.”

³¹ He ho who comes erchomai from above anōthen is eimi superior epanō to all pas. He ho who is eimi of ek the ho earth gē belongs eimi to ek the ho earth gē and kai speaks laleō in ek an ho earthly gē way . He ho who comes erchomai from ek · ho heaven ouranos is eimi superior epanō to all pas. ³² He bears witness to martyreō what hos he has seen horaō and kai heard akouō, yet kai no one oudeis accepts lambanō · ho his autos testimony martyria. ³³ The ho one who has accepted lambanō his autos · ho testimony martyria has thereby acknowledged sphragizō that hoti · ho God theos is eimi truthful alēthēs. ³⁴ For gar the one whom hos God theos has sent apostellō · ho speaks laleō the ho words rhēma of ho God theos, for gar God does didōmi not ou give didōmi the ho Spirit pneuma in ek a limited measure metron. ³⁵ The ho Father patēr loves agapaō the ho Son hyios and kai has placed didōmi everything pas in en · ho his autos hands cheir. ³⁶ The ho one who believes pisteuō in eis the ho Son hyios has echō eternal aiōnios life zōē; but de the ho one who disobeys apeitheō the ho Son hyios will not ou see horaō life zōē, but alla the ho wrath orgē of ho God theos remains menō on epi him autos.

4 Now oun when hōs Jesus Iēsous learned ginōskō · ho that hoti the ho Pharisees Pharisaios had heard akouō that hoti Jesus Iēsous was making poieō and kai baptizing baptizō more polys disciples mathētēs than ē John Iōannēs ² — although kaitoige Jesus Iēsous himself autos was not ou baptizing baptizō, but alla · ho his autos disciples mathētēs were— ³ he left aphiēmi · ho Judea Ioudaia and kai departed aperchomai again palin for eis · ho Galilee Galilaia. ⁴ Now de it was necessary dei that he autos pass dierchomai through dia · ho Samaria Samareia. ⁵ So oun he came erchomai to eis a town polis in ho Samaria Samareia called legō Sychar Sychar, near plēsion the ho plot chōrion of ground that hos Jacob Iakōb had given didōmi to ho his autos son hyios Joseph Iōsēph. · ho ⁶ Jacob’ s Iakōb well pēgē was eimi · de there ekei. · ho · ho So oun Jesus Iēsous, weary kopiaō from ek his ho journey hodoiporia, sat kathezomai down by epi the ho well pēgē. It was eimi about hōs the sixth hektos hour hōra.

⁷ There came erchomai a woman gynē of ek · ho Samaria Samareia to draw antleō water hydōr. Jesus Iēsous said legō to her autos, · ho “ Give didōmi me egō a drink pinō.” ⁸ · ho ( For gar his autos disciples mathētēs had gone aperchomai off to eis the ho town polis to hina buy agorazō food trophē.) ⁹ The ho Samaritan Samaritis woman gynē said legō to him autos, · ho “ How pōs is it that you sy, being eimi a Jew Ioudaios, are asking for aiteō a drink pinō from para me egō, a woman gynē who is eimi from Samaria Samaritis?” ( For gar Jews Ioudaios use nothing ou in common synchraomai with Samaritans Samaritēs.) ¹⁰ Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai · kai her autos, saying legō, “ If ei you had known oida the ho gift dōrea of ho God theos and kai who tis it was eimi that ho said legō to you sy, ‘ Give didōmi me egō a drink pinō,’ you sy would an have asked aiteō him autos, and kai he would an have given didōmi you sy living zaō water hydōr.” ¹¹ The ho woman gynē said legō to him autos, “ Sir kyrios, you have echō no oute bucket antlēma and kai the ho well phrear is eimi deep bathus. How pothen then oun are you going echō to draw the ho living zaō water hydōr? · ho ¹² Surely you sy are eimi not mē greater megas than ho our hēmeis father patēr Jacob Iakōb, are you , who hos gave didōmi us hēmeis the ho well phrear and kai drank pinō from ek it autos himself autos, as kai did · ho his autos sons hyios and kai · ho his autos flocks thremma?” ¹³ Jesus Iēsous replied apokrinomai, and kai said legō to her autos, “ Everyone pas who ho drinks pinō of ek · ho this houtos water hydōr will be thirsty dipsaō again palin, ¹⁴ but de whoever hos drinks pinō of ek the ho water hydōr that hos I egō will give didōmi him autos will never ou mē be thirsty dipsaō for eis all ho time aiōn, but alla the ho water hydōr that hos I will give didōmi him autos will become ginomai in en him autos a fountain pēgē of water hydōr gushing hallomai up to eis eternal aiōnios life zōē.” ¹⁵ The ho woman gynē said legō to pros him autos, “ Sir kyrios, give didōmi me egō this houtos · ho water hydōr, so hina that I will not mē be thirsty dipsaō or mēde have to keep coming dierchomai here enthade to draw antleō water.”

¹⁶ Jesus said legō to her autos, “ Go hypagō, call phōneō · ho your sy husband anēr, and kai come erchomai back here enthade.” ¹⁷ The ho woman gynē replied apokrinomai and kai said legō to him autos, “ I do not ou have echō a husband anēr.” Jesus Iēsous said legō to her autos, · ho “ You are right kalōs in saying legō, ‘ I do echō not ou have echō a husband anēr,’ ¹⁸ for gar you have had echō five pente husbands anēr, and kai the man hos you now nyn have echō is eimi not ou your sy husband anēr. You have spoken legō the houtos truth alēthēs.” ¹⁹ The ho woman gynē said legō to him autos, “ Sir kyrios, I can see theōreō that hoti you sy are eimi a prophet prophētēs. ²⁰ · ho Our hēmeis fathers patēr worshiped proskyneō on en · ho this houtos mountain oros, but kai you hymeis Jews say legō that hoti the ho place topos where hopou people should dei worship proskyneō is eimi in en Jerusalem Hierosolyma.” ²¹ Jesus Iēsous said legō to her autos, · ho “ Believe pisteuō me egō, woman gynē, the hour hōra is coming erchomai when hote you will worship proskyneō the ho Father patēr neither oute on en · ho this houtos mountain oros nor oute in en Jerusalem Hierosolyma. ²² You hymeis Samaritans worship proskyneō what hos you do not ou know oida; we hēmeis worship proskyneō what hos we know oida, because hoti · ho salvation sōtēria is eimi from ek the ho Jews Ioudaios. ²³ But alla the hour hōra is coming erchomai, and kai is eimi here nyn already , when hote · ho true alēthinos worshipers proskynētēs will worship proskyneō the ho Father patēr in en spirit pneuma and kai in truth alētheia; for gar indeed kai the ho Father patēr is seeking zēteō just toioutos such people · ho to be his autos worshipers proskyneō. ²⁴ God theos is spirit pneuma, · ho and kai those ho who worship proskyneō him autos must dei worship proskyneō in en spirit pneuma and kai in truth alētheia.” ²⁵ The ho woman gynē said legō to him autos, “ I know oida that hoti Messiah Messias is coming erchomai ( the ho one called legō Christ Christos). When hotan he comes erchomai, he ekeinos will explain anangellō everything hapas to us hēmeis.” ²⁶ Jesus Iēsous said legō to her autos, · ho “ I egō, the ho one speaking laleō to you sy, am eimi he.”

²⁷ · kai Just epi then houtos his autos disciples mathētēs came erchomai back. · ho · kai They were astonished thaumazō that hoti he was talking laleō with meta a woman gynē; however mentoi, no oudeis one said legō to her, “ What tis do you want zēteō?” or ē to him, “ Why tis are you talking laleō with meta her autos?” ²⁸ Then oun the ho woman gynē left aphiēmi · ho her autos water hydria jar and kai went aperchomai off to eis the ho town polis. · kai She told legō the ho people anthrōpos there, ²⁹ “ Come deute and see a man anthrōpos who hos told legō me egō everything pas I have ever hosos done poieō! Could mēti this houtos man be eimi the ho Messiah Christos?” ³⁰ So they went exerchomai out of ek the ho town polis and kai made their way erchomai to pros Jesus autos.

³¹ In en the ho meantime metaxy the ho disciples mathētēs kept urging erōtaō Jesus autos, saying legō, “ Rabbi rhabbi, take esthiō something to eat .” ³² But de he ho said legō to them autos, “ I egō have echō food brōsis to eat esthiō of which hos you hymeis know oida nothing ou.” ³³ Then oun the ho disciples mathētēs began to say legō to pros one allēlōn another , “ No mē one tis has brought pherō him autos something to eat esthiō, have they?” ³⁴ Jesus Iēsous said legō to them autos, · ho “ My emos food brōma is eimi to hina do poieō the ho will thelēma of ho him who sent pempō me egō and kai to accomplish teleioō the ho work ergon he autos gave me to do. ³⁵ Do you hymeis not ou say legō, ‘ There are eimi still eti four tetramēnos months and kai then comes erchomai the ho harvest therismos’? Look idou, I tell legō you hymeis, lift epairō up · ho your hymeis eyes ophthalmos and kai look theaomai at the ho fields chōra; they are eimi white leukos, ready for pros harvest therismos. ³⁶ The ho reaper therizō is lambanō already receiving lambanō wages misthos and kai gathering synagō a crop karpos for eis eternal aiōnios life zōē, so hina that the ho sower speirō and kai the ho reaper therizō may rejoice chairō together homou. ³⁷ For gar in en this houtos the ho saying logos is eimi true alēthinos, ‘ One allos · ho sows speirō and kai another allos · ho reaps therizō.’ ³⁸ I egō sent apostellō you hymeis to reap therizō a crop for which hos you hymeis did not ou labor kopiaō. Others allos have done kopiaō the hard work , and kai you hymeis have reaped the benefits eiserchomai of eis · ho their autos labor kopos.”

³⁹ Many polys of the ho Samaritans Samaritēs from ek · de · ho that ekeinos town polis believed pisteuō in eis him autos because dia of what ho the ho woman gynē had said logos when she testified martyreō, “ He told legō me egō everything pas that hos I ever did poieō.” ⁴⁰ When hōs therefore oun the ho Samaritans Samaritēs came erchomai to pros him autos, they urged erōtaō him autos to stay menō with para them autos. · kai He stayed menō there ekei for two dyo days hēmera. ⁴¹ and kai many polys more polys believed pisteuō because dia of what ho they heard logos from him autos. ⁴² They said legō to the ho woman gynē, “ No longer ouketi is it because dia of what ho you sos said lalia that we believe pisteuō, for gar we have heard akouō him for ourselves autos, and kai we know oida that hoti this houtos man truly alēthōs is eimi the ho Savior sōtēr of the ho world kosmos.”

⁴³ Two dyo days hēmera later meta · de · ho Jesus left exerchomai from there ekeithen and went to eis · ho Galilee Galilaia ⁴⁴ ( for gar Jesus Iēsous himself autos had testified martyreō that hoti a prophet prophētēs has echō no ou honor timē in en · ho his own idios country patris). ⁴⁵ When hote he arrived erchomai in eis · ho Galilee Galilaia, the ho Galileans Galilaios welcomed dechomai him autos, having seen horaō all pas that hosos he had done poieō in en Jerusalem Hierosolyma during en the ho feast heortē ( for gar they autos too kai had gone erchomai to eis the ho feast heortē).

⁴⁶ So oun Jesus came erchomai again palin to eis · ho Cana Kana in ho Galilee Galilaia where hopou he had made poieō the ho water hydōr wine oinos. Now kai in en Capernaum Kapharnaoum there was eimi a certain tis officer basilikos in the royal service whose hos · ho son hyios was ill astheneō. ⁴⁷ When this houtos man heard akouō that hoti Jesus Iēsous had arrived hēkō in eis Galilee Galilaia from ek · ho Judea Ioudaia, · ho he went aperchomai to pros him autos and kai begged erōtaō him to hina come katabainō down and kai heal iaomai his autos · ho son hyios; for gar he was mellō at the point of death apothnēskō. ⁴⁸ Jesus Iēsous therefore oun said legō · ho to pros him autos, “ Unless ean mē you people see signs sēmeion and kai wonders teras, you will never ou mē believe pisteuō!” ⁴⁹ The ho officer basilikos said legō to pros him autos, “ Sir kyrios, come katabainō down before prin my egō little boy paidion dies apothnēskō.” · ho ⁵⁰ Jesus Iēsous replied legō to him autos, · ho “ Go poreuō, · ho your sy son hyios lives zaō.” The ho man anthrōpos believed pisteuō the ho word logos that hos Jesus Iēsous spoke legō to him autos, · ho and kai he set poreuō off for home. ⁵¹ While he autos was still ēdē · de on his way down katabainō · ho his autos servants met hypantaō him autos and told legō him that hoti · ho his autos son pais was living zaō. ⁵² So oun he asked pynthanomai them autos what ho time hōra it was when en hos his son got echō better kompsoteron, and oun they said legō to him autos, “ Yesterday echthes at the seventh hebdomos hour hōra the ho fever pyretos left aphiēmi him autos.” ⁵³ Then oun the ho father patēr realized ginōskō that hoti it was at en that ekeinos very ho hour hōra when en hos Jesus Iēsous had said legō to him autos, · ho · ho “ Your sy son hyios lives zaō,” and kai he autos became a believer pisteuō, as kai did · ho his autos entire holos household oikia. ⁵⁴ Now de this houtos was the second deuteros sign sēmeion that Jesus Iēsous performed poieō · ho after coming erchomai from ek · ho Judea Ioudaia into eis · ho Galilee Galilaia.