John 3
3There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.G1161G2258G444G1537G5330G3686G846G3530G758G24532After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. "Rabbi," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you."G3778G2064G4314G2424G3571G2532G2036G846G4461G1492G3754G2064G1320G2064G575G2316G1063G3762G1410G4160G5023G4592G3739G4771G4160G3362G2316G5600G3326G8463Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G509G1410G3756G1492G932G23164"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"G3530G3004G4314G846G4459G1410G444G1080G5607G1088G3361G1410G1525G1208G1519G846G3384G2836G2532G10805Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.G2424G611G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G1537G5204G2532G4151G3756G1410G1525G1519G932G23166Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.G1080G1537G4561G2076G4561G2532G1080G1537G4151G2076G41517So don't be surprised when I say, 'You must be born again.'G2296G3361G3754G2036G4671G5209G1163G1080G5098The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."G4151G4154G3699G2309G2532G191G5456G846G235G1492G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G3779G2076G3956G1080G1537G41519"How are these things possible?" Nicodemus asked.G3530G611G2532G2036G846G4459G1410G5023G109610Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things?G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1488G4771G1320G2474G2532G1097G3756G502311I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe our testimony.G281G281G3004G4671G2980G3754G3739G1492G2532G3140G3739G3708G2532G2983G3756G2257G314112But if you don't believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?G1487G2036G5213G1919G2532G4100G3756G4459G4100G1437G2036G5213G203213No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.G2532G3762G305G1519G3772G1508G2597G1537G3772G5207G444G3588G5607G1722G377214And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,G2532G2531G3475G5312G3789G1722G2048G3779G1163G5207G444G531215so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.G3363G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3363G622G235G2192G166G222216"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.G1063G2316G3779G25G2889G5620G1325G846G3439G5207G2443G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3361G622G235G2192G166G222217God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.G1063G2316G649G3756G846G5207G1519G2889G2443G2919G2889G235G2443G2889G1223G846G498218"There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son.G4100G1519G846G2919G3756G2919G1161G4100G3361G2919G2235G3754G4100G3361G4100G1519G3686G3439G5207G231619And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.G1161G3778G2076G2920G3754G5457G2064G1519G2889G2532G444G25G4655G3123G2228G5457G1063G846G2041G2258G419020All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.G1063G3956G4238G5337G3404G5457G2532G3756G2064G4314G5457G3363G846G2041G165121But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."G1161G4160G225G2064G4314G5457G2443G846G2041G5319G3754G2076G2038G1722G231622Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.G3326G5023G2064G2424G2532G846G3101G1519G1093G2449G2532G1563G1304G3326G846G2532G90723At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.G1161G2491G2532G2258G907G1722G137G1451G4530G3754G2258G4183G5204G1563G2532G3854G2532G90724(This was before John was thrown into prison.)G1063G2491G2258G3768G906G1519G543825A debate broke out between John's disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.G3767G1096G2214G3326G1537G2491G3101G2453G4012G251226So John's disciples came to him and said, "Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us."G2532G2064G4314G2491G2532G2036G846G4461G3739G2258G3326G4675G4008G2446G3739G4771G3140G2396G3778G907G2532G3956G2064G4314G84627John replied, "No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.G2491G611G2532G2036G444G1410G3756G2983G3762G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G377228You yourselves know how plainly I told you, 'I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.'G5210G846G3140G3427G3140G3754G2036G1473G1510G3756G5547G235G3754G1510G649G1715G156529It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the best man is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.G2192G3565G2076G3566G1161G5384G3566G3588G2476G2532G191G846G5463G5479G1223G3566G5456G3778G1699G5479G3767G413730He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.G1565G1163G837G1161G1691G164231"He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.G2064G509G2076G1883G3956G5607G1537G1093G2076G1537G1093G2532G2980G1537G1093G2064G1537G3772G2076G1883G395632He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!G2532G3739G3708G2532G191G5124G3140G2532G3762G2983G846G314133Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.G2983G846G3141G4972G3754G2316G2076G22734For he is sent by God. He speaks God's words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.G1063G3739G2316G649G2980G4487G2316G1063G2316G1325G3756G4151G1537G335835The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.G3962G25G5207G2532G1325G3956G1722G846G549536And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment."G4100G1519G5207G2192G166G2222G1161G544G5207G3700G3756G3700G2222G235G3709G2316G3306G1909G846
John 4
4Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than JohnG5613G3767G2962G1097G3754G5330G191G3754G2424G4160G2532G907G4119G3101G2228G24912(though Jesus himself didn't baptize them—his disciples did.)G2544G2424G846G907G3756G235G846G31013So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.G863G2449G2532G565G3825G1519G10564He had to go through Samaria on the way.G1161G1163G1330G1223G45405Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.G3767G2064G1519G4172G4540G3004G4965G4139G5564G3739G2384G1325G846G5207G25016Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.G1161G2384G4077G2258G1563G2424G3767G2872G1537G3597G2516G3779G1909G4077G2258G5616G1623G56107Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."G2064G1135G1537G4540G501G5204G2424G3004G846G1325G3427G40958He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.G1063G846G3101G565G1519G4172G2443G59G51609The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?"G3767G3004G1135G4542G846G4459G4771G5607G2453G154G4095G3844G1700G5607G1135G4542G1063G2453G4798G3756G4798G454110Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1487G1492G1431G2316G2532G5101G2076G3004G4671G1325G3427G4095G4771G302G154G846G2532G302G1325G4671G2198G520411"But sir, you don't have a rope or a bucket," she said, "and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?G1135G3004G846G2962G2192G3777G502G2532G5421G2076G901G4159G3767G2192G2198G520412And besides, do you think you're greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?"G3361G1488G4771G3187G2257G3962G2384G3739G1325G2254G5421G2532G4095G1537G846G846G2532G846G5207G2532G846G235313Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3956G4095G1537G5127G5204G1372G382514But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life."G1161G3739G302G4095G1537G5204G3739G1473G1325G846G1372G1519G165G3364G1372G235G5204G3739G1325G846G1096G1722G846G4077G5204G242G1519G166G222215"Please, sir," the woman said, "give me this water! Then I'll never be thirsty again, and I won't have to come here to get water."G1135G3004G4314G846G2962G1325G3427G5124G5204G3363G1372G3363G3366G2064G1759G50116"Go and get your husband," Jesus told her.G2424G3004G846G5217G5455G4675G435G2532G2064G175917"I don't have a husband," the woman replied. Jesus said, "You're right! You don't have a husband?G1135G611G2532G2036G2192G3756G435G2424G3004G846G2036G2573G2036G3754G2192G3756G43518for you have had five husbands, and you aren't even married to the man you're living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!"G1063G2192G4002G435G2532G3739G2192G3568G2192G2076G3756G4675G435G5124G2046G22719"Sir," the woman said, "you must be a prophet.G1135G3004G846G2962G2334G3754G4771G1488G439620So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?"G2257G3962G4352G1722G5129G3735G2532G5210G3004G3754G1722G2414G2076G5117G3699G1163G435221Jesus replied, "Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.G2424G3004G846G1135G4100G3427G5610G3754G2064G3753G4352G3777G1722G5129G3735G3777G1722G2414G4352G396222You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.G5210G4352G1492G3756G3739G1492G3739G2249G4352G3754G4991G2076G1537G245323But the time is coming—indeed it's here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.G235G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G228G4353G4352G3962G1722G4151G2532G225G2532G1063G3962G2212G5108G4352G84624For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."G2316G4151G2532G4352G846G1163G4352G1722G4151G2532G22525The woman said, "I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."G1135G3004G846G1492G3754G3323G2064G3588G3004G5547G3752G1565G2064G312G2254G395626Then Jesus told her, "I AM the Messiah!"G2424G3004G846G1473G2980G4671G151027Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, "What do you want with her?" or "Why are you talking to her?"G2532G1909G5129G2064G846G3101G2532G2296G3754G2980G3326G1135G3305G3762G2036G5101G2212G2228G5101G2980G3326G84628The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,G1135G3767G863G846G5201G2532G565G1519G4172G2532G3004G44429"Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?"G1205G1492G444G3739G2036G3427G3956G3745G4160G2076G3385G3778G554730So the people came streaming from the village to see him.G3767G1831G1537G4172G2532G2064G4314G84631Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, "Rabbi, eat something."G1161G1722G3342G3101G2065G846G3004G4461G531532But Jesus replied, "I have a kind of food you know nothing about."G1161G2036G846G1473G2192G1035G5315G3739G5210G1492G3756G149233"Did someone bring him food while we were gone?" the disciples asked each other.G3767G3004G3101G4314G240G5342G3387G5342G846G531534Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.G2424G3004G846G1699G1033G2076G2443G4160G2307G3992G3165G2532G5048G846G204135You know the saying, 'Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.G3004G3756G5210G3754G2076G2089G5072G2532G2064G2326G2400G3004G5213G1869G5216G3788G2532G2300G5561G3754G1526G3022G2235G4314G232636The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!G2532G2325G2983G3408G2532G4863G2590G1519G2222G166G2443G2532G4687G2532G2325G5463G367437You know the saying, 'One plants and another harvests.' And it's true.G1063G1722G5129G2076G3056G228G3754G243G2076G4687G2532G243G232538I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest."G1473G649G5209G2325G3739G5210G2872G3756G2872G243G2872G2532G5210G1525G1519G846G287339Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, "He told me everything I ever did!"G1161G4183G4541G1537G1565G4172G4100G1519G846G1223G3056G1135G3140G3754G2036G3427G3956G3745G416040When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,G3767G5613G4541G2064G4314G846G2065G846G3306G3844G846G2532G3306G1563G1417G225041long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.G2532G4183G4119G4100G1223G846G305642Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world."G5037G3004G1135G3754G3765G4100G3754G1223G4674G2981G1063G191G846G2532G1492G3754G3778G2076G230G5547G4990G288943At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee.G1161G3326G1417G2250G565G1831G1564G2532G1519G105644He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.G1063G2424G846G3140G3754G4396G2192G3756G5092G1722G2398G396845Yet the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.G3767G3753G2064G1519G1056G1057G1209G846G3708G3956G3739G4160G1722G2414G1722G1859G1063G846G2532G2064G1519G185946As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.G3767G2424G2064G3825G1519G2580G1056G3699G4160G5204G3631G2532G2258G5100G937G3739G5207G770G1722G258447When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.G3778G191G3754G2424G2240G1537G2449G1519G1056G565G4314G846G2532G2065G846G2443G2597G2532G2390G846G5207G1063G3195G59948Jesus asked, "Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?"G3767G2036G2424G4314G846G3362G1492G4592G2532G5059G4100G3364G410049The official pleaded, "Lord, please come now before my little boy dies."G937G3004G4314G846G2962G2597G4250G3450G3813G59950Then Jesus told him, "Go back home. Your son will live!" And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.G2424G3004G846G4198G4675G5207G2198G2532G444G4100G3056G3739G2424G2036G846G2532G419851While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.G1161G846G2235G2597G846G1401G528G846G2532G518G3004G3754G4675G3816G219852He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, "Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock his fever suddenly disappeared!"G3767G4441G3844G846G5610G1722G3739G2192G2866G2532G2036G846G3754G5504G1442G5610G4446G863G84653Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.G3767G3962G1097G3754G1722G1565G5610G1722G3739G2424G2036G846G3754G4675G5207G2198G2532G846G4100G2532G846G3650G361454This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.G5124G3825G1208G4592G2424G4160G2064G1537G2449G1519G1056
Dublin, OH
, you cannot see the Kingdom of God."G2424
