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There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews.
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Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
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There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
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After dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a Pharisee,
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The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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Late one night he visited Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we all know you're a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren't in on it."
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He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
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This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
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came to speak with Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are proof enough that God is with you."
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Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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Jesus said, "You're absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to--to God's kingdom."
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In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "
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Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
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Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God."
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Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
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"How can anyone," said Nicodemus, "be born who has already been born and grown up? You can't re-enter your mother's womb and be born again. What are you saying with this "born-from-above' talk?"
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"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
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Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
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"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"
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Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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Jesus said, "You're not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation--the "wind hovering over the water' creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life--it's not possible to enter God's kingdom.
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Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
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Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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When you look at a baby, it's just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can't see and touch--the Spirit--and becomes a living spirit.
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven.
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Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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"So don't be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be "born from above'--out of this world, so to speak.
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You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'
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Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again.'
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So don't be surprised at my statement that you must be born again.
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The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it's headed next. That's the way it is with everyone "born from above' by the wind of God, the Spirit of God."
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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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The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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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."
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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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Nicodemus asked, "What do you mean by this? How does this happen?"
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"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.
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Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?"
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"What do you mean?" Nicodemus asked.
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Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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Jesus said, "You're a respected teacher of Israel and you don't know these basics?
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"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things?
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Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?
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Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things?
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
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Listen carefully. I'm speaking sober truth to you. I speak only of what I know by experience; I give witness only to what I have seen with my own eyes. There is nothing secondhand here, no hearsay. Yet instead of facing the evidence and accepting it, you procrastinate with questions.
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I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
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Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.
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I assure you, I am telling you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe us.
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If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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If I tell you things that are plain as the hand before your face and you don't believe me, what use is there in telling you of things you can't see, the things of God?
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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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If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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But if you don't even believe me when I tell you about things that happen here on earth, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven?
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And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
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"No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man.
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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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No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
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For only I, the Son of Man, have come to earth and will return to heaven again.
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up--
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the Son of Man, must be lifted up on a pole,
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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
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that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
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that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
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so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
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He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
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"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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"There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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"This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure.
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Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
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They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished.
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But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is."
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But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
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But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
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But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants."
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After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
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After this conversation, Jesus went on with his disciples into the Judean countryside and relaxed with them there. He was also baptizing.
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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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After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.
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Afterward Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem, but they stayed in Judea for a while and baptized there.
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And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
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At the same time, John was baptizing over at Aenon near Salim, where water was abundant.
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Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized.
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Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
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At 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.
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For John was not yet cast into prison.
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This was before John was thrown into jail.
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(This was before John was put in prison.)
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For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
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This was before John was put into prison.
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Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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John's disciples got into an argument with the establishment Jews over the nature of baptism.
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An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.
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Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
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At that time a certain Jew began an argument with John's disciples over ceremonial cleansing.
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And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
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They came to John and said, "Rabbi, you know the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan? The one you authorized with your witness? Well, he's now competing with us. He's baptizing, too, and everyone's going to him instead of us."
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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--well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him."
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And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!"
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John's disciples came to him and said, "Teacher, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you said was the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going over there instead of coming here to us."
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John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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John answered, "It's not possible for a person to succeed--I'm talking about eternal success--without heaven's help.
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To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
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John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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John replied, "God in heaven appoints each person's work.
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Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.'
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You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, "I am not the Christ,' but, "I have been sent before Him.'
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You yourselves know how plainly I told you that I am not the Messiah. I am here to prepare the way for him--that is all.
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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom's friend, his "best man'--that's me--in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start? "That's why my cup is running over.
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The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
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The bride will go where the bridegroom is. A bridegroom's friend rejoices with him. I am the bridegroom's friend, and I am filled with joy at his success.
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He must increase, but I must decrease.
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This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.
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He must become greater; I must become less.
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He must increase, but I must decrease.
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He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
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He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
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"The One who comes from above is head and shoulders over other messengers from God. The earthborn is earthbound and speaks earth language; the heavenborn is in a league of his own.
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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.
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He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
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"He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. I am of the earth, and my understanding is limited to the things of earth, but he has come from heaven.
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And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
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He sets out the evidence of what he saw and heard in heaven. No one wants to deal with these facts.
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He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
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And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
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He tells what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!
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He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
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But anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his life on this: that God himself is the truth.
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The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful.
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He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
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Those who believe him discover that God is true.
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For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
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"The One that God sent speaks God's words. And don't think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces.
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For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
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For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
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For he is sent by God. He speaks God's words, for God's Spirit is upon him without measure or limit.
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The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
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The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away--a lavish distribution of gifts.
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The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
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The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
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The Father loves his Son, and he has given him authority over everything.
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He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
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He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
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And all who believe in God's Son have eternal life. Those who don't obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God remains upon them."
