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John 3:11-29

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11In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
12If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
13No one has ascended to heaven, except him who descended from heaven — the Son of Man himself.
14And, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
18The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.
19The ground of their condemnation is this, that though the light has come into the world, people preferred the darkness to the light, because their actions were wicked.
20For the person who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, fearing that their actions will be exposed;
21but the person who lives by the truth comes into the light, so it can be clearly seen that God is in all they do.
22After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptised.
23John, also, was baptising at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptised.
24(For John had not yet been imprisoned).
25Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;
26and the disciples came to John and said, “Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony — he, also, is baptising, and everybody is going to him.”
27John's answer was — “A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
28You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a messenger.’
29It is the groom who has the bride; but the groom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the groom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

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