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Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nico2 demus, a ruler of the Jews: "the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these signs 3 that thou doest, except God be with him. "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born 2anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. "Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's (5 womb, and be born? "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, 6 he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the 7 Spirit is spirit. "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must 13 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born 9 of the Spirit. "Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? "Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not II these things? "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and bear witness of that we have seen; (12 and ye receive not our witness. "If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell (13 you heavenly things? "And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven. "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of 1 Or, a man; for . . . the man

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A. V.—24 commit..because; 25 testify of.—CH. III. 2 to | Jesus | ..unto..miracles ; 3 again; 4 the; 5 (of); 7 again; 8 sound..canst..tell; 1o a master..knowest; II testify; 12 (have)..(of); 13 (up) to.. came down from.

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not (17) perish, but have eternal life. "For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. "He that believeth on him is not judged he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the 19 only begotten Son of God. "And this is the judgement, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 "For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh 21 not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. "But

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After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. "And John also was baptizing in non near to Salim, because there was much water there and they 24 came, and were baptized. "For John was not yet cast into (25 prison. "There arose therefore a questioning on the part 26 of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying. "And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, 28 except it have been given him from heaven. "Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, 1Or, believeth in him may have 2 Or, practiseth 3 Or, convicted

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which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. "He must increase, but I must decrease.

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh : 1he that cometh from heaven is above all. "What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man 33) receiveth his witness. "He that hath received his witness (34 hath set his seal to this, that God is true. "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth 35 not the Spirit by measure. "The Father loveth the Son, 36 and hath given all things into his hand. "He that believeth

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on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John "(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), "he left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. "And he must needs pass through Samaria. "So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: "and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. "There cometh a woman of Samaria. to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 "For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. "The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with

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Io Samaritans.) 'Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and 11 he would have given thee living water. "The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep from whence then hast thou that living 12 water? "Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, 13 and his cattle? "Jesus answered and said unto her, Every 14 one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again: "but

whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life. "The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way 16 hither to draw. "Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy hus17 band, and come hither. "The woman answered and said

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unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou (18 saidst well, I have no husband: "for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly. "The woman saith unto 20 him, 'Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusa(21) lem is the place where men ought to worship. "Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye 22) worship the Father. 'Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know: for salvation is from the (23) Jews. "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth : 2 for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. (24 3 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. "The woman saith unto him, I know 2 Or, for such the Father also seeketh 3 Or, God is spirit

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