John 2–4

And ^athe third day there was a marriage in ^bCana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: ²and both Jesus was called, and ^chis disciples, to ^dthe marriage. ³And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. ⁴Jesus saith unto her, ^eWoman, ^fwhat have I to do with thee? ^gmine hour is not yet come. ⁵His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. ⁶And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of ^hthe purifying of the Jews, containing two or three ⁱfirkins apiece. ⁷Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. ⁹When ^jthe ruler of the feast had tasted ^kthe water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, ¹⁰and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have ^lwell drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. ¹¹This beginning of miracles did Jesus in ^bCana of Galilee, and manifested forth ^mhis glory; and his disciples believed on him.

¹²After this ⁿhe went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and ^ohis brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. ¹³And the Jews’ ^ppassover was at hand, and Jesus ^qwent up to Jerusalem, ^14rand found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: ¹⁵and when he had made a scourge of ^ssmall cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; ¹⁶and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not ^tmy Father’s house a house of merchandise. ¹⁷And his disciples remembered that it was written, ^uThe zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

¹⁸Then answered ^vthe Jews and said unto him, ^wWhat sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? ¹⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, ^xDestroy ^ythis temple, and in three days ^zI will raise it up. ²⁰Then said ^vthe Jews, Forty and six years ^awas this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? ²¹But he spake of ^bthe temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was risen from the dead, ^chis disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed ^dthe scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. ²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw ^ethe miracles which he did. ²⁴But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, ²⁵and needed not that any should testify of man: for ^fhe knew what was in man.

III.There was a man of the Pharisees, named ^aNicodemus, ^ba ruler of the Jews: ^2athe same came to Jesus ^cby night, and said unto him, ^dRabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do ^ethese miracles that thou doest, except ^fGod be with him. ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man ^gbe born ^hagain, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, ^hhHow can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of ^ijwater and of ^jthe Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ^6kThat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ^7kkMarvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. ^8lThe 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. ⁹Nicodemus answered and said unto him, ^mHow can these things be? ¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou ⁿa master of Israel, and knowest not these things? ¹¹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and ^otestify that we have seen; ^oand ye receive not our witness. ^12pIf I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? ¹³And ^qno man hath ascended up to heaven, but ^rhe that came down from heaven, even the Son of man ^swhich is in heaven. ¹⁴And ^tas Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so ^umust the Son of man ^wbe lifted up: ¹⁵that ^xwhosoever believeth in him should not perish, but ^yhave eternal life. ¹⁶For ^zGod so loved the world, that he ^agave his ^bonly begotten Son, that ^xwhosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For ^bbGod sent not his Son into the world ^cto condemn the world; ^dbut that the world through him might be saved. ^18eHe that believeth on him is not condemned: ^fbut he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the ^bonly begotten Son of God. ¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that ^glight is come into the world, and men loved ^hdarkness ⁱrather than light, ⁱⁱbecause their deeds were evil. ²⁰For ^jevery one that ^kdoeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be ^lreproved. ²¹But he that ^kdoeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

²²After these things came Jesus and ^mhis disciples into ⁿthe land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and ^obaptized. ²³And John also was baptizing in ^pAenon near to ^pSalim, because there was much water there: ^qand they came, and were baptized. ²⁴For ^rJohn was not yet cast into prison. ²⁵Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about ^spurifying. ²⁶And they came unto John, and said unto him, ^tRabbi, he that was with thee ^ubeyond Jordan, ^xto whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. ²⁷John answered and said, A man can ^yreceive nothing, except ^zit be given him from heaven. ²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ^aI am not the Christ, but ^bthat I am sent before him. ²⁹He that hath the bride is ^cthe bridegroom: but ^dthe friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, ^erejoiceth greatly because of ^fthe bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ^30gHe must increase, but I must decrease. ^31hHe that cometh ⁱfrom above ^kis above all: ^lhe that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: ^hhe that cometh ^lfrom heaven ^kis above all. ³²And what he hath ^mseen and ⁿheard, that he testifieth; and ^ono man receiveth his testimony. ³³He that hath received his testimony ^phath set to his seal that ^qGod is true. ^34rFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit ^sby measure unto him. ^35tThe Father loveth the Son, and ^uhath given all things into his hand. ^36xHe 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.

IV.When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and ^abaptized more disciples than John, ²(though ^bJesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) ³he left ^cJudea, and departed ^dagain into Galilee. ⁴And he ^emust needs go through ^fSamaria. ⁵Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called ^gSychar, near to the parcel of ground ^hthat Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied ⁱwith his journey, sat ^kthus on the well: and it was about ^lthe sixth hour. ⁷There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. ⁸(For his disciples were gone away unto ^mthe city to buy meat.) ⁹Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For ⁿthe Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. ¹⁰Jesus 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 he would have given thee ^oliving water. ¹¹The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? ¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? ¹³Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: ¹⁴but ^pwhosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into ^ppeverlasting life. ¹⁵The woman saith unto him, ^qSir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. ¹⁶Jesus saith unto her, Go, ^rcall thy husband, and come hither. ¹⁷The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: ¹⁸for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. ¹⁹The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art ^sa prophet. ²⁰Our fathers worshipped in ^tthis mountain; and ye say, that in ^uJerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. ²¹Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, ^wthe hour cometh, ^xwhen ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship ^ythe Father. ²²Ye worship ^zye know not what: we know what we worship: ^afor salvation is of the Jews. ²³But ^wthe hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in ^bspirit and in ^ctruth: for the Father ^dseeketh such to worship him. ^24eGod is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in ^bspirit and in ^ctruth. ²⁵The woman saith unto him, I know that ^fMessias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, ^ghe will ^htell us all things. ²⁶Jesus saith unto her, ⁱI that speak unto thee am he.

²⁷And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? ²⁸The woman…