John 3–4

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 then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, ²⁹Come, see a man, ^kwhich told me all things that ever I did: ^lis not this the Christ? ³⁰Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

³¹In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, ^mMaster, ⁿeat. ³²But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. ³³Therefore said the disciples one to another, ^oHath any man brought him ought to eat? ³⁴Jesus saith unto them, ^pMy meat is ^qto do the will of him that sent me, and ^rto finish his work. ³⁵Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, ^sLift up your eyes, and look on ^tthe fields; ^ufor they are white already to harvest. ³⁶And he that reapeth receiveth ^xwages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both ^yhe that soweth and ^zhe that reapeth may rejoice together. ³⁷And herein is that saying true, ^aOne soweth, and another reapeth. ³⁸I sent ^zyou to reap ^bthat whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ^cye are entered into their labours. ³⁹And many of the Samaritans of ^dthat city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, ^eHe told me all that ever I did. ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would ^ftarry with them: and he ^fabode there two days. ⁴¹And many moe believed because of his own word; ⁴²and said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, ^gthe Saviour of the world.

⁴³Now after ^htwo days he departed thence, and ⁱwent into Galilee. ⁴⁴For Jesus himself testified, ^jthat a prophet hath no honour in his own country. ⁴⁵Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans ^kreceived him, ^lhaving seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: ^mfor they also went unto the feast. ⁴⁶So Jesus came again into ⁿCana of Galilee, ^owhere he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at ^pCapernaum. ⁴⁷When he heard that Jesus was come ^qout of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would ^rcome down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸Then said Jesus unto him, ^sExcept ye see ^tsigns and ^twonders, ye will not believe. ⁴⁹The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, ^rcome down ^uere my child die. ⁵⁰Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. ⁵¹And as he was now ^rgoing down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. ⁵²Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at ^xthe seventh hour the fever left him. ⁵³So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him,…