John 3:14–22

¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him. ¹⁸He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God. ¹⁹And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. ²⁰For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; ²¹but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.

²²After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he abode with them and baptised.