John
3:22-36
22 After
this, Jesus and His Disciples
Went out
into the Judean countryside,
Where He
spent some time with them,
And
Baptized.
23 Now
John also was Baptizing at Aenon near Salim,
Because
there was plenty of water,
And people
were Constantly Coming to be Baptized.
24 (This
was before John was put in Prison.)
25 An
Argument developed
Between
some of John's disciples and a certain Jew
Over the
matter of ceremonial Washing.
26 They
came to John and said to him,
'Rabbi,
that man who was with you
On the
other side of the Jordan--
The One
you Testified about--
Well, He
is Baptizing,
And
everyone is going to him.'
27 To this
John replied,
'A MAN
CAN RECEIVE ONLY
WHAT IS
GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN.
28 You
yourselves can Testify that I said,
'I AM NOT
THE CHRIST
BUT I AM
SENT AHEAD OF HIM.'
29 THE
BRIDE BELONGS TO THE BRIDEGROOM.
The friend
who attends the Bridegroom
Waits and
listens for Him,
And is
Full of Joy when he hears the Bridegroom's voice.
THAT JOY
IS MINE,
AND IT IS
NOW COMPLETE.
30 HE MUST
BECOME GREATER;
I MUST
BECOME LESS.
31 'THE
ONE WHO COMES FROM ABOVE
IS
ABOVE ALL;
THE ONE
WHO IS FROM THE EARTH
BELONGS TO
THE EARTH,
AND SPEAKS
AS ONE FROM THE EARTH.
THE ONE
WHO COMES FROM HEAVEN
IS
ABOVE ALL.
32 HE
TESTIFIES TO WHAT HE HAS SEEN AND HEARD,
BUT NO ONE
ACCEPTS HIS TESTIMONY.
33 THE
MAN WHO HAS ACCEPTED IT
HAS
CERTIFIED THAT GOD IS TRUTHFUL.
34 FOR
THE ONE WHOM GOD HAS SENT
SPEAKS
THE WORDS OF GOD;
TO HIM
GOD GIVES THE SPIRIT WITHOUT LIMIT.
35 THE
FATHER LOVES THE SON
AND HAS
PLACED EVERYTHING IN HIS HANDS.
36
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON
HAS
ETERNAL LIFE,
BUT
WHOEVER REJECTS THE SON
WILL
NOT SEE LIFE,
FOR
GOD'S WRATH REMAINS ON HIM.'
(John
3:22-36)
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