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He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.'

Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, "We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth."

"Nazareth!" exclaimed Nathanael. "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" "Come and see for yourself," Philip replied.

Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.

After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.

It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.

In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.

Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house will consume me."

No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person's heart.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

"There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son.

And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.

You yourselves know how plainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.'

For he is sent by God. He speaks God's words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?"

Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."

for you have had five husbands, and you aren't even married to the man you're living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!"

You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.