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Isaiah, xl. 3.

the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 and he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ:

21 and they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he saith, I am not: Art thou the prophet? and he answered, No: 22 then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 he said, I am "The voice of "him who crieth in the wilder

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ness, Make straight the way "of the Lord," as said the prophet Isaiah:

24 and they that were sent, were of the Pharisees:

25 and they asked him, and said to him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, neither the prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water only; 27 but one standeth among you, whom ye know not, who cometh after me; the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.

28 These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

30 this is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me :

31 and I had not known him but, for this cause, that he should be made manifest to Israel, I am come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare testimony, saying, I saw the Spirit de- Matt. iii. 16. scending from heaven like a dove, and it rested upon him :

33 and I had not known him, but that he who sent me to baptize with water, said to me,

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Upon whom thou shalt see "the Spirit descending, and resting on him, the same is "he who baptizeth with the Holy Spirit :"

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34 and I saw it, and have borne testimony, that this is the Son of God.

35 Again, the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples;

36 and looking on Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

37 and the two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus:

38 and Jesus, turning and seeing them following him, saith to them, What seek ye? they 29 The next day he seeth said to him, Rabbi, (which,

being interpreted, signifieth Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 he saith to them, Come and see they went and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day; for it was 4 Afternoon. about the tenth hour:

40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two that heard what John said, and followed him.

41 Early in the morning he findeth his brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah, (which, being interpreted, is the Christ, or, Anointed):

42 he brought him to Jesus: and Jesus beholding him, said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Kephas, (which, by interpretation, is Petros, that is, a Stone.)

43 On the following day, he pleased to go from thence into

47 And when Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the figtree, I saw thee:

49 Nathanael answered, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel! 50 Jesus answered and said to him, Because I told thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these:

51 and he saith to him, Verily, verily, I tell you all, Ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.

CHAPTER II.

Galilee; and he findeth Philip, AND on the third day was

and saith to him, Follow me:

44 and Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter:

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets; Jesus, of Nazareth, the son of Joseph :

46 and Nathanael said to him, Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see.

a marriage, in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

2 and both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the marriage.

3 And when the wine was spent, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no wine :

4 Jesus saith to her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? my hour is not yet come:

5 his mother saith to the

servants, Whatsoever he saith sold oxen, and sheep, and doves,

to you, do it:

6 and six waterpots of stone, containing two or three firkins apiece, were standing there, according to the purifying custom of the Jews:

7 Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water and they filled them up to the brim: 8 and he saith to them, Pour

out now, and bear it to the chief guest and they bare it : 9 and when the chief guest had tasted the water that was become wine, but knew not from whence it was, (though the servants that had poured out the water knew ;) the chief guest called to the bridegroom, and saith to him;

10 Every man first setteth down the good wine; and when they have well drunk, that which is less good: but thou hast kept the good wine until

now:

11 this beginning of miracles Jesus wrought, and manifested his glory in Cana of Galilee; and his disciples believed on him.

12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; but remained there not many days.

13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem:

4 and he found those that

and the changers of money, sitting in the temple:

15 and making a scourge of small cords, he drove all, both the sheep and the oxen, out of the temple; and cast out the changers' money, and overturned their tables:

16 and to them that sold doves doves he said, Take these things from hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise:

17 and his disciples remembered that it was written, "The Ps. Ixix. 9. "zeal of thine house hath "eaten me up."

18 The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?

19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up:

20 then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up within three days?

21 but he spake of the temple of his body:

22 when therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

23 And while he was in Jerusalem, during the feast of the passover, many believed in his

name, beholding the miracles which he wrought:

24 but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men ;

25 and had no need that any one should testify to him of man: for he himself knew what was in man.

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CHAPTER III.

ND there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a chief of the Jews:

2 the same went to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no one can do such miracles as thou doest, unless God be with him:

3 Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I tell thee, Unless a man be begotten again, he cannot see the kingdom of God:

4 Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be begotten when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be begotten?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I tell thee, Unless a man be begotten of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God:

6 that which is begotten of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is begotten of the Spirit, is spirit.

7 Wonder not that I said to thee, Ye must be begotten again :

8 the wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest its sound; but thou canst not tell from whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is begotten of the Spirit:

9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11 verily, verily, I tell thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; yet ye receive not our testimony:

12 if I have told you of earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And no one hath ascended up to heaven, but the Son of man that came down from heaven :

14 and as Moses lifted up c. xii. 32. the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;

15 that whosoever believeth in him should have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life:

c. i. 5.

c. iv. 2.

17 for, God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved: 18 he who believeth on him, is not condemned he who believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their deeds were evil :

20 for, every one that doeth evil, hateth the light; neither cometh to the light, lest his works should be proved:

21 but he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be manifested. to have been wrought in God. 22 After these things, Jesus went with his disciples into the land of Judea; and he continued with them there, and baptized:

23 and John also was baptizing in Ænon, near to Salim, because much water was there; and they came, and were baptized:

24 for John was not yet cast into prison.

25 A question therefore arose on the part of John's disciples, with Jesus, concerning purification:

26 and they went to John,

and said to him, Rabbi, behold, he who was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, baptizeth, and all go to him:

27 John answered and said, A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven:

28 ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him:

29 he who hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth by and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly at the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled:

30 he must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He who cometh from above, is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh from the earth: he who cometh from heaven, is above all:

32 what he hath seen and heard, he testifieth; yet no one receiveth his testimony:

33 he who receiveth his testimony, hath set his seal, that God is true:

34 for, he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God for he giveth not the Spirit to him by measure:

35 the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand :

36 he who believeth on the

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