Born Again by the Word of God Which Is
Jesus Before Pilate
23 c Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate . 2 And they began to accuse him , saying , " We found this man d misleading our nation and e forbidding us to give tribute to f Caesar , and saying that he himself is Christ , g a king . " 3 h And Pilate asked him , i " Are you the King of the Jews ? " And he answered him , j " You have said so . " 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds , k " I find no guilt in this man . " 5 But they were urgent , saying , " He stirs up the people , teaching throughout all Judea , l from Galilee even to this place . "
Jesus Before Herod
6 When Pilate heard this , he asked whether the man was a Galilean . 7 And when he learned that he belonged to m Herod's jurisdiction , he sent him over to Herod , who was himself in Jerusalem at that time . 8 When Herod saw Jesus , he was very glad , n for he had long desired to see him , o because he had heard about him , and he was hoping p to see some sign done by him . 9 So he questioned him at some length , but he made no answer . 10 The chief priests and the scribes stood by , vehemently accusing him . 11 And Herod with his soldiers q treated him with contempt and r mocked him . Then , s arraying him in splendid clothing , he sent him back to Pilate . 12 And t Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day , for before this they had been at enmity with each other .
13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and u the rulers and the people , 14 and said to them , " You brought me this man v as one who was misleading the people . And w after examining him before you , behold , I x did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him . 15 Neither did Herod , for y he sent him back to us . Look , nothing deserving death has been done by him . 16 z I will therefore punish and release him . " 1
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
18 a But they all cried out together , b " Away with this man , and release to us Barabbas " — 19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and c for murder . 20 Pilate addressed them once more , desiring to release Jesus , 21 but they kept shouting , " Crucify , crucify him ! " 22 A third time he said to them , " Why ? d What evil has he done ? e I have found in him no guilt deserving death . f I will therefore punish and release him . " 23 But they were urgent , demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified . And their voices prevailed . 24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted . 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison g for insurrection and murder , for whom they asked , h but he delivered Jesus over to their will .
The Crucifixion
26 i And as they led him away , they seized one Simon of Cyrene , who was coming in from the country , and laid on him the cross , to carry it behind Jesus . 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were j mourning and lamenting for him . 28 But turning to them Jesus said , " Daughters of Jerusalem , do not weep for me , but weep for yourselves and for your children . 29 For behold , k the days are coming when they will say , l ' Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed ! ' 30 m Then they will begin to say to the mountains , ' Fall on us , ' and to the hills , ' Cover us . ' 31 For n if they do these things when o the wood is green , what will happen o when it is dry ? "
32 p Two others , who were criminals , were led away to be put to death with him . 33 q And when they came to the place that is called The Skull , there they crucified him , and the criminals , p one on his right and one on his left . 34 And Jesus said , " Father , r forgive them , s for they know not what they do . " 2 And they cast lots t to divide his garments . 35 And u the people stood by , watching , v but w the rulers x scoffed at him , saying , y " He saved others ; z let him save himself , a if he is b the Christ of God , c his Chosen One ! " 36 The soldiers also mocked him , coming up and d offering him sour wine 37 and saying , e " If you are f the King of the Jews , save yourself ! " 38 g There was also an inscription over him , 3 " This is f the King of the Jews . "
39 h One of the criminals who were hanged i railed at him , 4 saying , " Are you not j the Christ ? Save yourself and us ! " 40 But the other rebuked him , saying , " Do you not fear God , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation ? 41 And we indeed justly , for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds ; but this man has done nothing wrong . " 42 And he said , " Jesus , remember me k when you come into your kingdom . " 43 And he said to him , " Truly , I say to you , today you will be with me in l paradise . "
The Death of Jesus
44 m It was now about the sixth hour , 5 and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour , 6 45 while the sun's light failed . And n the curtain of the temple was torn in two . 46 Then Jesus , o calling out with a loud voice , said , " Father , p into your hands I q commit my spirit ! " And having said this r he breathed his last . 47 Now s when the centurion saw what had taken place , t he praised God , saying , " Certainly this man was innocent ! " 48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle , when they saw what had taken place , returned home u beating their breasts . 49 And all v his acquaintances and w the women who had followed him from Galilee x stood at a distance watching these things .
Jesus Is Buried
50 y Now there was a man named Joseph , from the Jewish town of Arimathea . He was a member of the council , a good and righteous man , 51 who had not consented to their decision and action ; and he z was looking for the kingdom of God . 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus . 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and a laid him in a tomb cut in stone , b where no one had ever yet been laid . 54 It was the day of c Preparation , and the Sabbath was beginning . 7 55 d The women e who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid . 56 Then they returned and f prepared spices and ointments .
On the Sabbath they rested g according to the commandment .
The Resurrection
24 h But on the first day of the week , at early dawn , they went to the tomb , i taking the spices they had prepared . 2 And they found j the stone rolled away from the tomb , 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus . 4 While they were perplexed about this , behold , k two l men stood by them in dazzling apparel . 5 And as they were m frightened and bowed their faces to the ground , the men said to them , " Why do you seek the living among the dead ? 6 He is not here , but has risen . Remember how he told you , n while he was still in Galilee , 7 n that the Son of Man o must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and p be crucified and on q the third day rise . " 8 And r they remembered his words , 9 and returning from the tomb they s told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest . 10 Now it was t Mary Magdalene and u Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles , 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale , and v they did not believe them . 12 But w Peter rose and ran to the tomb ; stooping and looking in , he saw x the linen cloths by themselves ; and he went home marveling at what had happened .
On the Road to Emmaus
13 That very day y two of them were going to a village named Emmaus , about seven miles 1 from Jerusalem , 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened . 15 While they were talking and discussing together , Jesus himself drew near and went with them . 16 z But their eyes were kept from recognizing him . 17 And he said to them , " What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk ? " And they stood still , looking sad . 18 Then one of them , named Cleopas , answered him , " Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days ? " 19 And he said to them , " What things ? " And they said to him , " Concerning Jesus of Nazareth , a man who was a a prophet b mighty in deed and word before God and all the people , 20 and c how our chief priests and d rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death , and crucified him . 21 But we had hoped that he was e the one to redeem Israel . Yes , and besides all this , it is now f the third day since these things happened . 22 Moreover , some women of our company amazed us . g They were at the tomb early in the morning , 23 and h when they did not find his body , they came back saying that i they had even seen a vision of angels , who said that he was alive . 24 j Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said , but him they did not see . " 25 And he said to them , " O foolish ones , and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! 26 k Was it not necessary that l the Christ should suffer these things and enter into m his glory ? " 27 And n beginning with o Moses and p all the Prophets , he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself .
28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going . q He acted as if he were going farther , 29 but they urged him strongly , saying , " Stay with us , for it is toward evening and r the day is now far spent . " So he went in to stay with them . 30 When he was at table with them , he took the bread and s blessed and broke it and gave it to them . 31 t And their eyes were opened , and they recognized him . And u he vanished from their sight . 32 They said to each other , v " Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road , while he w opened to us the Scriptures ? " 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem . And they x found the eleven and y those who were with them gathered together , 34 saying , " The Lord has risen indeed , and z has appeared to Simon ! " 35 Then they told what had happened on the road , and a how he was known to them in b the breaking of the bread .
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36 As they were talking about these things , c Jesus himself stood among them , and said to them , " Peace to you ! " 37 But they were d startled and e frightened and f thought they saw a spirit . 38 And he said to them , " Why are you troubled , and why do doubts arise in your hearts ? 39 See my hands and my feet , that it is I myself . g Touch me , and see . For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have . " 40 And when he had said this , h he showed them his hands and his feet . 41 And while they still disbelieved i for joy and were marveling , j he said to them , " Have you anything here to eat ? " 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish , 2 43 and he took it and ate before them .
44 Then he said to them , k " These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you , l that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled . " 45 Then m he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures , 46 and said to them , " Thus n it is written , o that the Christ should suffer and on the third day p rise from the dead , 47 and that q repentance for 3 the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed r in his name s to all nations , t beginning from Jerusalem . 48 u You are witnesses of these things . 49 And behold , I am sending v the promise of my Father upon you . But stay in the city until you w are clothed with x power y from on high . "
The Ascension
50 And z he led them out as far as a Bethany , and lifting up his hands he blessed them . 51 While he blessed them , b he parted from them and was carried up into heaven . 52 And they c worshiped him and z returned to Jerusalem d with great joy , 53 and e were continually in the temple f blessing God .
John
The Word Became Flesh
1 a In the beginning was b the Word , and c the Word was with God , and d the Word was God . 2 He was in the beginning with God . 3 e All things were made through him , and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4 f In him was life , 1 and g the life was the light of men . 5 h The light shines in the darkness , and the darkness has not overcome it .
6 There was a man i sent from God , whose name was j John . 7 He came as a k witness , to bear witness about the light , l that all might believe through him . 8 m He was not the light , but came to bear witness about the light .
9 n The true light , which gives light to everyone , was coming into the world . 10 He was in the world , and the world was made through him , yet o the world did not know him . 11 He came to p his own , 2 and q his own people 3 r did not receive him . 12 But to all who did receive him , s who believed in his name , t he gave the right u to become v children of God , 13 who w were born , x not of blood y nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man , but of God .
14 And z the Word a became flesh and b dwelt among us , c and we have seen his glory , glory as of the only Son 4 from the Father , full of d grace and e truth . 15 ( f John bore witness about him , and cried out , " This was he of whom I said , g ' He who comes after me ranks before me , because he was before me . ' " ) 16 For from h his fullness we have all received , i grace upon grace . 5 17 For j the law was given through Moses ; k grace and truth came through Jesus Christ . 18 l No one has ever seen God ; m the only God , 6 who is at the Father's side , 7 n he has made him known .
The Testimony of John the Baptist
19 And this is the o testimony of John , when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him , p " Who are you ? " 20 q He confessed , and did not deny , but confessed , " I am not the Christ . " 21 And they asked him , " What then ? r Are you Elijah ? " He said , " I am not . " " Are you s the Prophet ? " And he answered , " No . " 22 So they said to him , " Who are you ? We need to give an answer to those who sent us . What do you say about yourself ? " 23 He said , " I am t the voice of one crying out in the wilderness , ' Make straight 8 the way of the Lord , ' as the prophet Isaiah said . "
24 ( Now they had been sent from the Pharisees . ) 25 They asked him , u " Then why are you baptizing , if you are neither the Christ , nor Elijah , nor the Prophet ? " 26 John answered them , v " I baptize with water , but among you stands one you do not know , 27 even w he who comes after me , the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie . " 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan , where John was baptizing .
Behold, the Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him , and said , " Behold , x the Lamb of God , who y takes away the sin z of the world ! 30 This is he of whom I said , a ' After me comes a man who ranks before me , because he was before me . ' 31 I myself did not know him , but b for this purpose I came baptizing with water , that he might be revealed to Israel . " 32 And John c bore witness : d " I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove , and e it remained on him . 33 I myself did not know him , but f he who sent me to baptize g with water said to me , ' He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain , h this is he who baptizes g with the Holy Spirit . ' 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son 9 of God . "
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples , 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said , " Behold , i the Lamb of God ! " 37 The two disciples heard him say this , and they followed Jesus . 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them , j " What are you seeking ? " And they said to him , k " Rabbi " ( which means Teacher ) , " where are you staying ? " 39 He said to them , " Come and you will see . " So they came and saw where he was staying , and they stayed with him that day , for it was about the tenth hour . 10 40 l One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus 11 was Andrew , Simon Peter's brother . 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him , " We have found m the Messiah " ( which means Christ ) . 42 He brought him to Jesus . Jesus looked at him and said , " You are Simon the son of n John . You shall be called o Cephas " ( which means p Peter 12 ) .
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 q The next day Jesus decided r to go to Galilee . He found Philip and said to him , " Follow me . " 44 Now s Philip was from Bethsaida , the city of Andrew and Peter . 45 Philip found t Nathanael and said to him , " We have found him of whom u Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote , Jesus v of Nazareth , w the son of Joseph . " 46 Nathanael said to him , x " Can anything good come out of Nazareth ? " Philip said to him , " Come and see . " 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him , " Behold , y an Israelite indeed , z in whom there is no deceit ! " 48 Nathanael said to him , " How a do you know me ? " Jesus answered him , " Before Philip called you , when you were under the fig tree , I saw you . " 49 Nathanael answered him , b " Rabbi , c you are the Son of God ! You are the d King of Israel ! " 50 Jesus answered him , " Because I said to you , ' I saw you under the fig tree , ' do you believe ? You will see greater things than these . " 51 And he said to him , " Truly , truly , I say to you , 13 you will see e heaven opened , and f the angels of God ascending and descending on g the Son of Man . "
The Wedding at Cana
2 On h the third day there was a wedding at i Cana in Galilee , and the mother of Jesus was there . 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with j his disciples . 3 When the wine ran out , the mother of Jesus said to him , " They have no wine . " 4 And Jesus said to her , k " Woman , l what does this have to do with me ? m My hour has not yet come . " 5 His mother said to the servants , " Do whatever he tells you . "
6 Now there were six stone water jars there n for the Jewish rites of purification , each holding twenty or thirty o gallons . 1 7 Jesus said to the servants , " Fill the jars with water . " And they filled them up to the brim . 8 And he said to them , " Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast . " So they took it . 9 When the master of the feast tasted p the water now become wine , and did not know where it came from ( though the servants who had drawn the water knew ) , the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him , " Everyone serves the good wine first , and when people have drunk freely , then the poor wine . But you have kept the good wine until now . " 11 This , the first of his signs , Jesus did at Cana in Galilee , and manifested q his glory . And r his disciples believed in him .
12 After this he went down to Capernaum , with his mother and s his brothers 2 and his disciples , and they stayed there for a few days .
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 t The Passover of the Jews was at hand , and Jesus u went up to Jerusalem . 14 v In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons , and the money-changers sitting there . 15 And making a whip of cords , he drove them all out of the temple , with the sheep and oxen . And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables . 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons , " Take these things away ; do not make w my Father's house a house of trade . " 17 His disciples remembered that it was written , x " Zeal for your house will consume me . "
18 So the Jews said to him , y " What sign do you show us for doing these things ? " 19 Jesus answered them , z " Destroy this temple , and in three days a I will raise it up . " 20 The Jews then said , " It has taken forty-six years to build this temple , 3 and will you raise it up in three days ? " 21 But he was speaking about b the temple of his body . 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead , c his disciples remembered that he had said this , and they believed d the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken .
Jesus Knows What Is in Man
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast , many believed in his name e when they saw the signs that he was doing . 24 But Jesus f on his part did not entrust himself to them , because g he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man , for g he himself knew what was in man .
You Must Be Born Again
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named h Nicodemus , i a ruler of the Jews . 2 This man came to Jesus 1 j by night and said to him , k " Rabbi , l we know that you are a teacher come from God , for no one can do these signs that you do m unless God is with him . " 3 Jesus answered him , " Truly , truly , I say to you , unless one is n born o again 2 he cannot p see the kingdom of God . " 4 Nicodemus said to him , " How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born ? " 5 Jesus answered , " Truly , truly , I say to you , unless one is born q of water and the Spirit , he cannot enter the kingdom of God . 6 r That which is born of the flesh is s flesh , and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit . 3 7 t Do not marvel that I said to you , ' You 4 must be born u again . ' 8 v The wind 5 blows w where it wishes , and you hear its sound , but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes . So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit . "
9 Nicodemus said to him , x " How can these things be ? " 10 Jesus answered him , " Are you the teacher of Israel y and yet you do not understand these things ? 11 Truly , truly , I say to you , z we speak of what we know , and bear witness to what we have seen , but z you 6 do not receive our testimony . 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe , how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things ? 13 a No one has b ascended into heaven except c he who descended from heaven , the Son of Man . 7 14 And d as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , so must the Son of Man e be lifted up , 15 that whoever believes f in him g may have eternal life . 8
For God So Loved the World
16 " For h God so loved i the world , 9 j that he gave his only Son , that whoever believes in him should not k perish but have eternal life . 17 For l God did not send his Son into the world m to condemn the world , but in order that the world might be saved through him . 18 n Whoever believes in him is not condemned , but whoever does not believe is condemned already , because he has not o believed in the name of the only Son of God . 19 p And this is the judgment : q the light has come into the world , and r people loved the darkness rather than the light because s their works were evil . 20 t For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light , u lest his works should be exposed . 21 But whoever v does what is true w comes to the light , so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God . "
John the Baptist Exalts Christ
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside , and he remained there with them and x was baptizing . 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim , because water was plentiful there , and people were coming and being baptized 24 ( for y John had not yet been put in prison ) .
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over z purification . 26 And they came to John and said to him , a " Rabbi , he who was with you across the Jordan , b to whom you bore witness — look , he is baptizing , and c all are going to him . " 27 John answered , d " A person cannot receive even one thing e unless it is given him f from heaven . 28 You yourselves bear me witness , that I said , g ' I am not the Christ , but h I have been sent before him . ' 29 i The one who has the bride is the bridegroom . j The friend of the bridegroom , who stands and hears him , k rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice . Therefore this joy of mine is now complete . 30 l He must increase , but I must decrease . " 10
31 m He who comes from above n is above all . He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and o speaks in an earthly way . p He who comes from heaven n is above all . 32 q He bears witness to what he has seen and heard , r yet no one receives his testimony . 33 Whoever receives his testimony s sets his seal to this , t that God is true . 34 For he whom u God has sent utters the words of God , for he gives the Spirit v without measure . 35 w The Father loves the Son and x has given all things into his hand . 36 y Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life ; z whoever does not obey the Son shall not a see life , but the wrath of God remains on him .
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