²⁹ And ^(A)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother ^[a]or children or farms on account of My name, will receive ^[b]many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

¹⁵ so that everyone who ^[a]believes will ^(A)have eternal life in Him.

¹⁶ “For God so ^(B)loved the world, that He ^(C)gave His ^(D)only Son, so that everyone who ^(E)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God ^(F)did not send the Son into the world ^(G)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. ^18 (H)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^(I)the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that ^(J)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for ^(K)their deeds were evil. ^20 (L)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. ²¹ But the one who ^(M)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed ^[b]as having been performed in God.”

John the Baptist’s Last Testimony

²² After these things Jesus and His ^(N)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and ^(O)baptizing. ²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— ²⁴ for ^(P)John had not yet been thrown into prison.

²⁵ Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^[c](Q)purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “^(R)Rabbi, He who was with you ^(S)beyond the Jordan, to whom you ^(T)have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” ²⁷ John replied, “^(U)A person can receive not even one thing unless it ^(V)has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves ^[d]are my witnesses that I said, ‘^(W)I am not the ^[e]Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is ^(X)the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this ^(Y)joy of mine has been made full. ³⁰ He must ^[f]increase, but I must ^[g]decrease.

³¹ “^(Z)He who comes from above is above all; ^(AA)the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. ^(AB)He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and heard, of this He ^(AC)testifies; and ^(AD)no one accepts His testimony. ³³ The one who has accepted His testimony ^(AE)has certified that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God ^(AF)sent speaks the words of God; ^(AG)for He does not give the Spirit ^[h]sparingly. ^35 (AH)The Father loves the Son and ^(AI)has entrusted all things to His hand. ³⁶ The one who ^(AJ)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(AK)does not ^[i]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

³⁶ The one who ^(A)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(B)does not ^[a]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and ^(A)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(B)does not come into judgment, but has ^(C)passed out of death into life.

²⁷ Do not ^(A)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for ^(B)eternal life, which ^(C)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, ^(D)has set His ^[a]seal.”