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The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
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(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
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John Testifies About Jesus
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
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“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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(This was before John was put in prison.)
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They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
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The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
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The Authority of the Son
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.
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“But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.
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After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
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For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
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At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
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No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
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Division Over Who Jesus Is
At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
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The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group
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At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
