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Nathaniel replied to him, "RabbiRabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher">[fn] , you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"Matthew 14:33; 21:5; John 18:37; 19:3;">[xr]

Then he said to him, "Truly, truly I tell all of you,you (pl.)">[fn] you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."Genesis 28:12; Matthew 4:11; Luke 2:9,13; 22:43; 24:4; Acts 1:10;">[xr]

He came to Jesushim">[fn] at night and said to him, "Rabbi,Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher">[fn] we know that you have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."John 7:50; 19:39; Acts 2:22; 10:38;">[xr]

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless a person is born from aboveborn again">[fn] he cannot see the kingdom of God."John 1:13; Galatians 6:15; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9;">[xr]

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life.Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9;">[xr]

For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.Luke 9:56; John 5:45; 8:15; 12:47; 1 John 4:14;">[xr]

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that all may seeso that it may be revealed">[fn] that his actions have been done in God."

The person who has accepted his testimony has acknowledged that God is truthful.true">[fn]Romans 3:4; 1 John 5:10;">[xr]

For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because Godhe">[fn] does not give the Spirit in limited measure.John 1:16; 7:16;">[xr]

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.Habakkuk 2:4; John 1:12; Romans 1:17; 1 John 5:10;">[xr]

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water."Isaiah 12:3; 44:3; Jeremiah 2:13; Zechariah 13:1; 14:8;">[xr]

God is spirit,Spirit">[fn] and those who worship him must worship in spiritin the Spirit">[fn] and truth."2 Corinthians 3:17;">[xr]

So the Jews[fn] were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal to God.John 7:19; Philippians 2:6;">[xr]

Truly, truly I tell you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.John 5:28; Ephesians 2:1,5; 5:14; Colossians 2:13;">[xr]

I know that you do not have the love of God in you.

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?the only One">[fn]John 12:43; Romans 2:29;">[xr]

Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal."Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35; John 1:33; 4:14; 5:37; 6:54; 8:18; Acts 2:22; 2 Peter 1:17;">[xr]

Then they said to him, "What must we do to perform the works of God?"

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent."1 John 3:23;">[xr]

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."