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"But also some women among us left us bewildered. When they were at the tomb early in the morning,

"And so some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see."

But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at a spirit.

"And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name,

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

John answered them, saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

"And I did not recognize Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing in water."

"And I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the groom,

and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the guests are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."

But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,

"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit."

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

"For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

"But the one who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed as having been performed in God."

"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.'

"He who has the bride is the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.