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But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.

They became God's children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

No one has ever seen God. The only Son is the one who has shown us what God is like. He is himself God and is very close to the Father.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!

Then John said this for everyone to hear: "I also did not know who the Messiah was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' I have seen this happen. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on this man. So this is what I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.'"

He saw Jesus walking by and said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

Then Nathanael said, "Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."

Then he said, "Believe me when I say that you will all see heaven open. You will see ‘angels of God going up and coming down' on the Son of Man."

Some Jews said to Jesus, "Show us a miracle as a sign from God. Prove that you have the right to do these things."

One night he came to Jesus and said, "Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No one can do these miraculous signs that you do unless they have God's help."

Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.

But anyone who follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that whatever they have done was done through God.

John answered, "A person can receive only what God gives.

You yourselves heard me say, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only the one God sent to prepare the way for him.'

Whoever accepts what he says has given proof that God speaks the truth.

God sent him, and he tells people what God says. God gives him the Spirit fully.

Jesus answered, "You don't know what God can give you. And you don't know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water."

God is spirit. So the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

This made them even more determined to kill him. They thought it was bad enough that he was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. And now he was saying that God is his Father, making himself equal with God!