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to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son.

From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.

Though his ministry follows mine, I'm not even worthy to be his slave and untie the straps of his sandal."

The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.

Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means "Christ").

Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, "We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth."

and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.

But his mother told the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

he said, "Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies." So the servants followed his instructions.

This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.

Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house will consume me."

But when Jesus said "this temple," he meant his own body.

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.

"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

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

Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.