Study Desk

But they wanted him to stay. They begged him, "Stay with us. It's almost night. There's hardly any daylight left." So he went in to stay with them.

Just then the men were allowed to recognize him. But when they saw who he was, he disappeared.

But Jesus said, "Why are you troubled? Why do you doubt what you see?

John was not the light. But he came to tell people about the light.

The Word was already in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him.

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.

That is, the law was given to us through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John answered, "I baptize people with water. But there is someone here with you that you don't know.

I did not know who he was. But I came baptizing people with water so that Israel could know that he is the Messiah."

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.'"

But Nathanael said to Philip, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip answered, "Come and see."

Then the man in charge tasted it, but the water had become wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants who brought the water knew. He called the bridegroom

and said to him, "People always serve the best wine first. Later, when the guests are drunk, they serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now."

But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.

But Jesus did not trust them, because he knew how all people think.

The only life people get from their human parents is physical. But the new life that the Spirit gives a person is spiritual.

The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don't know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit."

The truth is, we talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don't accept what we tell you.

I have told you about things here on earth, but you do not believe me. So I'm sure you will not believe me if I tell you about heavenly things!