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Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing.

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?"

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

"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

"But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."

After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

"What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

"He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

"The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

"You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?"

"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with her?"

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

Many more believed because of His word;

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.