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For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.