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And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

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.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

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.

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

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

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

And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

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

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

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.