John 3:16-36

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶ “For God so ^(A)loved the world, that He ^(B)gave His ^(C)only Son, so that everyone who ^(D)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God ^(E)did not send the Son into the world ^(F)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. ^18 (G)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^(H)the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that ^(I)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for ^(J)their deeds were evil. ^20 (K)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. ²¹ But the one who ^(L)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed ^[a]as having been performed in God.”

John the Baptist’s Last Testimony

²² After these things Jesus and His ^(M)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and ^(N)baptizing. ²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— ²⁴ for ^(O)John had not yet been thrown into prison.

²⁵ Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^[b](P)purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “^(Q)Rabbi, He who was with you ^(R)beyond the Jordan, to whom you ^(S)have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” ²⁷ John replied, “^(T)A person can receive not even one thing unless it ^(U)has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves ^[c]are my witnesses that I said, ‘^(V)I am not the ^[d]Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is ^(W)the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this ^(X)joy of mine has been made full. ³⁰ He must ^[e]increase, but I must ^[f]decrease.

³¹ “^(Y)He who comes from above is above all; ^(Z)the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. ^(AA)He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and heard, of this He ^(AB)testifies; and ^(AC)no one accepts His testimony. ³³ The one who has accepted His testimony ^(AD)has certified that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God ^(AE)sent speaks the words of God; ^(AF)for He does not give the Spirit ^[g]sparingly. ^35 (AG)The Father loves the Son and ^(AH)has entrusted all things to His hand. ³⁶ The one who ^(AI)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(AJ)does not ^[h]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”