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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
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children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
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Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
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To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
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and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.
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Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.
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Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
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So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
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All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
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And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
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Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
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“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.
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You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
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His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
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Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
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I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
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and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
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Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
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“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
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Jesus Predicts His Death
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.
