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He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
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(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
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He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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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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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
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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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And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
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Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?
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“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
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Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
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“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
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But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,
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Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.
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There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
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and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
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I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
