16"For Godso1loved the world, that He 2gave His a3onlybegottenSon, that whoever4believes in Him shall not perish, but haveeternallife.17"For God5did not send the Son into the world6to judge the world, but that the world might be savedthrough Him.18"7He who believes in Him is not judged ; he who does not believe has been judgedalready, because he has not believed in the name of 8the bonlybegottenSon of God.19"This is the judgment, that 9the Light has come into the world, and menloved the darknessratherthan the Light, for 10their deeds were evil.20"11For everyone who doesevilhates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.21"But he who 12practices the truthcomes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having beenwrought in God."
22AfterthesethingsJesus and His 13disciplescame into the land of Judea, and there He was spendingtime with them and 14baptizing.
23Johnalso was baptizing in AenonnearSalim, because there was muchwaterthere ; and people were coming and were being baptized -
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for 15John had not yetbeenthrown into prison.
25Thereforetherearose a discussion on the part of John'sdisciples with a Jewabout16purification.
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And they came to John and said to him, "17Rabbi, He who was with you 18beyond the Jordan, to whom you 19have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."
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