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17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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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.
18 Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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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.
19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.
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Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God."
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But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized.
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After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized
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Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized.
24 —John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.
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(This was before John was put in prison.)
25 Now a discussion about purification arose between John's disciples and a Jew.
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An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.
26 They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him."
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They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
27 John answered, "No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
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To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
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