CHAPTER TWO: JESUS' EARLY MINISTRY
16. John the Baptist Preaches
[Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; & Luke 3:1-18]
Mk 1:1
[ Mk ] The beginning
of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
the Son of God.
Mt 3:1
Lk 3:1
[Mt Lk] Now
[Mt ] in
those days,
[ Lk] in
the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea,
and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea
and of the region of Trachonitis,
and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Lk 3:2
[ Lk] Annas
and Caiaphas being the high priests,
the word of God came unto
Mk 1:4
[Mt Mk Lk] John
[Mt ] the
Baptist
[ Lk] the
son of Zacharias
[Mt Mk Lk] in the wilderness
[Mt ] of
Judaea.
Lk 3:3
[ Lk] And
he
[Mt Mk Lk] came
[ Lk] into
all the country about Jordan,
[ Mk ] baptizing,
and
[Mt Mk Lk] preaching
[ Mk Lk] the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins,
Mt 3:2
[Mt ] and
saying, Repent ye:
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand;
Mk 1:2
Lk 3:4
[ Mk Lk] as it is written
[ Mk ] in the
prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mt 3:3
[Mt ] For
this is he that was spoken of
[Mt Lk] in
[ Lk] the
book of the words of
[Mt Lk] Esaias the prophet,
saying,
Mk 1:3
[Mt Mk Lk] The voice of one crying in
the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Lk 3:5
[ Lk] Every
valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be brought low;
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;
Lk 3:6
[ Lk] and
all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Mt 3:4
Mk 1:6
[Mt Mk ] And
[Mt ] the
same
[Mt Mk ] John was clothed
with camel's hair,
and a leathern girdle about his loins; and
[Mt ] his
meat
[
] [that]
[ Mk ] he did
eat
[Mt ] was
[Mt Mk ] locusts and wild
honey.
Mk 1:5
[ Mk ] And
Mt 3:5
[Mt ] then
[Mt Mk ] went out to him all
[ Mk ] the land
of
[Mt Mk ] Judaea, and
[ Mk ] they of
[Mt Mk ] Jerusalem,
[Mt ] and
all the region round about Jordan,
Mt 3:6
[Mt Mk ] and were
[ Mk ] all
[Mt Mk ] baptized of him in
the
[ Mk ] river of
[Mt Mk ] Jordan, confessing
their sins.
Mt 3:7
[Mt ] But
when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees
[
] [among]
Lk 3:7
[ Lk] the
multitude that
[Mt Lk] came
[ Lk] forth
[Mt Lk] to be baptized
of him,
[ Lk] then
[Mt Lk] he said unto
[Mt ] them,
[Mt Lk] O generation
of vipers,
who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mt 3:8
Lk 3:8
[Mt Lk] Bring forth
therefore fruits worthy of repentance,
Mt 3:9
[Mt Lk] and
[Mt ] think
[Mt Lk] not
[Mt ] to
[ Lk] begin
to
[Mt Lk] say within yourselves,
We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you,
That God is able of these stones
to raise up children unto Abraham.
Mt 3:10
Lk 3:9
[Mt Lk] And now also
the axe is laid
unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore
which bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Lk 3:10
[ Lk] And
the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Lk 3:11
[ Lk] He
answereth and saith unto them,
He that hath two coats,
let him impart to him that hath none;
and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Lk 3:12
[ Lk] Then
came also publicans to be baptized,
and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Lk 3:13
[ Lk] And
he said unto them,
Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Lk 3:14
[ Lk] And
the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying,
And what shall we do? And he said unto them,
Do violence to no man, neither accuse [any] falsely;
and be content with your wages.
Lk 3:15
[ Lk] And
as the people were in expectation,
and all men mused in their hearts of John,
whether he were the Christ, or not;
Lk 3:16
[ Lk] John
answered
Mk 1:7a
[ Mk ] and preached,
[ Mk Lk] saying
[ Lk] unto
[them] all,
Mt 3:11
Mk 1:8a
[Mt Mk Lk] I indeed
[ Mk ] have
[Mt Mk Lk] baptize-
[ Mk ] d
[Mt Mk Lk] you with water
[Mt ] unto
repentance:
[Mt Mk Lk] but
Mk 1:7b
[Mt Mk Lk] he
[Mt ] that
[Mt Mk Lk] cometh
[Mt Mk ] after me
[Mt ] is
[Mt Mk Lk] mightier than I,
[Mt ] whose
shoes I am not worthy to bear,
[ Mk Lk] the latchet of whose
shoes I am not worthy to
[ Mk ] stoop down
and
[ Mk Lk] unloose:
Mk 1:8b
[Mt Mk Lk] he shall baptize you with the
Holy Ghost
[Mt Lk] and [with] fire:
Mt 3:12
Lk 3:17
[Mt Lk] whose fan [is]
in his hand,
and he will throughly purge his floor,
and will gather
[Mt ] his
[Mt Lk] wheat into
[ Lk] his
[Mt Lk] garner; but
the chaff
he will burn with unquenchable fire.
Lk 3:18
[ Lk] And
many other things in his exhortation
preached he unto the people.
17. John Baptizes Jesus
[Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; & Luke
3:21-22]
Mk 1:9
Lk 3:21
[ Mk Lk] And
Mt 3:13
[Mt ] then
[ Mk Lk] it came to pass
[ Mk ] in those
days,
[ Lk] when
all the people were baptized,
[ Mk Lk] that
[Mt Mk ] Jesus came from
[ Mk ] Nazareth
of
[Mt Mk ] Galilee
[Mt ] to
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Mt 3:14
[Mt ] But
John forbad him, saying,
I have need to be baptized of thee,
and comest thou to me?
Mt 3:15
[Mt ] And
Jesus answering said unto him,
Suffer [it to be so] now:
for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Then he suffered him.
Mt 3:16
[Mt Mk Lk] And
[Mt Lk] Jesus, when
he
[Mt Mk Lk] was baptized
[ Mk ] of John
in Jordan,
Mk 1:10
[Mt Mk ] went up straightway
out of the water:
[Mt Mk Lk] and,
[Mt ] lo,
[
] [as he was]
[ Lk] praying,
[ Mk ] he saw
[Mt Mk Lk] the heaven-
[Mt Mk ] s
[Mt Mk Lk] opened
[Mt ] unto
him,
Lk 3:22
[Mt Mk Lk] and
[Mt ] he
saw
[Mt Mk Lk] the
[ Lk] Holy
[Mt Mk Lk] Spirit
[Mt ] of
God
[Mt Mk Lk] descending
[ Lk] in
a bodily shape
[Mt Mk Lk] like a dove,
[Mt ] and
lighting
[Mt Mk Lk] upon him:
Mt 3:17
Mk 1:11
[Mt Mk Lk] and
[Mt ] lo
[Mt Mk Lk] a voice
[ Mk Lk] came
[Mt Mk Lk] from heaven,
[Mt Lk] saying,
[ Mk Lk] Thou
[Mt Mk Lk] art my beloved Son, in
[ Lk] thee
[Mt Mk Lk] I am well pleased.
18. Christ's Natural Genealogy (through Mary)
[Luke 3:23-38]
Lk 3:23
[Lk] And Jesus himself began to be about
thirty years of age,
being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,
which was [the son] of Heli,*
[*Note: In the Jewish Talmud Jesus' mother
is referred to as "Mary
the daughter of Heli." Since
Heli had only daughters, his
genealogy is continued through
his son-in-law Joseph. Thus Jesus
is both a natural son of David,
through Mary, and legal heir to
David's throne, through Joseph
(Matthew 1:1-17).]
Lk 3:24
[Lk] which was [the son] of Matthat,
which was [the son] of Levi,
which was [the son] of Melchi,
which was [the son] of Janna,
which was [the son] of Joseph,
Lk 3:25
[Lk] which was [the son] of Mattathias,
which was [the son] of Amos,
which was [the son] of Naum,
which was [the son] of Esli,
which was [the son] of Nagge,
Lk 3:26
[Lk] which was [the son] of Maath,
which was [the son] of Mattathias,
which was [the son] of Semei,
which was [the son] of Joseph,
which was [the son] of Juda,
Lk 3:27
[Lk] which was [the son] of Joanna,
which was [the son] of Rhesa,
which was [the son] of Zorobabel,
which was [the son] of Salathiel,
which was [the son] of Neri,
Lk 3:28
[Lk] which was [the son] of Melchi,
which was [the son] of Addi,
which was [the son] of Cosam,
which was [the son] of Elmodam,
which
was [the son] of Er,
Lk 3:29
[Lk] which was [the son] of Jose,
which was [the son] of Eliezer,
which was [the son] of Jorim,
which was [the son] of Matthat,
which was [the son] of Levi,
Lk 3:30
[Lk] which was [the son] of Simeon,
which was [the son] of Juda,
which was [the son] of Joseph,
which was [the son] of Jonan,
which was [the son] of Eliakim,
Lk 3:31
[Lk] which was [the son] of Melea,
which was [the son] of Menan,
which was [the son] of Mattatha,
which was [the son] of Nathan,
which was [the son] of David,
Lk 3:32
[Lk] which was [the son] of Jesse,
which was [the son] of Obed,
which was [the son] of Booz,
which was [the son] of Salmon,
which was [the son] of Naasson,
Lk 3:33
[Lk] which was [the son] of Aminadab,
which was [the son] of Aram,
which was [the son] of Esrom,
which was [the son] of Phares,
which was [the son] of Juda,
Lk 3:34
[Lk] which was [the son] of Jacob,
which was [the son] of Isaac,
which was [the son] of Abraham,
which was [the son] of Thara,
which was [the son] of Nachor,
Lk 3:35
[Lk] which was [the son] of Saruch,
which was [the son] of Ragau,
which was [the son] of Phalec,
which was [the son] of Heber,
which was [the son] of Sala,
Lk 3:36
[Lk] which was [the son] of Cainan,
which was [the son] of Arphaxad,
which was [the son] of Sem,
which was [the son] of Noe,
which was [the son] of Lamech,
Lk 3:37
[Lk] which was [the son] of Mathusala,
which was [the son] of Enoch,
which was [the son] of Jared,
which was [the son] of Maleleel,
which was [the son] of Cainan,
Lk 3:38
[Lk] which was [the son] of Enos,
which was [the son] of Seth,
which was [the son] of Adam,
which was [the son] of God.
19. The Temptation of Jesus
[Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; & Luke
4:1-13]
Mk 1:12
Lk 4:1
[ Mk Lk] And
Mt 4:1
[Mt ] then
[Mt Lk] Jesus
[ Lk] being
full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and
[Mt Lk] was
[ Mk ] immediately
[Mt Lk] led
[Mt ] up
[
] [and]
[ Mk ] drive-
[
] [n]
[Mt Lk] by
[Mt Mk Lk] the Spirit into the wilderness.
Mk 1:13
[ Mk ] And he
Lk 4:2
[ Mk Lk] was
[ Mk ] there in
the wilderness
[ Mk Lk] forty days
[Mt ] to
be
[Mt Mk Lk] tempted of
[Mt Lk] the devil
[ Mk ] Satan;
and was with the wild beasts.
[ Lk] And
in those days he did eat nothing:
Mt 4:2
[Mt Lk] and when
[ Lk] they
were ended
[
] [and]
[Mt ] he
had fasted forty days and forty nights,
[Mt Lk] he afterward
hungered.
Mt 4:3
Lk 4:3
[Mt Lk] And
[Mt ] when
the tempter,
[ Lk] the
devil,
[Mt ] came
to him, he
[Mt Lk] said
[ Lk] unto
him,
[Mt Lk] If thou be the
Son of God, command
[Mt ] that
[Mt Lk] these stone-
[Mt ] s
[Mt Lk] be made bread.
Mt 4:4
Lk 4:4
[Mt Lk] And
[ Lk] Jesus
[Mt Lk] answered
[ Lk] him,
[Mt Lk] saying, It is
written,
[ Lk] That
[Mt Lk] man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word
[Mt ] that
proceedeth out of the mouth
[Mt Lk] of God.
Lk 4:9
[ Lk] And
Mt 4:5
[Mt ] then
the devil
[Mt Lk] taketh him into
[Mt ] the
holy city
[ Lk] Jerusalem,
[Mt Lk] and setteth
him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Mt 4:6
[Mt Lk] and saith unto
him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down
[ Lk] from
hence:
Lk 4:10
[Mt Lk] for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee,
[ Lk] to
keep thee:
Lk 4:11
[Mt Lk] and in [their]
hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Lk 4:12
[ Lk] And
Mt 4:7
[Mt Lk] Jesus
[ Lk] answering
[Mt Lk] said unto him,
It is
[Mt ] written
again
[
] [and]
[ Lk] said,
[Mt Lk] Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
Lk 4:5
[ Lk] And
Mt 4:8
[Mt ] again,
[Mt Lk] the devil taketh
him up into an
[Mt ] exceeding
[Mt Lk] high mountain,
[Mt ] and
[Mt Lk] sheweth him
all the kingdoms of the world,
[Mt ] and
the glory of them,
[ Lk] in
a moment of time.
Mt 4:9
Lk 4:6
[Mt Lk] And
[ Lk] the
devil
[Mt Lk] saith unto him,
All
[Mt ] these
things
[
] [and]
[ Lk] this
power
[Mt Lk] will I give
thee,
[ Lk] and
the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Lk 4:7
[Mt Lk] If thou
[ Lk] therefore
[Mt Lk] wilt
[Mt ] fall
down and
[Mt Lk] worship me,
[ Lk] all
shall be thine.
Lk 4:8
[ Lk] And
Mt 4:10
[Mt ] then
[Mt Lk] Jesus
[ Lk] answered
and
[Mt Lk] said unto him,
[Mt Lk] Get thee
[ Lk] behind
me,
[Mt Lk] Satan: for it
is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve.
Lk 4:13
[ Lk] And
when
Mt 4:11
[Mt Lk] the devil
[ Lk] had
ended all the temptation,
[Mt ] then
[ Lk] he
[Mt Lk] departed from
him
[ Lk] for
a season;
[Mt Mk ] and,
[Mt ] behold,
[ Mk ] the
[Mt Mk ] angels
[Mt ] came
and
[Mt Mk ] ministered unto him.
20. John is Questioned by the Pharisees
[John 1:19-28]
Jn 1:19
[Jn] And this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem
to ask him, Who art thou?
Jn 1:20
[Jn] And he confessed, and denied not;
but confessed,
I am not the Christ.
Jn 1:21
[Jn] And they asked him, What then? Art
thou Elias?
And he saith, I am not.
Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Jn 1:22
[Jn] Then said they unto him, Who art
thou?
that we may give an answer to them that sent us.
What sayest thou of thyself?
Jn 1:23
[Jn] He said, I [am] the voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
Make straight the way of the Lord,
as said the prophet Esaias.
Jn 1:24
[Jn] And they which were sent were of
the Pharisees.
Jn 1:25
[Jn] And they asked him, and said unto
him,
Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ,
nor Elias, neither that prophet?
Jn 1:26
[Jn] John answered them, saying, I baptize
with water:
but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Jn 1:27
[Jn] he it is, who coming after me is
preferred before me,
whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
Jn 1:28
[Jn] These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
21. John the Baptist Introduces Christ
[John 1:29-34]
Jn 1:29
[Jn] The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
Jn 1:30
[Jn] This is he of whom I said,
After me cometh a man which is preferred before me:
for he was before me.
Jn 1:31
[Jn] And I knew him not:
but that he should be made manifest to Israel,
therefore am I come baptizing with water.
Jn 1:32
[Jn] And John bare record, saying,
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon him.
Jn 1:33
[Jn] And I knew him not: but he that sent
me to baptize with water,
the same said unto me,
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on him,
the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Jn 1:34
[Jn] And I saw, and bare record that this
is the Son of God.
22. John, Andrew, & Peter Meet Jesus
[John 1:35-42]
Jn 1:35
[Jn] Again the next day after
John stood, and two of his disciples;
Jn 1:36
[Jn] and looking upon Jesus as he walked,
he saith,
Behold the Lamb of God!
Jn 1:37
[Jn] And the two disciples heard him speak,
and they followed Jesus.
Jn 1:38
[Jn] Then Jesus turned, and saw them following,
and saith unto them, What seek ye?
They said unto him, Rabbi,
(which is to say, being interpreted, Master,)
where dwellest thou?
Jn 1:39
[Jn] He saith unto them, Come and see.
They came and saw where he dwelt,
and abode with him that day:
for it was about the tenth hour.
Jn 1:40
[Jn] One of the two which heard John [speak],
and followed him,
was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.*
[*Note: The other was probably John himself.
See John 21:24.]
Jn 1:41
[Jn] He first findeth his own brother
Simon, and saith unto him,
We have found the Messias,
which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Jn 1:42
[Jn] And he brought him to Jesus.
And when Jesus beheld him, he said,
Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas,
which is by interpretation, A stone.
23. Philip & Nathanael Meet Jesus
[John 1:43-51]
Jn 1:43
[Jn] The day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee,
and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
Jn 1:44
[Jn] Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter.
Jn 1:45
[Jn] Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith
unto him,
We have found him, of whom Moses in the law,
and the prophets, did write,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Jn 1:46
[Jn] And Nathanael said unto him,
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Jn 1:47
[Jn] Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and saith of him,
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Jn 1:48
[Jn] Nathanael saith unto him, Whence
knowest thou me?
Jesus answered and said unto him,
Before that Philip called thee,
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
Jn 1:49
[Jn] Nathanael answered and saith unto
him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Jn 1:50
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than these.
Jn 1:51
[Jn] And he saith unto him, Verily, verily,
I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
24. Jesus Turns Water into Wine
[John 2:1-11]
Jn 2:1
[Jn] And the third day there was a marriage
in Cana of Galilee;
and the mother of Jesus was there:
Jn 2:2
[Jn] and both Jesus was called, and his
disciples, to the marriage.
Jn 2:3
[Jn] And when they wanted wine,
the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
Jn 2:4
[Jn] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what
have I to do with thee?
mine hour is not yet come.
Jn 2:5
[Jn] His mother saith unto the servants,
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].
Jn 2:6
[Jn] And there were set there six waterpots
of stone,
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews,
containing two or three firkins apiece.
Jn 2:7
[Jn] Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots
with water.
And they filled them up to the brim.
Jn 2:8
[Jn] And he saith unto them, Draw out
now,
and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare [it].
Jn 2:9
[Jn] When the ruler of the feast had tasted
the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was:
(but the servants which drew the water knew;)
the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
Jn 2:10
[Jn] and saith unto him,
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse:
[but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Jn 2:11
[Jn] This beginning of miracles did Jesus
in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested forth his glory;
and his disciples believed on him.
25. Jesus' First Cleansing of the Temple
[John 2:12-22]
Jn 2:12
[Jn] After this he went down to Capernaum,
he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples:
and they continued there not many days.
Jn 2:13
[Jn] And the Jews' passover* was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
[*Note: This is the first Passover of our
Lord's ministry. Three
others are mentioned in the gospels
(John 5:1; 6:4; 13:1).]
Jn 2:14
[Jn] and found in the temple
those that sold oxen and sheep and doves,
and the changers of money sitting:
Jn 2:15
[Jn] and when he had made a scourge of
small cords,
he drove them all out of the temple,
and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers' money,
and overthrew the tables;
Jn 2:16
[Jn] and said unto them that sold doves,
Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
Jn 2:17
[Jn] And his disciples remembered that
it was written,
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Jn 2:18
[Jn] Then answered the Jews and said unto
him,
What sign shewest thou unto us,
seeing that thou doest these things?
Jn 2:19
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.
Jn 2:20
[Jn] Then said the Jews,
Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Jn 2:21
[Jn] But he spake of the temple of his
body.
Jn 2:22
[Jn] When therefore he was risen from
the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them;
and they believed the scripture,
and the word which Jesus had said.
26. Jesus Speaks with Nicodemus
[John 2:23-3:21]
Jn 2:23
[Jn] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the
passover,
in the feast [day], many believed in his name,
when they saw the miracles which he did.
Jn 2:24
[Jn] But Jesus did not commit himself
unto them,
because he knew all [men],
Jn 2:25
[Jn] and needed not that any should testify
of man:
for he knew what was in man.
Jn 3:1
[Jn] There was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews:
Jn 3:2
[Jn] the same came to Jesus by night,
and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
for no man can do these miracles that thou doest,
except God be with him.
Jn 3:3
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Jn 3:4
[Jn] Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born?
Jn 3:5
[Jn] Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jn 3:6
[Jn] That which is born of the flesh is
flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jn 3:7
[Jn] Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
Jn 3:8
[Jn] The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Jn 3:9
[Jn] Nicodemus answered and said unto
him, How can these things be?
Jn 3:10
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto him,
Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Jn 3:11
[Jn] Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
We speak that we do know,
and testify that we have seen;
and ye receive not our witness.
Jn 3:12
[Jn] If I have told you earthly things,
and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
Jn 3:13
[Jn] And no man hath ascended up to heaven,
but he that came down from heaven,
[even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
Jn 3:14
[Jn] And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Jn 3:15
[Jn] that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish,
but have eternal life.
Jn 3:16
[Jn] For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Jn 3:17
[Jn] For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
Jn 3:18
[Jn] He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jn 3:19
[Jn] And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil.
Jn 3:20
[Jn] For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light,
neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
Jn 3:21
[Jn] But he that doeth truth cometh to
the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
27. Jesus Becomes More Popular than John
[John 3:22-36]
Jn 3:22
[Jn] After these things came Jesus and
his disciples
into the land of Judaea;
and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
Jn 3:23
[Jn] And John also was baptizing in Aenon
near to Salim,
because there was much water there:
and they came, and were baptized.
Jn 3:24
[Jn] For John was not yet cast into prison.
Jn 3:25
[Jn] Then there arose a question between
[some] of John's disciples
and the Jews about purifying.
Jn 3:26
[Jn] And they came unto John, and said
unto him,
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan,
to whom thou barest witness,
behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
Jn 3:27
[Jn] John answered and said, A man can
receive nothing,
except it be given him from heaven.
Jn 3:28
[Jn] Ye yourselves bear me witness, that
I said,
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Jn 3:29
[Jn] He that hath the bride is the bridegroom:
but the friend of the bridegroom,
which standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice:
this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Jn 3:30
[Jn] He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
Jn 3:31
[Jn] He that cometh from above is above
all:
he that is of the earth is earthly,
and speaketh of the earth:
he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Jn 3:32
[Jn] And what he hath seen and heard,
that he testifieth;
and no man receiveth his testimony.
Jn 3:33
[Jn] He that hath received his testimony
hath set to his seal that God is true.
Jn 3:34
[Jn] For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
Jn 3:35
[Jn] The Father loveth the Son,
and hath given all things into his hand.
Jn 3:36
[Jn] He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him.
28. The Woman at the Well
[John 4:1-42]
Jn 4:1
[Jn] When therefore the Lord knew how
the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Jn 4:2
[Jn] (though Jesus himself baptized not,
but his disciples,)
Jn 4:3
[Jn] he left Judaea, and departed again
into Galilee.
Jn 4:4
[Jn] And he must needs go through Samaria.
Jn 4:5
[Jn] Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,
which is called Sychar,
near to the parcel of ground
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Jn 4:6
[Jn] Now Jacob's well was there.
Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey,
sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour.
Jn 4:7
[Jn] There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water:
Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
Jn 4:8
[Jn] (For his disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat.)
Jn 4:9
[Jn] Then saith the woman of Samaria unto
him,
How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?
for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Jn 4:10
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto her,
If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water.
Jn 4:11
[Jn] The woman saith unto him,
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:
from whence then hast thou that living water?
Jn 4:12
[Jn] Art thou greater than our father
Jacob,
which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself,
and his children, and his cattle?
Jn 4:13
[Jn] Jesus answered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Jn 4:14
[Jn] but whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
Jn 4:15
[Jn] The woman saith unto him, Sir, give
me this water,
that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Jn 4:16
[Jn] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy
husband, and come hither.
Jn 4:17
[Jn] The woman answered and said, I have
no husband.
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
Jn 4:18
[Jn] for thou hast had five husbands;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:
in that saidst thou truly.
Jn 4:19
[Jn] The woman saith unto him,
Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
Jn 4:20
[Jn] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain;
and ye say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jn 4:21
[Jn] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe
me, the hour cometh,
when ye shall neither in this mountain,
nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jn 4:22
[Jn] Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Jn 4:23
[Jn] But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:
for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Jn 4:24
[Jn] God [is] a Spirit: and they that
worship him
must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
Jn 4:25
[Jn] The woman saith unto him,
I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ:
when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Jn 4:26
[Jn] Jesus saith unto her, I that speak
unto thee am [he].
Jn 4:27
[Jn] And upon this came his disciples,
and marvelled that he talked with the woman:
yet no man said, What seekest thou?
or, Why talkest thou with her?
Jn 4:28
[Jn] The woman then left her waterpot,
and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
Jn 4:29
[Jn] Come, see a man, which told me all
things that ever I did:
is not this the Christ?
Jn 4:30
[Jn] Then they went out of the city, and
came unto him.
Jn 4:31
[Jn] In the mean while his disciples prayed
him,
saying, Master, eat.
Jn 4:32
[Jn] But he said unto them,
I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Jn 4:33
[Jn] Therefore said the disciples one
to another,
Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?
Jn 4:34
[Jn] Jesus saith unto them,
My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work.
Jn 4:35
[Jn] Say not ye, There are yet four months,
and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.
Jn 4:36
[Jn] And he that reapeth receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal:
that both he that soweth and he that reapeth
may rejoice together.
Jn 4:37
[Jn] And herein is that saying true,
One soweth, and another reapeth.
Jn 4:38
[Jn] I sent you to reap that whereon ye
bestowed no labour:
other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Jn 4:39
[Jn] And many of the Samaritans of that
city believed on him
for the saying of the woman, which testified,
He told me all that ever I did.
Jn 4:40
[Jn] So when the Samaritans were come
unto him,
they besought him that he would tarry with them:
and he abode there two days.
Jn 4:41
[Jn] And many more believed because of
his own word;
Jn 4:42
[Jn] and said unto the woman, Now we believe,
not because of thy saying:
for we have heard [him] ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ,
the Saviour of the world.
29. Jesus Heals a Nobleman's Son
[John 4:43-54]
Jn 4:43
[Jn] Now after two days he departed thence,
and went into Galilee.
Jn 4:44
[Jn] For Jesus himself testified,
that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
Jn 4:45
[Jn] Then when he was come into Galilee,
the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things
that he did at Jerusalem at the feast:
for they also went unto the feast.
Jn 4:46
[Jn] So Jesus came again into Cana of
Galilee,
where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman,
whose son was sick at Capernaum.
Jn 4:47
[Jn] When he heard that Jesus was come
out of Judaea into Galilee,
he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down,
and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
Jn 4:48
[Jn] Then said Jesus unto him,
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
Jn 4:49
[Jn] The nobleman saith unto him, Sir,
come down ere my child die.
Jn 4:50
[Jn] Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way;
thy son liveth.
And the man believed the word
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
Jn 4:51
[Jn] And as he was now going down, his
servants met him,
and told [him], saying, Thy son liveth.
Jn 4:52
[Jn] Then enquired he of them the hour
when he began to amend.
And they said unto him,
Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
Jn 4:53
[Jn] So the father knew that [it was]
at the same hour,
in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:
and himself believed, and his whole house.
Jn 4:54
[Jn] This [is] again the second miracle
[that] Jesus did,
when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
[The narrative here leaves us with Jesus in
Galilee and John still
preaching freely in Judaea (John
4:1). Jesus evidently returned
to Judaea and continued his ministry
until John's arrest (Matthew
4:12).]