¹² Then he said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”^(A)

¹⁶ and said, “By myself I have sworn,”^(A) this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

⁶ He still had one to send, a beloved^(A) son. Finally^(B) he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

¹² Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.^(A) A large crowd from the town was also with her.

¹⁶ For God loved^(A) the world in this way:^[a] He gave^[b] his one and only^(B) Son,^(C) so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.^(D)

⁹ God’s love was revealed among us^[a] in this way: God sent^(A) his one and only Son^(B) into the world so that we might live^(C) through him.