²⁹ The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, ^(A)the Lamb of God who ^(B)takes away the sin of the world!

¹⁴ And just as ^(A)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must ^(B)the Son of Man ^(C)be lifted up, ¹⁵ so that everyone who ^[a]believes will ^(D)have eternal life in Him.

¹⁶ “For God so ^(E)loved the world, that He ^(F)gave His ^(G)only Son, so that everyone who ^(H)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God ^(I)did not send the Son into the world ^(J)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. ^18 (K)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^(L)the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that ^(M)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for ^(N)their deeds were evil. ^20 (O)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. ²¹ But the one who ^(P)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed ^[b]as having been performed in God.”

John the Baptist’s Last Testimony

²² After these things Jesus and His ^(Q)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and ^(R)baptizing. ²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— ²⁴ for ^(S)John had not yet been thrown into prison.

²⁵ Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^[c](T)purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “^(U)Rabbi, He who was with you ^(V)beyond the Jordan, to whom you ^(W)have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” ²⁷ John replied, “^(X)A person can receive not even one thing unless it ^(Y)has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves ^[d]are my witnesses that I said, ‘^(Z)I am not the ^[e]Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is ^(AA)the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this ^(AB)joy of mine has been made full. ³⁰ He must ^[f]increase, but I must ^[g]decrease.

³¹ “^(AC)He who comes from above is above all; ^(AD)the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. ^(AE)He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and heard, of this He ^(AF)testifies; and ^(AG)no one accepts His testimony. ³³ The one who has accepted His testimony ^(AH)has certified that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God ^(AI)sent speaks the words of God; ^(AJ)for He does not give the Spirit ^[h]sparingly. ^35 (AK)The Father loves the Son and ^(AL)has entrusted all things to His hand. ³⁶ The one who ^(AM)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(AN)does not ^[i]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

¹⁰ By ^[a]this will, we have been ^(A)sanctified through ^(B)the offering of ^(C)the body of Jesus Christ ^(D)once for all time.

¹⁰ In this is love, ^(A)not that we loved God, but that ^(B)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(C)the ^[a]propitiation for our sins.