Helpful teachings, either mine, or someone else’s.
16“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
17“I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—18for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!” …
9The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”
10Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”
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The Samaritan Woman at the Well
1Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John2(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did).3So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4He had to go through Samaria on the way.5Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son …
John the Baptist Exalts Jesus
22Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.
23At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.24(This was before John was thrown into prison.)25A debate broke out …
18“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s hone and only Son. 19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.20All who do evil hate the light …
16“For God loved the world so much that he gave his gone and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.17God sent his Son into the
world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
They may be the most famous words in the world. I know of none sweeter. There really isn’t much …
9“How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.
10Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?11I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony.12But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?…
1There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.2After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “cRabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”
3Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are dborn again, you cannot see the …
23Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.24But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew human nature.25No one needed to tell him what mankind is really like.
So what is mankind really like? What am I really like? And you?…
The Jerusalem Temple Is Cleansed John 2:13-16; cp. Matt 21:12-13 // Mark 11:15-17 // Luke 19:45-46
13It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.14In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.15Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the …