He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Jesus replied, “The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.”

– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.

Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.