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

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

So they left the town and began coming to him.

Jesus replied, “You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

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

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

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.

They replied, “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)