“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them, “You say that I am.”

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires – to believe in the one whom he sent.”

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he has seen the Father.)

If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

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.

If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken),

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

She replied, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world.”