John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven – the Son of Man.

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.