21) EARLY JUDEAN MINISTRY
22) JESUS CLEANSES THE
TEMPLE BEFORE PASSOVER
John 2:13-25
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small
cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take
these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was
written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him,
What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years
was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed
the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the
passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the
miracles which he did.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them,
because he knew all men,
25 And needed not that any should testify
of man: for he knew what was in man.
23) PHARISEE NICODEMUS
COMES TO JESUS
John 3:1-21
1 There was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said
unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no
man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man
be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must
be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou
hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither
it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How
can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou
a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak
that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our
witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and
ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven,
but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light
is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the
light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
24) JOHN TESTIFIES OF
JESUS BEFORE IMPRISONMENT
John 3:22-36
22 After these things came Jesus and
his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them,
and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in AEnon near
to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between some
of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto
him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness,
behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive
nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom:
but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth
greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all:
he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that
cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he
testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony hath
set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the
words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given
all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him.
Luke 3:19-20 (See also
Matt. 14:3-5; Mark 6:17-20)
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved
by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which
Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut
up John in prison.
Mark 6:18-20
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not
lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against
him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he
was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he
did many things, and heard him gladly.
25) JESUS TEACHES SAMARIAN
WOMAN AT JACOB’S WELL
John 4:1-42 (Also see
Matt. 4:12; Mark 1:14; Luke 4:14)
1 When therefore the Lord knew how the
Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but
his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into
Galilee.
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which
is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore,
being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about
the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw
water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the
city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him,
How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman
of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou
that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob,
which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and
his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that
I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me
this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband,
and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have no
husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he
whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive
that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain;
and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me,
the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what
we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias
cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto
thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples,
and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest
thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went
her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things
that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30 Then they went out of the city, and came
unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed
him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat
that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another,
Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do
the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and
look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and
gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that
reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth,
and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed
no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city
believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me
all that ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him,
they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two
days.
41 And many more believed because of his own
word;
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe,
not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that
this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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