"Truly,truly,I sayto you, we speakof whatwe knowand testifyof whatwe have seen,and you do not acceptour testimony.
"Whywas therenomanwhen I came?When I called,[why] was therenoneto answer?Is My handsoshortthat it cannotransom?OrhaveI nopowerto deliver?Behold,I dryup the seawith My rebuke,I makethe riversa wilderness;Their fishstinkfor lackof waterAnd dieof thirst.
Whohas believedour message?And to whomhas the armof the LORDbeen revealed?
"Behold,I have madehim a witnessto the peoples,A leaderand commanderfor the peoples.
"I have spreadout My handsalldaylong to a rebelliouspeople,Who walk[in] the waywhich is not good,followingtheir own thoughts,
"All thingshave been handed overto Me by My Father;and no oneknowsthe Sonexceptthe Father;nordoes anyoneknowthe Fatherexceptthe Son,and anyone to whomthe Sonwillsto reveal[Him].
"Jerusalem,Jerusalem,who killsthe prophetsand stonesthosewho are sentto her! How oftenI wantedto gatheryour childrentogether,the waya hengathersher chicksunderher wings,and you were unwilling.
"All thingshave been handed overto Me by My Father,and no oneknowswhothe Sonis exceptthe Father,and whothe Fatheris exceptthe Son,and anyone to whomthe Sonwillsto reveal[Him]."
He cameto His own,and thosewho were His owndid not receiveHim.
No onehas seenGodat any time;the only begottenGodwho is in the bosomof the Father,He has explained[Him].
"For I did not speakon My own initiative,but the FatherHimselfwho sentMe has givenMe a commandment[as to] whatto sayand whatto speak.
"He who does not loveMe does not keepMy words;and the wordwhichyou hearis not Mine,but the Father'swho sentMe.
"IfI toldyou earthly thingsand you do not believe,howwill you believeifI tellyou heavenly things?
"No onehas ascendedinto heaven,but He who descendedfrom heaven:the Sonof Man.
Jesusansweredand saidto him, "Truly,truly,I sayto you, unlessoneis bornagainhe cannotseethe kingdomof God."
Jesusanswered,"Truly,truly,I sayto you, unlessoneis bornof waterand the Spirithe cannotenterinto the kingdomof God.
"I have comein My Father'sname,and you do not receiveMe; ifanothercomesin his ownname,you will receivehim.
SoJesusansweredthem and said,"My teachingis not Mine,but His who sentMe.
Jesusansweredand saidto them, "Even ifI testifyaboutMyself,My testimonyis true,for I knowwhereI camefrom and whereI am going;but you do not knowwhereI comefrom orwhereI am going.
"I havemany thingsto speakand to judgeconcerningyou, but He who sentMe is true;and the things whichI heardfrom Him, theseI speakto the world."
"I speakthe things whichI have seenwith [My] Father;thereforeyou alsodothe things whichyou heardfrom [your] father."
and I sawHim sayingto me, 'Make haste,and getout of Jerusalemquickly,becausethey will not acceptyour testimonyaboutMe.'
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
and from JesusChrist,the faithfulwitness,the firstbornof the dead,and the rulerof the kingsof the earth.To Him who lovesus and releasedus from our sinsby His blood--
"To the angelof the churchin Laodiceawrite:The Amen,the faithfuland true Witness,the Beginningof the creationof God,saysthis:
