{"id":1115,"date":"2008-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/01\/gospel-reading-for-wednesday-j-3.html"},"modified":"2008-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T00:00:00","slug":"gospel-reading-for-wednesday-j-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/01\/gospel-reading-for-wednesday-j-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Reading for Wednesday, January 23, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John 3:22-36<br \/>\n22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized 24 \u2014John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.<br \/>\n25 Now a discussion about purification arose between John&#8217;s disciples and a Jew. 26 They came to John and said to him, \u201cRabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.\u201d 27 John answered, \u201cNo one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven. 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, \u2018I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.\u2019 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom&#8217;s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.\u201d<br \/>\n31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified this, that God is true. 34 He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God&#8217;s wrath.<br \/>\n<font>From the <a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.nrsv.net'>New Revised Standard Version<\/a>. 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