10. Jesus said, “You are an important teacher of Israel, and you still don’t understand these things?
11. The truth is, we talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don’t accept what we tell you.
12. I have told you about things here on earth, but you do not believe me. So I’m sure you will not believe me if I tell you about heavenly things!
13. The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the one who came down from heaven—the Son of Man.
14. “Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. It is the same with the Son of Man. He must be lifted up too.
15. Then everyone who believes in him can have eternal life.”
16. Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.
17. God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.