20 For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light, neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that [a]doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be made manifest, that they are wrought [b]according to God.

22 ¶ After these things came Jesus, and his disciples into the land of Judea, and there tarried with them, and (A)baptized.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:21 That is, he that leadeth an honest life, and void of all craft and deceit.
  2. John 3:21 That is, with God, God as it were going before.

20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(A) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.(B)

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