I have now received the following email twice in the last two days. Without bothering to verify it, I can tell you that is a myth. Here is the email text:

Kerry gave a big speech last week about how his faith is so “important” to him. In this attempt to convince the American people that we should consider him for president, he announced that his favorite Bible verse is John 16:3. Of course the speech writer meant John 3:16, but nobody in the Kerry camp was familiar enough with scripture to catch the error. And do you know what John 16:3 says?

John 16:3 says, “They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.”

The Spirit works in strange ways.

I know this is a myth because four years ago I received several copies of the same email with Al Gore as the scriptural spoonerist. So if you get the “current” one, please tell the sender. Thanks!