He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;

Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to him and were baptised:

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.

And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.

and has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is Son of man.

I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

If a man receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath?

I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me.

They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.

And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him to be the Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.

When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;

but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.

A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among the dead.

because many of the Jews went away on his account and believed on Jesus.

The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead.

Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.

On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,

These things said Esaias because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

for some supposed, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy the things of which we have need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.

Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.

Yet a little and the world sees me no longer; but ye see me; because I live ye also shall live.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.

and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.

and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me.

But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said them unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

of sin, because they do not believe on me;

of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer;

of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go away to the Father.

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?

A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.

for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God.

I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

And Judas also, who delivered him up, knew the place, because Jesus was often there, in company with his disciples.

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.

There therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

And they say to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

Jesus says to him, Because thou hast seen me thou hast believed: blessed they who have not seen and have believed.

He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.