John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before me, because He existed before me.'

Jesus answered him, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

But He would not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men

Whoever trusts in Him is never to come up for judgment, but whoever does not trust in Him has already received his sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son.

And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

Then a much larger number believed in Him because of what He said Himself,

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath.

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

He has also granted to Him authority to act as Judge because He is the Son of Man.

and you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the messenger whom He has sent.

The sea was getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

After this, Jesus went on moving about in Galilee; He would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill Him.

It is impossible for the world to hate you; it is I whom it hates, because I continue to testify that its works are wicked.

I know Him myself, because I have come from Him, and He has sent me."

By this He referred to the Spirit that those believing in Him were going to receive -- for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

So the people were divided because of Him,

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Even if I should judge, my decision is fair, because I am not alone, but there are two of us, I and the Father who has sent me.

He said these things in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple, and yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

Yes, He who sent me is ever with me; I am not alone, because I always practice what pleases Him."

I know that you are Abraham's descendants, and yet you are trying to kill me, because there is no room in you for my teaching.

Why is it that you misunderstand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to what I teach.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

His parents said this, because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone owned Jesus as the Christ, he should be shut out of the synagogues.

So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice.

But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my own life to take it back again.

The Jews retorted, "It is not for a good deed but for blasphemy we are going to stone you; namely, because you, although a mere man, claim to be God."

do you now say to me whom my Father has set apart to it and sent into the world, 'You are a blasphemer,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

but if he travels in the nighttime, he does stumble, because he has no light."

So the Jews who were with her in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw Mary jump up and go out, followed her, because they supposed that she was going to the grave to pour out her grief there.

Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation,

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and as the carrier of the purse for the Twelve he was in the habit of taking what was put into it.

This is why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this wonder-work.

Isaiah said this, because he saw His glory; yes, he spoke about Him.

And yet in spite of all this, even among the leading men many came to believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not own it, for fear of being turned out of the synagogue,

This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.

because He was sure that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God,

You must believe me, that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must do so because of the very things that I am doing.

I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.

In just a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will be seeing me. Because I am to live on, you too will live on.

You have heard me say that I am going away and coming back to you; if you really loved me, you would rejoice over my telling you that I am going to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

You are already pruned because of the teaching that I have given you.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; I now call you friends, because I have told you everything that I have learned from my Father.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.

And you too are to bear testimony to me, because you have been with me from the start."

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

But I have told you these things that when the time does come, you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you these things at the start, because I was with you.

but sorrow has taken complete possession of your hearts, because I have told you these things.

about sin, because they do not believe in me;

about uprightness, because I go away to the Father so that you can no longer see me;

about judgment, because the evil ruler of this world has been condemned.

He will glorify me, because He will take the things that belong to me and tell them to you.

So some of His disciples said to one another, "What does He mean by telling us, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

When a woman is in labor, she is in pain, for her time has come, but when the baby is born, she forgets her pain because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

for the Father tenderly loves you Himself, because you now tenderly love me and now believe that I have come from the Father.

Listen! A time is coming, yea, it is right here, when you will all be scattered to your homes and will leave me alone. And yet, I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world now, but only for those whom you have given me, because they are yours --

I have given them your message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.

Father, I want to have those whom you have given me right where I am, in order that they may see the glory which you have given me, because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Now Judas, too, who betrayed Him, knew the spot, because Jesus had often met with His disciples there.

Because it was cold, the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire and were standing about it warming themselves; so Peter too was standing among them warming himself.

Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!"

Many of the Jews read this placard, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked permission of Pilate to remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate granted it. So he went and removed His body.

So, because it was the Jewish Preparation day and because the tomb was near by, they laid Him there.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Because she supposed it was the gardener, she said to Him, "If it was you, sir, who carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will remove Him."

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me, Thomas, that you believe? Blessed be those who believe, even though they have not seen me!"

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask Him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

For the third time Jesus asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you really tenderly love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus the third time asked him, "Do you really tenderly love me?" So he answered Him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I do tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep.