All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

Jesus replied, "Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come."

Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?"

came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven -- the Son of Man.

The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God's wrath remains on him.

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete -- the deeds I am now doing -- testify about me that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?"

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life -- the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him."

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God -- he has seen the Father.)

I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

So Jesus replied, "My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!

You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him."

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!"

Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

Then the disciples replied, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

Jesus replied, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them."

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

Jesus replied, "The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you."

"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

"Lord," Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

No one has greater love than this -- that one lays down his life for his friends.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you --

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

But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.