All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.

He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.

He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for He was before me."

No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.

This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."

John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.

I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

"Come and you shall see," He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock')

The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.

Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"

Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."

So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom

and said to him, "It is usual to put on the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine till now."

This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

So the Jews asked Him, "What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?"

Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."

For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

He who trusts in Him does not come up for judgement. He who does not trust has already received sentence, because he has not his trust resting on the name of God's only Son.

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."

Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

They left the town and set out to go to Him.

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.

Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."

When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."

When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.

Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.

So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."

The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.

that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life.

And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.

Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.

I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.

A vast multitude followed Him, because they witnessed the miracles on the sick which He was constantly performing.

And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for all these people to eat?"

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

Perceiving, however, that they were about to come and carry Him off by force to make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again up the hill alone by Himself.

Then they were willing to take Him on board; and in a moment the boat reached the shore at the point to which they were going.

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

So when they had crossed the Lake and had found Him, they asked Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

Every one whom the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will never on any account drive away.

For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.

And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.

For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven.

"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.

It stands written in the Prophets, 'And they shall all of them be taught by God'. Every one who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me.

No one has ever seen the Father--except Him who is from God. He has seen the Father.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him up on the last day.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I remain in union with him.

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

So He added, "That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.

He alluded to Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot. For he it was who, though one of the Twelve, was afterwards to betray Him.

After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.

So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform.

For even His brothers were not believers in Him.

Meanwhile the Jews at the Festival were looking for Him and were inquiring, "Where is he?"

Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."

Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.

Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.

The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.

But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ?

I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me."

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him.

So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?