Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?"

Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!

(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"

Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"

In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?"

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

Then the Judeans responded, "Now we know you're possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, 'If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.'

Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, 'He is our God.'

Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

So again they asked the man who used to be blind, "What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?" "He is a prophet," the man replied.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

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, "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'?

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."

At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world -- to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice." So the soldiers did these things.

And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?"