he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him.

I myself did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting, that is he who baptizes with the holy Spirit.'

Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

"Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

He said to him, "Truly, truly I tell you all, you shall see heaven open wide and God's angels ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

Jesus said, "Fill up the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.

Then he said, "Now draw some out, and take it to the manager of the feast." They did so;

Now the Jewish passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

and told the pigeon-dealers, "Away with these! My Father's house is not to be turned into a shop!"

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb over again and be born?"

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's Realm.

For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

Now a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew over the question of 'purification';

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life ??God's anger broods over him."

and in so doing he arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar; it lay near the territory which Jacob had given to his son Joseph,

and Jacob's spring was there. Jesus, exhausted by the journey, sat down at the spring, just as he was. It was about noon,

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

"Sir," said the woman, "I see you are a prophet.

So the disciples asked each other, "Can anyone have brought him something to eat?"

You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting!

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days,

Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."

So he asked them at what hour he had begun to improve; they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."

Jesus saw him lying, and knowing he had been ill for a long while he said to him, "Do you want your health restored?"

So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "This is the sabbath, you have no right to be carrying your mat."

Later on Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well and strong; commit no more sins, in case something worse befalls you."

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

So Jesus made this answer to them: "Truly, truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, nothing but what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does the same.

for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.

for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"

After this Jesus went off to the opposite side of the sea of Galilee (the lake of Tiberias),

"There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand.

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted.

And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted."

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Whereupon Jesus perceived they meant to come and seize him to make a king of him; so he withdrew by himself to the hill again.

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

and embarking in a boat they started across the sea for Capharnahum. By this time it was dark, Jesus had not reached them yet,

and the sea was getting up under a strong wind.

After rowing about three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and nearing the boat. They were terrified,

so they agreed to take him on board, and the boat instantly reached the land they were making for.

Next day the crowd which had been left standing on the other side of the sea bethought them that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, who had left by themselves.

So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,

and as the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they embarked in the boats themselves and made for Capharnahum in search of Jesus.

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.

"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life within you.

Just as the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live by me.

Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?

Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?

So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go, too?"

so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;

So saying, he stayed on in Galilee.

Yet here he is, opening his lips in public, and they say nothing to him! Can the authorities have really discovered that he is the Christ?

So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,

So they tried to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his time had not come yet.

The Pharisees heard the people discussing Jesus in this way, so the high priests and the Pharisees despatched attendants to arrest him.

Does not scripture say it is from the offspring of David, from David's village of Bethlehem, that the Christ is to come?"

So the people were divided over him;

"But surely our Law does not condemn the accused before hearing what he has to say and ascertaining his offence?"

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?"

So the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying to yourself; your evidence is not valid."

So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."

I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

so Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, you will know then who I am, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has taught me.

So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

So, if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.

I know you are Abraham's offspring! Yet you want to kill me, since my word makes no headway among you!

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;

Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone holds to what I say, he will never see death."

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

Jesus replied, "Were I to glorify myself, my glory would be nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me; you say 'He is our God,'

but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

Your father Abraham exulted that he was to see my Day: he did see it and he rejoiced."

As he passed along he saw a man who had been blind from his birth;

With these words he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, which he smeared on the man's eyes,

saying, "Go and wash them in the pool of Siloam" (Siloam meaning 'sent'). So off he went and washed them, and went home seeing.

So they asked him, "How were your eyes opened?"

He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and smeared my eyes with it and told me, 'Go and wash them in Siloam'; so I went and washed them, and I got my sight."