the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?'

And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down -- the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;

Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

The woman saith to him, 'Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'

Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;

for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.'

our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye -- ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.'

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;

God is a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

The woman saith to him, 'I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'

Come, see a man, who told me all things -- as many as I did; is this the Christ?'

Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- 'He told me all things -- as many as I did.'

and said to the woman -- 'No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'

Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain courtier, whose son was ailing in Capernaum,

he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.

and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -gate a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, 'Dost thou wish to become whole?'

the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

they questioned him, then, 'Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'

But he that was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus did move away, a multitude being in the place.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;

for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,

and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.

'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

'If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;

how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped;

There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?'

And Jesus said, 'Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- 'This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- even God.'

Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

They said, therefore, unto him, 'Sir, always give us this bread.'

And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'

and they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?'

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;

not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?'

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

'According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'

many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, 'This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

but there are certain of you who do not believe;' for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up,

and he said, 'Because of this I have said to you -- No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

Jesus answered them, 'Did not I choose you -- the twelve? and of you -- one is a devil.

Jesus, therefore, saith to them, 'My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;

the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

And when his brethren went up, then also he himself went up to the feast, not manifestly, but as in secret;

the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, 'Where is that one?'

and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said -- 'He is good;' and others said, 'No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;'

Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.

'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;