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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.
Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.
On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,
THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine.
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.
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."
The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
Let not your hearts be disquieted; you believe ??believe in God and also in me.
The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:
Two days later a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; the mother of Jesus was present,
I give you a new command, to love one another ??as I have loved you, you are to love one another.
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who belonged to the Jewish authorities;
and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
God is Spirit, and his worshippers must worship him in Spirit and in reality."
If you love me you will keep my commands,
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's Realm.
Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
you will understand the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world!
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.
through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him.
but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).
Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life.
Making a scourge of cords, he drove them all, sheep and cattle together, out of the temple, scattered the coins of the brokers and upset their tables,
Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.
Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies,
And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ.
and a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink"
"Truly, truly I tell you," said Jesus, "I have existed before Abraham was born."
The wind blows where it wills; you can hear its sound, but you never know where it has come from or where it goes: it is the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."
So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:
He who believes in him is not sentenced; he who will not believe is sentenced already, for having refused to believe in the name of the only Son of God.
Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."
I and my Father are one ??."
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he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
And on hearing what he said, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men, till Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.
amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.
He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared.
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."
God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.
But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.
You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.
Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice
Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.
To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.
On the evening of that same day ??the first day of the week ??though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"
No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).
After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
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?"
Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me;
Yet ??I am telling you the truth ??my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you.
I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep.
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;
On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb,
Philip answered, "Seven pounds' worth of bread would not be enough for them, for everybody to get even a morsel."
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.
Nor do I pray for them alone, but for all who believe in me by their spoken word;
Now on the last day, the great day, of the festival, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is athirst, let him come to me and drink;
Jesus answered, "If you knew what is the free gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him instead, and he would have given you 'living' water."
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."
Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;
And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.
In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?
Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."
Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus.
Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty again.
Then the Jews accosted him with the words, "What sign of authority have you to show us, for acting in this way?"
Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (owing to the crowd on the spot) Jesus had slipped away.
Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth."
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?"
are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;
You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.
Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes in me will do the very deeds I do, and still greater deeds than these. For I am going to the Father,
And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;
he came to what was his own, yet his own folk did not welcome him.
By this everyone will recognize that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."
This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.
and I give them eternal life; they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
may they all be one! As thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, so may they be in us ??that the world may believe thou hast sent me.
"Sir," said the woman, "I see you are a prophet.
For an angel used to descend from time to time into the bath, and disturb the water; whereupon the first person who stepped in after the water was disturbed was restored to health, no matter what disease he had been afflicted with].
Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you like and you shall have it.
What is born of the flesh is flesh: what is born of the Spirit is Spirit.
Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere."
you have had five husbands, and he whom you have now espoused is not your husband. That was a true word."
And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
He was with God in the very beginning:
What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.
As he passed along he saw a man who had been blind from his birth;
but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
Truly, truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs up somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber;
but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.
And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven.
The Samaritan woman said, "What? You are a Jew, and you ask me for a drink ??me, a Samaritan!" (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him."
he entered the world ??the world which existed through him ??yet the world did not recognize him;
I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.
Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"
So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee,
After that, Jesus disclosed himself once more to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. It was in this way.
where a crowd of invalids used to lie, the blind, the lame, and folk with shrivelled limbs [waiting for the water to bubble.
But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.
even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.
So, if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.
And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives.
John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, as there was plenty of water there, and people came to him and were baptized
If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.
But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."
he frankly confessed ??he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."
The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;
Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).
and told the pigeon-dealers, "Away with these! My Father's house is not to be turned into a shop!"
If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
and I will do whatever you ask in my name, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
After this Jesus went off to the opposite side of the sea of Galilee (the lake of Tiberias),
You heard me tell you I was going away and coming back to you; if you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father ??for the Father is greater than I am.
(I am the Gate; whoever enters by me will be saved, he will go in and out and find pasture.)
Nicodemus answered, "How can that be?"
[vss 22-30 moved to between 2:12 and 2:13] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the country of Judaea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.
Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled.
Remain in me, as I remain in you: just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, without remaining on the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me.
I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.
Now six stone water-jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of 'purification,' each holding about twenty gallons.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain within my love.
he who believes in me ??out of his body, as scripture says, streams of living water will flow"
while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.
and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.
So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."
Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,
I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.
Now our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, whereas you Jews declare the proper place for worship is at Jerusalem."
"This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!"
"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time has not come yet."
They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."
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.
And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit!
The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."
Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.
Many another Sign did Jesus perform in presence of his disciples, which is not recorded in this book;
And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did things like this on the sabbath.
I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father.
I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
Truly, truly I tell you, the believer has eternal life.
who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.
Now many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus had been crucified was close to the city; besides, the inscription was in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.
"There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"
"Woman," said Jesus, "believe me, the time is coming when you will be worshipping the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.
After this he travelled down to Capharnahum, with his mother and brothers and his disciples; they stayed there for a few days.
[vss 22-29 moved to follow 9:41] Then came the festival of Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter,
Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.
Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"
He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day,
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called 'the Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came;
"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?"
After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty."
he left Judaea and went back to Galilee.
He must wax, I must wane."
so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.
I am the good shepherd, I know my sheep and my sheep know me
Having said this, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron ravine to an orchard, which he entered in the company of his disciples.
Jesus saw him lying, and knowing he had been ill for a long while he said to him, "Do you want your health restored?"
anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority.
If you keep my commands you will remain within my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain within his love.
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.
Now in Jerusalem there is a bath beside the sheep-pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha; it has five porticoes,
When he was in Jerusalem at the festival of the passover, many people believed in his name, as they witnessed the Signs which he performed.
Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"
Give over judging by appearances; be just."
Jesus burst into tears.
I have made thy Name known to the men whom thou hast given to me from the world (thine they were, and thou gavest them to me), and they have held to thy word.
Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival;
I pray not that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt keep them from the evil one.
"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
"I am baptizing with water," John replied, "but my successor is among you, One whom you do not recognize,
and Jacob's spring was there. Jesus, exhausted by the journey, sat down at the spring, just as he was. It was about noon,
but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";
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,
Jesus replied to them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom God has sent."
(His disciples recalled the scripture saying, I am consumed with zeal for thy house.)
Truly, truly I tell you, we are speaking of what we do understand, we testify to what we have actually seen ??and yet you refuse our testimony.
Next day the great mass of people who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was entering Jerusalem,
And on that day you will not ask me any questions. Truly, truly I tell you, whatever you ask the Father, he will give you in my name;
Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;
So when Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son!"
When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now at last the Son of man is glorified, and in him God is glorified: [if God is glorified in him,]
and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.
As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.
You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting!
It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."
Do you not believe I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you all I do not speak of my own accord; it is the Father who remains ever in me, who is performing his own deeds.
so he said to them again, "Truly, truly I tell you, I am the shepherd of the sheep;
I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."
Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."
only, one of the soldiers pricked his side with a lance, and out came blood and water in a moment.
Jesus performed this, the first of his Signs, at Cana in Galilee, thereby displaying his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
This took place at Bethany on the opposite side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."
Jesus replied, "You do not understand this? ??you, a teacher in Israel!
She said, "No one, sir." Jesus said, "Neither do I; be off, and never sin again."]
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;
Are you a greater man than Jacob, our ancestor? He gave us this well, and he drank from it, with his sons and his cattle."
for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,
This is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again.
but Mary stood sobbing outside the tomb. As she sobbed, she glanced inside the tomb
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."
You are worshipping something you do not know; we are worshipping what we do know ??for salvation comes from the Jews.
Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe."
For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;
Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
After this Jesus moved about in Galilee; he would not move in Judaea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.
Now there is much else that Jesus did ??so much, that if it were written down in detail. I do not suppose the world itself could hold the written records.
Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."
But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up too, not publicly but as it were privately.
So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "This is the sabbath, you have no right to be carrying your mat."
I will not leave you forlorn; I am coming to you.
While daylight lasts, we must be busy with the work of God: night comes, when no one can do any work.
Now, as it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath (for that sabbath-day was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
This he said, then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; I am going to waken him."
You are my friends ??if you do what I command you;
And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted."
My Father who gave me them is stronger than all, and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hand.
Your father Abraham exulted that he was to see my Day: he did see it and he rejoiced."
If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?
whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.
and he went away, carrying the cross by himself, to the spot called the 'place of the skull' ??the Hebrew name is Golgotha;
I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do;
and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged.
I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me;
If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you.
"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw water with, and it is a deep well; where do you get your 'living' water?
The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You were right in saying, 'I have no husband';
Then they asked him, "What must we do to perform the works of God?"
If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained."
If you knew me, you would know my Father too. You know him now and you have seen 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.'
They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.
Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him.
I am the bread of life.
and when the manager of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn it knew), he called the bridegroom
Yea, I have given them the glory thou gavest me, that they may be one as we are one ??23 I in them and thou in me ??that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
I pray for them ??not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine
for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself,
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.
When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.
So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS."
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
On saying this, Jesus was disquieted in spirit: he testified and said, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."
Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;
and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.
Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.
Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life,
he cuts away any branch on me which is not bearing fruit, and cleans every branch which does bear fruit, to make it bear richer fruit.
Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet;
and when the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord," he said, "Unless I see his hands with the mark of the nails, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe it."
My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:
The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God."
Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"
that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)
After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple ??for fear of the Jews ??asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body,
he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."
That is he of whom I said, 'The man who is to succeed me has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.'
So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?"
After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.
He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock').
And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him.
As thou hast sent me into the world, so have I sent them into the world,
If you know all this, blessed are you if you really do it.
Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"
The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery, and making her stand forward
When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished ??only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
Then he said, "Now draw some out, and take it to the manager of the feast." They did so;
There he found, seated inside the temple, dealers in cattle, sheep and pigeons, also money-changers.
Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?
In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').
In the prophets it is written, and they will be all instructed by God; everyone who has listened to the Father and learned from him, comes to me.
Then he said to them again, "I go away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."
"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."
(he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: ??as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).
He who loves his life loses it, and he who cares not for his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.
No one takes it from me, I lay it down of my own accord: I have power to lay it down and also power to take it up again; I have my Father's orders for this.
here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!
You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you.
hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'
So the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying to yourself; your evidence is not valid."
Jesus told them in reply, "My teaching is not my own but his who sent me;
I will do whatever you ask me in my name.
For if you believed Moses you would believe me, since it was of me that he wrote.
He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.
Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me: ??or else, believe because of the deeds themselves.
And instantly the man got well, lifted his mat, and started to walk. Now it was the sabbath on that day.
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.
since thou hast granted him power over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given to him.
He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life (and I will raise him up on the last day),
If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.
Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and on meeting him he said, "You believe in the Son of man?"
For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.
And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."
They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five loaves left over from the meal.
for I have been setting you an example, that you should do what I have done to you.
You will understand, on that day, that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.
The Father who sent me has also borne testimony to me himself; but his voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,
If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I have not come to judge the world but to save the world.
Which of you can convict me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"
and though I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not by myself ??there is myself and the Father who sent me.
You judge by the outside. I judge no one;
This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?"
Then said the Pharisees to one another, "You see, you can do nothing! Look, the world has gone after him."
They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.
For fear of the Jews, however, nobody spoke of him in public.
Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,
O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;
(His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.)
I testify to myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies to me."
Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, testified to it;
Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"
and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, that you may believe. Come now, let us go to him."
Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt.
I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.
he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!"
After rowing about three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and nearing the boat. They were terrified,
Now a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew over the question of 'purification';
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.
Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"
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and Jesus used to walk inside the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
As he said this, one of the attendants who stood by gave him a blow, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
So they asked the blind man once more, "What have you to say about him, for opening your eyes?" The man replied, "I say he is a prophet."
So the Pharisees asked him again how he had regained his sight, and he told them, "He smeared some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I can see."
These words he spoke in the treasury, as he was teaching in the temple, but no one arrested him, because his time had not come yet.
(Truly, truly I tell you, he who receives anyone I send receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.)"
They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.
So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"
You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'
they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.
He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.
Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.
I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.
"Come here, look at a man who has told me everything I ever did! Can he be the Christ?"
"If I have said anything wrong," replied Jesus, "prove it; if I said what was true, why strike me?"
Did not Moses give you the Law? ??and yet none of you honestly obeys the Law. Else, why do you want to kill me?"
so they agreed to take him on board, and the boat instantly reached the land they were making for.
Jesus answered them, "I have only performed one deed, and yet you are all amazed at it.
I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.
and embarking in a boat they started across the sea for Capharnahum. By this time it was dark, Jesus had not reached them yet,
but he said to them, "It is I, have no fear";
and asked them, "Is this your son, the son you declare was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"
Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."
followed by a large crowd on account of the Signs which they had seen him perform on sick folk.
and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.
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a number of Jews had gone to condole with Martha and Mary about their brother;
(They said this to test him, in order to get a charge against him.) Jesus stooped down, and began to write with his finger on the ground;
Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight
(He said this to test Philip, for he knew what he was going to do himself.)
So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,
The crowd replied, "You are mad. Who wants to kill you?"
The disciples looked at each other, at a loss to know which of them he meant.
But how he can see to-day, we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask himself; he is of age, he can speak for himself."
Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?"
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?
Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, it came from your ancestors), and you will circumcise a man upon the sabbath.
To which he replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner; one thing I do know, that once I was blind and now I can see."
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."
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you I will ask the Father on your behalf;
Well, if a man gets circumcised upon the sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you enraged at me for curing, not cutting, the entire body of a man upon the sabbath?
Then Martha, hearing of the arrival of Jesus, went out to meet him, while Mary sat at home.
all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.
the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.
so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;
Jesus answered, "The man I am going to give this piece of bread to, when I dip it in the dish." Then he took the piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot;
So they tried to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his time had not come yet.
but I know Him, because I have come from Him and He sent me."
Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
they will not follow a stranger, they will run from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."
Again Peter denied it. And at that very moment the cock crowed.
(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.
Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them;
Jesus said to them, "My time has not come yet, but your time is always at hand;
& 25] Simon Peter followed Jesus along with another disciple; and as this disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, he passed into the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus,
So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."
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."
But when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she dropped at his feet, crying, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died."
and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.
Then he said to the disciple, "And, there is your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.
Indeed many of the people believed in him, saying, "When the Christ does come, will he perform more Signs than this man?"
With these words he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, which he smeared on the man's eyes,
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,
saying, "Go and wash them in the pool of Siloam" (Siloam meaning 'sent'). So off he went and washed them, and went home seeing.
No, we know where this man comes from; but when the Christ does come, no one will know where he comes from."
for nobody who aims at public recognition ever keeps his actions secret. Since you can do these deeds, display yourself to the world"
his coming will only serve to let the world see that I love the Father and that I am acting as the Father ordered. Rise, let us be going."
Said one of the high priest's servants, a kinsman of the man whose ear had been cut off by Peter, "Did I not see you with him in the orchard?"
so Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
Behold, the time is coming, it has come already, when you will be scattered to your homes, everyone of you, leaving me alone. But I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
"Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
(that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die).
So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and of the other man who had been crucified along with him;
He who saw it has borne witness (his witness is true; God knows he is telling the truth), that you may believe.
Whereupon the neighbours and those to whom he had been a familiar sight as a beggar, said, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"
Some said, "It is"; others said, "No, but it is like him." He said, "I am the man."
Jesus replied, "Lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me thrice over.
But it is your custom that I should release a prisoner for you at the passover. Is it your will that I release you the king of the Jews?"
"I know," said Martha, "he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."
He retorted, "I have told you that already, and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it over again? Do you want to be disciples of his?"
Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If one walks during the day he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world:
So the people answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; what do you mean by saying that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"
We know God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."
I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not toil; other men have toiled, and you reap the profit of their toil."
So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,
[Relocated to follow vs 2] Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;
Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
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."
accompanied by Nicodemus (he who had first come to Jesus by night) who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds of it;
The man replied to them, "Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!
Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there.
Once more he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a royal official, whose son was lying ill at Capernaum;
And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe,
This made Pilate anxious to release him, but the Jews yelled, "If you release him, you are no friend of Caesar's! Anyone who makes himself a king is against Caesar!"
They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him.
So after procuring troops and some attendants belonging to the high priests and the Pharisees, Judas went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.
As they told the woman, "We no longer believe on account of what you said; we have heard for ourselves, we know that he is really the Saviour of the world."
(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)
Simon Peter, Thomas (who was called 'the Twin'), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the two sons of Zebedaeus, and two other disciples of his, were all together.
Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
The gate-keeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice; he calls his sheep by name and leads them out.
(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)
On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and seated him on the tribunal at a spot called the 'mosaic pavement' ??the Hebrew name is Gabbatha
A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.
"Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.
since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
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.
Truly, truly I tell you, you put on your own girdle and went wherever you wanted, when you were young; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands for someone to gird you, and you will be taken where you have no wish to go"
Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me, unless it had been granted you from above. So you are less guilty than he who betrayed me to you."
Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!"
so the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move."
(just as the Father knows me and I know the Father,) and I lay down my life for the sheep.
He who sent me is at my side; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."
they took and wrapped up the body of Jesus in the spices and in bandages, according to the Jewish custom of burial.
but I know there is no love to God in you;
Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.
"Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me."
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus);
Then said Jesus, "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven ??33 for the bread of God is what comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me.
some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)
and brought him first of all to Annas (for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year ??14 the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their interests that one man should die for the people).
His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.
He said to them, "You are from the world below, I am from the world above: you belong to this world, I do not belong to this world.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
He] is testifying to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.
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.
The hired man, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, deserts them when he sees the wolf coming; he runs away, leaving the wolf to tear and scatter them,
I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.
All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.'
for I have not spoken of my own accord ??the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak.
So, when he heard of the illness, he stayed where he was for two days; then,
and when he took the bread, at that moment Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, "Be quick with what you have to do."
Now the Jews murmured at him for saying, "I am the bread which has come down from heaven."
The woman said to him, "Well, I know messiah (which means Christ) is coming. When he arrives, he will explain it all to us."
And Jesus cried aloud, "He who believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me,
the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything.
(it was the day of Preparation for the passover, about noon). "There is your king!" he said to the Jews.
Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone holds to what I say, he will never see death."
Then Pilate said, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know it is in my power to release you or to crucify you?"
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am.
So they asked him, "How were your eyes opened?"
Said Peter, "You will never wash my feet, never!" "Unless I wash you," Jesus replied, "you will not share my lot."
So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water,
Pilate had written an inscription to be put on the cross; what he wrote was, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"
Then Jesus, who knew everything that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
"Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?"
Jesus replied, "Neither for his own sin nor for his parents' ??it was to let the work of God be illustrated in him.
On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?"
Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,
and when the Jews who were condoling with her inside the house noticed her rise hurriedly and go out, they followed her, as they imagined she was going to wail at the tomb.
How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?
"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.
Away went Mary of Magdala to the disciples with the news, "I have seen the Lord!" ??telling them what he had said to her.
Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."
Jesus had not entered the village yet, he was still at the spot where Martha had met him.
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."
so have I declared, so will I declare, thy Name to them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter.
They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.
Now one man was there, whose illness had lasted thirty-eight years.
but if one walks during the night he does stumble, for the light is not in him."
whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs.
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.
But I possess a testimony greater than that of John, for the deeds which the Father has granted me to accomplish, the very deeds on which I am engaged, are my testimony that the Father has sent me.
and taking palm-branches they went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name, the king of Israel!"
I know you are Abraham's offspring! Yet you want to kill me, since my word makes no headway among you!
He who comes from above is far above all others; he who springs from earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth; he who comes from heaven [is far above all others.
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."
Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy.
When he has brought all his sheep outside, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice;
The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.
In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me."
You have always the poor beside you, but you have not always me."
Peter turned round and saw that the favourite disciple of Jesus was following, the disciple who had leant on his breast at supper and put the question, "Lord, who is to betray you?"
As one of his disciples was reclining on his breast ??he was the favourite of Jesus ??24 Peter nodded to him, saying, "Tell us who he means."
The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to
Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' ??as the prophet Isaiah said."
"Why was not this perfume sold for ten pounds, and the money given to the poor?"
"Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher').
This is what I command you, to love one another.
You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We are no bastards: we have one father, even God."
So Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty three of them; but for all their number the net was not torn.
the Father had put everything into his hands ??knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,
I have told you all this while I am still with you,
He who belongs to God listens to the words of God; you do not listen to them, because you do not belong to God."
of sin, because they do not believe in me;
Go up to the festival yourselves; I am not going up to this festival, for my time has not arrived yet."
Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe, he lay down again. "Do you know," he said to them, "what I have been doing to you?
So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced.
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert: as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."
his word you have not kept with you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.
he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light.
because you do not belong to my sheep.
Now at the spot where he had been crucified there was an orchard, and in the orchard a new tomb where no one had yet been laid;
Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."
Simon Peter said to them, "I am going to fish." They said, "We are coming with you too." Off they went and embarked in the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
there they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man.
while Peter stood outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was an acquaintance of the high priest, came out and spoke to the woman at the door, and brought Peter inside.
When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."
Then said Jesus, "Let her alone, let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.
"Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!"
From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."
They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;
But he said to them, "I have food, of which you know nothing."
I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;
He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains within me, as I remain within him.
and said to him, "Everybody serves the good wine first, and then the poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."
and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.
This made Jesus chafe afresh, so he went to the tomb; it was a cave with a boulder to close it.
Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"
Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;
So out came Jesus, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said, "Here the man is!"
Said Martha to Jesus, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died.
(For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.)
(Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.)
Again Pilate went out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you. Understand, I cannot find anything wrong about him."
Now when Jesus saw her wailing and saw the Jews who accompanied her wailing, he chafed in spirit and was disquieted.
This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me.
Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him.
but that the napkin which had been round his head was folded up by itself, instead of lying beside the other bandages.
"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?
Whereupon Thomas (called 'the Twin') said to his fellow-disciples, "Let us go too, let us die along with him!"
and we believe, we are certain, that you are the holy One of God."
Just as the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live by me.
(John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.')
Now at break of day Jesus was standing on the beach (though the disciples did not know it was Jesus).
Jesus said, "Come and breakfast." (Not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was; they knew it was the Lord.)
"Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "if you will only believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
Jesus said, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed; he is clean all over. And you are clean ??but not all of you"
(all mine is thine and thine is mine), and I am glorified in them.
So the troops and their commander and the Jewish attendants seized Jesus, bound him,
Jesus replied, "I have let you see many a good deed of God; for which of them do you mean to stone me?"
then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him.
Jesus replied, "I have told you, but you do not believe; the deeds I do in the name of my Father testify to me, but you do not believe,
I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you act as you have learned from your father."
they came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee and appealed to him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."
(he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me."
"Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.)
When I am in the world, I am light for the world."
(for Jesus himself testified that a prophet enjoys no honour in his own country);
At this they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus concealed himself and made his way out of the temple.
They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first.
And Jesus answered, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
When they got to land, they saw a charcoal fire burning, with fish cooking on it, and some bread.
With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing ??though she did not know it was Jesus.
Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."
And yet there are some of you who do not believe" (for Jesus knew from the very first who the unbelieving were, and who was to betray him;
God, we know, does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and who obeys his will.
Jesus answered him, "You do not understand just now what I am doing, but you will understand it later on."
and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"
that was why he said 'I tell you that no one is able to come to me unless he is allowed by the Father').
When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world:
So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.
So saying, he stayed on in Galilee.
They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
"Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?"
It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause.
Do not imagine I am going to accuse you to the Father; Moses is your accuser, Moses who is your hope!
When Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness is not to end in death; the end of it is the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby."
and went across the Jordan, back to the spot where John had baptized at first. There he stayed;
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.
Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."
When the festival was half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.
Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."
When he said, "I am he," they fell back and dropped to the ground;
Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews gather; I have said nothing in secret.
but when they came to Jesus and saw he was dead already, they did not break his legs;
But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).
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.
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,'
The Jews retorted, "But we have a Law, and by [our] Law he is bound to die, because he has made himself out to be God's Son."
For this took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken.
Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"
"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."
of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged.
Why, it is written in your own Law that the evidence of two persons is valid:
He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them.
and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. You believe that?"
So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jesus said, "Remove the boulder." "Lord," said Martha, the dead man's sister, "he will be stinking by this time; he has been dead four days."
Accordingly Jesus no longer appeared in public among the Jews, but withdrew to the country adjoining the desert, to a town called Ephraim; there he stayed with the disciples.
The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?
Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
marching up to him and shouting, "Hail, king of the Jews!" ??and striking him.
for my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
(he knew the traitor; that was why he said, "You are not all clean").
and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
Then said Pilate, "Take him yourselves, and sentence him according to your own Law." The Jews said, "We have no right to put anyone to death"
for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father ??he only, who is from God, he has seen the Father.
At this point his disciples came up; they were surprised that he was talking to a woman, but none of them said, "What is it?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"
And I know his orders mean eternal life. Therefore when I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."
Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
I will say, 'Father, glorify thy name.'" Then came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
Then Simon Peter came after him, and went inside the tomb; he noticed not only that the bandages were lying on the ground
"Lads," said Jesus, "have you got anything?" "No," they answered.
Then said the Jews to him, "You are not fifty years old, and Abraham has seen you?"
So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish.
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.
"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"
Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus.
Jesus replied to them, "Though I do testify to myself, my evidence is valid, because I know where I have come from and where I am going to ??whereas you do not know where I have come from or where I am going to.
Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself."
Jesus replied, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did other people tell you about me?"
He who does not love me does not obey my word; and what you hear me say is not my word but the word of the Father who sent me.
for the Father loves you himself, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from God.
Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.
Looking up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
The Pharisees heard the people discussing Jesus in this way, so the high priests and the Pharisees despatched attendants to arrest him.
but if I am, then believe the deeds, though you will not believe me ??that you may learn and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."
(He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation,
(for even his brothers did not believe in him).
"Where is your Father?" they said. Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you had known me you would have known my Father also."
He glanced in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go inside.
Does not scripture say it is from the offspring of David, from David's village of Bethlehem, that the Christ is to come?"
Upon this the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and when he saw for himself he was convinced.
If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation."
He said, "I do believe, Lord" ??and he worshipped him.
Now the servants and the attendants were standing and warming themselves at a charcoal fire which they had lit (for it was cold), and Peter also stood beside them and warmed himself.
she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!"
So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?"
If I am not doing the deeds of my Father, do not believe me;
"Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you."
(He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him ??and he was one of the twelve.)
Nicodemus, one of their number (the same who had come to him before), said to them,
of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more;
(this was to fulfil his own word: 'I did not lose a single one of those whom thou didst give me').
he went inside the praetorium again and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" Jesus made no reply.
So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days,
"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"
the bread that comes down from heaven is such that one eats of it and never dies.
Then said Jesus, "I will be with you a little longer, then I go to Him who sent me;
You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth
They retorted, "And so you would teach us ??you, born in utter depravity!" Then they expelled him.
The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."
are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.
they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.
This was the disciple who bears testimony to these facts and who wrote them down; his testimony, we know, is true.
"Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him."
They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.
"Ah, sir," they said to him, "give us that bread always."
The Jews then wrangled with one another, saying, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"
A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips.
but now you want to kill me ??to kill a man who has told you the truth, the truth I have learned from God. Abraham did not do that.
and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.)
so they put Jesus there, since it was the Jewish day of Preparation, seeing that the tomb was close by.
Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?
(I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"
I accept no credit from men,
I have Another to bear testimony to me, and I know the evidence he bears for me is valid.
So the disciples asked each other, "Can anyone have brought him something to eat?"
They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."
and he who beholds me beholds him who sent me.
(though I accept no testimony from man ??I only speak of this testimony, that you may be saved);
Then the attendants went back to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why have you not brought him with you?"
This was the third time, now, that Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead.
when he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, who was at the point of death.
Now the slave does not remain in the household for all time; the son of the house does.
They retorted, "If he had not been a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
Jesus told him, "Go yourself, your son is alive." The man believed what Jesus told him, and started on his journey.
others said, "He is the Christ"; but others said, "No, surely the Christ does not come from Galilee?
That proverb, 'One sows and another reaps,' holds true here:
Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died;
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'!
you will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come."
However, I do not aim at my own credit; there is One who cares for my credit, and he is judge.
Whereupon the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" ??37 though some of them asked, "Could he not have prevented him from dying, when he could open a blind man's eyes?"
on reaching Galilee, he was welcomed by the Galileans, who had seen all he did at the festival in Jerusalem ??for they too had gone to the festival.
So from that day their plan was to kill him.
It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.
What does he mean by saying, 'You will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come'?"
while the rest of the disciples came ashore in the punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish.
he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"
So he asked them at what hour he had begun to improve; they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."
Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."
so he asked them once more, "Who are you looking for?" And when they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene,"
Once more they tried to arrest him, but he escaped their hands
Then the father realized that it had left him at the very time when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is alive"; and he became a believer with all his household.
Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?
and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"
It is unheard of, since the world began, that anyone should open a blind man's eyes.
This was the second Sign which Jesus performed again after leaving Judaea for Galilee.
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.
"But surely our Law does not condemn the accused before hearing what he has to say and ascertaining his offence?"
Jesus replied, "I am not mad: I honour my Father and you dishonour me.
(The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)
They looked out for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they said to one another, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come up to the festival?"