For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

That was the True Light which enlightens every man coming into the world.

Two days after this there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.

I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth.

God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

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

Yet when he--The Spirit of Truth--comes, he will guide you into all Truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of all that he hears; and he will tell you of the things that are to come.

Through him all things came into being, and nothing came into being apart from him.

But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him--he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

So he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the Temple Courts, and the sheep and bullocks as well; he scattered the money of the money-changers, and overturned their tables,

Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her- - "Give me some to drink,"

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

The Father and I are one."

I am the True Vine, and my Father is the Vine-grower.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

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I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.

He was not the Light, but he came to bear witness to the Light.

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.

In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you";

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

"How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?"

Peace be with you! My own peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, or dismayed.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me;

Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.

For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.

But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father--he will bear testimony to me;

On the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been removed.

"Twenty pounds' worth of bread," answered Philip, "would not be enough for each of them to have a little."

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who believe in me through their Message,

On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

That which came into being in him was Life; and the Life was the Light of Man;

And he, when he comes, will bring conviction to the world as to Sin, and as to Righteousness, and as to Judgment;

"Whoever loves me," Jesus answered, " will lay my Message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.

"Destroy this temple," was his answer, "and I will raise it in three days."

When breakfast was over, Jesus said to Simon Peter: "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others?" "Yes, Master," he answered, "you know that I am your friend." "Feed my lambs," said Jesus.

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?"

But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.

Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you."

At this some of his disciples said to one another: "What does he mean by saying to us 'In a little while you will not see me, and then in a little while you will see me indeed'; and by saying 'Because I am going to the Father'?

"The man who cured me," he answered, "said to me 'Take up your mat and walk about.'"

He had to pass through Samaria,

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus, "and then come back."

In truth I tell you, he who believes in me will himself do the work that I am doing; and he will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father.

There appeared a man sent from God, whose name was John;

The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.

He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.

It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."

This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left."

That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.

"I see, Sir, that you are a Prophet!" exclaimed the woman.

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"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?

If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be yours.

All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.

"My kingly power," replied Jesus, "is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the Jews; but my kingly power is not from the world."

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

When Jesus had received the wine, he exclaimed: "All is finished!" Then, bowing his head, he resigned his spirit to God.

"There is a boy here," said Andrew, another of his disciples, Simon Peter's brother,

He was in the Beginning with God;

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

In truth I tell you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up at some other place, that man is a thief and a robber;

But these have been recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God--and that, through your belief in his Name, you may have Life.

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

"How is it," replied the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).

That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life."

Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.

Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

It is he who has my commands and lays them to heart that loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."

He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.

I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.

And Thomas exclaimed: "My Master, and my God!"

"Do not hold me," Jesus said; "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my Brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor thee;

Later on, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.

In these colonnades a large number of afflicted people were lying--blind, lame, and crippled.

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

Then, as the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am;

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John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.

If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men to myself."

He confessed and did not deny it, he confessed--"I am not the Christ."

For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder.

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

And said to the pigeon-dealers: "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's House into a market-house."

If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside--

Whatever you ask, in my Name, I will do, that the Father may be honored in the Son.

After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee--otherwise called the Lake of Tiberias.

You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.

"How can that be?" asked Nicodemus.

After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.

"Who was it," they asked, "that said to you 'Take up your mat and walk about'?"

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

There were standing there six stone water-jars, in accordance with the Jewish rule of 'purification,' each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.

He who believes in me--As Scripture says, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of 'Living Water.'"

For the Law was given through Moses, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

And so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins."

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of thy Name which thou has given me, that they may be one, as we are.

"It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem."

"This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?"

"What do you want with me?" answered Jesus. "My time has not come yet."

What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said; "we do not know what he is speaking about."

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not Life within you.

After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit;

"All who drink of this water," replied Jesus, "will be thirsty again;

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.

There were many other signs of his mission that Jesus gave in presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book;

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

I no longer call you 'servants,' because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of 'friends,' because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

In truth I tell you, he who believes in me has Immortal Life.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

And now do thou honor me, Father, at thy own side, with the honor which I had at thy side before the world began.

"Who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what is that for so many?"

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum--he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days.

Soon after this the Festival of the Re-dedication was held at Jerusalem.

Meanwhile near the cross of Jesus were standing his mother and his mother's sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary of Magdala.

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),

When the Jews sent some Priests and Levites to John from Jerusalem, to ask--"Who are you?", his statement was this:

He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already--the very Message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last Day.

The next day, when John was standing with two of his disciples,

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called 'The Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came;

"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

Afterwards, knowing that everything was now finished, Jesus said, in fulfillment of the words of Scripture: "I am thirsty."

He left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.

He must become greater, and I less."

And their next question was: "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor yet 'the Prophet'?"

For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin.

I am the Good Shepherd; and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me--

When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the brook Kedron to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.

Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him: "Do you wish to be cured?"

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father's commands to heart and remain in his love.

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the men, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,

There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.'

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

Do not judge by appearances; judge justly."

Jesus burst into tears.

I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.

Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,

I do not ask thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from Evil.

"So you are a King after all!" exclaimed Pilate. "Yes, it is true I am a King," answered Jesus. "I was born for this, I have come into the world for this--to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice."

John's answer was--"I baptize with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know;

Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.

"Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'?

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And, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

These men had been sent from the Pharisees;

His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'

In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.

On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm-branches,

And at that time you will not ask me anything; in truth I tell you, if you ask the Father for anything, he will grant it to you in my Name.

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing near, he said to his mother: "There is your son."

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honored.

Do not you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work.

So he continued: "In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.

I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."

His mother said to the servants: "Do whatever he tells you."

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately flowed from it.

This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

All this took place at Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was then baptizing.

"Is it because you have seen me that you have believed?" said Jesus. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!"

"What! You a teacher of Israel," exclaimed Jesus, "and yet do not understand this!

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For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!"

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

"Master, show us the Father," said Philip, "and we shall be satisfied."

Meanwhile Mary was standing close outside the tomb, weeping. Still weeping, she leant forward into the tomb,

"The man whom they call Jesus," he answered, "made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me 'Go to Siloam and wash your eyes.' So I went and washed my eyes, and gained my sight."

You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

Then he said to Thomas: "Place your finger here, and look at my hands; and place your hand here, and put it into my side; and do not refuse to believe, but believe."

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

Father, my desire for all those whom thou has given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honor which thou has given me; for thou didst love me before the beginning of the world.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

There are many other things which Jesus did; but, if every one of them were to be recorded in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not hold the books that would be written.

The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me."

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I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.

But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up--not publicly, but privately.

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

I will not leave you bereaved; I will come to you.

We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

It was the Preparation Day, and so, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."

And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.

When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples: "Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad."

If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?

I in union with them and thou with me--that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

And he went out, carrying his cross himself, to the place which is named from a scull, or, in Hebrew, Golgotha.

I have honored thee on earth by completing the work which thou has given me to do;

And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

After that, Pilate had Jesus scourged.

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you.

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,

"How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?"

If you remit any one's sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained."

If you had recognized me, you would have known my Father also; for the future you will recognize him, indeed you have already seen him."

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.

He is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal."

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

I am the Life-giving Bread.

And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew--

I have given them the honor which thou has given me, that they may be one as we are one--

I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom thou has given me, for they are thy own--

For, just as the Father has inherent Life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent Life within him;

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but this is in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'He that is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

The Jewish Chief Priests said to Pilate: "Do not write 'The King of the Jews', but write what the man said--'I am the King of the Jews.'"

I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

After saying this, Jesus was much troubled, and said solemnly: "In truth I tell you that it is one of you who will betray me."

From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares--a share for each soldier--and they took the coat also. The coat had no seam, being woven in one piece from top to bottom.

But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

If I, then--'the Master' and 'the Teacher'--have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet;

So the rest of the disciples said to him: "We have seen the Master!" "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands," he exclaimed, "and put my finger into the marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour--

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

On hearing it, many of his disciples said: "This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?"

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

After this, Joseph of Ramah, a disciple of Jesus--but a secret one, owing to his fear of the Jews--begged Pilate's permission to remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him leave; so Joseph went and removed the body.

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

After that, Pilate went into the Government House again, and calling Jesus up, asked him: "Are you the King of the Jews?"

(For John had not yet been imprisoned).

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

Then he brought him to Jesus. Fixing his eyes on him, Jesus said: "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Kephas" (which means 'Peter,' or 'Rock').

Jesus said to the servants: "Fill the water-jars with water;"

John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.

Just as thou has sent me as thy Messenger to the world, so I send them as my Messengers to the world.

Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas with them. After the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you."

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

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Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

If a man is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant shall be also. If a man is ready to serve me, my Father will honor him.

And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so.

In the Temple Courts he found people who were selling bullocks, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers at their counters.

Jesus saw that they were wanting to ask him a question, and said: "Are you trying to find out from one another what I meant by saying 'In a little while you will not see me; and then in a little while you will see me indeed'?

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.)

It is said in the Prophets--'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.

Jesus again spoke to the people. "I am going away," he said, "and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going."

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

He who loves his life loses it; while he who hates his life in the present world shall preserve it for Immortal Life.

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

You are already clean because of the Message that I have given you.

So far you have not asked for anything, in my Name; ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

"Stand up," said Jesus, "take up your mat, and walk about."

"You are bearing testimony to yourself!" exclaimed the Pharisees, "your testimony is not trustworthy."

So, in reply, Jesus said: "My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.

If you ask anything, in my Name, I will do it.

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

He will honor me; because he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

Believe me," he said to them all, "when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me on account of the work itself.

The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about.

But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

Having found a young ass, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of Scripture--

When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.

Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him.

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.

Jesus heard of their having put him out; and, when he had found the man, he asked: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

The third time, Jesus said to him: "Simon, son of John, are you my friend?" Peter was hurt at his third question being 'Are you my friend?'; and exclaimed: "Master, you know everything! You can tell that I am your friend." "Feed my sheep," said Jesus.

And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.

For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.

At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you.

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

When any one hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then do not you believe me, if I am speaking truth?

Many of them said: "He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?"

"Where is he?" they asked. I do not know," he answered.

Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

You judge by appearances; I judge no one.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.

But Pilate answered: "What I have written, I have written."

So the report spread among the Brethren that that disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say that he was not to die, but said "If it is my will that he should wait till I come, what has that to do with you?"

Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said."

So the Pharisees said to one another: "You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!"

But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.

Then he said to them plainly: "Lazarus is dead;

No one, however, spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.

But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

In consequence of these words a difference of opinion again arose among the Jews.

I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me."

Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.

Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.

But Jesus turned round, and saw them following. "What are you looking for?" he asked. "Rabbi," they answered (or, as we should say, "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him."

'Fear not, Daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King is coming to thee, Sitting on the foal of an ass.'