When any person heareth the word of the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is the sown by the road-side. But the sown on the rocky soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy receiving it, read more. hath not really root in himself, but is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately he is stumbled. But the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh the word, and it becometh unfruitful. But the sown upon the good ground, is he who heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly beareth fruit, and produceth, one an hundred fold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. read more. All things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made that was made.

All things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made that was made.

All things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it. A man was sent from God, whose name was John. read more. He came for a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but sent that he should bear testimony concerning the Light. He was that true Light, which illumines every man by his coming into the world.

He was that true Light, which illumines every man by his coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his peculiar people, and his peculiar people did not receive him. read more. But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became incarnate, and tabernacled with us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was. And from his plenitude we all have received, even grace corresponding with [his] grace. For the law was given by Moses, but the grace and the reality came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.

Though no man hath ascended into heaven, except he that descended from heaven, that Son of man the I am in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in like manner must the Son of man be lifted up: read more. that every one who believeth on him may not perish, but have life eternal. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is already under condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. For every one whose practices are foul hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions may not be brought to conviction. But he who practices the truth, cometh to the light, that his actions may be evident, as being done for God.

Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day. read more. For my flesh truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live to eternity.

Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Jesus answered and said to them, Though I do bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but ye know not whence I come, nor whither I am going.

But though I should judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Then Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. read more. I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.

Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. read more. Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith to him, Am I all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? the words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, who dwelleth in me, he performeth these works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: and at least believe me on account of the works themselves.

And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was.

For the declarations which thou gavest to me I have delivered to them; and they have received them, and have known assuredly that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou hast sent me.

Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach the word.

Let the same sentiment of mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God: read more. but emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, made after the similitude of mortal men; and found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even to the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which is above every name: that to the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial, and infernal; and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus [is] Messiah, to the glory of God the Father.

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love: in whom we have redemption through his blood, and forgiveness of sins. read more. Who is the image of the invisible God, the prime author of all creation: for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him: and he is before all, and by him all things subsist. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent. For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell; and by him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace by the blood of his cross: by him, I say, whether they be things on earth, or things in the heavens.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

GOD, who spake to the fathers of old at various times, and in different manners by the prophets, in these last days hath spoken to us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; read more. who being the splendour of his glory, and the very impress of his substance, and upholding all things with his powerful word, by himself having effected the cleansing of our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Majesty on high; made as much superior to the angels, as he hath inherited a more distinguished name than they.

THAT which was from the beginning, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life;

For they are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these, even the three, are one.

And he was clothed in a garment dipt in blood, and his name is styled the word of God.