And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation;

And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

Then the eyes of the disciples were turned on one another, in doubt as to whom he had in mind.

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.