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

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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.

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.

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

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

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

They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.

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

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

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

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

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

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.

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

And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

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

"Did not I myself choose you to be the Twelve?" replied Jesus; "and yet, even of you, one is playing the 'Devil's' part."

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

"There was one thing I did," replied Jesus, "at which you are all still wondering.

They did not understand that he meant the Father.

"Our father is Abraham," was their answer. "If you are Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "do what Abraham did.

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

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.

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

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

"How did you get your sight, then?" they asked.

"What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he give you your sight?"

"I told you just now," he answered, "and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?"

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.

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

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

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."

"Did not I tell you," replied Jesus, "that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go."

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

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

Now great numbers of the Jews found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not solely on his account, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

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.

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, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,

Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues;

If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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?'

Now we are sure that you know everything, and need not wait for any one to question you. This makes us believe that you did come from God."

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.

Meanwhile Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple, being well-known to the High Priest, went with Jesus into the High Priest's court-yard,

One of the High Priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed: "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden?"

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.

"Do you ask me that yourself?" replied Jesus, "or did others say it to you about me?"

So they said to one another: "Do not let us tear it, but let us cast lots for it, to see who shall have it." This was in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'They shared my clothes among them, And over my clothing they cast lots.' That was what the soldiers did.

But, on coming to him, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

Stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying there, but did not go in.

For they did not then understand the passage of Scripture which says that Jesus must rise again from the dead.

After saying this, she turned round, and looked at Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Just as day was breaking, Jesus came and stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was he.

This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after he had risen from the dead.

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?"

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.