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

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

"I," he answered, "am--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness--"straighten the way of the Lord"', as the Prophet Isaiah said."

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

He looked at Jesus as he passed and exclaimed: "There is the Lamb of God!"

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?"

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

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,

But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple.

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."

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

You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.'

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

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.

"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).

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

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.

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

And, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.

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.

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

And then Jesus took the loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and the same with the fish, giving the people as much as they wanted.

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

Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the desert; as Scripture says--'He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.'"

But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.

As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.

That is the Bread which has come down from Heaven--not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live for ever."

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."

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

"No man ever spoke as he speaks!" they answered.

As for these people who do not know the Law--they are cursed!"

"Who are you?" they asked. "Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?" said Jesus.

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.

"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.

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.

But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

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

As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

Upon this his neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he answered, "and I washed them, and I can see."

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.

This was why his parents said 'He is old enough; ask him.'

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one's giving sight to a person born blind.

"If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'?

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

Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him."

As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.

I know that thou always headrest me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that thou has sent me as thy Messenger."

If we let him alone as we are doing, every one will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our City and our Nationality."

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--

So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts: "What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?"

The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,

And went out to meet him, shouting as they went: "'God save Him! Blessed is He who Comes in the name of the Lord'--The King of Israel!"

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

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

I have come as a Light into the world, that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

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

Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

But he is coming that the world may see that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father commanded me. Come, let us be going.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

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.

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

As to Sin, for men do not believe in me;

As to Righteousness, for I am going to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.

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'?

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.

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

You will ask, at that time, in my Name; and I do not say that I will intercede with the Father for you;

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

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

For I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

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.

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.

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

They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

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

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.