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The wine gave out, and Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine!"

Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons.

So they filled them full. And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast."

And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!"

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the Passover Festival, many, when they saw the signs that he showed, came to believe in him.

But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all,

and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"

The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is the way with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit."

I tell you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen the things we testify to, yet you all reject our testimony.

Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

Now he had to pass through Samaria.

Jesus answered, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her,

"You are right when you say you have no husband, for you have had five husbands and the man you are now living with is not your husband. What you say is true."

You worship something you know nothing about; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming??e who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!"

Just then his disciples came back, and they were surprised to find him talking with a woman, yet no one of them asked him what he wanted or why he was talking with her.

But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus had said to him "Your son is going to live." And he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheepgate a pool called in Hebrew Bethzatha, which has five colonnades.

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is against the Law for you to carry your mat."

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was, for as there was a crowd there, Jesus had left the place.

For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son,

It is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony that he gives about me is true.

but I know well that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

Now the Jewish festival of the Passover was coming.

Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he meant to do.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.

and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the Last Day.

But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life.

The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

Yet there are some of you who will not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who would not believe, and who was going to betray him.

And he added, "This is why I said to you, 'No one can come to me unless he is enabled to do so by the Father.' "

For no one acts in secret when he desires to be publicly known. If you are going to do these things, let the world see you."

Now the Jews were looking for him at the festival and asking where he was,

But no one spoke of him in public, for fear of the Jews.

Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me.

Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.

But then, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."

So Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple, cried out, "You do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come of my own accord but someone who is very real, whom you do not know, has sent me.

I do know him, because I come from him, and he has sent me here."

Then they tried to arrest him, and yet no one laid hands on him, because he was not yet ready.

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

and some of them wanted to arrest him, yet no one laid hands on him.

The attendants answered, "No man ever talked as he does!"

But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

They answered, "Are you from Galilee too? Study and you will find that no prophet is to appear from Galilee."

Jesus answered, "Even if I am testifying to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

He said these things in the treasury, as he was teaching in the Temple, and no one arrested him, because he was not yet ready.

So Jesus said, "When you lift the Son of Man up in the air, then you will know that I am what I say, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has instructed me.

and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."

Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.

I know that you are descended from Abraham, yet you want to kill me, because there is no room in your hearts for my teaching.

The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed, but I have respect for my Father, and you have no respect for me.

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed! Abraham is dead and so are the prophets, and yet you say, 'If anyone observes my teaching, he will never know what death is!'

yet you have never come to know him. But I know him. If I say I do not know him, I will be a liar like yourselves. No! I do know him, and I am faithful to his message.

We must carry on the work of him who has sent me while the daylight lasts. Night is coming, when no one can do any work.

Some said, "Yes! It is he!" Others said, "No! but he looks like him." He himself said, "I am the man."

They said to him, "Where is he?" He answered, "I do not know."

Now it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the clay and made him able to see.

and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"

His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.

But we do not know how it is that he can see now, or who has made him able to see. You must ask him. He is grown up. Let him tell you about himself."

So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man."

He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see."

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from."

The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see!

We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

Jesus said to him, "You have seen him already, and it is he who is now talking to you."

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.

When he gets his own flock all out, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

But they will never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because they do not know the voices of strangers."

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

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

and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands.

What my Father has intrusted to me is of more importance than everything else, and no one can tear anything out of the Father's hands.

Now a man named Lazarus was sick; he lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

but if he travels at night he will stumble because he has no light."

Now Jesus had referred to his death. But they supposed that he meant a natural falling asleep.

Now Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

Even now I know that anything you ask God for, he will give you."

Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise at the resurrection, on the Last Day."

and no one who is alive and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe that?"

though I knew that you always listen to me. But I have said this for the sake of the people that are standing around me that they may believe that you have made me your messenger."

"You know nothing about it. You do not realize that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."