No one has ever seen God; the only son, Deity Himself, who lies upon His Father's breast, has made him known.

Now this is the testimony which John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem, to ask him, "Who are you?"

So they asked him again, "What are you then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course, I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

Now the messengers belonged to the party of the Pharisees;

I did not know Him myself, but I came baptizing in water, that He might be made known to Israel."

I did not know Him myself, but the very One who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down and remaining, is the One who is to baptize in the Holy Spirit.'

Now Jesus turned, and as He saw them following Him, He said, "What are you looking for?" They said to Him, "Rabbi," (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Then he took him to Jesus. Jesus looked him over and said, "You are Simon, son of John. From now on your name shall be Cephas" (which means Peter, or Rock).

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

Nathaniel said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."

When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no wine!"

Now in accordance with the custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

Then He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the manager of the feast." So they took him some.

As soon as the manager tasted the water just turned into wine, without knowing where it came from, although the servants who had drawn the water did know, he called the bridegroom

and said to him, "Everybody, as a rule, serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

But He would not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men

and needed no testimony from anyone about them, for He well knew what was in human nature.

Now there was a man named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees and was a leader among the Jews.

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know this?

I most solemnly say to you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen what we are testifying to, yet you are all rejecting our testimony.

And yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down out of heaven.

He continues to bear testimony to what He has actually seen and heard, and yet no one accepts His testimony.

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was winning and baptizing more disciples than John --

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."

The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You were right in saying, 'I have no husband,'

for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."

You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do know what we are worshiping; for salvation comes from the Jews.

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

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

Now the reaper is already getting pay, for he is gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

for He Himself declared that a prophet had no honor in his own country.

So He came back to Cana in Galilee where He had turned the water into wine. Now there was at Capernaum an officer of the king's court whose son was sick.

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

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-gate there is a pool called in Hebrew Bethzatha, which has five porticoes,

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

And at once the man was well, and picked up his pallet, and went to walking. Now it was the Sabbath.

The man who had been cured did not know who He was, for since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple court, and said to him, "See! You are now well. Stop sinning or something worse may befall you."

For the Father passes sentence on no one, but He has committed all judgment to the Son,

"If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is of no force,

There is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony which He gives to me is of force.

Now the Passover, the Jewish feast, was approaching.

He was saying this to test him for He knew Himself what He was going to do.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot; so the men, about five thousand, threw themselves down.

and got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. Now it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never, no, never reject anyone who comes to me,

Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day.

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He 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 as Jesus naturally knew that His disciples were grumbling about this, He said to them, "Is this shocking to you?

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

So He continued, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by my Father."

and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."

Now the Jewish feast of Dwelling in Tents was approaching.

for no one does anything in secret when he is trying to be known to the public. If you are going to do this, show yourself publicly to the world."

Now the Jews at the feast were looking for Him and kept asking, "Where is He?"

Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.

The Jews were dumbfounded and said, "How can this uneducated man know the Scriptures?"

If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas.

Whoever utters merely his own ideas is seeking his own honor, but whoever seeks the honor of him who sent him is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, however, no one will know where He is from."

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

I know Him myself, because I have come from Him, and He has sent me."

Then they kept on trying to arrest Him, and yet no one laid a hand on Him, for the time had not yet come.

and some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one ventured to lay a hand upon Him.

The officers answered, "No man ever talked as He does!"

Then they answered him, "You are not from Galilee, too, are you? Search the record and see that no prophet has ever come from Galilee."

In our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now, what do you say?"

He straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

And she said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go. Stop sinning from this point on."

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because 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 began to say 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 yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

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

Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.

I know that you are Abraham's descendants, and yet you are trying to kill me, because there is no room in you for my teaching.

But right now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that He has learned from God. Abraham never did that.

Then Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. No, indeed, I have not come on my own authority, but He has sent me.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that you are under the power of a demon. Abraham is dead; the prophets too, and yet you say, 'If anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death.'

And yet you have not learned to know Him; but I know Him, and if I say I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. On the other hand, I do know Him and I do follow His teaching.

We must continue to do the works of Him who sent me while it is daylight. Night is coming when no one can do any work.

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Some said, "Yes, it is he." Others said, "No, but it surely does look like him." He himself said, "I am the man."

Then they asked him, "Where is He?" He answered, "I do not know."

Now it was on the Sabbath when Jesus had made the clay and caused the man's eyes to see.

So the Pharisees again asked him how he had come to see. He answered them: "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and so now I can see."

and asked them, "Is this your son, and do you affirm that he was born blind? If so, how is it then that he now can see?"

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 now can see, or who it was that made his eyes to see. Ask him; he is of age; he can speak for himself."