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

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

(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

"What then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he said, "I am not." "Are you 'the Prophet'?" He answered, "No."

John's answer was--"I baptize with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know;

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

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.'

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!"

"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Even before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left."

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.

And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew--

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

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."

The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

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

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

"I know," answered the woman, "that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything."

"I have food to eat," he answered, "of which you know nothing."

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the King's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him 'Your son is living'; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

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

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

It is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

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

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

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;

And he added: "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father."

And we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God."

For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world."

And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

No one, however, spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.

Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from."

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."

So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.

Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.

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

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

"Are you also from Galilee?" they retorted. "Search, and you will find that no Prophet is to arise in Galilee!"

"Even if I bear testimony to myself," answered Jesus, "my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going.

You judge by appearances; I judge no one.

"Where is your father, then?" they asked. "You know neither me nor my Father," replied Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have also known my Father."

These statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

"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.

"I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

"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.'

And yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his Message to heart.

We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

"Yes," some said, "it is"; while others said: "No, but he is like him." The man himself said: "I am he."

"Where is he?" they asked. I do not know," he answered.

Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

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

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."

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

"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?"

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

"Well," the man replied, "this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

"Not only have you seen him," said Jesus; "but it is he who is now speaking to you."

"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.

When he has brought them all out, he walks in front of them, and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

They will not follow a stranger, but will run away from him; because they do not know a stranger's voice."

I am the Good Shepherd; and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me--

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

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

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

What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.

"John gave no sign of his mission," they said; "but everything that he said about this man was true."

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

"Rabbi," they replied, "the Jews were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?"

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

"I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

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."

Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?

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--

And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.