He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.

He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.

I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"

The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete -- the deeds I am now doing -- testify about me that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

Jesus replied, "Do not complain about me to one another.

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people."

However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

So the Pharisees objected, "You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!"

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, 'He is our God.'

So again they asked the man who used to be blind, "What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?" "He is a prophet," the man replied.

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me.

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ's glory, and spoke about him.

The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.

And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are about to do, do quickly."

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me,

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."

Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this -- that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?"

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.

So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"

This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.