Through him all things came into being, and nothing came into being apart from him.

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

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

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

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

All this took place at Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was then baptizing.

In truth I tell you," he added, "you shall all see Heaven open, and 'the angels of God ascending and descending' upon the Son of Man."

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,

His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'

"Destroy this temple," was his answer, "and I will raise it in three days."

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.

Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;

He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from Heaven is above all others.

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

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

Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!"

"All who drink of this water," replied Jesus, "will be thirsty again;

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

"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."

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

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.

Jesus answered: "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

And, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.

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."

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder.

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.

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

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.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

But, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?"

The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

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

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"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 said in the Prophets--'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.

The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

All this Jesus said in a Synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.

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.

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

"There was one thing I did," replied Jesus, "at which you are all still wondering.

When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?

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

Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be."

"Where is this man going," the Jews asked one another, "that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?

What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be'?"

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

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.

Jesus again spoke to the people. "I am going away," he said, "and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going."

And so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins."

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

"Are not we right, after all," replied the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?"

In truth I tell you, if any one lays my Message to heart, he will never really die."

"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.'

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."

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."

"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.

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

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."

All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.

I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

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

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

This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

"If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well," said the disciples.

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."

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."

"You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed."

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?"

There a supper was given in honor at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.

So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me."

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