The Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and are you going to raise it in three days?"

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, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet ignorant of this?

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.

Are you a greater man than our forefather Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, with his sons and his flocks?"

"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."

The woman said to him, "I see that you are a prophet, sir.

Are you not saying, 'Four months more and the harvest will come'? Look, I tell you! Raise your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvesting.

Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him, "See! You are well again. Give up sin, or something worse may happen to you."

I tell you, the time is coming??t is here already!??hen those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice,

But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

But if you refuse to believe what he wrote, how are you ever to believe what I say?"

When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

Then they said to him, "Then what sign do you show for us to see and so come to believe you? What work are you doing?

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 we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God."

So his brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, to let your disciples also see the things you are doing.

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."

It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.

Was it not Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

Jesus answered, "I have done just one deed, and you are all astonished at it.

But if a person undergoes circumcision on a Sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you angry at me for making a man perfectly well on a Sabbath?

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."

The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying to yourself. Your testimony is not true."

He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.

They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them,

"Why do I even talk to you at all? I have a great deal to say about you and to condemn in you, yet he who sent me is truthful, and the things that I say to the world are things that I have learned from him."

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

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.

They answered, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, then do what Abraham did.

But instead you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth he has heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.

You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."

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.

Whoever is sprung from God listens to God's words. The reason you refuse to listen is that you are not sprung from God."

The Jews answered, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed?"

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!'

Are you a greater man than our forefather Abraham? Yet he is dead and the prophets are dead. What do you claim to be?"

The Jews said to him, "You are not fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.

They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

Some Pharisees who were present heard this, and they said to him, "Then are we blind too?"

All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep would not obey them.

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."

Others said, "These are not the words of a man who is possessed. Can a madman make blind men see?"

So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are really the Christ, tell us so frankly!"

Jesus answered, "I have told you so, and you will not believe it. The things I have been doing by my Father's authority are my credentials,

The Father and I are one."

The Jews answered, "We are not stoning you for doing anything good, but for your impious talk, and because you, a mere man, make yourself out to be God."

Jesus answered, "Is it not declared in your Law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

The disciples said to him, "Master, the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?"

She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

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."

Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?

Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.

So he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?"

Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed to be altogether clean. And you are already clean??hough not all of you."

For he knew who was going to betray him; that was why he said, "You are not all of you clean."

You call me Teacher and Master, and you are right, for that is what I am.

By this they will all know that you are my disciples??y your love for one another."

Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going where you cannot follow me now, but you will follow me later."

There are many rooms in my Father's house; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you.

Thomas said to him, "Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"

When that day comes you will know that I am in union with my Father and you are with me and I am with you.

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to him, "Master, how does it happen that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?"

No one who does not love me will observe my teaching, and yet the teaching you are listening to is not mine but is that of him who has sent me.

You are pruned already because of the teaching that I have given you.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Anyone who remains united to me, with me united to him, will be very fruitful, for you cannot do anything apart from me.

When you are very fruitful and show yourselves to be disciples of mine, my Father is honored.

You are my friends if you do what I command you to do.

but your minds are full of sorrow because I have told you this.

but when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth, for he will not speak for himself but will tell what he hears, and will announce to you the things that are to come.

Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him a question, and he said to them, "Are you asking one another about my saying 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again'?

So you, too, are sorrowful now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will be happy, and no one will rob you of your happiness.

His disciples said, " Why, now you are talking plainly and not speaking figuratively at all.

I have a request to make for them. I make no request for the world, but only for those whom you have given me, for they are yours??10 all that is mine is yours and what is yours is mine??nd they have done me honor.

Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are.

Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are,

Then Jesus, as he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?"

Then he asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

The maid at the door said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "No, I am not."

But Simon Peter still stood warming himself. So they said to him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "No, I am not."

So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."

This made Pilate try to find a way to let him go, but the Jews shouted, "If you let him go, you are no friend of the emperor's! Anyone who calls himself a king utters treason against the emperor!"

And they said to her, "Why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Master away, and I do not know where they have put him."

Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

There were many other signs that Jesus showed before his disciples which are not recorded in this book.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!"

There are many other things that Jesus did, so many in fact that if they were all written out, I do not suppose that the world itself would hold the books that would have to be written.