while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"

He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock').

"Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

"This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!"

Truly, truly I tell you, we are speaking of what we do understand, we testify to what we have actually seen ??and yet you refuse our testimony.

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

The Samaritan woman said, "What? You are a Jew, and you ask me for a drink ??me, a Samaritan!" (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Are you a greater man than Jacob, our ancestor? He gave us this well, and he drank from it, with his sons and his cattle."

"Sir," said the woman, "I see you are a prophet.

You are worshipping something you do not know; we are worshipping what we do know ??for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

At this point his disciples came up; they were surprised that he was talking to a woman, but none of them said, "What is it?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"

You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting!

Later on Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well and strong; commit no more sins, in case something worse befalls you."

Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice

But I possess a testimony greater than that of John, for the deeds which the Father has granted me to accomplish, the very deeds on which I am engaged, are my testimony that the Father has sent me.

On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?"

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

And yet there are some of you who do not believe" (for Jesus knew from the very first who the unbelieving were, and who was to betray him;

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life,

and we believe, we are certain, that you are the holy One of God."

the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.

The crowd replied, "You are mad. Who wants to kill you?"

Jesus answered them, "I have only performed one deed, and yet you are all amazed at it.

Well, if a man gets circumcised upon the sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you enraged at me for curing, not cutting, the entire body of a man upon the sabbath?

The Pharisees retorted, "Are you misled as well?

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

Looking up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

So the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying to yourself; your evidence is not valid."

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

They said, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "Why should I talk to you at all?

So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

I know you are Abraham's offspring! Yet you want to kill me, since my word makes no headway among you!

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;

You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We are no bastards: we have one father, even God."

Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"

Then said the Jews to him, "You are not fifty years old, and Abraham has seen you?"

Then they stormed at him: "You are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses!

On hearing this the Pharisees who were beside him asked, "And are we blind?"

Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"

So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

I and my Father are one ??."

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

If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If one walks during the day he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world:

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

Jesus said, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed; he is clean all over. And you are clean ??but not all of you"

(he knew the traitor; that was why he said, "You are not all clean").

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am.

Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet;

If you know all this, blessed are you if you really do it.

I give you a new command, to love one another ??as I have loved you, you are to love one another.

By this everyone will recognize that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."

"Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me."

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?

"Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?"

You will understand, on that day, that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

"Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?"

You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).

If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.

You are my friends ??if you do what I command you;

are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;

and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?

So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.

His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.

Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."

for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.

I pray for them ??not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine

I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

Yea, I have given them the glory thou gavest me, that they may be one as we are one ??23 I in them and thou in me ??that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.

Then Jesus, who knew everything that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

so he asked them once more, "Who are you looking for?" And when they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene,"

he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"

The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

They asked him, "Are you not one of his disciples?" He denied it, saying, "No,"

So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?"

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did other people tell you about me?"

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me, unless it had been granted you from above. So you are less guilty than he who betrayed me to you."

This made Pilate anxious to release him, but the Jews yelled, "If you release him, you are no friend of Caesar's! Anyone who makes himself a king is against Caesar!"

"Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!"

"Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him."