A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.

But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"

No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"

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

He said, "I [am] 'the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."

This one is [the one] about whom I said, 'After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.

and looking at Jesus [as he] was walking by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"

This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").

He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is interpreted "Peter").

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"

His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

So the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign do you show to us, because you are doing these [things]?"

Now there was a man of the Pharisees {whose name was} Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, thus it is necessary [that] the Son of Man be lifted up,

The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"

John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices {greatly} because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

It is necessary for that one to increase, but [for] me to decrease."

The one who comes from above is over all. The one who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth; the one who comes from heaven is over all.

The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep! From where then do you get this living water?

You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [people] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.

God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all [things] to us."

"Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?"

Jesus said to them, "My food is that I do the will of the one who sent me and complete his work.

For in this [instance] the saying is true, 'It is one who sows and another who reaps.'

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

Now [as] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive.

Now this [is] again a second sign Jesus performed [when he] came from Judea into Galilee.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes.

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."

So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up [your mat] and walk?'"

But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes [them] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes.

in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice

I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my [own] will, but the will of the one who sent me.

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

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

You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.

How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope!

After these [things] Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias).

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many [people]?"

Then Jesus took the bread, and [after he] had given thanks, he distributed [it] to those who were reclining--likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

But he said to them, "[It] is I! Do not be afraid!"

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven!

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

So they said to him, "Sir, always give us this bread!"

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God--this one has seen the Father.)

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, [so] also the one who eats me--that one will live because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}."

Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?"

The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Jesus replied to them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is the devil?"

So Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret.

So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, "Where is he?"

And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, "He is a good [man]," but others were saying, "No, but he deceives the crowd."