And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light.

Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!"

And a great many more believed because of what he said,

and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

This was why the Jews used to persecute Jesus, because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

On account of this the Jews were all the more eager to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but actually called God his Father, thus putting himself on an equality with God.

and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man.

because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who lives on me will live because of me.

After this Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were making efforts to kill him.

I do know him, because I come from him, and he has sent me here."

Then they tried to arrest him, and yet no one laid hands on him, because he was not yet ready.

He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

But even if I do judge, my decision is just, because I am not by myself, but the Father who sent me is with me.

He said these things in the treasury, as he was teaching in the Temple, and no one arrested him, because he was not yet ready.

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.

Why is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.

But because I tell the truth you will not believe me.

So they asked the blind man again, "What have you to say about him, because he has made you able to see?" He said, "He is a prophet!"

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues.

When he gets his own flock all out, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

But they will never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because they do not know the voices of strangers."

This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my life, but giving it to take it back again.

but you do not believe it because you do not belong to my sheep.

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."

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'?

but if he travels at night he will stumble because he has no light."

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

for because of him many of the Jews were leaving them and becoming believers in Jesus.

That was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had showed that sign.

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory; it was of him that he spoke.

You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves.

I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you.

In a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will still see me, because I shall live on, and you will live on too.

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

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.

But they will do all this to you on my account, because they do not understand him who sent me.

and you must bear testimony too, because you have been with me from the first.

They will do this because they do not know the Father or me.

But I have told you about these things in order that when the time comes for them to happen, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you this at first because I was still staying with you.

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

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean when he tells us, 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

for the Father loves you himself because you love me and believe that I have come from the Father.

After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down.

So because it was the Jewish Preparation day, and the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me that you believe? Blessed be those who believe without having seen me!"

Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!