John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, dost thou believe? thou shalt see greater things than these.

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all,

and because he had no need that any man should testify respecting man; for he knew what was in man.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is already under condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

And many more believed because of his own word;

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.

Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.

and hath given him authority also to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

And a vast multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on those who were diseased.

Jesus replied to them and said, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived.

Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day.

If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

(Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; because I always do the things acceptable to him.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

Wherefore do ye not understand my speech? because ye cannot hear my word.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

He that is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of God.

Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue.

And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world.

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him.

Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

Therefore also the multitude met him, because they had heard that he had done this miracle.

For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah had said again;

Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my Father is greater than I.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.

I no more call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to you all things which I have heard of my Father.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you.

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you.

But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

of sin first, because they believe not in me;

then of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, so ye see me no more;

and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.

A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.

Then said some of the disciples unto each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father?

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into the world.

for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

Behold, the hour is coming, yea, it is already come, that ye shall be dispersed, each after his own concerns, and shall leave me alone: though I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

I have given them thy word and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

The Jews replied to him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he hath made himself the Son of God.

Because of the preparation of the Jews therefore, they laid Jesus there; for the sepulchre was just by.

And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

Jesus saith to him, Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, hast thou believed: blessed are they who though they have not seen me, yet have believed.

He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee! Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.