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.'"

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 in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater [things] than these!"

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

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name [because they] saw his signs which he was doing.

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

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.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.

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.

And Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, [because he] had become tired from the journey, simply sat down at the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

And many more believed because of his word,

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!"

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, [because they] had seen all [the things] he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these [things] on the Sabbath.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

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.

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

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

And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

And the sea began to be stirred up [because] a strong wind was blowing.

Jesus replied to them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied!

because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

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.

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.

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

Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man {possess knowledge}, [because he] has not been taught?"

Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

I know him, because I am from him and he sent me."

So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

So there was a division in the crowd because of him.

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.

But even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

He spoke these words by the treasury [while] teaching in the temple [courts], and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you.

{Why} do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

But because I am telling the truth, you do not believe me.

The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen--because you are not of God."

Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

So they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")

Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

because he is a hired hand and {he is not concerned} about the sheep.

Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take possession of it again.

Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.

But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!

The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, [although you] are a man, make yourself [to be] God!"

do you say about [he] whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Jesus replied, Are [there] not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, [when they] saw Mary--that she stood up quickly and went out--followed her, [because they] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, "Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days."

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

because on account of him many of the Jews were going and believing in Jesus.

Because of this also the crowd went to meet him, for they had heard [that] he had performed this sign.

For this [reason] they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,

Isaiah said these [things] because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him.

Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.

[because he] knew that the Father had given him all [things] into [his] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God,

(For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, "Not all [of you] are clean.")

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

Believe me that I [am] in the Father and the Father [is] in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.

Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater [works] than these because I am going to the Father.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not see him or know [him]. You know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

Yet a little [time] and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

You have heard that I said to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I [am].

You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I have heard from my Father I have revealed to you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this [reason] the world hates you.

But they will do all these [things] to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

And they will do these [things] because they do not know the Father or me.

But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me,

and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

He will glorify me, because he will take from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.