Jesus said in reply. "Do you believe because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree?'

but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men,

He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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

John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there were many streams there, and people kept coming to receive baptism.

He 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 then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

Many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman when she declared, "He told me everything that I ever did."

Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.

"We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

"And he has given him authority to pronounce judgment, because he is Son of man.

"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.

nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.

"You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me,

A great crowd were following him, because they witnessed the signs which he was continually performing among those who were ill.

"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;

Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea began to rise, because a strong wind was blowing.

Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

Then the Jews began to find fault with Jesus, because he said, "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven," and they kept asking.

After these things Jesus continued to travel about in Galilee, for he did not wish to go about in Judea, because the Jews kept trying to kill him.

"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

Do you go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fully come."

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

"If a child receives circumcision on the Sabbath, in order that the Law of Moses may not be broken, how can you be angry with me because I made a man sound and well on the Sabbath?

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

Then they kept seeking to arrest him, but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

In reply Jesus said to them. "Even if I do bear testimony to 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.

"Though even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

He said these words in the Treasury, while he was teaching in the Temple; yet no one arrested him, because his hour was not yet come.

"I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you.

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

"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

"But as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

"He who is from God listens to God's words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"

This his parents said because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess that he was the Christ, he should be expelled from the synagogue.

It was because this that his parents said: "He is of age. Ask him, himself."

"When he has brought all his own sheep, he walks before them and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

"But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.

"But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

"We are not going to stone you for a good deed," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God."

do you mean to tell me, whom the Father has sanctified 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 daytime? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble, because he beholds the light of this world;

but if any one walks during the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him."

Then the Jews who were in the house trying to console her, when they saw that Mary rose quickly and went out, followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

When the great mass of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came not alone because of Jesus, but to see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

because it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them, and beginning to believe on Jesus.

For this reason, too, the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this sign which he had done.

This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again.

Isaiah uttered these words because he saw his glory, and he spoke of him.

because I have never spoken on my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what words to speak.

"I tell you solemnly that he who trusts in me shall himself do the works that I am doing; and still greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.

"Yet a little while and the world shall see me no more, but you shall see me; because I live, you, too, shall live.

"You heard me tell you, 'I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me you would have been glad because I said 'I am going to the Father,' for my Father is greater than I.

"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.

"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

"If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

"and you to shall bear witness because you have been with me from the first.

"And they will do these things because they have not known my Father, nor me.

"But I have told you these things, that when the time comes you may remember that I told you about them, myself. I did not, however, speak of these things at first, because I was with you.

"but sorrow has filled your hearts because I have told you these things.

of sin, because they do not believe in me;

of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me; and of judgement,

because the Prince of this world has been judged.

"In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me, because I am going to the Father."

At this some of his disciples said among themselves. "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me,' and 'because I am going to the Father'?"

A woman in labor has grief because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the babe she no longer remembers her anguish, because of joy that a child has been born into the world.

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from the God.

"behold the hour approaches and is already come when you will be scattered, each man to his home, and will leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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

"Father, it is my will that wherever I am these also, thy gift to me, may be with me, that they may see the glory, my glory which thou hast given me, because thou didst love me before the foundations of the world.

Now the slaves and the attendants were standing and warming themselves about a charcoal fire, which they had made because it was cold; and Peter also stood with them, and was warming himself.

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be God's Son,"

This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took the body.

Here, because of its being Preparation Day, and as the tomb was near by, they placed Jesus.

They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She answered, "Because they have taken away my Master, and I do not know where they have laid him."

"Because you have seen me, Thomas, you have believed," Jesus told him. "Blessed are those who, without seeing, yet believed."

The third time Jesus asked him, "Am I really dear to you?" Peter was grieved because the third time he asked, "Am I really dear to you?" and he answered, "Master, you know all things, you know that you are dear to me."