"Do you believe in me," asked Jesus, "because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You shall see greater things than those!

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.

John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

And, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were afflicted.

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.

As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

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

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because 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 comes from God listens to God's teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God."

His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.

When he has brought them all out, he walks in front of them, and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

They will not follow a stranger, but will run away from him; because they do not know a stranger's voice."

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

But you do not believe me, because you are not of my flock.

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'?

"Are not there twelve hours in the day?" answered Jesus. "If a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun;

But, if he walks about at night, he stumbles, because he has not the light."

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

Because it was owing to him that many of the Jews had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.

This, indeed, was why the crowd met him--because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.

Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ's glory; and it was of him that he spoke.

In truth I tell you, he who believes in me will himself do the work that I am doing; and he will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father.

The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.

You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

You are already clean because of the Message that I have given you.

I no longer call you 'servants,' because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of 'friends,' because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you.

But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.

Yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.

They will do this, because they have not learned to know the Father, or even me.

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

He will honor me; because he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

At this some of his disciples said to one another: "What does he mean by saying to us 'In a little while you will not see me, and then in a little while you will see me indeed'; and by saying 'Because I am going to the Father'?

A woman in labor is in pain because her time has come; but no sooner is the child born, than she forgets her trouble in her joy that a man has been born into the world.

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

"Listen! a time is coming--indeed it has already come--when you are to be scattered, each going his own way, and to leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

The servants and police-officers were standing round a char- coal fire (which they had made because it was cold), and were warming themselves. Peter, too, was with them, standing and warming himself.

These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

And so, because of its being the Preparation Day, and as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

"Is it because you have seen me that you have believed?" said Jesus. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!"