The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!"

But he was speaking of his body as the sanctuary.

But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all,

The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is the way with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit."

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.

For John had not yet been put in prison.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."

The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John??2 though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples??3 he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.

but anyone who drinks the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, but the water that I will give him will become a spring of water within him, bubbling up for eternal life."

But a time is coming??t is already here!??hen the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and sincerity, for the Father wants such worshipers.

But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

The sick man answered, "I have nobody, sir, to put me into the pool when the water stirs, but while I am getting down someone else steps in ahead of me."

But he answered, "The man who cured me said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' "

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was, for as there was a crowd there, Jesus had left the place.

But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too."

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.

For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son,

I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life.

I cannot do anything of my own accord. I pass judgment just as I am told to do, and my judgment is just, for I am not seeking to do what I please, but what pleases him who has sent me.

But the testimony that I accept is not from any man; I am only saying this that you may be saved.

But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

but I know well that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

But if you refuse to believe what he wrote, how are you ever to believe what I say?"

But Jesus went up on the hill, and sat down there with his disciples.

"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what is that among so many people?"

But in the evening his disciples went down to the sea

and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;

When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat, and they were terrified.

But he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid!"

Then as soon as they consented to take him into the boat, the boat was at the shore they had been trying to reach.

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not embarked in it with his disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

But some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where they had eaten the bread after Jesus had given thanks for it.

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.

You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

Jesus said to them, "I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,

But as I have told you, although you have seen me, you will not believe.

for I have come down from heaven not to do what I please but what pleases him who has sent me.

And the purpose of him who has sent me is this, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise them to life on the Last Day.

But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die.

But Jesus, knowing that his disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Does this stagger you?

But the Jewish camping festival was coming.

Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to act, but any time is suitable for you.

It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus went up also, not publicly, but as though he did not wish to be observed.

and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

But no one spoke of him in public, for fear of the Jews.

But when the festival was half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.

Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.

Yet Moses gave you the rite of circumcision??ot that it began with Moses but with your forefathers??nd you practice it even on the Sabbath.

But if a person undergoes circumcision on a Sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you angry at me for making a man perfectly well on a Sabbath?

But then, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."

So Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple, cried out, "You do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come of my own accord but someone who is very real, whom you do not know, has sent me.

But many of the people believed in him, and said, "Will the Christ show more signs when he comes than this man has shown?"

Others said, "This is the Christ!" But they rejoined, "What! Is the Christ to come from Galilee?

But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

Then Jesus spoke to them again and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not have to walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

Jesus answered, "Even if I am testifying to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

You judge by material standards, but I am judging nobody.

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.

Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in the midst of your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

So Jesus said, "When you lift the Son of Man up in the air, then you will know that I am what I say, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has instructed me.

Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.

But instead you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth he has heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he has sent me.

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

Who among you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I tell you the truth, why do you refuse to believe me?

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed, but I have respect for my Father, and you have no respect for me.

But I do not seek honor for myself; there is someone who seeks it for me, and is the judge of it.

yet you have never come to know him. But I know him. If I say I do not know him, I will be a liar like yourselves. No! I do know him, and I am faithful to his message.

At that, the Jews picked up stones to throw at him, but he disappeared and made his way out of the Temple.

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case.

As he said this he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and he put the clay on the man's eyes,

Some said, "Yes! It is he!" Others said, "No! but he looks like him." He himself said, "I am the man."

So once more the Pharisees asked him how he had become able to see, and he said to them, "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I can see."

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

But the Jews would not believe that he had been blind and had become able to see until they summoned the parents of the man who had been given his sight,

But we do not know how it is that he can see now, or who has made him able to see. You must ask him. He is grown up. Let him tell you about himself."

Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from."

We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.

"I tell you, any man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place, is a thief and robber.

But the man who enters by the door is the shepherd of the flock.

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

This was the figure Jesus used in speaking to them, but they did not understand what he meant by it.

All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep would not obey them.

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

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

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."

But if I am doing them, then even if you will not believe me, believe the things I do, in order that you may realize and learn that the Father is in union with me, and I am in union with the Father."