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.

For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world."

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

What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be'?"

"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?

"Does our Law pass judgment on a man without first giving him a hearing, and finding out what he has been doing?"

And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.

You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."

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.

"If I do honor to myself," answered Jesus, "such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor--and you say that he is your God;

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

In truth I tell you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up at some other place, that man is a thief and a robber;

The hired man who is not a shepherd, and who does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, leaves them and runs away; then the wolf seizes them, and scatters the flock.

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

"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;

"Only a little while longer," answered Jesus, "will you have the Light among you. Travel on while you have the Light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work.

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.

He who does not love me will not lay my Message to heart; and the Message to which you are listening is not my own, but that of the Father who sent me.

And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.

If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.

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.

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'?

What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said; "we do not know what he is speaking about."