And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it

A man came into being, sent from God, whose name was John.

He came as a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light??o that all men might believe through him.

And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.

John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"

No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Then said they to him. "Who are you? That we may give some answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"

He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as said the prophet Isaiah."

One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God."

After gazing intently on Jesus as he walked about, he said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

Then Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found him about whom Moses wrote in the Law, as did the prophets??esus of Nazareth, Joseph's son."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time is not yet come."

His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

Then the Jews asked Jesus, "What sign are you going to show us, seeing that you do these things?"

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus replied; "Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.

There is no one gone up to heaven, except the One who came down from heaven??he Son of man himself.

And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,

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.

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

"Rabbi, see! The man who was with you on the other side of Jordan, and to whom you yourself have borne testimony, is now baptizing, and everybody is coming to him."

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.

"He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true.

Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"

"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?

Surely you are not greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle, too?"

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."

"Our forefathers worshiped in this mountain, yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."

"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."

Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

For in this respect the saying is true, 'One sows, another reaps.'

"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."

So he came back again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. Now there was one of the king's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.

Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep-gate, called in the Hebrew, Bethesda.

"Sir," answered the sick man, "I have no man to put me into the pool whenever the water is troubled; and while I am trying to come, some one else steps down before me."

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'take up your bed and go walking away'?"

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

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.

"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.

"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.

"in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

"Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.

"For as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.

"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.

"If I bear testimony concerning myself, my testimony is not valid.

"Another bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears concerning me is valid.

"You yourselves sent to John, and he has been and is a witness to the truth.

"Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.

After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias).

"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."

"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them among those who were seated; in like manner also of the fish, as much as they wished,

So when the people saw the sign which he had performed, they said, "This is in the truth the Prophet who is to come into the world."

but he said to them, "It is I, be not afraid."

"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

"Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"

"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world."

"Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread."

"But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.

"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the last day.

"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."

"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

"It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me.

"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.

"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

"Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so also that man who feeds on me shall live by me.

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said: "This teaching is unbelievable! Who can listen to him?"

"The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words which I have been speaking to you, are spirit and are life.

So he added, "This is why I told you that no on can come to me unless it be given from the Father."

In reply Jesus said to them. "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And yet even of you one is an enemy."

"My time is not yet come," said Jesus, "but your time is always at hand.