This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"

His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

It is necessary for that one to increase, but [for] me to decrease."

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

And it was necessary [for] him to go through Samaria.

(For his disciples had gone away into the town so that they could buy food.)

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.

Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

For in this [instance] the saying is true, 'It is one who sows and another who reaps.'

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work."

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, [because they] had seen all [the things] he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).

This man, [when he] heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn [while] a crowd was in the place.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes [them] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes.

For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

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

That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.

"But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them--the very works which I am doing--[these] testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me.

Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little."

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many [people]?"

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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

But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

For this [reason] many of his disciples {drew back} and were not walking with him any longer.

And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, "Where is he?"

However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, [does he]?

Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am [he], you will die in your sins."

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me.

It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"

The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!

And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"

For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

So [when he] arrived, Jesus found he had already [been] four days in the tomb.

And [when she] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, "Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days."

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs!

Nor do you consider that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation not perish."

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but also that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered into one.)

So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another [while] standing in the temple [courts], "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"

"{Why} was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.

For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me."

Because of this also the crowd went to meet him, for they had heard [that] he had performed this sign.

The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? But for this [reason] I have come to this hour!

Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but [for] your sake.

For this [reason] they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,

For they loved the praise of men more than praise from God.

And if anyone hears my words and does not observe [them], I will not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.

(For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, "Not all [of you] are clean.")

So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothing and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you speak correctly, for I am.

For I have given you an example, that just as I have done for you, you also do.

So Simon Peter gestured for this one to inquire who it was about whom he was speaking.

(Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what [reason] he said this to him.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)