For the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple them that fold oxen,

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

“If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

There is another [My Father] who testifies about Me, and I know [without any doubt] that His testimony on My behalf is true and valid.

Now the Jews murmured and found fault with Him because He said, “I am the Bread that came down out of heaven.”

"Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;

Jesus, conscious within himself that his disciples were finding fault with him about his teaching, said to them.

But when they heard him, and felt the conviction of their conscience, they slunk away one by one, beginning from the elders to the last: so Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the midst.

Then the Pharisees told Him, “You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid.”

Jesus replied, “Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Ye judge after the flesh: I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is valid; for I am not alone:

Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.

Even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true [valid and admissible].

And his disciples inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is in order to make manifest the works of God in him.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

Jesus therefore subjoin'd, I declare unto you, I am the door of the sheep-fold.

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

But you do not believe Me [so you do not trust and follow Me] because you are not My sheep.

When Jesus saw her and her Jewish friends, who had come with her, crying, He felt distressed in His spirit and [visibly] troubled [Note: This last word means to shake with emotion, and seems to have been caused by His deep sympathy for these grieving people],

So, Jesus again felt distressed within Himself [as He] went to the grave site, which was a cave with a stone [slab] across its entrance.

After Jesus said this, He felt disturbed in His spirit and declared, "Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will turn me over [to the Jewish authorities]."

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

and I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them [overwhelming their heart], and I [may be] in them.”

As he then spake to them, I am he, they retreated backward, and fell flat on the ground.

Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

and saith unto them, I find no fault at all in Him. But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover; will ye therefore that I release to you the king of the Jews?

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

"Come this way and have breakfast," said Jesus. But not one of the disciples ventured to question Him as to who He was, for they felt sure that it was the Master.