But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left."

and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!"

I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

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

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but rather, 'I have been sent before him.'

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

"Sir," the woman said to him, "you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water?

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."

The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "Right you are when you said, 'I have no husband,'

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!"

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

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

They said to the woman, "No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world."

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

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

and will come out -- the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete -- the deeds I am now doing -- testify about me that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

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

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!"

Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me."

Then the Pharisees answered, "You haven't been deceived too, have you?

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!"

You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."

Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

Then the Judeans replied, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?"

Jesus told him, "You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you."

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

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

Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They replied, "Lord, come and see."

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish."

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!"

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet.

For I have given you an example -- you should do just as I have done for you.

"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'

Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.

"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples -- if you have love for one another."

Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him."

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

"I have spoken these things while staying with you.

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.

"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.