All things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And [His] light continued to shine, [even] in the darkness [of the world], and that darkness did not overcome Him [or, did not fully understand Him].

A man was sent from God, the name to him John.

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

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

He came unto his peculiar people, and his peculiar people did not receive him.

But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on his name:

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they should question him, Who art thou?

And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? and he said, I am not. Art thou that prophet? and he answered, No.

Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us: What description givest thou of thyself?

He said, I the voice of him crying in the desert, Make ye straight the way of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

And they questioned him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elias, nor that prophet?

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

And I knew him not: though that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptising with water.

And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him.

And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost.

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Then Jesus turned about, and seeing them following, saith to them, What are ye seeking? They said unto him, Rabbi (which signifies, when translated, Master), where is thy abode?

He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he abode, and continued with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour.

One of the two, who had heard from John mention of Jesus, and had followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

He first finds his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).

And he brought him to Jesus. Then Jesus looking on him, said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonas: thou shalt be called Cephas, which, interpreted [in Greek], is Petros, a Rock.

The next day Jesus resolved to go into Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, Follow me.

The day following, Jesus wished to go into Galilee; and he found Philip, and said to him: Follow me.

Philip findeth Nathaniel, and saith to him, We have found him whom Moses in the law has described, and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.

And Nathaniel said to him, Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see.

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite in reality, in whom there is no guile!

Nathaniel saith unto him, From whence canst thou know me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

Nathaniel answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the king of Israel.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, dost thou believe? thou shalt see greater things than these.

And he saith to him, Verily, verily, I tell you, From henceforth ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

And the wine being exhausted, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no more wine.

Then He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the manager of the feast." So they took him some.

So they carried it. And when the master of the feast had tasted of the water which had been made wine, not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn it knew, he called the bridegroom and said to him.

and saith to him, Every man at first produces the good wine; and after men have drunk plentifully, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept back the good wine until now.

This beginning of miracles Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and displayed his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

The Jews then addressed him, and said to him, What miracle shewest thou, seeing thou actest thus?

Then the Jews said to him, Forty-six years was this temple being built, and will you raise it in three days?

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

this man came to Jesus in the night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him.

Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

that every one who believeth on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is already under condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

But whoever practices truth [and does what is right—morally, ethically, spiritually] comes to the Light, so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are—accomplished in God [divinely prompted, done with God’s help, in dependence on Him].”

And John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim; because there was much water there: and people came to him and were baptized.

Then some of John's disciples got into a controversy with a Jew in regard to purification; so they came to John and said to him.

And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him.

John answered and said, A man cannot assume any thing, except it be given him from heaven.

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him.

It is the bridegroom, who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by measure unto him.

the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything.

He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal: and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth upon him.

Therefore, when the Lord [Jesus] knew that the Pharisees were aware of Him making and immersing more disciples than John,

And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat him down by the well: it being about the sixth hour.

Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.

Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou wouldest have requested him, and he would have given thee life-giving water.

The woman saith unto him, Thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then canst thou have this water that giveth life?

but whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him, he shall no more thirst to eternity; but the water which I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal.

The woman said to Him, "Give me this water at once, sir, so I may never get thirsty again, nor have to come so far to draw water."

Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

The woman said to Him, "I see that you are a prophet.

Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship Him."

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him.

God is a spiritual Being, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and reality."

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Just then His disciples came up, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman, yet not one of them asked Him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

So the people left town and rushed out to see Him.

Meanwhile the disciples were asking Him, and saying, "Teacher, eat something."

But he said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. The disciples said one to another, Hath any man brought him to eat?

So the disciples began to say to one another, "Nobody has brought Him anything to eat, has he?"

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

he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they kept on urging Him to stay with them; so He did stay there two days.

Then a much larger number believed in Him because of what He said Himself,

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

When, therefore, he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all that he did at Jerusalem at the feast; for they also came to the feast.

Hearing that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and desired him to come down and cure his son, for he was about to die.

Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see miracles and prodigies you will not believe.