Through him all things came into being, and nothing came into being apart from him.

That which came into being in him was Life; and the Life was the Light of Man;

He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.

He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.

He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take 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.'

I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."

John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

The two disciples heard him say this, and followed Jesus.

"Come, and you shall see," he replied. So they went, and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was then about four in the afternoon.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.)

Then he brought him to Jesus. Fixing his eyes on him, Jesus said: "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Kephas" (which means 'Peter,' or 'Rock').

The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me."

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!"

And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left."

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

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

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

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

That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life."

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

And the disciples came to John and said: "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony--he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."

John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.

You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.'

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.

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'

Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him: "Take something to eat, Rabbi."

"Can any one have brought him anything to eat?" the disciples said to one another.

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;

And, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.

So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. "It was yesterday, about one o'clock," they said, "that the fever left him."

By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him 'Your son is living'; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.

Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him: "Do you wish to be cured?"

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder.

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

For, just as the Father has inherent Life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent Life within him;

And, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were afflicted.

Looking up, and noticing that a great crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip: "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?"

He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.

But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

When they had rowed three or four miles, they caught sight of him walking on the water and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.

The people who remained on the further side of the Sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.

So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.

And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

It is said in the Prophets--'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.

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

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.

Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who was about to betray him, though he was one of the Twelve.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

The Jews were looking for him at the Festival and asking 'Where is he?';

And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

No one, however, spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.

The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honor for himself; but the man who seeks the honor of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.

But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you- -not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors--and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?

Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."

So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.

Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

On which Jesus said: "I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

"Where is this man going," the Jews asked one another, "that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?