He was in the beginning with God.

He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.

He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.

He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for He was before me."

For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.

This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ."

"What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

"I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, 'Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."

He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten."

This is He about whom I said, 'After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'

I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."

I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

"This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."

when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, "What is your wish?" "Rabbi," they replied--'Rabbi' means 'Teacher' --"where are you staying?"

"Come and you shall see," He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock')

"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."

"I tell you all in most solemn truth," He added, "that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man."

"Leave the matter in my hands," He replied; "the time for me to act has not yet come."

His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it."

Then He said, "Now, take some out, and carry it to the President of the feast."

So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom

Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there.

And He found in the Temple the dealers in cattle and sheep and in pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.

So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market."

But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

But for His part, Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew them all,

and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

"How is it possible," Nicodemus asked, "for a man to be born when he is old? Can he a second time enter his mother's womb and be born?"

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

"How is all this possible?" asked Nicodemus.

If I have told you earthly things and none of you believe me, how will you believe me if I tell you of things in Heaven?

And just as Moses lifted high the serpent in the Desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

He who trusts in Him does not come up for judgement. He who does not trust has already received sentence, because he has not his trust resting on the name of God's only Son.

But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.

After this Jesus and His disciples went into Judaea; and there He made a stay in company with them and baptized.

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

He must grow greater, but I must grow less.

He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.

What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives.

For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."

He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.

and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."

"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."

Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."

When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;

When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.

So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;

and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.

So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

"He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'"

and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.

For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself.

And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.

There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.

"You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness to the truth.

He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.

And the Father who sent me, *He* has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.

Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

For if you believe Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

But if you disbelieve his writings, how are you to believe my words?"

A vast multitude followed Him, because they witnessed the miracles on the sick which He was constantly performing.

And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for all these people to eat?"

He said this to put Philip to the test, for He Himself knew what He was going to do.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were resting on the ground; and also the fish in like manner--as much as they desired.

When all were fully satisfied, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the broken portions that remain over, so that nothing be lost."

Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."