Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

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.

This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."

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

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!"

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!"

In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.

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.

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon 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."

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'."

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

"Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"

"I have food to eat," he answered, "of which you know nothing."

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

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

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."

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

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 will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

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

And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

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.

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

"Twenty pounds' worth of bread," answered Philip, "would not be enough for each of them to have a little."

"How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?"

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

But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.

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."

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not Life within you.

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

And we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God."

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."

When the officers returned to the Chief Priests and Pharisees, they were asked: "Why have you not brought him?"

"What! Have you been led astray too?" the Pharisees replied.

"Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

"Where is your father, then?" they asked. "You know neither me nor my Father," replied Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have also known my Father."

"Who are you?" they asked. "Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?" said Jesus.

"I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father."

You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

"I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

And yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his Message to heart.

"You are not fifty years old yet," the Jews exclaimed, "and have you seen Abraham?"

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

"Not only have you seen him," said Jesus; "but it is he who is now speaking to you."

"If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

"I have told you so," replied Jesus, "and you do not believe me. The work that I am doing in my Father's name bears testimony to me.

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

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

"Yes Master," she answered; "I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, 'who was to come' into the world."

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. "Master," she exclaimed, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"

"Where have you buried him?" he asked. "Come and see, Master," they answered.

"How he must have loved him!" the Jews exclaimed;

But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?"

The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me."

Father, honor thine own name." At this there came a voice from Heaven, which said: "I have already honored it, and I will honor it again."

"We," replied the people, "have learned from the Law that the 'Christ is to remain for ever'; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be 'lifted up' Who is this 'Son of Man'?"

"Only a little while longer," answered Jesus, "will you have the Light among you. Travel on while you have the Light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you still have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be 'Sons of Light.'" After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.

I have come as a Light into the world, that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.

He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already--the very Message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last Day.

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

"You shall never wash my feet!" exclaimed Peter. "Unless I wash you," answered Jesus, "you have nothing in common with me."

When he had washed their feet, and had put on his upper garments and taken his place, he spoke to them again. "Do you understand what I have been doing to you?" he asked.

If I, then--'the Master' and 'the Teacher'--have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet;

For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.

I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but this is in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'He that is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

"Will you lay down your life for me?" replied Jesus. "In truth I tell you, the cock will not crow till you have disowned me three times.

In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.

If you had recognized me, you would have known my Father also; for the future you will recognize him, indeed you have already seen him."

"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?

I have told you all this while still with you,

But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.