John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

He confessed -- he did not deny but confessed -- "I am not the Christ!"

So they asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No!"

John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!"

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining -- this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"

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

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

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."

So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

"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.

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

"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 replied, "This is the deed God requires -- to believe in the one whom he sent."

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

I am the bread of life.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."

Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

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."

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

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!"

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.

Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father -- and yet you dishonor me.

I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, 'He is our God.'

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!"

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see."

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me --

If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken),

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me."

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."

so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things."

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

"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.'

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus' chest and asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

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.

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

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.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

And you know the way where I am going."

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.

You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here."

"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me -- and I in him -- bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me,

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.