A man was sent from God, whose name was John.

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:

And the Word became incarnate, and tabernacled with us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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?

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 am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way for the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

it is he, though coming after me, who was before me, the thong of whole sandal I am not worthy to untie.

This is he of whom I spake, After me cometh a man who was before me: for before me he existed.

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 I have seen it, and have borne testimony that this is the Son of God.

and looking upon Jesus as he walked by, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

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 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.

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.

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

Jesus saith unto her, What is that to me and thee, woman? my hour is not yet come.

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.

NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

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?

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth: just so is every one who is born of the Spirit.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in like manner must the Son of man be lifted up:

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.

Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

For every one whose practices are foul hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions may not be brought to conviction.

But he who practices the truth, cometh to the light, that his actions may be evident, as being done for God.

For as yet John was not cast into prison.

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.

He that cometh from above is above all: he whose origin is from earth is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: he who cometh from heaven is above all.

He that receiveth his testimony hath avouched that God is true.

AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John

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?

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?

for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in this thou hast spoken true.

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye affirm, That the place where we ought to worship is at Jerusalem.

But the hour is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshippers of him.

God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The woman saith, I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ): when he cometh, he will inform us of all things.

Come with me; behold a man, who told me all things that I ever did: is not this the Messiah?

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

For herein is the saying true, That one soweth and another reapeth.

and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.

Then came Jesus again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain attendant on the king, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

The courtier said to him, Sir, come down before my child is dead.

And as he was now going down home, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son is recovered!

This is again a second miracle which Jesus did, when he came from Judea into Galilee.

Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos.

The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I am coming, another goeth down before me.

The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son quicken whom he pleases.

in order that all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death into life.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, yea, it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son also to have life in himself;

and hath given him authority also to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the graves shall hear his voice,

I am not able to perform any thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

There is another who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth concerning me.

Do not suppose that I shall accuse you to my Father: there is one who is accusing you, even Moses, on whom ye place your hope.

AFTER these things Jesus went beyond the sea of Galilee, that is of Tiberias.

There is a little lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but these, what are they among so many?

And Jesus took the loaves; and giving thanks, gave to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sat down; and in the same manner of the fishes, as much as they chose.

When therefore the men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is of a certainty that prophet which is to come into the world.

But he saith to them, It is I; be not afraid.

Labour not for the meat which is perishable, but for that meat which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for him hath the Father sealed, even God.

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe on him whom he hath sent.

Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness; as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

For he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world, is the bread of God.

Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, That every thing which he hath given me I should not be deprived of it, but raise it up at the last day.

And this is the will of him that sent me, That every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I came down from heaven?

It is written in the prophets, And "they shall all be taught of God." Every one therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to me.

Not that any man hath seen the Father, except he that is with God, he hath seen the Father.

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die.

I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Then the Jews contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

For my flesh truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink.

As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by me.

This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live to eternity.

These things he spake in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

Many therefore of his disciples, who heard him, said, Difficult is this discourse, who is able to fathom it?

The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

Jesus therefore saith to them, My proper time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.

Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived.

But as soon as his disciples were gone up, then went he also himself up to the feast: not in public, but as in concealment.

The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

And there was a great murmur concerning him among the multitude: some said, Surely he is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth the people.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee?