For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God who is to take away the world's sin.

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

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

Now Jesus turned, and as He saw them following Him, He said, "What are you looking for?" They said to Him, "Rabbi," (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

Then he took him to Jesus. Jesus looked him over and said, "You are Simon, son of John. From now on your name shall be Cephas" (which means Peter, or Rock).

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. So He sought out Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

Nathaniel said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered him, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.

Jesus and His disciples, too, were invited to the wedding.

When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no wine!"

Jesus said to her, "Woman, what have you to do with me? My time to act has not yet come."

Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

Jesus performed this, the first of His wonder-works, at Cana in Galilee. By it He showed His glorious power, and so His disciples believed in Him.

After this Jesus went home to Capernaum, with His mother and brothers and disciples, and stayed there for a few days.

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days."

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know this?

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into Judea, and for some time He stayed there with them and kept baptizing people.

though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, it was His disciples --

and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was sitting by the spring just as He was. It was about noon.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

Jesus answered her, "Anyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again;

The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You were right in saying, 'I have no husband,'

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to her, "I, the very one who is talking to you, am He!"

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they kept on urging Him to stay with them; so He did stay there two days.

After the two days were over, Jesus left there and went on to Galilee,

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death.

Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son is going to live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.

Then the father knew that that was the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is going to live." So he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

This is the second wonder-work that Jesus performed after He had come back from Judea to Galilee.

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus saw him lying there, and when He found out that he had been in that condition for a long time, He asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet, and go to walking."

The man who had been cured did not know who He was, for since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple court, and said to him, "See! You are now well. Stop sinning or something worse may befall you."

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

This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath.

So Jesus answered them: "I most solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, except as He sees the Father doing it, for whatever the Father is in the habit of doing the Son also persists in doing.

After this Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias.

And so Jesus went up on the hill and was sitting there with His disciples.

So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming toward Him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot; so the men, about five thousand, threw themselves down.

Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

and got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. Now it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terror-stricken.

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into boats themselves and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this, to believe in the messenger whom He has sent."

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling to one another.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

But as Jesus naturally knew that His disciples were grumbling about this, He said to them, "Is this shocking to you?

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You too do not want to go back, do you?"

Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

After this, Jesus went on moving about in Galilee; He would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill Him.

Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to do so, but anytime is suitable for you.

Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.

Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not my own, but it comes from Him who sent me.

Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded!

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

Then Jesus said to them, "Just a little while longer I am to be with you, and then I am going back to Him who has sent me.

On the last day, the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

By this He referred to the Spirit that those believing in Him were going to receive -- for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

One of them, Nicodemus, who had formerly gone to Jesus, said to them,

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

They were asking this to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped and began to write in the dirt with his finger.

When the questioners persisted, Jesus straightened up and said to them, "Let the one of you who is sinless be the first one to cast a stone at her."

Then Jesus again stooped and continued writing in the dirt.

Having heard, they began to leave one by one, starting with the eldest, until only Jesus was left with the woman.

And she said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go. Stop sinning from this point on."

Then Jesus again addressed them and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever continues to follow me need never walk in darkness, but he will enjoy the light that means life."

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Then they began to say to Him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

Then Jesus again said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die under the curse of your sins; for where I am going you can never come."

Then they asked Him, "Who are you anyway?" Jesus answered them, "Why do I even talk to you at all?

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin.

They answered Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, you must be practicing what Abraham did.

Then Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. No, indeed, I have not come on my own authority, but He has sent me.

Jesus answered: "I am not under the power of a demon; on the other hand, I am honoring my Father, but you are dishonoring me.

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."