For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

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

The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

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?"

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

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')

The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.

Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"

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

"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

and Jesus also was invited and His disciples.

Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."

Jesus said to the attendants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

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.

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

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."

"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.

"Are you," replied Jesus, "'the Teacher of Israel,' and yet do you not understand these things?

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

Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.

Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

"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."

"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;

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

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

Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."

"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.

though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.

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.

"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."

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

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.

This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.

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

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?"

"Rise," said Jesus, "take up your mat and walk."

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."

The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;

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

"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.

After this Jesus went away across the Lake of Galilee (that is, the Lake of Tiberias)

Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples.

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000.

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.

Perceiving, however, that they were about to come and carry Him off by force to make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again up the hill alone by Himself.

There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

When, however, they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water and coming near the boat.

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven, but my Father is giving you the bread--the true bread--out of Heaven.

"I am the bread of Life," replied Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never, never thirst.

They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"

"Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;

"In most solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no Life in you.

Jesus said all this in the synagogue while teaching at Capernaum.

But, knowing in Himself that His disciples were dissatisfied about it, Jesus asked them,

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.

"Did not I choose you--the Twelve?" said Jesus, "and even of you one is a devil."

After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.

"My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any time is suitable.

But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching.

Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.

"One deed I have done," replied Jesus, "and you are all full of wonder.

Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.

So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

On the last day of the Festival--the great day--Jesus stood up and cried aloud. "Whoever is thirsty," He said, "let him come to me and drink.

He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Nicodemus interposed--he who had formerly gone to Jesus, being himself one of them.

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

They asked this in order to put Him to the test, so that they might have some charge to bring against Him. But Jesus leant forward and began to write with His finger on the ground.

They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest, took their departure, one by one, till all were gone. And Jesus was left behind alone--and the woman in the centre of the court.

Then, raising His head, Jesus said to her, "Where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the Light of the world," He said; "the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life."

"Even if I am giving testimony about myself," replied Jesus, "my testimony is true; for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you know neither of these two things.

"You--who are you?" they asked. "How is it that I am speaking to you at all?" replied Jesus.

So Jesus added, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.

Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

"Our father is Abraham," they said. "If you were Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "it is Abraham's deeds that you would be doing.

"If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.

"I am not possessed by a demon," replied Jesus. "On the contrary I honour my Father, and you dishonour me.

"Were I to glorify myself," answered Jesus, "I should have no real glory. There is One who glorifies me--namely my Father, who you say is your God.

"In most solemn truth," answered Jesus, "I tell you that before Abraham came into existence, I am."

"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.