In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning.

There appeared a man named John, sent from God.

But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God,

who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

No one has ever seen God; the only son, Deity Himself, who lies upon His Father's breast, has made him known.

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.

I did see it; and my testimony is that He is the Son of God."

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

Then Nathaniel said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

Nathaniel answered Him, "Teacher, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

Then He said to him, "I most solemnly say to you all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God going up, and coming down upon the Son of Man!"

and said to him, "Everybody, as a rule, serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."

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.

"For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.

For God sent His Son into the world, not to pass sentence on it, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Whoever trusts in Him is never to come up for judgment, but whoever does not trust in Him has already received his sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son.

But whoever is in the habit of living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may be shown to be performed with God's help."

John answered, "A man cannot get anything, unless it is given to him from heaven.

Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.

For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.

Whoever trusts in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever refuses to trust in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God continues to remain on him.

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."

She said to Him, "You have nothing to draw with, sir, and the well is deep. Where do you get your living water?

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

The woman said to Him, "Give me this water at once, sir, so I may never get thirsty again, nor have to come so far to draw water."

God is a spiritual Being, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and reality."

So he asked them at what hour he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-gate there is a pool called in Hebrew Bethzatha, which has five porticoes,

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?"

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

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

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

and those who have done good will come out for a resurrection to life, but those who have done evil for a resurrection to condemnation.

I cannot do anything by myself. As I get orders, so I judge, and my judgment is a just one, for I am not trying to do my own will but the will of Him who has sent me.

"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,

but you refuse to come to me to get possession of life.

but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

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

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.

So when they had crossed the sea and found Him, they asked Him, "Teacher, when did you get here?"

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

Then they asked Him, "What must we do to perform the works that God demands?"

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

for the bread that God gives is what comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

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.

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to me.

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except Him who is from God; of course, He has seen the Father.

and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."

And there was a great deal of grumbling about Him among the crowds, some saying that He was a good man, and others that He was not, but was misleading the masses.

If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas.

But right now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that He has learned from God. Abraham never did that.

You are practicing what your real father does." They said to Him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, even God."

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.

Whoever is sprung from God listens to what God says. This is why you do not listen to me: you are not sprung from God."

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.

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to show what God could do in his case.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know this man is a sinner."

We do know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

We know that God does not listen to sinful men, but He does listen to anyone who worships God and lives to do His will.

If this man had not come from God, He could not have done anything like this."

I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep.

I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

The Jews retorted, "It is not for a good deed but for blasphemy we are going to stone you; namely, because you, although a mere man, claim to be God."

If men to whom God's message came are called gods -- and the Scriptures cannot be made null and void --

do you now say to me whom my Father has set apart to it and sent into the world, 'You are a blasphemer,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

When Jesus received the message, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death but is to honor God, that the Son of God through it may be honored."

But even now I know that whatever you ask God for He will give you."

She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

Jesus said to her, "Did I not promise you that if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation,

and not only for the nation, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

for they loved the praise of men instead of the praise of God.

because He was sure that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God,

got up from the table, took off His outer clothes, and took a towel and tied it around His waist.

When he had left, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him,

and God will through Himself glorify Him, and He will glorify Him at once.

"Stop letting your hearts be troubled; keep on believing in God, and also in me.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what the Father has ordered me to do. Get up and let us go away."

I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.

Men will turn you out of their synagogues. Yes, indeed, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think that he is rendering a religious service to God.

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

Now we know that you know everything and do not need that anyone should ask you questions. For this reason we believe that you have come from God."

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

So Judas got together the Roman garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

So Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

One of the high priest's slaves, who was a kinsman of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"

And the soldiers made a crown out of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple coat on Him,

So Jesus came outside still wearing the crown of thorns and the purple coat. Then Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and in accordance with that law He deserves to die, for claiming to be God's Son."

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, except the coat, which was without a seam, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

And they both kept running, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."