All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."

No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

he own'd it, and did not deny it; but made this protestation, I am not the Christ.

Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we might give answer to them having sent us. What sayest thou for thyself?

This is he coming after me, who was before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loose the strings of his shoes.

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.

Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

So, Andrew brought Simon Peter to Jesus. [And when] Jesus saw him, He said [to him], "You are Simon, the son of John [Note: Peter's father is called Jonah in Matt. 16:17]; you will be called Cephas (which means Peter [i.e., "a stone." See Matt. 16:18])."

Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."

Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Nathaniel replied to him, "Can anything worthwhile come from Nazareth?" [Note: Nazareth had a bad reputation and Jewish writings made no prediction of a prophet coming from that area. See John 7:52]. Philip answered him, "Come and see."

Then Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened up and the angels of God going up [from] and coming down on the Son of man" [i.e., probably a reference to angels ministering to Jesus' needs. See Matt. 4:6, 11; Luke 22:43].

Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

This beginning of signs Jesus made in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there.

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave, - that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age-abiding.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

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

but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain [i.e., Mt. Gerizim, which was visible from where they were sitting]; but you say that Jerusalem is the place where people should worship [God]."

They left the town and made their way to Him.

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Then said the disciples between themselves, "Hath any man brought him meat?"

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

And he that reapeth, receiveth reward; and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: That both he that soweth and he that reapeth might rejoice together.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not receive honor in his own country. [Note: Jesus' reference here to his "own country" means Judea, while in Matt., Mark and Luke it refers to Nazareth].

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

Having heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to meet Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

The sick man answered him - Sir! I have, no man, that, as soon as the water hath been troubled, might thrust me into the pool; but, while, I, am coming, another, before me, goeth down.

Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!"

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up [your mat] and walk?'"

Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all which himself does: and he will show him greater than these, that ye might wonder.

and they will come out—those who did good things [will come out] to a resurrection of [new] life, but those who did evil things [will come out] to a resurrection of judgment [that is, to be sentenced].

But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Then Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, and said unto Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread that these might eat?"

Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

When they had eaten enough, he said unto his disciples, "Gather up the broken meat that remaineth: that nothing be lost."

And they gathered it together: and filled twelve baskets with the broken meat of the five barley loaves, which broken meat remained unto them that had eaten.

So, when the people saw the [miraculous] sign that Jesus had performed [i.e., the feeding of the large crowd with such a small amount of food], they said, "Truly, this is the prophet who was to come into the world." [Note: This was probably a reference to the promise made in Deut. 18:15-19].

Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make him king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

and the lake was made rough by a great wind blowing.

and as the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they embarked in the boats themselves and made for Capharnahum in search of Jesus.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Then said they to him, What sign doest thou, that we might see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do my will, but the will of him having sent me.

Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.

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

Then said his brethren to him, Go away thence, and retire to Judea, that also thy disciples might see thy works which thou doest.

and there was much disputing about him among the crowd. Some would say, "He is a good man." Others. "No! he is misleading the people." "While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

But the feast already being midway, Jesus came up into the temple, and was teaching.

The crowd replied, "You are mad. Who wants to kill you?"

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.

What is this remark He made: ‘You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

One of their own, Nicodemus (the man who had previously met with Jesus), asked them,

Now the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the center of the court,

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I might testify about myself, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I go, but ye do not know where I come from and where I go.

These statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

Jesus replied, "I am not mad: I honour my Father and you dishonour me.

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

They took up therefore stones that they might cast them at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,