(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

He is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal."

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."

The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me."

"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Even before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

"Do you believe in me," asked Jesus, "because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You shall see greater things than those!

"What do you want with me?" answered Jesus. "My time has not come yet."

And said to the pigeon-dealers: "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's House into a market-house."

His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'

Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?

That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life."

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her- - "Give me some to drink,"

"How is it," replied the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

"Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

"Sir," said the officer, "come down before my child dies." And Jesus answered: "Go, your son is living."

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

"The man who cured me," he answered, "said to me 'Take up your mat and walk about.'"

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;

It is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

But, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?"

When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples: "Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.

"What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

It is said in the Prophets--'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.

In truth I tell you, he who believes in me has Immortal Life.

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink.

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.

As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.

Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

And he added: "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father."

So Jesus said to the Twelve: "Do you also wish to leave me?"

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

"My time," answered Jesus, "is not come yet, but your time is always here.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."

So, in reply, Jesus said: "My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?"

When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?

Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."

On which Jesus said: "I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be."

What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be'?"

On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.

He who believes in me--As Scripture says, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of 'Living Water.'"

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

"Even if I bear testimony to myself," answered Jesus, "my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going.

Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me."

"Where is your father, then?" they asked. "You know neither me nor my Father," replied Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have also known my Father."

Jesus again spoke to the people. "I am going away," he said, "and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going."

"I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father."

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then do not you believe me, if I am speaking truth?

"I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

Not that I am seeking honor for myself; there is one who is seeking my honor, and he decides.

In truth I tell you, if any one lays my Message to heart, he will never really die."

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'