And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it

He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony concerning the Light that he came into being.

He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.

He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

He acknowledged??e did not deny it??ut acknowledged, "I am not the Christ."

"What then?" they questioned; "Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he replied.

so they questioned him, saying, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

"I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

I myself did not recognize him; I only came baptizing in water, in order that he might be openly shown to Israel."

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

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

So they carried it. And when the master of the feast had tasted of the water which had been made wine, not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn it knew, he called the bridegroom and said to him.

and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!

but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men,

and did not need any one's testimony concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

Marvel not at my telling you, 'You must all be born again from above.'

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

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

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but have been sent before him.'

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),

Surely you are not greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle, too?"

"Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."

You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

Just then his disciples came up, and were astonished that he was talking with a woman; yet not one of them asked him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

Do you not say, 'It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.

I sent you to reap a crop on which you have not toiled. Others have toiled, and you have reaped the benefit of their toil."

Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him. "Look! You have become well. Do not go on sinning, lest a worse thing befall you."

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

"in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life.

"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.

"If I bear testimony concerning myself, my testimony is not valid.

"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining??nd you were willing for a time rejoice in his light.

nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.

"you will not come to me that you may have life.

"I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,

"that you have not the love of God in yourselves.

"I am come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

"Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.

And if you do not believe his writings, how will you ever believe my words?"

"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."

Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea began to rise, because a strong wind was blowing.

but he said to them, "It is I, be not afraid."

The crowd that remained on the other side of the sea had seen that there was only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away by themselves.

Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

"But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.

"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the last day.

"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

"Do not find fault with me among yourselves,"

"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

"Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who should betray him.

So Jesus appealed to the Twelve. "You also do not wish to leave me, do you?"

In reply Jesus said to them. "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And yet even of you one is an enemy."

After these things Jesus continued to travel about in Galilee, for he did not wish to go about in Judea, because the Jews kept trying to kill him.

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

"My time is not yet come," said Jesus, "but your time is always at hand.

Do you go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fully come."

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

"Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you seeking to kill me?"

"Consider, therefore, Moses has given you circumcision??ot that Moses originated it, but the fathers??nd you are accustomed to circumcise a child even on the Sabbath.

"If a child receives circumcision on the Sabbath, in order that the Law of Moses may not be broken, how can you be angry with me because I made a man sound and well on the Sabbath?

"Do not judge according to appearance. Judge justly."

Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying. "Is not this the man they are seeking to kill?

So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said: "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.

Then they kept seeking to arrest him, but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

"You will search for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

Then the Jews said to one another. "Where does this fellow intend to go, so that we shall not find him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks, is he?

"What does he mean saying, 'You shall seek me and you shall not find me,' and 'Where I am you cannot come'?"

Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?

"Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, David's town?"

and they asked them, "Why have you not brought him?"

"Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees.

"As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"

"Our law does not condemn the accused, does it, before hearing his defense, and finding out what he is doing?"

In answer they said to him. "You are not from Galilee, are you? Search for yourself, and see that from Galilee arises no prophet."

When they heard that, they went out one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus was left behind alone??nd the woman in the middle of the court.

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."