It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.

He was not the light; he came to testify to the light.

He came into the world, and though the world through Him began to exist, it did not recognize Him.

He came into His own world, but His own people did not welcome Him.

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

He frankly admitted, and did not try at all to deny it; yes, he frankly admitted, "I am not the Christ."

So they asked him again, "What are you then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course, I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

so they asked him, "Why are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

John answered them, "I am baptizing only in water. There is standing among you One with whom you are not acquainted.

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

I did not know Him myself, but I came baptizing in water, that He might be made known to Israel."

I did not know Him myself, but the very One who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down and remaining, is the One who is to baptize in the Holy Spirit.'

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

But He would not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men

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."

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know this?

If you do not believe the earthly things I tell you, how can you believe the heavenly things, if I tell you about them?

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.

For anyone who is in the habit of doing wrong hates the light, and to keep his actions from being reproved, he does not come out into the daylight.

(For John had not yet been put in prison.)

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

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.

though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, it was His disciples --

You are not greater than our forefather Jacob, are you, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, with all his sons and flocks?"

for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."

You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do know what we are worshiping; for salvation comes from the Jews.

Just then His disciples came up, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman, yet not one of them asked Him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

"Come, see a man who has told me everything I ever did. He is not the Christ, is He?"

But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

Are you not saying, 'In four months more the harvest comes'? Look! I tell you, lift up your eyes and scan the fields, for they are already white for harvesting.

I have sent you to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors."

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

The man who had been cured did not know who He was, for since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away.

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.

that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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.

However, I do not accept mere human testimony, but I am saying this that you may be saved.

and you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the messenger whom He has sent.

I do not accept any honor from men,

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

Do not be thinking that I am going to accuse you to the Father. You have your accuser; it is Moses on whom you have set your hopes!

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"

Philip answered Him, "Forty dollars' worth of bread is not enough to give them all even a scanty meal apiece."

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

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

But I have told you that, although you have seen me, yet you do not believe in me.

because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

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

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

This is the bread that comes down out of heaven; not as your forefathers ate the manna, and yet died. Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever."

The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You too do not want to go back, do you?"

Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

After this, Jesus went on moving about in Galilee; He would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill Him.

For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to do so, but anytime is suitable for you.

Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to it yet, for it is not quite time for me to go."

But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He went up too, not publicly but, as it were, privately.

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.

Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not my own, but it comes from Him who sent me.

Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

Then Moses gave you the rite of circumcision -- not that it had its origin with Moses but with your earlier forefathers -- and you circumcise a male child even on the Sabbath.

Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the man they are trying to kill?

Just look! He is talking in public, and yet they do not say a word to Him! It cannot be that the authorities have really learned that He is the Christ, can it?

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

Then they kept on trying to arrest Him, and yet no one laid a hand on Him, for the time had not yet come.

But many of the crowd believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform greater wonder-works than He did, will He?"

You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."

The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?

What does He mean by saying, 'You will look for me and will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going'?"

By this He referred to the Spirit that those believing in Him were going to receive -- for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Others said, "This is the Christ." But still others said, "The Christ does not come from Galilee, does He?

Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

So the officers went back to the high priests and Pharisees. The latter asked the officers, "Why have you not brought Him?"

Then the Pharisees answered, "You are not swept off your feet too, are you?

"Our law does not condemn a man before it hears what he has to say and finds out what he is doing, does it?"

Then they answered him, "You are not from Galilee, too, are you? Search the record and see that no prophet has ever come from Galilee."

Then Jesus again addressed them and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever continues to follow me need never walk in darkness, but he will enjoy the light that means life."

The Pharisees then said to Him, "You are testifying to yourself; your testimony is not true."

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Even if I should judge, my decision is fair, because I am not alone, but there are two of us, I and the Father who has sent me.

Then they began to say to Him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

He said these things in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple, and yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

Then the Jews began to say, "He is not going to kill Himself, is He? Is that why He said, 'Where I am going you can never come'?"

He continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this present world; I do not belong to this present world.

They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.

Yes, He who sent me is ever with me; I am not alone, because I always practice what pleases Him."

Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.

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.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

Who of you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I do tell you the truth, why do you not believe 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."