All things were made by it, and without it was made no thing, that was made.

he came as a witness, to represent what he knew of the light, that by his means all might be convinc'd.

[Now] the true Light, who enlightens all mankind, was [indeed] coming into the world [i.e., to earth].

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

He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory -- the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

And he responded, No. Then they said to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those having sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me.

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

And John bare record, saying, "I saw the spirit descend from heaven, like unto a dove, and abide upon him, and I knew him not:

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"

Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Now Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two that heard what John said, and thereupon followed Jesus.

Then he took him to Jesus. Jesus looked him over and said, "You are Simon, son of John. From now on your name shall be Cephas" (which means Peter, or Rock).

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

Now, Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

Nathanael saith to him, 'Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig-tree -- I saw thee.'

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

Now Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the wedding.

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

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,

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Now he had spoken with reference to the temple of his own body.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”

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.

The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Jesus answered and said to him, 'Thou art the teacher of Israel -- and these things thou dost not know!

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

Whoever believes and has decided to trust in Him [as personal Savior and Lord] is not judged [for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation]; but the one who does not believe [and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord] is judged already [that one has been convicted and sentenced], because he has not believed and trusted in the name of the [One and] only begotten Son of God [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One who alone can save him].

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

Now John had not yet been thrown into prison.

Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this pleasure and joy of mine is now complete.

And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

He who believes and trusts in the Son and accepts Him [as Savior] has eternal life [that is, already possesses it]; but he who does not believe the Son and chooses to reject Him, [disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior] will not see [eternal] life, but [instead] the wrath of God hangs over him continually.”

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

Now he must needs pass through Samaria.

Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

(Now Jesus' disciples had gone away to town to buy some food).

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”

She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?

But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.”

The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may no more thirst, nor come hither to draw.

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

Now our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, whereas you Jews declare the proper place for worship is at Jerusalem."

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you, am He (the Messiah).”

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

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

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him [anything] to eat, [did they]?"

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

Already the reaper is receiving his wages and he is gathering fruit for eternal life; so that he who plants and he who reaps may rejoice together.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Now many Samaritans from that city believed in Him and trusted Him [as Savior] because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.

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

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

Now this [is] again a second sign Jesus performed [when he] came from Judea into Galilee.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

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Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

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 impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.