No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.

And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!"

John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water. In your midst stands [one] whom you do not know--

And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"

Nathanael said to him, "From where do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, [when you] were under the fig tree, I saw you."

And [when the] wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine!"

Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

And he said to them, "Now draw [some] out and take [it] to the head steward. So they took [it].

Now when the head steward tasted the water which had become wine and did not know where it was from--but the servants who had drawn the water knew--the head steward summoned the bridegroom

and said to him, "{Everyone} serves the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name [because they] saw his signs which he was doing.

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees {whose name was} Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify [about] what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony!

And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.

What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

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

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep! From where then do you get this living water?

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all [things] to us."

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

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

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

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.

Now [as] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive.

So the father knew that [it was] that same hour at which Jesus said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

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

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes.

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn [while] a crowd was in the place.

After these [things] Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you."

But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

(Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.)

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Jesus said, "Make the people recline." (Now [there] was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand [in] number.

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

But 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 would betray him.)

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.

For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, "He is a good [man]," but others were saying, "No, but he deceives the crowd."

However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

{Now when the feast was already half over}, Jesus went to the temple [courts] and began to teach.

If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.

The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

Yet we know where this man is from, but the Christ, whenever he comes--no one knows where he is from!"

Then Jesus cried out in the temple [courts], teaching and saying, "You both know me and you know where I am from! And I have not come from myself, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

I know him, because I am from him and he sent me."

So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,

Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, [does he]?

And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

Now early in the morning he came again to the temple [courts]. And all the people were coming, and he sat down [and] began to teach them.

Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And standing her in [their] midst,

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

Now [when they] heard [it], being convicted by their conscience, they began to depart, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone--and the woman who was in [their] midst.

So Jesus, straightening up and seeing no one except the woman, said to her, "Where are those accusers of yours? Does no one condemn you?"

And she said, "No one, Lord." So Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more."]]

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning 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 have come from or where I am going.

So they were saying to him, "Where is your father?" Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father! If you had known me, you would have known my Father also."

He spoke these words by the treasury [while] teaching in the temple [courts], and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you.

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!

Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am [he]!"