(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");

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.'

And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so.

And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew--

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the King's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

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."

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

"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.

"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.'

Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

"I told you just now," he answered, "and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?"

"Not only have you seen him," said Jesus; "but it is he who is now speaking to you."

Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.

"Rabbi," they replied, "the Jews were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?"

Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him."

Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?

Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.

Now great numbers of the Jews found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not solely on his account, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour--

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

"You do not understand now what I am doing," replied Jesus, "but you will learn by and by."

Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;

My children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. You will look for me; and what I said to the Jews--'You cannot come where I am going'--I now say to you.

"Where are you going, Master?" asked Peter. "I am going where you cannot now follow me," answered Jesus, "but you shall follow me later."

"Why cannot I follow you now, Master?" asked Peter. "I will lay down my life for you."

And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.

You, in the same way, are sorry now; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.

I came out from the Father, and have come into the world; and now I am to leave the world, and go to the Father."

Now we are sure that you know everything, and need not wait for any one to question you. This makes us believe that you did come from God."

And now do thou honor me, Father, at thy own side, with the honor which I had at thy side before the world began.

They recognize now that everything that thou gavest me was from thee;

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of thy Name which thou has given me, that they may be one, as we are.

But now I am to come to thee; and I am speaking thus, while still in the world, that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.

Afterwards, knowing that everything was now finished, Jesus said, in fulfillment of the words of Scripture: "I am thirsty."

"Cast your net to the right of the boat," he said, "and you will find fish." So they cast the net, and now they could not haul it in on account of the quantity of fish.