He was not the Light, but he came to bear witness to the Light.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

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

John's answer was--"I baptize with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know;

I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

But Jesus turned round, and saw them following. "What are you looking for?" he asked. "Rabbi," they answered (or, as we should say, "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

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!"

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum--he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days.

But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple.

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

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

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.

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

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from Heaven is above all others.

The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

But the testimony which I receive is not from man; I am saying this for your Salvation.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

But, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?"

"Who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what is that for so many?"

But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

And, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;

When they had rowed three or four miles, they caught sight of him walking on the water and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

But Jesus said to them: "It is I; do not be afraid!"

And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.

The people who remained on the further side of the Sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them:

But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

"My time," answered Jesus, "is not come yet, but your time is always here.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up--not publicly, but privately.

The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honor for himself; but the man who seeks the honor of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.

Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?"

"You must be possessed by a demon!" the people exclaimed. "Who is seeking to put you to death?"

But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you- -not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors--and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: "Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death?

Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from."

Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.

On which Jesus said: "I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

"Even if I bear testimony to myself," answered Jesus, "my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going.

Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

Jesus again spoke to the people. "I am going away," he said, "and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going."

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

"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.

But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

"I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

And yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his Message to heart.

At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

"Neither the man nor the parents," replied Jesus; "but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.

Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

"Yes," some said, "it is"; while others said: "No, but he is like him." The man himself said: "I am he."

So the Pharisees also questioned the man as to how he had gained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he answered, "and I washed them, and I can see."

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

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."

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

"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."

"You are his disciple," they retorted scornfully; "but we are disciples of Moses.

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

Jesus heard of their having put him out; and, when he had found the man, he asked: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

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

And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

"If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

In truth I tell you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up at some other place, that man is a thief and a robber;

But the man who goes in through the door is shepherd to the sheep.

They will not follow a stranger, but will run away from him; because they do not know a stranger's voice."

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.