amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.

"I am baptizing with water," John replied, "but my successor is among you, One whom you do not recognize,

I myself did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting, that is he who baptizes with the holy Spirit.'

The wind blows where it wills; you can hear its sound, but you never know where it has come from or where it goes: it is the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life ??God's anger broods over him."

but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

At this point his disciples came up; they were surprised that he was talking to a woman, but none of them said, "What is it?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"

Then the woman left her water-pot, and going off to the town told the people,

But he said to them, "I have food, of which you know nothing."

The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."

He replied, "But the man who healed me, he told me, 'Lift your mat and walk'."

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

So Jesus made this answer to them: "Truly, truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, nothing but what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does the same.

I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

But I possess a testimony greater than that of John, for the deeds which the Father has granted me to accomplish, the very deeds on which I am engaged, are my testimony that the Father has sent me.

The Father who sent me has also borne testimony to me himself; but his voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

but I know there is no love to God in you;

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

"There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

and embarking in a boat they started across the sea for Capharnahum. By this time it was dark, Jesus had not reached them yet,

After rowing about three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and nearing the boat. They were terrified,

but he said to them, "It is I, have no fear";

so they agreed to take him on board, and the boat instantly reached the land they were making for.

Next day the crowd which had been left standing on the other side of the sea bethought them that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, who had left by themselves.

So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

But, as I told you, though you have seen me, you do not believe.

for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,

and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.

Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died;

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

Jesus said to them, "My time has not come yet, but your time is always at hand;

the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up too, not publicly but as it were privately.

And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."

Jesus told them in reply, "My teaching is not my own but his who sent me;

He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

No, we know where this man comes from; but when the Christ does come, no one will know where he comes from."

So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,

but I know Him, because I have come from Him and He sent me."

So they tried to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his time had not come yet.

you will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come."

What does he mean by saying, 'You will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come'?"

others said, "He is the Christ"; but others said, "No, surely the Christ does not come from Galilee?

some wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

"But surely our Law does not condemn the accused before hearing what he has to say and ascertaining his offence?"

but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives.

Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?"

but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";

These words he spoke in the treasury, as he was teaching in the temple, but no one arrested him, because his time had not come yet.

Then he said to them again, "I go away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."

I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

so Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, you will know then who I am, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has taught me.

but now you want to kill me ??to kill a man who has told you the truth, the truth I have learned from God. Abraham did not do that.

but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

At this they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus concealed himself and made his way out of the temple.

Some said, "It is"; others said, "No, but it is like him." He said, "I am the man."

But how he can see to-day, we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask himself; he is of age, he can speak for himself."

We know God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

Truly, truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs up somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber;

Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them;

all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.

Jesus replied, "I have told you, but you do not believe; the deeds I do in the name of my Father testify to me, but you do not believe,

The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God."

but if I am, then believe the deeds, though you will not believe me ??that you may learn and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

Once more they tried to arrest him, but he escaped their hands

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

but if one walks during the night he does stumble, for the light is not in him."

Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,

But now ??well, I know whatever you ask God for, he will grant you."

But when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she dropped at his feet, crying, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died."

(I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

But some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done;

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.)

Accordingly Jesus no longer appeared in public among the Jews, but withdrew to the country adjoining the desert, to a town called Ephraim; there he stayed with the disciples.

(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)

You have always the poor beside you, but you have not always me."

Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

(His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.)

Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.

Jesus answered, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.

But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."

And Jesus cried aloud, "He who believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me,

If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I have not come to judge the world but to save the world.

the Father had put everything into his hands ??knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

Jesus answered him, "You do not understand just now what I am doing, but you will understand it later on."

"Lord," said Simon Peter, "then wash not only my feet but my hands and head."

Jesus said, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed; he is clean all over. And you are clean ??but not all of you"

even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.

A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.

He who does not love me does not obey my word; and what you hear me say is not my word but the word of the Father who sent me.

but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.