But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"

For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

"I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

"Everybody serves first the good wine, and when people have drunk freely, the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."

But he was speaking about the temple of his body; and when the disciples recalled what he had said,

but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men,

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

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

He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

"He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),

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 living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."

But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

"Rabbi," they said, "eat something." But he answered, "I have food to eat of which you know nothing."

"Sir," answered the sick man, "I have no man to put me into the pool whenever the water is troubled; and while I am trying to come, some one else steps down before me."

"Rise," said Jesus, "take up your bed and go walking away."

Instantly the man became well, and he took up his bed and started to walk. Now it was Sabbath on that day;

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

He replied, "The man who healed me told me to take up my bed and walk."

"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'take up your bed and go walking away'?"

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

But he answered them, "My Father has continued working until now, and I am working too."

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life.

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.

"But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the work which the Father has given me to bring to completion??he work which I am doing??ears testimony concerning me, that the Father has sent me.

"I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,

"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

There they got in a boat, and started across the sea for Capernaum. The darkness had already fallen,

After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were terrified;

but he said to them, "It is I, be not afraid."

Then they were willing to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the shore they were making for.

The crowd that remained on the other side of the sea had seen that there was only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away by themselves.

Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

"But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.

"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the last day.

"My time is not yet come," said Jesus, "but your time is always at hand.

"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

After saying this, he remained in Galilee; but after his brothers had gone up to feast,

then he went too??ot openly, but as it were a secret.

The Jews meanwhile kept looking for him at feast, and saying, "Where is he?" "I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

No one, however, was speaking openly about him, for fear of the Jews. "But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves.

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

"Consider, therefore, Moses has given you circumcision??ot that Moses originated it, but the fathers??nd you are accustomed to circumcise a child even on the Sabbath.

"But we know this man and where he is from; but when the Christ comes no one will know where he comes from."

So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said: "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.

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

Then they kept seeking to arrest him, but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?

So a division arose in the crowd concerning him. Some of them wished to apprehend him, but no one laid hands on him.

"Now Moses, in the Law, has commanded us to stone such creatures. But you, what do you say?"

But Jesus stooped down, and began to write on the ground with his finger. When they continued to question him, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent man among you be the first to throw the stone at her."

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."

In reply Jesus said to them. "Even if I do bear testimony to 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.

"Though even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

"I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world only those things which I have heard from him."

so Jesus added. "When you lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He; and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I speak just as the Father has taught me,

"Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain.

"I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you.

"But now you are seeking to kill me?? man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do that.

Jesus said to them. "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded forth and am now come from God. I did not come on my own authority, but God himself sent me.

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

"I do not have a demon," said Jesus, "but I am honoring my Father, and you are dishonoring me.

"You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple.

Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he looks like him." "I am the man," he said.

so the Pharisees again began to ask him questions about how he had regained his sight; and he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I see."

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"

"but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who has opened his eyes. Ask him, himself. He is of age. He will speak for himself."

"We know that God spoke to Moses. But this fellow! We do not know where he comes from."

"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is God-fearing and does his will, to such he listens.

"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, 'We see'; so your sin remains.

"In solemn truth I tell you that whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber;

"but he who comes in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

"But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was talking about; so he said to them again.

"All that came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

"But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.

"We are not going to stone you for a good deed," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God."

"But if I am doing them, then though you believe not me, believe the deeds, in order that you may come to know and keep on clearly understanding that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

Then again they attempted to seize him, but he escaped out of their hands,

Many who came to him said, "John did not perform any signs, but everything he said about this man was true."