it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."

He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

art thou then Elias? said they; and he answer'd, I am not. art thou a prophet? and he answer'd, no.

said they to him, who then art thou? that we may give an answer to those that sent us: what sayst thou of thy self?

"I am, said he, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, clear the way of the Lord," as said the prophet Esaias.

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

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

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world."

this is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man, who was before me: for he did indeed exist before me.

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

and seeing Jesus as he walked, he said, "behold the lamb of God."

Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

then Jesus turned about, and seeing them following, said, what do you seek? they answered him, rabbi, that is to say master, where do you dwell?

come, said he, and see. so they went and saw where he lodged, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two disciples, who had followed Jesus, after they had heard what John had said.

the first he met was his own brother Simon, to whom he said, "we have found the Messias," that is to say, the Christ.

and he brought him to Jesus. and when Jesus beheld him, he said, "thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas," which is by interpretation, a stone.

The day following Jesus having a mind to go into Galilee, met with Philip, and said to him, follow me.

The day following, Jesus wished to go into Galilee; and he found Philip, and said to him: Follow me.

Philip meeting with Nathanael, said to him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

but Nathanael said to him, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? come and see, said Philip.

Jesus seeing Nathanael coming, said of him, there's a true Israelite, in whom is no guile. how do you know me?

said Nathanael to him. before Philip called you, replied Jesus, I saw you under the fig-tree.

Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

Jesus answered him, because thou believest what I said, that I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou shalt see greater things than these.

and he said to him, I declare unto you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending, and descending upon the son of man.

now when the wine was out, the mother of Jesus said to him, they have no wine.

And Jesus said to her, "What {does your concern have to do with me}, woman? My hour has not yet come."

His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do [it]!"

Jesus said to them, "Fill the water jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

now fill out, said he, and carry it to the steward of the feast, which accordingly they did.

And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!"

and said to him, 'tis usual to present the best wine first, and afterwards the worse, when the guests have drank pretty freely: but you have reserved the best wine to the last.

upon which he made a whip of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with their sheep, and oxen; and threw about the changers money, and over-set the tables; and said to the dove-sellers,

and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

His disciples remembered that the Scriptures said, "My zeal for your house will consume me!"

whereupon the Jews said, what miracle can you show to justify your behaviour?

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this;

and when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that expression of his: and they believed the scripture, and what Jesus had said.

who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

be not surprized that I said to thee, you must be born again.

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?

Then some of John's disciples got into a controversy with a Jew in regard to purification; so they came to John and said to him.

who thereupon went to John, and said, master, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, he himself does now baptize likewise, and the people flock to him.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

you yourselves can bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but was only sent before him:

Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.

Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)

but the woman of Samaria said to him, how is it that you who are a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan? (for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.)

Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

sir, said the woman, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then can you get that living water?

Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"

go, call your husband, said Jesus, and come again.

The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have, is not your husband: in that you said true.

the woman said to him, sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Jesus said to her, woman, believe me, the time is coming when it shall be neither on this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem that ye shall worship the father.

then said the woman to him, I know that the Messias (that is to say the Christ) is to come, and when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Jesus said to her, I that am talking with you am he.

Upon this his disciples came, and were surpriz'd at his conversing with the woman: yet none of them said, what did you ask her? or, why do you talk with her?

the woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, come,

"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"

Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

upon which the disciples said one to another, hath any man brought him any thing to eat?

Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

and many more believed, for having heard him speak himself: and said to the woman,

now it is not for what you have said, that we believe: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the saviour of the world, the Christ.

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

but Jesus said to him, except you see signs and miracles, you will not believe.

the nobleman said to him, sir, pray come down before my child be dead.

go thy way, said Jesus: thy son is well. and the man believed what Jesus had said to him, and went his way.

And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

so the father knew that it was at the very same hour, at which Jesus said to him, thy son is well. and he himself believed, and all his family.

Jesus seeing him lie there, and knowing that he had been sick a long time, said to him, will you be cured?

The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

rise, said Jesus to him, take up thy bed, and go your way.

the Jews said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath-day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.

he answered them, he that cured me said to me, take up your bed and walk.

then they asked him, who is he that said to you take up your bed and walk?

sometime after Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, you see you were cured: sin no more, lest you suffer something worse.

The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

But Jesus said to them, "My Father is continuing to work and I am working."

therefore the Jews were the more eager to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but likewise, because he had said that God was his proper father, making himself equal with God.

upon which Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, the son can do nothing of himself, except he sees the father do it: for whatever he doth, that the son does likewise.

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great company coming to him, said to Philip, where can we buy bread to feed this people?

(this he said to prove Philip: for he himself knew what he had to do.)

one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

but Jesus said, make the men sit down. and as there was much grass in the place, they sat down to the number of about five thousand.