So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

Then the Jews addressed him and said, "What sign have you to show us, for acting in this way?"

I tell you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen the things we testify to, yet you all reject our testimony.

Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven.

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

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

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

He who comes from above is above all others. A son of earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is above all others.

It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

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

Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,

So when he reached Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen everything he had done at Jerusalem, at the festival, for they too had gone to the festival.

So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death.

Jesus said to him, "You can go home. Your son is going to live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and went home.

So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus had said to him "Your son is going to live." And he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

This second sign Jesus showed after coming back from Judea to Galilee.

Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him, "See! You are well again. Give up sin, or something worse may happen to you."

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

For the Father loves the Son and lets him see everything that he himself is doing, and he will let him see greater deeds than these, to make you wonder.

For just as the Father awakens the dead and makes them come to life, the Son makes anyone whom he chooses come to life.

For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son,

so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him.

I tell you, the time is coming??t is here already!??hen those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man.

and my Father who has sent me has thus borne witness to me. You have never heard his voice or seen his form,

Then as soon as they consented to take him into the boat, the boat was at the shore they had been trying to reach.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

Then they said to him, "Then what sign do you show for us to see and so come to believe you? What work are you doing?

But as I have told you, although you have seen me, you will not believe.

For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day."

and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life.

Then what if you see the Son of Man go up where he was before?

He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though he was one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in the midst of your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

So Jesus said, "When you lift the Son of Man up in the air, then you will know that I am what I say, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has instructed me.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.

So if the Son sets you free you will be really free.

It is what I have seen in the presence of my Father that I tell, and it is what you have heard from your father that you do."

Who among you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I tell you the truth, why do you refuse to believe me?

Your forefather Abraham exulted at the thought of seeing my coming. He has seen it, and it has made him glad."

The Jews said to him, "You are not fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

His disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin was this man born blind? For his own, or for that of his parents?"

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case.

Then his neighbors and people who had formerly seen him begging, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"

His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.

They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

Jesus learned that they had excluded him, and he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Jesus said to him, "You have seen him already, and it is he who is now talking to you."

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

And people came to him in great numbers, and they said of him, "John did not show any sign in proof of his mission, but all that he said about this man was true."

When Jesus received it he said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but is for the honor of God, that through it the Son of God may be honored."

She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

"Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

That was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had showed that sign.

Jesus answered, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

The crowd answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain here forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I am going to give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." So he dipped the piece of bread and took it and gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son.

When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been honored, and God has been honored through him,

If you knew me, you would know my Father also. From now on you do know him and you have seen him."

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done things before them that no one else ever did they would not be guilty of sin. But as it is, they have seen both me and my Father, and they have hated us both.

When he comes, he will bring conviction to the world about sin and uprightness and judgment;

about sin, as shown in their not believing in me;

When Jesus had said all this he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Do honor to your son, that your son may do honor to you,

The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by our law he deserves death, for declaring himself to be a son of God."

So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, said to his mother, "There is your son!"

Mary of Magdala went and declared to the disciples, "I have seen the Master!" and she told them that he had said this to her.

So the rest of the disciples said to him, "We have seen the Master!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me that you believe? Blessed be those who believe without having seen me!"

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!"

Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!