He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

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

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

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

For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?

Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

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

The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?

And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.

So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.