he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.

He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared.

On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

That is he of whom I said, 'The man who is to succeed me has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.'

I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

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.'

Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

Nicodemus answered, "How can that be?"

that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

you have had five husbands, and he whom you have now espoused is not your husband. That was a true word."

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?"

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

That proverb, 'One sows and another reaps,' holds true here:

Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

As they told the woman, "We no longer believe on account of what you said; we have heard for ourselves, we know that he is really the Saviour of the world."

(for Jesus himself testified that a prophet enjoys no honour in his own country);

when he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, who was at the point of death.

And on the road his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

Then the father realized that it had left him at the very time when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is alive"; and he became a believer with all his household.

And instantly the man got well, lifted his mat, and started to walk. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

They questioned him, "Who was it that told you, 'Lift it and walk'?"

The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;

that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)

(though I accept no testimony from man ??I only speak of this testimony, that you may be saved);

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.

For if you believed Moses you would believe me, since it was of me that he wrote.

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

And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted."

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.

and as the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they embarked in the boats themselves and made for Capharnahum in search of Jesus.

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."

"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?

"Ah, sir," they said to him, "give us that bread always."

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.

It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."

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

the bread that comes down from heaven is such that one eats of it and never dies.

Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?

that was why he said 'I tell you that no one is able to come to me unless he is allowed by the Father').

After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.

and we believe, we are certain, that you are the holy One of God."

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

Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, it came from your ancestors), and you will circumcise a man upon the sabbath.

Yet here he is, opening his lips in public, and they say nothing to him! Can the authorities have really discovered that he is the Christ?

The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?

Does not scripture say it is from the offspring of David, from David's village of Bethlehem, that the Christ is to come?"

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

Why, it is written in your own Law that the evidence of two persons is valid:

So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

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.

It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.

Your father Abraham exulted that he was to see my Day: he did see it and he rejoiced."

Now it was on the sabbath day that Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes.

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

His parents answered, "This is our son, and he was born blind; we know that.

(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

That was why the man's parents said, "He is of age, ask himself.")

To which he replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner; one thing I do know, that once I was blind and now I can see."

He retorted, "I have told you that already, and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it over again? Do you want to be disciples of his?"

It is unheard of, since the world began, that anyone should open a blind man's eyes.

Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and on meeting him he said, "You believe in the Son of man?"

"Who is that, sir?" said the man, "tell me, that I may believe in him."

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

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."

When Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness is not to end in death; the end of it is the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby."

after that, he said to the disciples, "Let us go back to Judaea."

and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, that you may believe. Come now, let us go to him."

Now when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried for four days.

and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. You believe that?"

(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 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."

(He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation,

So from that day their plan was to kill him.

(The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

(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.)

since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

Next day the great mass of people who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was entering Jerusalem,

and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:

So the people answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; what do you mean by saying that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"

Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

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