It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.

It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind.

He came for the purpose of testifying, to testify to the light, so that everyone through him might come to believe.

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us, so that we can have an answer to give to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

I did not know Him myself, but I came baptizing in water, that He might be made known to Israel."

I did see it; and my testimony is that He is the Son of God."

Jesus answered him, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."

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

Then the Jews addressed Him and asked, "What sign can you show us that you have authority to act in this way?"

So after He had risen from the dead, His disciples recalled that He had said this, and so believed the Scripture and the statement that He had made.

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life.

"For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.

For God sent His Son into the world, not to pass sentence on it, but that the world through Him might be saved.

And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.

But whoever is in the habit of living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may be shown to be performed with God's help."

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was winning and baptizing more disciples than John --

So the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman like me for a drink?" For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."

The woman said to Him, "I see that you are a prophet.

Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship Him."

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Now the reaper is already getting pay, for he is gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

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 they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

for He Himself declared that a prophet had no honor in his own country.

So when He reached Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him, for they had seen everything that He had done at the feast in Jerusalem, for they too had attended the feast.

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

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

This is the second wonder-work that Jesus performed after He had come back from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus saw him lying there, and when He found out that he had been in that condition for a long time, He asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

They asked him, "Who is the man that said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and go to walking'?"

The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing, and He will show Him greater deeds than these, so that you will keep on wondering.

that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Stop being surprised at this, for the time is coming when all that are in the graves will listen to His voice,

There is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony which He gives to me is of force.

However, I do not accept mere human testimony, but I am saying this that you may be saved.

John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining, and you decided for a time to delight yourselves in his light.

But I have testimony that is higher than John's, for the works which my Father has committed to me to finish, the very works that I am doing, testify to me that the Father has sent me;

"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,

but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

Do not be thinking that I am going to accuse you to the Father. You have your accuser; it is Moses on whom you have set your hopes!

So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming toward Him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

When they had plenty, He said to His disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, that nothing be wasted."

So they picked them up and filled twelve baskets with the pieces that were left from the five barley loaves, which were more than the eaters wanted.

When the people, therefore, saw the wonder-works that He performed, they began to say, "This is surely the prophet who was to come into the world."

So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into boats themselves and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

Then they asked Him, "What must we do to perform the works that God demands?"

Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this, to believe in the messenger whom He has sent."

for the bread that God gives is what comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

Then they said to Him, "Give us that bread always, sir!"

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

But I have told you that, although you have seen me, yet you do not believe in me.

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never, no, never reject anyone who comes to me,

Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day.

For it is my Father's will 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."

Then the Jews began to grumble about His saying, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven."

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except Him who is from God; of course, He has seen the Father.

I am the bread that gives life.

But here is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat it and never die.

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

This is the bread that comes down out of heaven; not as your forefathers ate the manna, and yet died. Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever."

But as Jesus naturally knew that His disciples were grumbling about this, He said to them, "Is this shocking to you?

The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

So He continued, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by my Father."

Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,

and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."

So His brothers said to Him, "You must leave here and go to Judea, to let your disciples also see the works that you are doing;

It is impossible for the world to hate you; it is I whom it hates, because I continue to testify that its works are wicked.

And there was a great deal of grumbling about Him among the crowds, some saying that He was a good man, and others that He was not, but was misleading the masses.

Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

Then Moses gave you the rite of circumcision -- not that it had its origin with Moses but with your earlier forefathers -- and you circumcise a male child even on the Sabbath.

Just look! He is talking in public, and yet they do not say a word to Him! It cannot be that the authorities have really learned that He is the Christ, can it?

The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?

By this He referred to the Spirit that those believing in Him were going to receive -- for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

Then they answered him, "You are not from Galilee, too, are you? Search the record and see that no prophet has ever come from Galilee."

They were asking this to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped and began to write in the dirt with his finger.

Then Jesus again addressed them and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever continues to follow me need never walk in darkness, but he will enjoy the light that means life."

Then the Jews began to say, "He is not going to kill Himself, is He? Is that why He said, 'Where I am going you can never come'?"

So I have told you that you would die under the curse of your sins, for unless you believe that I am the Christ, you will die under the curse of your sins."

They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

I know that you are Abraham's descendants, and yet you are trying to kill me, because there is no room in you for my teaching.

But right now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that He has learned from God. Abraham never did that.

Why is it that you misunderstand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to what I teach.

Then the Jews answered Him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are under the power of a demon?"

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that you are under the power of a demon. Abraham is dead; the prophets too, and yet you say, 'If anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death.'