Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

The next day, John was standing there again with two of his disciples.

Nathaniel asked him, "From Nazareth? Can anything good come from there?" Philip told him, "Come and see!"

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

On the third day of that week there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.

In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables.

After making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the Temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables.

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."

The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?"

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside. He spent some time there with them and began baptizing.

John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People kept coming and were being baptized,

Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

Jacob's Well was also there, and Jesus, tired out by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

The people left the town and started on their way to him.

I have sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have adopted their work as your own."

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

Two days later, Jesus left for Galilee from there,

So Jesus returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Capernaum there was a government official whose son was ill.

Later on, there was another festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years.

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps down ahead of me."

Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice

There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.

But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men.

After they had rowed about 25 or 30 stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea toward their boat. They became terrified.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him.

And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," while others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the crowds!"

Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began teaching.

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.

So there was a division in the crowd because of him.

One of their own, Nicodemus (the man who had previously met with Jesus), asked them,

Then all of them went to their own homes.

When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the Judge.

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"

At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple.

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the person who doesn't enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.

The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.

I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.

Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there.

And many believed in Jesus there.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"

Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

When the Jews who had been with her, consoling her in the house, saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to cry there.

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"

If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."

Although he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer robe, he sat down again and told them, "Do you realize what I've done to you?

Jesus answered him, "Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times."

There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there weren't, I wouldn't have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you, would I?

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

"I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, because they are yours.

All that is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine, and I have been glorified through them.

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

I ask not only on behalf of these men, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,

After Jesus had said all of this, he went with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples.

So Judas took a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the high priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then the soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus and tied him up.

The soldiers twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, put it on his head, and threw a purple robe on him.

There they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side of him with Jesus in the middle.

So they told each other, "Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture that says, "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they threw dice." So that is what the soldiers did.

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he kept loving standing there, he told his mother, "Dear lady, here is your son."

A jar of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.

Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day, and because the tomb was nearby, they put Jesus there.

Bending over to look inside, he noticed the linen cloths lying there, but didn't go in.

At this point Simon Peter arrived, following him, and went straight into the tomb. He observed that the linen cloths were lying there,