And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"

And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!"

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

(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

He said to them, "Come and you will see!" So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day (it was about the tenth hour).

And [when the] wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine!"

Jesus said to them, "Fill the water jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

And he said to them, "Now draw [some] out and take [it] to the head steward. So they took [it].

and said to him, "{Everyone} serves the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

After this he went down to Capernaum, and his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there {a few} days.

So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name [because they] saw his signs which he was doing.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"

(For his disciples had gone away into the town so that they could buy food.)

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

They went out from the town and were coming to him.

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him [anything] to eat, [did they]?"

Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days.

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, [because they] had seen all [the things] he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).

So he inquired from them the hour at which he had gotten better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up [your mat] and walk?'"

in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

and they will come out--those who have done good [things] to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil [things] to a resurrection of judgment.

And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.

Then Jesus took the bread, and [after he] had given thanks, he distributed [it] to those who were reclining--likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."

So they gathered [them], and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

And getting into a boat, they began to go to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Then [when they] had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

So they were wanting to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land to which they were going.

Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread [after] the Lord had given thanks.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?

So they said to him, "Sir, always give us this bread!"

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.

Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?"

But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say, "Is this not [the one] whom they are seeking to kill?

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

Then, [when they] heard these words, [some] from the crowd began to say, "This man is truly the Prophet!"

So the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said to them, "{Why} did you not bring him?"

{None} of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, [have they]?

They answered and said to him, "You are not also from Galilee, [are you]? Investigate and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee!" [[

they said to him, testing [him], "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery!

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said to them, "The [one] of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!"

Now [when they] heard [it], being convicted by their conscience, they began to depart, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone--and the woman who was in [their] midst.

So they were saying to him, "Where is your father?" Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father! If you had known me, you would have known my Father also."

So they began to say to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "{What} I have been saying to you [from] the beginning.

(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!

You are doing the deeds of your father!" They said to him, "We were not born from sexual immorality! We have one father, God!"

Then they picked up stones in order to throw [them] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple [courts].

So they began to say to him, "How were your eyes opened?"

And they said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I do not know."

They brought him--the one formerly blind--to the Pharisees.

So they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

So the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received sight, until they summoned the parents of the one who received sight.

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"

So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

They reviled him and said, "You are his disciple! But we are disciples of Moses!

They answered and said to him, "You were born completely in sin, and are you attempting to teach us?" And they threw him out.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.

And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.

Then the Jews picked up stones again so that they could stone him.

So they were seeking again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand.

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, [when they] saw Mary--that she stood up quickly and went out--followed her, [because they] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."

So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes above and said, "Father, I give thanks to you that you hear me.

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

So from that day they resolved that they should kill him.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.

So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another [while] standing in the temple [courts], "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report [it], in order that they could arrest him.)

So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him.

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.