This Word was from the first in relation with God.

John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

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

The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

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

And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

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.

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

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

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

While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

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.

Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

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And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

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?

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

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

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.

Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.

Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.

Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

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?

However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

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

And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

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.

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

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.

When he said this a number came to have faith in him.

And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

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?

Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

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.

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.

If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation;

Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.