John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining -- this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."

When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus replied, "Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come."

Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

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

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?"

So after 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.

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

"Sir," the woman said to him, "you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water?

Surely you're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock."

Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!"

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'

They said to the woman, "No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world."

Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).

(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

Jesus replied, "This is the deed God requires -- to believe in the one whom he sent."

So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time!"

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

For this is the will of my Father -- for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, "This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?"

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."

When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ?

But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, "Whenever the Christ comes, he won't perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?"

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"

Others said, "This is the Christ!" But still others said, "No, for the Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

The officers replied, "No one ever spoke like this man!"

But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!"

and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!"

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

For this reason his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.")

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!"

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

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

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Then after this, he said to his disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation."

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,