John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for He was before me."

This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

This is He about whom I said, 'After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'

"This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."

This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

"It has taken forty-six years," replied the Jews, "to build this Sanctuary, and will you rebuild it in three days?"

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

"How is all this possible?" asked Nicodemus.

And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.

After this Jesus and His disciples went into Judaea; and there He made a stay in company with them and baptized.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

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

"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"

For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."

This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.

After this there was a Festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--

But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved.

After this Jesus went away across the Lake of Galilee (that is, the Lake of Tiberias)

He said this to put Philip to the test, for He Himself knew what He was going to do.

Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."

There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.

For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"

I am the living bread come down out of Heaven. If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever. Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given for the life of the world."

This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"

This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."

Jesus said all this in the synagogue while teaching at Capernaum.

Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?"

"Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see the Son of Man ascending again where He was before?

After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.

As for you, go up to the Festival. I do not now go up to this Festival, because my time is not yet fully come."

The Jews were astonished. "How does this man know anything of books," they said, "although he has never been at any of the schools?"

Some however of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the man they are wanting to kill?

But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ?

And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from."

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt the Prophet."

"No mere man has ever spoken as this man speaks," said the officers.

But this rabble who understand nothing about the Law are accursed!"

"Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.

They asked this in order to put Him to the test, so that they might have some charge to bring against Him. But Jesus leant forward and began to write with His finger on the ground.

"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.

So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.

"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."

"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."

Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.

Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

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

He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake him."

and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?"

After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."

But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"

"Take away the stone," said Jesus. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, "Master, by this time there is a foul smell; for it is three days since he died."

I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me."

Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.

If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and our nation."

The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.

The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

This was also why the crowd came to meet Him, because they had heard of His having performed that miracle.

He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages.

Now is my soul full of trouble; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out.

He said this to indicate the kind of death He would die.

In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

For this reason they were unable to believe--because Isaiah said again,

Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

While supper was proceeding, the Devil having by this time suggested to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, the thought of betraying Him, Jesus,

"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."

If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

From this time forward I tell you things before they happen, in order that when they do happen you may believe that I am He.

"It is the one," answered Jesus, "for whom I shall dip this piece of bread and to whom I shall give it." Accordingly He dipped the piece of bread, and took it and gave it to Judas, the son of the Iscariot Simon.

But why He said this no one else at the table understood.

It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."

If you--all of you--knew me, you would fully know my Father also. From this time forward you know Him and have seen Him."

"All this I have spoken to you while still with you.