He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

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

So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

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?"

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

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.

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

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

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

But he had to pass through Samaria.

Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

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

After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

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

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

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

So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people."

The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.

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.

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 replied, "You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?" So they threw him out.

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."

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

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.

Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

And many believed in Jesus there.

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."

The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there 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 I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them."

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

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

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

They replied, "Jesus the Nazarene." He told them, "I am he." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!"

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

So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice." So the soldiers did these things.

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!"

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.

He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,

So the disciples went back to their homes.

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

He told them, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

So Simon Peter went aboard and pulled the net to shore. It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three, but although there were so many, the net was not torn.

There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.