After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum--he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days.

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

And, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.

For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.

So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people:

"Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"

And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.

Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

"Sir," said the officer, "come down before my child dies." And Jesus answered: "Go, your son is living."

And, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

Jesus went up the hill, and sat down there with his disciples.

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the men, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,

And then Jesus took the loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and the same with the fish, giving the people as much as they wanted.

When evening fell, his disciples went down to the Sea,

For the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world."

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

Upon this the Jews began murmuring against Jesus for saying-- 'I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.'

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

That is the Bread which has come down from Heaven--not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live for ever."

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

At this, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' said to his fellow-disciples: "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."

Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.

"Why cannot I follow you now, Master?" asked Peter. "I will lay down my life for you."

"Will you lay down your life for me?" replied Jesus. "In truth I tell you, the cock will not crow till you have disowned me three times.

No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.

If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

"Do you take me for a Jew?" was Pilate's answer. "It is your own nation and the Chief Priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?"

Stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying there, but did not go in.

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called 'The Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came;

It was in this way:--Simon Peter, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, Zebediah's sons, and two other disciples of Jesus, were together, when Simon Peter said: