John bore witness 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.'"

For out of his fulness we have all received, yes, grace upon grace.

For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was before me.'

He said to them, "Come, and you shall see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was then about four o'clock in the afternoon.

but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men,

and did not need any one's testimony concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)

"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."

You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

Do you not say, 'It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.

The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

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

"We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

When he reached Galilee, however, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they, too, had been at the feast.

And there was one man there for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.

"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.

"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.

"For as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.

"(Though for myself I accept no witness from man; I only mention that you may be saved.)

"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining??nd you were willing for a time rejoice in his light.

"But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the work which the Father has given me to bring to completion??he work which I am doing??ears testimony concerning me, that the Father has sent me.

"How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?

"For if you believed Moses you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"

He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he intended to do.

"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."

There they got in a boat, and started across the sea for Capernaum. The darkness had already fallen,

After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were terrified;

Then they were willing to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the shore they were making for.

when they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."

"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world."

"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."

"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

"Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who should betray him.

Now Jesus was speaking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him, although he was one of the Twelve.

After these things Jesus continued to travel about in Galilee, for he did not wish to go about in Judea, because the Jews kept trying to kill him.

"For no one ever does anything in secret if he himself seeks to be known publicly. If you are performing these signs, show yourself openly to the world."

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

The Jews meanwhile kept looking for him at feast, and saying, "Where is he?" "I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

No one, however, was speaking openly about him, for fear of the Jews. "But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves.

"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

Then Jesus said to them. "Still for a little longer I am with you, and then I am going my way to him who sent me.

"You will search for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

"As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"

In answer they said to him. "You are not from Galilee, are you? Search for yourself, and see that from Galilee arises no prophet."

"For you are judging according to the flesh. I am judging no man.

"That is why I said that you would die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

"and he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I do always the things that please him."

"and you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, 'You shall become free'?"

"So then, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed.

Jesus said to them. "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded forth and am now come from God. I did not come on my own authority, but God himself sent me.

"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

"But as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

"He who is from God listens to God's words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."

"but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who has opened his eyes. Ask him, himself. He is of age. He will speak for himself."

This his parents said because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess that he was the Christ, he should be expelled from the synagogue.

"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."

"The porter opens the door for him; the sheep listen to his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.

"I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"

"We are not going to stone you for a good deed," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God."

When Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that through it the Son of God may be glorified."

he still remained where he was for two days; then after that he said to his disciples, "Let us go back again to Judea."

"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. Come, let us go to him."

so when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been four days in the tomb.

With these words she went away to call her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

"Roll away the stone," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man "he is offensive by this time, for he has been four days in the tomb."

"Father, I thank thee that thou hast listened to me. And I knew that thou art ever listening to me, but for the sake of the crowd who are standing about, I said it, in order that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

"You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation be destroyed."

and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before the Passover.

So they kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another, as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think??hat he will not come to the feast at all?"

So they gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served it; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined with him at table.

"Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"

This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

for the poor you have with you always, but me you have not always."

Next day the big crowd who had come up for the Passover heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,