But when Jesus turned around and saw them following, he asked them, "What are you looking for?" They asked him, "Rabbi," (which is translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

He told them, "Come and see!" So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.

When the man in charge of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine (without knowing where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called for the bridegroom

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?"

The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?"

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.

Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.

But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

You say, don't you, "In four more months the harvest will begin?' Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe that the fields are ready for harvesting now!

The one who harvests is already receiving his wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who harvests may rejoice together.

I have sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have adopted their work as your own."

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

Two days later, Jesus left for Galilee from there,

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years.

So the Jewish leaders told the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.

That man John was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn't enough for each of them to have a little."

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

The Jewish leaders kept looking for him at the festival, asking, "Where is that man?"

You'll look for me but won't find me. And where I am, you cannot come."

What does this statement mean that he said, "You'll look for me but won't find me,' and, "Where I am, you cannot come'?"

Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."

Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along? I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I've heard from him I declare to the world."

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, "You will be set free'?"

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself."

So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep.

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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

No one is taking it from me; 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 is what my Father has commanded me."

Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

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

When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."

Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?"

Jesus told them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

Jesus replied, "This voice is for your benefit, not for mine.

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself."

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

For they loved the praise of human beings more than the praise of God.

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

For he knew who was going to betray him. That's why he said, "Not all of you are clean."

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.

Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

"Lord, why can't I follow you now?" Peter asked him. "I would lay down my life for you!"

Jesus answered him, "Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times."

There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there weren't, I wouldn't have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you, would I?

And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it."

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it.

No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

On that day, you won't ask me for anything. Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen, went forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

So he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am the one, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

Caiaphas was the person who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one man die for the people.

Meanwhile, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was also standing with them, keeping himself warm.

The Jewish leaders told him, "It is not legal for us to put anyone to death." This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.