The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

Jesus said to her, "Do not try to direct me. It is not yet time for me to act."

Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons.

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

His disciples remembered that the Scriptures said, "My zeal for your house will consume me!"

Then the Jews addressed him and said, "What sign have you to show us, for acting in this way?"

But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all,

and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

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

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.

John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, for there was plenty of water there, and people came there and were baptized.

For John had not yet been put in prison.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

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

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman like me for a drink?" For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.

but anyone who drinks the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, but the water that I will give him will become a spring of water within him, bubbling up for eternal life."

"You are right when you say you have no husband, for you have had five husbands and the man you are now living with is not your husband. What you say is true."

You worship something you know nothing about; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

But a time is coming??t is already here!??hen the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and sincerity, for the Father wants such worshipers.

Are you not saying, 'Four months more and the harvest will come'? Look, I tell you! Raise your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvesting.

The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

For here the saying holds good, 'One sows, another reaps.'

and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

for he himself declared that a prophet is not honored in his own country.

So when he reached Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen everything he had done at Jerusalem, at the festival, for they too had gone to the festival.

When he heard that Jesus had come back 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.

There was one man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

Jesus saw him lying there, and finding that he had been in this condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is against the Law for you to carry your mat."

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was, for as there was a crowd there, Jesus had left the place.

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

For the Father loves the Son and lets him see everything that he himself is doing, and he will let him see greater deeds than these, to make you wonder.

For just as the Father awakens the dead and makes them come to life, the Son makes anyone whom he chooses come to life.

For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son,

For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice,

I cannot do anything of my own accord. I pass judgment just as I am told to do, and my judgment is just, for I am not seeking to do what I please, but what pleases him who has sent me.

He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light.

But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe the messenger whom he has sent.

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

yet you refuse to come to me for life.

For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote.

because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

So Jesus, raising his eyes and seeing that a great crowd was coming up to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy food for these people to eat?"

Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he meant to do.

Philip answered, "Forty dollars' worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have even a little."

and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;

When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat, and they were terrified.

But some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where they had eaten the bread after Jesus had given thanks for it.

You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

Jesus answered them, "The work God has for you is to believe in the messenger that he has sent to you."

Then they said to him, "Then what sign do you show for us to see and so come to believe you? What work are you doing?

for it is God's bread that comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

for I have come down from heaven not to do what I please but what pleases him who has sent me.

For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day."

The Jews complained of him for saying, "I am the bread that has come out of heaven,"

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the world's life is my own flesh!"

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

Yet there are some of you who will not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who would not believe, and who was going to betray him.

He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though he was one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

After this Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were making efforts to kill him.

For no one acts in secret when he desires to be publicly known. If you are going to do these things, let the world see you."

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to act, but any time is suitable for you.

It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.

As for you, go up to the festival; I am not going up to this festival as yet, for it is not quite time for me to go."

Now the Jews were looking for him at the festival and asking where he was,

But no one spoke of him in public, for fear of the Jews.

Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.

But if a person undergoes circumcision on a Sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you angry at me for making a man perfectly well on a Sabbath?

You will look for me and you will not find me, and you will not be able to go where I shall be."

What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me and you will not find me, and you will not be able to go where I shall be'?"

Jesus answered, "Even if I am testifying to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in the midst of your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

That is why I said to you that you would die in the midst of your sins, for unless you believe that I am what I say, you will die in the midst of your sins."

And he who has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him."

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

They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

So if the Son sets you free you will be really free.

I know that you are descended from Abraham, yet you want to kill me, because there is no room in your hearts for my teaching.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he has sent me.

The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed, but I have respect for my Father, and you have no respect for me.

But I do not seek honor for myself; there is someone who seeks it for me, and is the judge of it.

Jesus answered, "If I show special honor to myself, such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who shows me honor. You say he is your God,

His disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin was this man born blind? For his own, or for that of his parents?"

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case.

As long as I am in the world, I am a light for the world."

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues.

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd will give his life for his sheep.

For he is only a hired man, and does not care about the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.

Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?"