"I," he answered, "am--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness--"straighten the way of the Lord"', as the Prophet Isaiah said."

Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?"

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

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

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

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father."

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.

On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm-branches,

And you know the way to the place where I am going."

"We do not know where you are going, Master," said Thomas; "so how can we know the way?"

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

I have spoken to you in this way so that you may not falter.

You, in the same way, are sorry now; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.

"Listen! a time is coming--indeed it has already come--when you are to be scattered, each going his own way, and to leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

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: