through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him.

he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

He said to him, "Truly, truly I tell you all, you shall see heaven open wide and God's angels ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

Making a scourge of cords, he drove them all, sheep and cattle together, out of the temple, scattered the coins of the brokers and upset their tables,

Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."

Jesus, however, would not trust himself to them; he knew all men,

and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

Do not wonder at me telling you, 'You must all be born from above.'

If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?

He who believes in him is not sentenced; he who will not believe is sentenced already, for having refused to believe in the name of the only Son of God.

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

He who comes from above is far above all others; he who springs from earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth; he who comes from heaven [is far above all others.

"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw water with, and it is a deep well; where do you get your 'living' water?

Are you a greater man than Jacob, our ancestor? He gave us this well, and he drank from it, with his sons and his cattle."

Jesus answered, "Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

"Woman," said Jesus, "believe me, the time is coming when you will be worshipping the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

The woman said to him, "Well, I know messiah (which means Christ) is coming. When he arrives, he will explain it all to us."

Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

on reaching Galilee, he was welcomed by the Galileans, who had seen all he did at the festival in Jerusalem ??for they too had gone to the festival.

Once more he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a royal official, whose son was lying ill at Capernaum;

Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."

Then the father realized that it had left him at the very time when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is alive"; and he became a believer with all his household.

Jesus saw him lying, and knowing he had been ill for a long while he said to him, "Do you want your health restored?"

The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."

And instantly the man got well, lifted his mat, and started to walk. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

Later on Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well and strong; commit no more sins, in case something worse befalls you."

The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;

that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)

Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life.

Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;

Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice

and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light.

here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"

On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?"

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?

Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,

and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.

It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."

No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).

In the prophets it is written, and they will be all instructed by God; everyone who has listened to the Father and learned from him, comes to me.

I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life (and I will raise him up on the last day),

Just as the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live by me.

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority.

Jesus answered them, "I have only performed one deed, and yet you are all amazed at it.

Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, it came from your ancestors), and you will circumcise a man upon the sabbath.

Well, if a man gets circumcised upon the sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you enraged at me for curing, not cutting, the entire body of a man upon the sabbath?

No, we know where this man comes from; but when the Christ does come, no one will know where he comes from."

Indeed many of the people believed in him, saying, "When the Christ does come, will he perform more Signs than this man?"

Then said Jesus, "I will be with you a little longer, then I go to Him who sent me;

you will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come."

The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?

What does he mean by saying, 'You will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come'?"

he who believes in me ??out of his body, as scripture says, streams of living water will flow"

The Pharisees retorted, "Are you misled as well?

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."

Then he said to them again, "I go away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."

So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."

They said, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "Why should I talk to you at all?

so Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, you will know then who I am, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has taught me.

you will understand the truth, and the truth will set you free."

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

Now the slave does not remain in the household for all time; the son of the house does.

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

Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone holds to what I say, he will never see death."

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

While daylight lasts, we must be busy with the work of God: night comes, when no one can do any work.

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

The man replied to them, "Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

God, we know, does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and who obeys his will.

When he has brought all his sheep outside, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice;

they will not follow a stranger, they will run from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.

(I am the Gate; whoever enters by me will be saved, he will go in and out and find pasture.)

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

and I give them eternal life; they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

My Father who gave me them is stronger than all, and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hand.

but if I am, then believe the deeds, though you will not believe me ??that you may learn and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

so the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."

"Lord," said the disciples, "if he has fallen asleep, he will get better."

Then Martha, hearing of the arrival of Jesus, went out to meet him, while Mary sat at home.