But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God,

So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and we actually saw His glory, the glory of One who is an only Son from His Father, and He was full of spiritual blessing and truth.

For from His bounty we have all received spiritual blessing after spiritual blessing.

For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.

He frankly admitted, and did not try at all to deny it; yes, he frankly admitted, "I am not the Christ."

He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where He was staying, and they spent the rest of the day with Him; it was about four in the afternoon.

Nathaniel said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered him, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."

Then He said to him, "I most solemnly say to you all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God going up, and coming down upon the Son of Man!"

When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no wine!"

So He made a lash out of cords, and drove them all, together with the sheep and cattle, out of the temple court, scattered the money-changers' coins and upset their tables.

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

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days."

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

But He would not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men

and needed no testimony from anyone about them, for He well knew what was in human nature.

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

I most solemnly say to you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen what we are testifying to, yet you are all rejecting our testimony.

But whoever is in the habit of living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may be shown to be performed with God's help."

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

Whoever trusts in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever refuses to trust in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God continues to remain on him.

She said to Him, "You have nothing to draw with, sir, and the well is deep. Where do you get your living water?

You are not greater than our forefather Jacob, are you, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, with all his sons and flocks?"

Jesus answered her, "Anyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again;

but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.

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

While he was still coming down, his slaves met him and told him, "Your boy is going to live."

Then the father knew that that was the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is going to live." So he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

Jesus saw him lying there, and when He found out that he had been in that condition for a long time, He asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

And at once the man was well, and picked up his pallet, and went to walking. Now it was the Sabbath.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple court, and said to him, "See! You are now well. Stop sinning or something worse may befall you."

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing, and He will show Him greater deeds than these, so that you will keep on wondering.

For the Father passes sentence on no one, but He has committed all judgment to the Son,

that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

"I most solemnly say to you, whoever listens to me and believes Him who has sent me possesses eternal life, and will never come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.

I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

Stop being surprised at this, for the time is coming when all that are in the graves will listen to His voice,

and those who have done good will come out for a resurrection to life, but those who have done evil for a resurrection to condemnation.

I cannot do anything by myself. As I get orders, so I judge, and my judgment is a just one, for I am not trying to do my own will but the will of Him who has sent me.

"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,

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

Philip answered Him, "Forty dollars' worth of bread is not enough to give them all even a scanty meal apiece."

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never, no, never reject anyone who comes to me,

because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.

Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day.

For it is my Father's will 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."

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the last day.

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to me.

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

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood already possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

This is the bread that comes down out of heaven; not as your forefathers ate the manna, and yet died. Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever."

The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.

If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas.

Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded!

Well, if a male child undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, to keep the law of Moses from being broken, are you angry with me for making a man perfectly well on the Sabbath?

But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, however, no one will know where He is from."

But many of the crowd believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform greater wonder-works than He did, will He?"

Then Jesus said to them, "Just a little while longer I am to be with you, and then I am going back to Him who has sent me.

You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."

What does He mean by saying, 'You will look for me and will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going'?"

Whoever continues to believe in me will have, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water continuously flowing from within him."

Early the next morning, He had come into the temple again, and all the people were gathering around Him. Having sat down, He began to teach them.

Then Jesus again addressed them and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever continues to follow me need never walk in darkness, but he will enjoy the light that means life."

Then Jesus again said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die under the curse of your sins; for where I am going you can never come."

So I have told you that you would die under the curse of your sins, for unless you believe that I am the Christ, you will die under the curse of your sins."

Then they asked Him, "Who are you anyway?" Jesus answered them, "Why do I even talk to you at all?

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him.

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

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody'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 most solemnly say to you, if anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death."

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that you are under the power of a demon. Abraham is dead; the prophets too, and yet you say, 'If anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death.'

And yet you have not learned to know Him; but I know Him, and if I say I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. On the other hand, I do know Him and I do follow His teaching.

We must continue to do the works of Him who sent me while it is daylight. Night is coming when no one can do any work.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

The man answered them, "Well, there is something strange about this! You do not know where He comes from! And yet He has made my eyes to see!

We know that God does not listen to sinful men, but He does listen to anyone who worships God and lives to do His will.

So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice.

But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them.

I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.

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

But if I am doing so, even if you will not believe me, believe the deeds, that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in union with me and I am in union with the Father."

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

The disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he has merely fallen asleep, he will recover."

But even now I know that whatever you ask God for He will give you."

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies,