"What then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he said, "I am not." "Are you 'the Prophet'?" He answered, "No."

"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

But Jesus turned round, and saw them following. "What are you looking for?" he asked. "Rabbi," they answered (or, as we should say, "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

One of the two, who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

"What do you want with me?" answered Jesus. "My time has not come yet."

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

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

"What! You a teacher of Israel," exclaimed Jesus, "and yet do not understand this!

In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.

John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.

He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.

You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;

So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. "It was yesterday, about one o'clock," they said, "that the fever left him."

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

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

"Who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what is that for so many?"

"What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?

"Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

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

"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?

"What! Have you been led astray too?" the Pharisees replied.

"Does our Law pass judgment on a man without first giving him a hearing, and finding out what he has been doing?"

And so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins."

"Who are you?" they asked. "Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?" said Jesus.

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

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

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

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."

"Our father is Abraham," was their answer. "If you are Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "do what Abraham did.

You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

So there was a difference of opinion among them, and they again questioned the man; "What do you yourself say about him, for it is to you that he has given sight?"

"What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he give you your sight?"

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.

If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father."

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.

Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?

So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts: "What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?"

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.

Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour--

By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

And I know that Immortal Life lies in keeping his command. Therefore, whatever I say, I say only what the Father has taught me."

"You do not understand now what I am doing," replied Jesus, "but you will learn by and by."

When he had washed their feet, and had put on his upper garments and taken his place, he spoke to them again. "Do you understand what I have been doing to you?" he asked.

For the future I shall tell you of things before they take place, so that, when they take place, you may believe that I am what I am.

And it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him: "Do at once what you are going to do."

My children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. You will look for me; and what I said to the Jews--'You cannot come where I am going'--I now say to you.

"What has happened, Master," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"

And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.

I no longer call you 'servants,' because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of 'friends,' because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.

Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.

And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law--'They hated me without cause.'

He will honor me; because he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said that he takes of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

At this some of his disciples said to one another: "What does he mean by saying to us 'In a little while you will not see me, and then in a little while you will see me indeed'; and by saying 'Because I am going to the Father'?

What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said; "we do not know what he is speaking about."

Jesus saw that they were wanting to ask him a question, and said: "Are you trying to find out from one another what I meant by saying 'In a little while you will not see me; and then in a little while you will see me indeed'?

Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said."

Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. "What charge do you bring against this man?" he asked.

In fulfillment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.

"Do you take me for a Jew?" was Pilate's answer. "It is your own nation and the Chief Priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?"

"What is Truth?" exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the Jews again, and said: "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.

When Pilate heard what they said, he became still more alarmed;

On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out, and took his seat upon the Bench at a place called 'The Stone Pavement'--in Hebrew 'Gabbatha.'

At that the people shouted: "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" "What! shall I crucify your King?" exclaimed Pilate. "We have no King but the Emperor," replied the Chief Priests;

The Jewish Chief Priests said to Pilate: "Do not write 'The King of the Jews', but write what the man said--'I am the King of the Jews.'"

But Pilate answered: "What I have written, I have written."

So they said to one another: "Do not let us tear it, but let us cast lots for it, to see who shall have it." This was in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'They shared my clothes among them, And over my clothing they cast lots.' That was what the soldiers did.

Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus: "Master, what about this man?"

"If it is my will that he should wait till I come," answered Jesus, "what has that to do with you? Follow me yourself."

So the report spread among the Brethren that that disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say that he was not to die, but said "If it is my will that he should wait till I come, what has that to do with you?"