But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"

No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Then said they to him. "Who are you? That we may give some answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"

He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as said the prophet Isaiah."

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

"I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

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

Then Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found him about whom Moses wrote in the Law, as did the prophets??esus of Nazareth, Joseph's son."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

So they carried it. And when the master of the feast had tasted of the water which had been made wine, not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn it knew, he called the bridegroom and said to him.

There he found in the temple those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there.

and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

There is no one gone up to heaven, except the One who came down from heaven??he Son of man himself.

in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life.

He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

"Rabbi, see! The man who was with you on the other side of Jordan, and to whom you yourself have borne testimony, is now baptizing, and everybody is coming to him."

He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

"He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

Surely you are not greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle, too?"

"All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."

Jesus said to her, "I who am now talking to you, am he."

"Come! see a man who has told me everything that I ever did. He can't be the Christ, can he?"

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

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and heal his son who was lying at the point of death.

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

He replied, "The man who healed me told me to take up my bed and walk."

"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'take up your bed and go walking away'?"

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

The man went to and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him well;

"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.

"in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life.

"Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.

"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;

"those who have done good into a resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.

"And the Father who sent me has himself borne testimony concerning me. None of you has heard his at any time or seen him,

nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.

"Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.

A great crowd were following him, because they witnessed the signs which he was continually performing among those who were ill.

"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them among those who were seated; in like manner also of the fish, as much as they wished,

So when the people saw the sign which he had performed, they said, "This is in the truth the Prophet who is to come into the world."

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.

"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.

"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the last day.

"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."

answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.

"It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me.

"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

"I tell you solemnly that he who believes has eternal life.

"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

"He who feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

"He who feeds upon my flesh abides in me and I in him.

"Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so also that man who feeds on me shall live by me.

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said: "This teaching is unbelievable! Who can listen to him?"

"Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who should betray him.

Simon Peter answered. "To whom shall we go Master? You have words of eternal life;

The Jews meanwhile kept looking for him at feast, and saying, "Where is he?" "I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

The crowd answered. "You have a demon! Who is trying kill you?"

So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said: "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.

Then Jesus said to them. "Still for a little longer I am with you, and then I am going my way to him who sent me.

"If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."

Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Some of the crowd who had been listening to these discourses began to say, "Without a doubt this man is a Prophet."

"As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"

Nicodemus, one of their number, he who had formerly visited Jesus, said to them,

when the Scribes and Pharisees had brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court, and said to him.

Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."

"Though even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

"I am one who gives testimony concerning myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony concerning me."

"Who are you?" then they asked him. "What I am telling you from the beginning," Jesus answered.

"I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world only those things which I have heard from him."

"and he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I do always the things that please him."

"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave

"But now you are seeking to kill me?? man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do that.

"He who is from God listens to God's words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."

"Yet I am not seeking my own honor. There is One who is seeking it, and He is judge.

"You are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? And he died, and the prophets died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"