The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory -- the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

So they asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No!"

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!"

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining -- this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

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

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."

The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven -- the Son of Man.

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God's wrath remains on him.

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

Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.

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

"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"

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

The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat."

But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"

They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your mat and walk'?"

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming -- and is now here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

and will come out -- the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?"

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

Jesus replied, "This is the deed God requires -- to believe in the one whom he sent."

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

For this is the will of my Father -- for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God -- he has seen the Father.)

I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, "This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?"

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why didn't you bring him back with you?"

But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!"

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.