who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

He led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said, "You are Simon, John's son. You will be called Cephas!" (which is translated "Peter").

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

Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

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

If I have told you people about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.

But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."

Jesus told her, "Believe me, dear lady, the hour is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything."

Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.

You say, don't you, "In four more months the harvest will begin?' Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe that the fields are ready for harvesting now!

Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

Jesus told him, "Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and started back home.

Then the father realized that this was the very hour when Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he himself believed, along with his whole family.

The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him even greater actions than these, so that you may be amazed.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice

and will come out those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation.

I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?"

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

Everything the Father gives me will come to me, and I'll never turn away the one who comes to me.

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

And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

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

It is written in the Prophets, "And all of them will be taught by God.' Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned anything comes to me.

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

We know where this man comes from. But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."

However, many in the crowd believed in him. They kept saying, "When the Messiah comes, he won't do more signs than this man has done, will he?"

The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."

So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.

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

They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, "You will be set free'?"

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."

Then the Jewish leaders told him, "Now we really know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, "If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.

They'll never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."

I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.

I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

I give them eternal life, they'll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

So the disciples told him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."

Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."

Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.

Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"

because you will always have the destitute with you, but you won't always have me."

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself."

The one who rejects me and doesn't receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I've spoken will judge him on the last day,

Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."

If God has been glorified by him, God himself also will glorify the Son of Man, and he will do so quickly.

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "I'm going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on."

Jesus answered him, "Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times."

If you have known me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him and have seen him."

Philip told him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us."

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me will also do what I'm doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I'm going to the Father.

If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it."

I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always.

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

I'm not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him.

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.

I've told you this now, before I leave, so that when I do leave, you will believe.

"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Remember what I told you: "A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father he will testify on my behalf.

You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment

of righteousness, because I'm going to the Father and you will no longer see me;