This one was in the beginning with God.

This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"

This one is [the one] about whom I said, 'After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

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

And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.

This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").

This beginning of signs Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

After this he went down to Capernaum, and his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there {a few} days.

Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!"

Then the Jews said, "This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"

So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

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

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"

The one 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 this joy of mine is complete.

What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep! From where then do you get this living water?

Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.

But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [people] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."

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

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

"Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?"

For in this [instance] the saying is true, 'It is one who sows and another who reaps.'

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

This man, [when he] heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

Now this [is] again a second sign Jesus performed [when he] came from Judea into Galilee.

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these [things] on the Sabbath.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."

So they said to him, "Sir, always give us this bread!"

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

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

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

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

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.

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

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}."

Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?"

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

For this [reason] many of his disciples {drew back} and were not walking with him any longer.

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.

Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man {possess knowledge}, [because he] has not been taught?"

The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say, "Is this not [the one] whom they are seeking to kill?

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

Yet we know where this man is from, but the Christ, whenever he comes--no one knows where he is from!"

But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, "Whenever the Christ comes, he will not perform more signs than this man has done, [will he]?"

So the Jews said to one another, "Where [is] this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, [is he]?

What is this saying that he said, 'You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come'?"

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

Then, [when they] heard these words, [some] from the crowd began to say, "This man is truly the Prophet!"

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, [does he]?

The officers replied, "Never has a man spoken like this!"

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

they said to him, testing [him], "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery!

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

And he said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen--because you are not of God."

And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"

Jesus replied, "Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but [it happened] so that the works of God could be revealed in him.

Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"

Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am [he]!"

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents answered and said, "We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.

Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")

So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from."

The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything!"

And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"

For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.

Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take possession of it again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down {voluntarily}. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take possession of it again. This commandment I received from my Father."

And many came to him and began to say, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

Jesus replied, Are [there] not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him."