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.'"

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?"

This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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

John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.

This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God."

Now two days after this there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

This beginning of signs Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and showed forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him there.

"Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up."

The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you 'raise it in three days'?"

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

"How can this be?" said Nicodemus in reply.

And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

After this Jesus and his disciples went into the countryside of Judea, and there he was staying with them and baptizing.

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.

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

"Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."

"Our forefathers worshiped in this mountain, yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."

"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

For in this respect the saying is true, 'One sows, another reaps.'

"We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.

For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.

"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;

After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias).

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

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."

"Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread."

"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."

"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.

"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."

Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

"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?"

"Does this displease you? What then if you were to behold the Son of man ascending to where he was before?

So he added, "This is why I told you that no on can come to me unless it be given from the Father."

Do you go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fully come."

After saying this, he remained in Galilee; but after his brothers had gone up to feast,

The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying. "Is not this the man they are seeking to kill?

"But we know this man and where he is from; but when the Christ comes no one will know where he comes from."

But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

Then the Jews said to one another. "Where does this fellow intend to go, so that we shall not find him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks, is he?

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."

The officers answered, "Never yet did a man speak like this man."

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

"Rabbi, this woman has been found in the very act of adultery.

(This they said to tempt him, so that they could bring a charge against him.)

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

When he spoke in this way, many of the Jews believed in him.

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

"Rabbi," his disciples asked him, "who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

Upon this the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"

and questioned them. "Is this your son," they said, "who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

Then in reply his parents said: "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

This his parents said because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess that he was the Christ, he should be expelled from the synagogue.

It was because this that his parents said: "He is of age. Ask him, himself."

"Give glory to God! we know that this man is a sinner." Upon this the blind man answered. "I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that once I was blind, and know I can see."

"We know that God spoke to Moses. But this fellow! We do not know where he comes from."

"This is truly astonishing," said the man in reply, "that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes.

"If this man had not come of God he could have done nothing."

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was talking about; so he said to them again.

"I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.

"No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

Many who came to him said, "John did not perform any signs, but everything he said about this man was true."

When Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that through it the Son of God may be glorified."

Jesus replied. "Are there not twelve hours in the daytime? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble, because he beholds the light of this world;

This he said, then told them, "Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him."

Upon this Thomas, who was called "The Twin," said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, that we may die with him."

And every one who is living and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

So when Mary heard this, she rose quickly and went to meet him.

"Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of the blind man, have prevented this man also from dying?"

"Roll away the stone," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man "he is offensive by this time, for he has been four days in the tomb."

When he had said this he cried with a great voice, "Lazarus, come forth!"

"What are we going to do?" they said, "now that this man is performing many signs?" If we leave him alone, this way, every one will believe on him, and the Romans will come and rob us of both our sacred place and of our people."

now he did not say this of his own accord; but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die in behalf of the nation,

"Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"

This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;

For this reason, too, the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this sign which he had done.

He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

Now is my soul disquieted. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, for this very cause I am come to this hour.

Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.

(In saying this he was signifying by what kind of death he was to die.)

Then the people answered. "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abides forever. What do you mean by 'The Son of man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of man?"

This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again.

Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.

"From this time forward, I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it is come to pass you may believe who I am.

Now no one at the table understood why he said this to him,

By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."