John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who hath gone before me; for he was before me.

And I have seen and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

This beginning of the signs Jesus made in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; and they abode there not many days.

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

Then said the Jews, Fortysix years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no one can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.

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

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice. This my joy then hath become full.

Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinketh of this water, will thirst again;

The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in this thou hast spoken truly.

Our fathers worshipped on this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Jesus saith to her, Believe me, woman, the hour is coming, when ye shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

And upon this his disciples came, and marveled that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, What dost thou seek? or, Why dost thou talk with her?

Come, see a man who told me all things which I have done. Is this the Christ?

and said to the woman, No longer do we believe on account of what thou hast told us; for we have ourselves heard him, and know that this is in truth the Saviour of the world.

This again, a second sign, Jesus wrought, when he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

Jesus saw this man lying there, and knowing that he had been for a long time diseased, saith to him, Dost thou wish to be made well?

And on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

But he answered them, My Father is working up to this time, and I work.

On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,

But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was going to do.

The men therefore seeing the sign which he wrought, said, This is truly the prophet that was to come into the world.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he sent.

They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that this man saith, I have come down from heaven?

This is the bread which is coming down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread will live for ever.

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This teaching is hard; who can listen to it?

Jesus therefore knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, and said to them, Doth this offend you?

And he said, For this cause I have told you, that no one can come to me, unless it hath been given him from the Father.

From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?

Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.

But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.

The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.

{Joh 7:538:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.} [And they went each to his house;

they say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

But this they said to try him, that they might be able to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

And when they heard this, they went out one by one, beginning with the oldest; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman who was in the midst.

And he said to them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God; this did not Abraham.

He that is of God heareth Gods words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

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

Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs?

Some said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

His parents, answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.

We know that God hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, Are we also blind?

This parable Jesus spoke to them; but they did not understand what the things were which he spoke to them.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.

And many came to him, and said, John indeed wrought no sign; but everything that John said of this man was true.

And Jesus hearing this said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world;

This he spoke, and afterwards said to them, Our friend Lazarus hath fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

and whoever liveth and believeth in me will never die. Believest thou this?

And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and calleth for thee.

She, when she heard this, riseth quickly and cometh to him.

But some of them said, Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also caused that this man should not have died?

Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him, Lord, by this time the body is offensive; for he hath been dead four days.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we to do, seeing that this man worketh many signs?

And this he spoke not from himself; but being highpriest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation;

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?

And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.

For this cause also the multitude met him, because they had heard that he had wrought, this sign.

He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world will keep it unto everlasting life.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause I came to this hour.

The multitude therefore that stood by, hearing this, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Jesus answered and said, This voice hath come not for my sake, but for yours.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;

This he said, signifying what kind of death he was to die.

The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abideth for ever; how then dost thou say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

For this cause they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end.