When the Jews sent some Priests and Levites to John from Jerusalem, to ask--"Who are you?", his statement was this:

All this took place at Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was then baptizing.

John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.

This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."

The two disciples heard him say this, and followed Jesus.

Two days after this there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.

This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum--he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days.

Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?"

"Destroy this temple," was his answer, "and I will raise it in three days."

"This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?"

Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

"What! You a teacher of Israel," exclaimed Jesus, "and yet do not understand this!

The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.

After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

"All who drink of this water," replied Jesus, "will be thirsty again;

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

"It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem."

"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him 'Your son is living'; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.

This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.

Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him: "Do you wish to be cured?"

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

But the testimony which I receive is not from man; I am saying this for your Salvation.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee--otherwise called the Lake of Tiberias.

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

When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said: "This is certainly 'the Prophet who was to come' into the world."

And, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;

And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

Upon this the Jews began murmuring against Jesus for saying-- 'I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.'

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?"

That is the Bread which has come down from Heaven--not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live for ever."

All this Jesus said in a Synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.

On hearing it, many of his disciples said: "This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?"

"Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

And he added: "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father."

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."

After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.

The Jews were astonished. "How has this man got his learning," they asked, "when he has never studied?"

At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: "Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death?

Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from."

Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

"Where is this man going," the Jews asked one another, "that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

"You," added Jesus, "are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

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

Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

Upon this his neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

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

His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.

This was why his parents said 'He is old enough; ask him.'

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

"Well," the man replied, "this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?"

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

Others said: "This is not the teaching of one who is possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"

Soon after this the Festival of the Re-dedication was held at Jerusalem.

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

"John gave no sign of his mission," they said; "but everything that he said about this man was true."

This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

And, when Jesus heard it, he said: "This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it."

And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."

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

And he who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered: "The Teacher is here, and is asking for you."

But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?"

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."