this again a second sign did Jesus, having come out of Judea to Galilee.

and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,

and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.

The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- 'This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

They said, therefore, unto him, 'Sir, always give us this bread.'

'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'

and they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?'

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?'

this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'

many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, 'This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'

And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, 'Doth this stumble you?

and he said, 'Because of this I have said to you -- No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

From this time many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

Ye -- go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'

and the Jews were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters -- not having learned?'

'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

because of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision -- not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers -- and on a sabbath ye circumcise a man;

Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, 'Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ?

but this one -- we have known whence he is; and the Christ, when he doth come, no one doth know whence he is.'

and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said -- 'The Christ -- when he may come -- will he do more signs than these that this one did?'

The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, 'Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him? -- to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks;

what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'

and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;'

others said, 'This is the Christ;' and others said, 'Why, out of Galilee doth the Christ come?

The officers answered, 'Never so spake man -- as this man.'

but this multitude, that is not knowing the law, is accursed.'

they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,

and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

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

and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

and his disciples asked him, saying, 'Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'

Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, 'Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'

others said -- 'This is he;' and others -- 'He is like to him;' he himself said, -- 'I am he.'

Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, 'This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, 'How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

because of this his parents said -- 'He is of age, ask him.'

They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, 'Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'

we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.'

The man answered and said to them, 'Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'

And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

and many came unto him, and said -- 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment 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, 'We may go to Judea again;'

Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

believest thou this?' she saith to him, 'Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

and certain of them said, 'Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

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

and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign,

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say -- Father, save me from this hour? -- but because of this I came to this hour;

Jesus answered and said, 'Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you;

now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

And this he said signifying by what death he was about to die;

the multitude answered him, 'We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain -- to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this -- the Son of Man?'

Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world -- to the end he loved them.

for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, 'Ye are not all clean.'

From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am he;

Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

and none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him,

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'

I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

'All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;

Therefore said some of his disciples one to another, 'What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'

they said then, 'What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'

Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, 'Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.'

and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;

Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, 'Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, 'I am not;'

Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, 'What accusation do ye bring against this man?'

Jesus answered him, 'From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

Pilate, therefore, said to him, 'Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, 'Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'