The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.'

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, [by] doing what will I inherit eternal life?"

And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

For it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than [for] a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.

But he said, "[What is] impossible with men is possible with God."

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God,

And immediately he regained [his] sight and began to follow him, glorifying God. And all the people, [when they] saw [it], gave praise to God.

Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

Now [as] he was drawing near by this time to the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not {show partiality}, but teach the way of God in truth.

So he said to them, "Well then, give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

For I tell you that I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

And [when he] got up from the prayer [and] came to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"

And a certain one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

So they all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" And he said to them, "You say that I am."

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

And behold, a man {named} Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

(this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, {a Judean town}, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

And he took [it] down [and] wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.

But Peter got up [and] ran to the tomb, and bending over to look, he saw only the [strips of] linen cloth, and he went away to his home wondering what had happened.

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

And they got up [that] same hour [and] returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them assembled,

And they were {continually} in the temple [courts] praising God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This one was in the beginning with God.

A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.

But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.

No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.

On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

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

and looking at Jesus [as he] was walking by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!"

Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"

And he said to him, "Truly, truly I say to all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

and said to him, "{Everyone} serves the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

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."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

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.

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life--but the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

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

God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes.

Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!"

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.

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

and they will come out--those who have done good [things] to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil [things] to a resurrection of judgment.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

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."

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

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

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

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

And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, "He is a good [man]," but others were saying, "No, but he deceives the crowd."

If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.

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.

You are doing the deeds of your father!" They said to him, "We were not born from sexual immorality! We have one father, God!"

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me.

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."

Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. The one who glorifies me is my Father, [about] whom you say, 'He is our God.'

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

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.

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."

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!"

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

"I am the good shepherd, and I know my [own], and my [own] know me,

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, [although you] are a man, make yourself [to be] God!"

If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--

do you say about [he] whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

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."