"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.

He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.

"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?

Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"

"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."

Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.

that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved.

"I do not accept glory from man,

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

Yet a number of small boats came from Tiberias to the neighbourhood of the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

It stands written in the Prophets, 'And they shall all of them be taught by God'. Every one who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me.

No one has ever seen the Father--except Him who is from God. He has seen the Father.

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.

Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from."

Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.

I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me."

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

He who believes in me, from within him--as the Scripture has said--rivers of living water shall flow."

Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?"

"Do you also come from Galilee?" they asked in reply. "Search and see for yourself that no Prophet is of Galilaean origin."

"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

"Even if I am giving testimony about myself," replied Jesus, "my testimony is true; for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you know neither of these two things.

"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.

"Many things I have to speak and to judge concerning you. But He who sent me is true, and the things which I have heard from Him are those which I have come into the world to speak."

The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father."

But, in fact, you are longing to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do that.

"If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.

Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

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

"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand.

What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.

Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"

So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.

The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Jesus, however, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom He had raised from the dead.

Now is my soul full of trouble; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

Father, glorify Thy name." Thereupon there came a voice from the sky, "I have glorified it and will also glorify it again."

And I-- if I am lifted up from the earth--will draw all men to me."

In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

Nevertheless even from among the Rulers many believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not avow their belief, for fear they should be shut out from the synagogue.

For they loved the glory that comes from men rather than the glory that comes from God.

although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,

rose from the table, threw off His upper garments, and took a towel and tied it round Him.

From this time forward I tell you things before they happen, in order that when they do happen you may believe that I am He.

If you--all of you--knew me, you would fully know my Father also. From this time forward you know Him and have seen Him."

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

"When the Advocate is come whom I will send to you from the Father's presence--the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father's presence--He will be a witness concerning me.

And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.

You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.

So you also now have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and your gladness no one will take away from you.

for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.

I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."

Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."

Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.

For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them. And they have received them, and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence, and have believed that Thou didst send me.

I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.

"Father, those whom Thou hast given me--I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see the glory--my glory--my gift from Thee, which Thou hast given me because Thou didst love me before the creation of the world.

So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.

"My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin."

"You would have had no power whatever over me," replied Jesus, "had it not been granted you from above. On that account he who has delivered me up to you is more guilty than you are."

So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that time the disciple received her into his own home.

Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs.

On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it.

For until now they had not understood the inspired teaching, that He must rise again from among the dead.

But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land--only about a hundred yards off)

This was now the third occasion on which Jesus showed Himself to the disciples after He had risen from among the dead.

And while in their company He charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promised gift. "This you have heard of," He said, "from me.

When He had said this, and while they were looking at Him, He was carried up, and a cloud closing beneath Him hid Him from their sight.

who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Oliveyard, which is near Jerusalem, about a mile off.

beginning from His baptism by John down to the day on which He was taken up again from us into Heaven--one should be appointed to become a witness with us as to His resurrection."

to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting;

Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every part of the world.

of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.

"Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--

"Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.

And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying, "Escape from this crooked generation."

some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called)

So he looked and waited, expecting to receive something from them.

The Prince of Life you put to death; but God has raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses as to that.