Jesus said to them, "People in this world marry and are married,

He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all;

So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?"

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

He assented to this and sought a good opportunity for betraying him to them in the absence of the crowd.

He said to them, "I have longed eagerly to eat this passover with you before I suffer,

And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves,

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake.

For I tell you, this word of scripture must be fulfilled in me: he was classed among criminals. Yes, there is an end to all that refers to me."

saying, "Father, if it please thee, take this cup away from me. But thy will, not mine, be done."

Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear.

Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

But after this the Son of man will be seated at God's right hand of power."

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

For if this is what they do when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry?"

(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent."

This Joseph went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.

They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment.

and turning away from the tomb they reported all this to the eleven and all the others.

(It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.)

But this story of the women seemed in their opinion to be nonsense; they would not believe them.

He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

To this you must bear testimony.

In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:

who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.

(John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.')

This took place at Bethany on the opposite side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him.

Jesus performed this, the first of his Signs, at Cana in Galilee, thereby displaying his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

After this he travelled down to Capharnahum, with his mother and brothers and his disciples; they stayed there for a few days.

Then the Jews accosted him with the words, "What sign of authority have you to show us, for acting in this way?"

Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."

"This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!"

Jesus replied, "You do not understand this? ??you, a teacher in Israel!

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

[vss 22-30 moved to between 2:12 and 2:13] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the country of Judaea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.

Are you a greater man than Jacob, our ancestor? He gave us this well, and he drank from it, with his sons and his cattle."

Jesus answered, "Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

Now our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, whereas you Jews declare the proper place for worship is at Jerusalem."

"Woman," said Jesus, "believe me, the time is coming when you will be worshipping the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.

At this point his disciples came up; they were surprised that he was talking to a woman, but none of them said, "What is it?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"

This was the second Sign which Jesus performed again after leaving Judaea for Galilee.

After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "This is the sabbath, you have no right to be carrying your mat."

And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did things like this on the sabbath.

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

So Jesus made this answer to them: "Truly, truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, nothing but what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does the same.

Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice

(though I accept no testimony from man ??I only speak of this testimony, that you may be saved);

After this Jesus went off to the opposite side of the sea of Galilee (the lake of Tiberias),

(He said this to test Philip, for he knew what he was going to do himself.)

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

and embarking in a boat they started across the sea for Capharnahum. By this time it was dark, Jesus had not reached them yet,

Jesus replied to them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom God has sent."

They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

This he said as he taught in the synagogue at Capharnahum.

Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"

Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?

After this Jesus moved about in Galilee; he would not move in Judaea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.

so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;

Go up to the festival yourselves; I am not going up to this festival, for my time has not arrived yet."

placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"

Then said some of the Jerusalemites, "Is this not the man they want to kill?

No, we know where this man comes from; but when the Christ does come, no one will know where he comes from."

Indeed many of the people believed in him, saying, "When the Christ does come, will he perform more Signs than this man?"

The Pharisees heard the people discussing Jesus in this way, so the high priests and the Pharisees despatched attendants to arrest him.

(he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: ??as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).

On hearing this some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet";

As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law ??it is accursed!"

they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

(They said this to test him, in order to get a charge against him.) Jesus stooped down, and began to write with his finger on the ground;

He said to them, "You are from the world below, I am from the world above: you belong to this world, I do not belong to this world.

As he said this, a number believed in him.

At this they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus concealed himself and made his way out of the temple.

Whereupon the neighbours and those to whom he had been a familiar sight as a beggar, said, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

They brought him before the Pharisees, this man who had once been blind.

Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.

and asked them, "Is this your son, the son you declare was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"

His parents answered, "This is our son, and he was born blind; we know that.

(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

We know God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

The man replied to them, "Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

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

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

On hearing this the Pharisees who were beside him asked, "And are we blind?"

Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them;