Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.

He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.

He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

After this, He went down to Capernaum, together with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.

Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”

Therefore the Jews said, “This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?”

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,

He had to travel through Samaria,

Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.

They left the town and made their way to Him.

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

After two days He left there for Galilee.

Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades.

One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.

So Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with His disciples.

“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”

Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.

After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea knew there had been only one boat. They also knew that Jesus had not boarded the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone off alone.

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who would not believe and the one who would betray Him.)

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

At that, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple complex.

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

So He departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there.

And many believed in Him there.

When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

“Rabbi,” the disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You, and You’re going there again?”

“Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

Even though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.

He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His robe, He reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?

Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? I assure you: A rooster will not crow until you have denied Me three times.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.

But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: They hated Me for no reason.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you may remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.

After Jesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it.

Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples.

So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple robe around Him.

There they crucified Him and two others with Him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle.

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing there, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

There was a garden in the place where He was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it.

They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation and since the tomb was nearby.

Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in.

Then, following him, Simon Peter came also. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where Jesus’ body had been lying.

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not know it was Jesus.

In the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because of their fear of the Jews. Then Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”

When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood).

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.

Then fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.

They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as anyone had a need.

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,

Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.