So Jesus went to Peter and John saying, "Go and prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat it."

While he was still speaking there came a crowd, and he who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus in order to kiss him,

but Jesus said to him, "Judas, you are betraying the Son of man with a kiss?"

"Permit me to do this at least," said Jesus, as he touched his ear and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the corps of priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come out to arrest him. "Have ye come for me with swords and clubs to arrest me like a robber?

Meanwhile the men who were holding Jesus in custody kept mocking and striking him.

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus;

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;

Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

Then he added, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise."

Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.

This man went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus.

and on entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

and as they talked and discussed matter, Jesus himself drew near and began walking beside them.

"What kind of things?" he answered. And they said: "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

"O foolish men," said Jesus, "slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.

After gazing intently on Jesus as he walked about, he said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

Then Jesus turned and saw them following him, and said, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated 'Teacher'), "where are you staying?"

One of the two men who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him and said: "You are Simon, son of John; you shall be called Cephas" (or 'Peter,' which means 'Rock').

Next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee; and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Jesus said in reply. "Do you believe because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree?'

Now two days after this there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

Jesus also was invited to the wedding, and his disciples.

And when the wine ran short, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."

"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time is not yet come."

Jesus said, "Fill up the jars with water."

This beginning of signs Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and showed forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him there.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Then the Jews asked Jesus, "What sign are you going to show us, seeing that you do these things?"

"Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up."

after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men,

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

"Are you the Teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?" said Jesus.

After this Jesus and his disciples went into the countryside of Judea, and there he was staying with them and baptizing.

Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"

(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),

Jacob's Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.

Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)

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

"All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and then come here."

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" Jesus said to her,

"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

Jesus said to her, "I who am now talking to you, am he."

Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

After these two days Jesus went away from there into Galilee.

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and heal his son who was lying at the point of death.

Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

Jesus answered. "Go your way. Your son lives." And the man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and started to go home.

Then the father realized that it had left him at the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son lives," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.

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

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

"Rise," said Jesus, "take up your bed and go walking away."

But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.

Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him. "Look! You have become well. Do not go on sinning, lest a worse thing befall you."

The man went to and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him well;

and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.

So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.

After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias).

Then Jesus walked up the hills and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Jewish feast, the Passover, was at hand.

"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them among those who were seated; in like manner also of the fish, as much as they wished,

When Jesus perceived that they intended to seize him in order to make him a king, he retired again to the hill all by himself.

Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea began to rise, because a strong wind was blowing.

After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were terrified;

The crowd that remained on the other side of the sea had seen that there was only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away by themselves.

when they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.

Then the Jews began to find fault with Jesus, because he said, "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven," and they kept asking.

"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Jesus, conscious within himself that his disciples were finding fault with him about his teaching, said to them.

"Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who should betray him.

So Jesus appealed to the Twelve. "You also do not wish to leave me, do you?"

In reply Jesus said to them. "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And yet even of you one is an enemy."

Now Jesus was speaking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him, although he was one of the Twelve.

After these things Jesus continued to travel about in Galilee, for he did not wish to go about in Judea, because the Jews kept trying to kill him.

"My time is not yet come," said Jesus, "but your time is always at hand.

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."