And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

Upon this the Jews began murmuring against Jesus for saying-- 'I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.'

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?"

That is the Bread which has come down from Heaven--not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live for ever."

All this Jesus said in a Synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.

On hearing it, many of his disciples said: "This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?"

"Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

And he added: "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father."

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."

After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.

The Jews were astonished. "How has this man got his learning," they asked, "when he has never studied?"

At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: "Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death?

Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from."

Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

"Where is this man going," the Jews asked one another, "that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

"You," added Jesus, "are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

"Rabbi," asked his disciples, "who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

Upon this his neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

"We know that this is our son," answered the parents, "and that he was born blind;

His parents spoke in this way because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be expelled from their synagogues.

This was why his parents said 'He is old enough; ask him.'

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

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

"Well," the man replied, "this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?"

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

Others said: "This is not the teaching of one who is possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"

Soon after this the Festival of the Re-dedication was held at Jerusalem.

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

"John gave no sign of his mission," they said; "but everything that he said about this man was true."

This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

And, when Jesus heard it, he said: "This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it."

And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."

At this, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' said to his fellow-disciples: "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."

And he who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered: "The Teacher is here, and is asking for you."

But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?"

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."

I know that thou always headrest me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that thou has sent me as thy Messenger."

Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice: "Lazarus! come out!"

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?

Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

"Why was not this perfume sold for thirty pounds, and the money given to poor people?"

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

This, indeed, was why the crowd met him--because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.

This was his reply-- "The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.

Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour--

Father, honor thine own name." At this there came a voice from Heaven, which said: "I have already honored it, and I will honor it again."

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

"We," replied the people, "have learned from the Law that the 'Christ is to remain for ever'; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be 'lifted up' Who is this 'Son of Man'?"

While you still have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be 'Sons of Light.'" After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.

Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ's glory; and it was of him that he spoke.

Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues;

I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but this is in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'He that is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

After saying this, Jesus was much troubled, and said solemnly: "In truth I tell you that it is one of you who will betray me."

Being in this position, that disciple leant back on Jesus' shoulder, and asked him: "Who is it, Master?"

But no one at table understood why he said this to Judas.

It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."

"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?

The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

I have told you all this while still with you,

And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.

I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.

This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.

I have spoken to you in this way so that you may not falter.

They will do this, because they have not learned to know the Father, or even me.

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.

At this some of his disciples said to one another: "What does he mean by saying to us 'In a little while you will not see me, and then in a little while you will see me indeed'; and by saying 'Because I am going to the Father'?

I have spoken to you of all this in figures; a time is coming, however, when I shall not speak any longer to you in figures, but shall tell you about the Father plainly.

Now we are sure that you know everything, and need not wait for any one to question you. This makes us believe that you did come from God."

I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor thee;