And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

But he answered them, "The one who made me well--that one said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk!'"

The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

(And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these [things] in order that you may be saved.)

That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.

"But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them--the very works which I am doing--[these] testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form.

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.

And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope!

For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me.

But if you do not believe that one's writings, how will you believe my words?"

After these [things] Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias).

And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.

{Then Jesus, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?"

Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little."

And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

On the next day, the crowd that was on the other side of the sea saw that other boats were not there (except one), and that Jesus had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had departed alone.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?

But I said to you that you have seen me and do not believe.

because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God--this one has seen the Father.)

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, [so] also the one who eats me--that one will live because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}."

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.

Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

So the Jews said to one another, "Where [is] this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, [is he]?

What is this saying that he said, 'You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come'?"

Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

They answered and said to him, "You are not also from Galilee, [are you]? Investigate and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee!" [[

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am [he], you will die in your sins."

(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)

Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will recognize that I am [he], and I do nothing from myself, but just as the Father taught me, I say these [things].

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

Jesus replied to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you.

I speak [the things] that I have seen with the Father; so also you do [the things] that you have heard from the Father."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

The Jews answered and said to him, "Do we not correctly say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw [it] and was glad."

And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"

Jesus replied, "Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but [it happened] so that the works of God could be revealed in him.

Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am [he]!"

And they said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I do not know."

So the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received sight, until they summoned the parents of the one who received sight.

So his parents answered and said, "We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"

Then that man replied, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One [thing] I know--that [although I] was blind, now I see!"

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from."

The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

From {time immemorial} it has not been heard that someone opened the eyes of one born blind.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

He answered and said, "And who is [he], sir, that I may believe in him?"

And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"

"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.

Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take possession of it again.

Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe! The deeds that I do in the name of my Father, these testify about me.

Then the Jews picked up stones again so that they could stone him.

But if I am doing [them], even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may know and understand that the Father [is] in me and I [am] in the Father."

And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.

He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him."

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."