For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"

But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?

(this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, {a Judean town}, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

but [when they] went in, they did not find the body.

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he spoke to you [while he] was still in Galilee,

And one [of them], {named} Cleopas, answered [and] said to him, "[Are] you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?"

and [when they] did not find his body, they came back saying [they] had seen even a vision of angels, who said [that] he was alive!

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

Was it not necessary [that] the Christ suffer these [things] and enter into his glory?"

And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"

Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."

All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.

He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.

And he confessed--and he did not deny, and confessed--"I am not the Christ!"

And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!"

And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water. In your midst stands [one] whom you do not know--

the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy {to untie} the strap of his sandal!"

And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

And Jesus said to her, "What {does your concern have to do with me}, woman? My hour has not yet come."

Now when the head steward tasted the water which had become wine and did not know where it was from--but the servants who had drawn the water knew--the head steward summoned the bridegroom

And to the ones selling the doves he said, "Take these [things] away from here! Do not make my Father's house {a marketplace}!"

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these [things]?

Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify [about] what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony!

If I tell you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!

You yourselves testify about me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.'

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life--but the wrath of God remains on him.

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples),

You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"

The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said rightly, 'I do not have a husband,'

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work."

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."

So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn [while] a crowd was in the place.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

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.

"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice

I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my [own] will, but the will of the one who sent me.

"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

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

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

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

"I do not accept glory from people,

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!

How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?

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!

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

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 getting into a boat, they began to go to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

But he said to them, "[It] is I! Do not be afraid!"

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.

Jesus replied to them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied!

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."

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven!

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.

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble {among yourselves}!

(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.

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!

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 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 would betray him.)

For this [reason] many of his disciples {drew back} and were not walking with him any longer.

So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, [do you]?"

Jesus replied to them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is the devil?"

And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

(For not even his brothers believed in him.)