and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

"As for these things that you see, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another that won't be knocked down."

Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

"When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is approaching.

because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

As soon as they produce leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.

"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise

So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished. Get things ready for us there."

The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been determined, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom he is betrayed!"

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."

but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

But Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me."

So they said, "Lord, look! Here are two swords." He answered them, "Enough of that!"

When he arrived, he told them, "Keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

He asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.

(This man had been put in prison for murder and for a revolt that had taken place in the city.)

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

They were talking with each other about all these things that had taken place.

But we kept hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel. What is more, this is now the third day since these things occurred.

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

Look at my hands and my feet, because it's really me. Touch me and look at me, because a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.

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

This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

I didn't recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."

I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."

He told them, "Come and see!" So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Jesus told him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that."

On the third day of that week there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

"How does that concern us, dear lady?" Jesus asked her. "My time hasn't come yet."

When the man in charge of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine (without knowing where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called for the bridegroom

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made.

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

Don't be astonished that I told you, "All of you must be born from above.'

The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Nicodemus asked him, "How can that be?"

so that everyone who believes in him would have eternal life.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may become evident that his actions have God's approval."

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, "I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'

It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.

The person who has accepted his testimony has acknowledged that God is truthful.

Now when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."

The woman told him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

The woman told him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet!

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem."

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything."

At this point his disciples arrived, and they were astonished that he was talking to a woman. Yet no one said, "What do you want from her?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"

But he told them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

You say, don't you, "In four more months the harvest will begin?' Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe that the fields are ready for harvesting now!

The one who harvests is already receiving his wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who harvests may rejoice together.

Now many of the Samaritans of that town believed in Jesus because the woman had testified, "He told me everything I've ever done."

They kept telling the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, because now we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the Savior of the world."

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

When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival and because they, too, had gone to the festival.

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him repeatedly to come down and heal his son, because he was about to die.

While he was on his way, his servants met him and told him that his child was alive.

Then the father realized that this was the very hour when Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he himself believed, along with his whole family.

Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.

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

The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

But the one who had been healed did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away from the crowd in that place.

The man went off and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him even greater actions than these, so that you may be amazed.

so that everyone may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

and will come out those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation.

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

I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved.

That man John was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.

"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

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

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?

Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,

After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, to Tiberias).