"Who was it," they asked, "that said to you 'Take up your mat and walk about'?"

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder.

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

It is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

He was the 'Lamp that was burning' and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

Looking up, and noticing that a great crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip: "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?"

"Who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what is that for so many?"

When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples: "Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

The people who remained on the further side of the Sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.

So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

"How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?"

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

"What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?

For the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world."

"Master," they exclaimed, "give us that Bread always!"

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

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.

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"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?"

Not that any one has seen the Father, except him who is from God--he has seen the Father.

The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.

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."

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."

But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them:

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

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

And we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God."

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.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honor for himself; but the man who seeks the honor of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.

But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you- -not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors--and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

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

Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?

I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."

"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?

Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?"

"Are you also from Galilee?" they retorted. "Search, and you will find that no Prophet is to arise in Galilee!"

Why, in your own Law it is said that the testimony of two persons is trustworthy.

"Is he going to kill himself," the Jews exclaimed, "that he says-- 'You cannot go where I am going'?"

And so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins."

"I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

They did not understand that he meant the Father.

So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

"Are not we right, after all," replied the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?"

Not that I am seeking honor for myself; there is one who is seeking my honor, and he decides.

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

"If I do honor to myself," answered Jesus, "such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor--and you say that he is your God;

And yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his Message to heart.

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad."

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

"Neither the man nor the parents," replied Jesus; "but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.

So there was a difference of opinion among them, and they again questioned the man; "What do you yourself say about him, for it is to you that he has given sight?"

The Jews, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.

"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;

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

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.

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."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

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

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

"Tell me who he is, Sir," he replied, "so that I may believe in him."

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."

In truth I tell you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up at some other place, that man is a thief and a robber;

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

The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

"I have told you so," replied Jesus, "and you do not believe me. The work that I am doing in my Father's name bears testimony to me.

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

If I am not doing the work that my Father is doing, do not believe me;

If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father."

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

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."

Then, after that, he said to his disciples: "Let us go to Judea again."

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

But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to 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."

When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.

Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him."