And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.

And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.

For even his brothers had no belief in him.

Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.