There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men.

And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.

Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Then they asked Him, “What are we to do, so that we may habitually be doing the works of God?”

“What sign then are You going to do so we may see and believe You?” they asked. “What are You going to perform?

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.

I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead:

Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, 'Doth this stumble you?

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

Jesus, therefore, said unto the twelve - Are, ye also, wishing to withdraw?

Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living 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.

For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

So Jesus replied, "My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

The Jews meanwhile kept looking for him at feast, and saying, "Where is he?" "I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

The crowd answered, “You have a demon [You are out of Your mind]! Who wants to kill You?”

Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you are all astounded.

"Consider, therefore, Moses has given you circumcision??ot that Moses originated it, but the fathers??nd you are accustomed to circumcise a child even on the Sabbath.

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just."

Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, 'Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

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?

Jesus then pursuing his discourse in the temple, rais'd his voice, and said, you know both who I am, and whence I am: however, I am not come of my self, but he that sent me is worthy of belief, him you are unacquainted with.

ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'

Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion [of Jews scattered and living] among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'

Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

They responded, “Are you also from Galilee? Search [and read the Scriptures], and see [for yourself] that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her?

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

Then the Pharisees told Him, “You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid.”

You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true and My decision is right; for I am not alone [in making it], but I and the Father who sent Me [make the same judgment].

and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

Jesus spoke these words in the treasury [area of the Temple]. And no one arrested Him because His time had not yet come [i.e., to be turned over to the authorities and killed].

therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

So they said to Him, “Who are You [anyway]?” Jesus replied, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

"Many things I have to speak and to judge concerning you. But He who sent me is true, and the things which I have heard from Him are those which I have come into the world to speak."

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father."

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!

But as it is, you want to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.

Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right when we say You are a Samaritan and [that You] have a demon [and are under its power]?”

"I do not have a demon," said Jesus, "but I am honoring my Father, and you are dishonoring me.

The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon [and are under its power]. Abraham died, and also the prophets; yet You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never, ever taste of death.’

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him fully. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him and keep His word.

Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not even fifty years old, and You [claim to] have seen Abraham?”

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.

They said unto him, "How are thine eyes opened then?"

In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

He answered them - I told you just now, and ye did not hear: Why, again, do ye wish to hear? Are, ye also, wishing to become, his disciples?

Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

They answered and said to him, "You were born completely in sin, and are you attempting to teach us?" And they threw him out.

Jesus answered him, "You have seen Him; you are talking to Him right now!"

Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."

And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.

Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

"He is only a hired servant, and the sheep are no care to him.

I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

(as the father and I are known to one another:) and I lay down my life for them.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I am authorized and have power to lay it down and to give it up, and I am authorized and have power to take it back. This command I have received from My Father.”

Many of them said, "He is under the power of a demon and is going crazy. Why are you listening to Him?"

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple [area] in Solomon’s portico.

So the Jews surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are [really] the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), tell us so plainly and openly.”

Jesus answered them, “I have told you so, yet you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name testify concerning Me [they are My credentials and the evidence declaring who I am].

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

What my Father has given me [i.e., my sheep] are greater than everything [else], and no one is able to steal them from the Father's hand.