there is a lad here, who 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 perceived that they are going to come and seize him, so that they might make him king, departed onto the mountain himself alone.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

They said, therefore, unto him - What are we to do, that we may be working the works of God?

So they asked Him, "What wonder-work then are you going to perform for us to see and so believe in you? What work are you going to do?

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 the bread which came from heaven: not as your fathers have eaten manna and are dead. He that eateth of this bread, shall live ever."

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble?

It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are 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 it was that 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 have believed and we have acknowledged that you are the Christ, the son of 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 its works 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."

Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

for what do ye attempt to kill me? the people answered, saying, you are mad: who attempts to kill you?

Jesus answered and said to them, "I performed one work, and you are all astonished.

"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 receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

Do not make judgments based [merely] on how things look, but make judgments on how they really are."

Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say, "Is this not [the one] whom they are seeking to kill?

yet there he is talking publickly without any opposition: are not the rulers convinc'd that he is the Messiah?

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 said the Jews between themselves, "Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go among the gentiles, which are scattered all abroad, and teach the gentiles?

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?'

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?

But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.

they answered him, are you also of Galilee? search the scriptures, and you will not find that a prophet did ever arise out of Galilee.

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

And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?

The Pharisees then said to Him, "You are testifying to yourself; your testimony is not true."

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

Even if I should judge, my decision is fair, because I am not alone, but there are two of us, I and the Father who has sent me.

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 began to say to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "{What} I have 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.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

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?

If the son therefore shall make you free, then are ye free indeed.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

I am telling you what I have seen in my Father's presence, and you are practicing what you have learned 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 now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

your actions are like your father. at this they reply'd, we are no bastards; we have but one father, even God.

{Why} do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

The Jews answered, and said to him, are we not in the right to say, that you are a Samaritan, and are really mad?

Jesus answered: "I am not under the power of a demon; on the other hand, I am honoring my Father, but you are dishonoring me.

upon this said the Jews to him, now we plainly perceive you are mad. Abraham is dead, and the prophets too; and yet you say, if a man observes your doctrine, he shall never die.

are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? the prophets likewise are dead: pray, what do you then pretend to be?

"You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

then said the Jews to him, you are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?

So, they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself [or "was hidden," suggesting a miraculous departure] and left the Temple [area].

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

his parents answered, that this is our son, and that he was born blind: we are very certain.

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?

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

We are sure that God spake with Moses. This fellow we know not from whence he is."

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.

“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then 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."

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

We are not also blind? Jesus said to them If ye were blind, ye had not sinned: and now ye say, That we see; therefore your sin remains.

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

He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them :

"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 they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders 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 sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

Jesus was walking in the Temple [area] in "Solomon's Portico" [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the outside of the Temple enclosure].

the Jews came about him, and said, how long will you keep us in suspense? if you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.

Jesus answered them, "I have already told you so, but you do not believe me. The works which I am doing on my Father's authority are my credentials,

but, as I said before, you do not believe; because ye are not of my sheep.

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.