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

He was not the light,
but he came to testify about the light.

“Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

“Come and you’ll see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about 10 in the morning.

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.

If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven?

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the One you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing—and everyone is flocking to Him.”

Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.

But He said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

“If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.

Therefore, when Jesus knew that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

Therefore the Jews started complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you?

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

“Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.

I am the One who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.

“If I glorify Myself,” Jesus answered, “My glory is nothing. My Father—you say about Him, ‘He is our God’—He is the One who glorifies Me.

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”

“He’s a prophet,” he said.

The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.

Many came to Him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.

Bethany was near Jerusalem (about two miles away).

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray Him), said,

He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

He said this to signify what kind of death He was about to die.

Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.

The disciples started looking at one another—uncertain which one He was speaking about.

Simon Peter motioned to him to find out who it was He was talking about.

“When the Counselor comes, the One I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

About sin, because they do not believe in Me;

about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

They said, “What is this He is saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”

Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’?

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

The high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

“If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit Me?”

Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about Me?”

It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about six in the morning. Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!”

Nicodemus (who had previously come to Him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes.

But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord—what about him?”