In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.

It was he that was with God in the beginning.

There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God.

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

And they did so. When the master of the feast tasted the water which had now turned into wine, without knowing where it had come from??hough the servants who had drawn the water knew??10 he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk deeply, but you have kept back your good wine till now!"

This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if a man does not owe his birth to water and spirit, he cannot get into the Kingdom of God.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.

John answered, "A man cannot get anything unless it is given to him from heaven.

Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true.

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

Jesus answered, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

She said to him, "You have nothing to draw water with, sir, and the well is deep. Where can you get your living water?

Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem."

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship him in spirit and in sincerity."

For here the saying holds good, 'One sows, another reaps.'

So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."

Jesus saw him lying there, and finding that he had been in this condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk!"

On account of this the Jews were all the more eager to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but actually called God his Father, thus putting himself on an equality with God.

I tell you, the time is coming??t is here already!??hen those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

but I know well that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

Yet how can you believe in me, when you accept honor from one another, instead of seeking the honor that comes from the one God?

and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;

So when the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were any longer there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of him.

And when they had crossed the sea and found him, they said to him, "When did you get here, Master?"

You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

Then they said to him, "What must we do to carry out God's work?"

Jesus answered them, "The work God has for you is to believe in the messenger that he has sent to you."

for it is God's bread that comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God!' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.

and we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God."

and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me.

But instead you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth he has heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.

You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he has sent me.

Whoever is sprung from God listens to God's words. The reason you refuse to listen is that you are not sprung from God."

Jesus answered, "If I show special honor to myself, such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who shows me honor. You say he is your God,

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man."

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from."

We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

If this man were not from God, he could not do anything."

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd will give his life for his sheep.

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?"

The Jews answered, "We are not stoning you for doing anything good, but for your impious talk, and because you, a mere man, make yourself out to be God."

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

When Jesus received it he said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but is for the honor of God, that through it the Son of God may be honored."

Even now I know that anything you ask God for, he will give you."

She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

Jesus said to her, "Have I not promised you that if you will believe in me you will see the glory of God?"

Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation??52 and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!"

for they cared more for the approval of men than for the approval of God.

So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been honored, and God has been honored through him,

and God will through himself honor him; he will honor him immediately.

"Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.

They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.

Now we know that you know everything and do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you have really come from God."

And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it and struck at the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

One of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you with him in the garden?"

And the soldiers made a wreath out of thorns and put it on his head, and put a purple coat on him, and they marched up to him,

So Jesus came out, still wearing the wreath of thorns and the purple coat. And Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"

The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by our law he deserves death, for declaring himself to be a son of God."

And they both ran, and the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got to the tomb first.

Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

Thomas answered him, "My Master and my God!"

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

So Simon Peter got into the boat, and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus went and got the bread and gave it to them, and the fish also.

He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"