through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him.

The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

and told the pigeon-dealers, "Away with these! My Father's house is not to be turned into a shop!"

And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven.

God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

[vss 22-30 moved to between 2:12 and 2:13] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the country of Judaea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.

(John had not yet been thrown into prison).

but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

Once more he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a royal official, whose son was lying ill at Capernaum;

For an angel used to descend from time to time into the bath, and disturb the water; whereupon the first person who stepped in after the water was disturbed was restored to health, no matter what disease he had been afflicted with].

The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

Jesus burst into tears.

and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.)

Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.

I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

the Father had put everything into his hands ??knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him.

If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy.

When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world:

As thou hast sent me into the world, so have I sent them into the world,

& 25] Simon Peter followed Jesus along with another disciple; and as this disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, he passed into the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus,

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe,

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,

and when the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord," he said, "Unless I see his hands with the mark of the nails, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe it."

Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe."

So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water,