He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning.

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.

The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.

He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.

But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

Who art thou? and he confessed and denied not, and confessed that, I am not the Christ.

And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!"

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

He replied, "I am the voice of a man who is calling out in the desert, [urging people to] 'Make the road for the Lord straight,' as Isaiah the prophet said, [Isa. 40:3]."

The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him.

the first he met was his own brother Simon, to whom he said, "we have found the Messias," that is to say, the Christ.

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the SOD of Joseph.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said of him: Be hold, an Israelite in truth, in whom there is no guile.

as likewise Jesus and his disciples, who were all invited to the feast.

His mother saith unto them who are ministering - Whatsoever he may say to you, do!

But when the feast-master had tasted the water which had been made wine (and knew not whence it was, but the servants knew who drew the water), the feast-master calls the bridegroom,

And in the temple [enclosure] He found the people who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at their tables.

then to those who sold the doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making My Father’s house a place of commerce!”

Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), we know [without any doubt] that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs [these wonders, these attesting miracles] that You do unless God is with him.”

the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, we speak only of what we [absolutely] know and testify about what we have [actually] seen [as eyewitnesses]; and [still] you [reject our evidence and] do not accept our testimony.

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.

that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks as of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,

he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John??2 though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples??3 he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.

(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

He left Judea and returned to Galilee. (Although it was actually His disciples who did the immersing and not Jesus Himself).

The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;

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."

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the time will come, and is now [actually] here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [i.e., from the heart] and truth [i.e., according to God's revealed will], for these are the people whom the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

God is a spirit; and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.

The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.

Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am he.

The woman then left her water-pot, and went to the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did:

Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?

Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.

And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did.

on reaching Galilee, he was welcomed by the Galileans, who had seen all he did at the festival in Jerusalem ??for they too had gone to the festival.

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.

because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had].

And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."

So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to pick up your pallet [because it is unlawful].”

He answered them, 'He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'

They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed , and walk?

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.

Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.

'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

but I have a better witness than that of John: for the works which my father hath order'd me to finish, those very works that I do, bear me witness, that 'tis the father who sent me.

And the Father who has sent me himself has borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have seen his shape,

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

A large crowd was following Him because they had seen the signs (attesting miracles) which He continually performed on those who were sick.

One of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, told him,

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

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the men, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,

Then Jesus took the bread, and [after he] had given thanks, he distributed [it] to those who were reclining--likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

So they gathered them up, and they filled twelve large baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- 'This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.