John 1:6-8

New American Standard Bible

The Witness John the Baptist

⁶ A man ^[a]came, one sent from God, and his name was ^(A)John. ^7 [b]He came ^[c](B)as a witness, to testify about the Light, ^(C)so that all might believe through him. ^8 [d](D)He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

^9 [e]This was ^(E)the true Light ^[f]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and ^(F)the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not ^[g]know Him. ¹¹ He came to His ^[h]own, and His own people did not ^[i]accept Him. ¹² But ^[j]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(G)children of God, ^(H)to those who ^[k]believe in His name, ^13 (I)who were ^[l]born, not of ^[m]blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

¹⁴ And ^(J)the Word ^(K)became flesh, and ^(L)dwelt among us; and ^(M)we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^(N)grace and ^(O)truth. ¹⁵ John *^(P)testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^(Q)He who is coming after me has proved to be ^[n]my superior, ^(R)because He existed before me.’” ¹⁶ For of His ^(S)fullness ^[o]we have all received, and ^[p]grace upon grace. ¹⁷ For ^(T)the Law was given through Moses; ^(U)grace and ^(V)truth ^[q]were realized through Jesus Christ. ^18 (W)No one has seen God at any time; ^(X)God the only Son, who is ^(Y)in the ^[r]arms of the Father, ^(Z)He has ^[s]explained Him.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

¹⁹ This is ^(AA)the testimony of John, when ^(AB)the Jews sent priests and Levites to him ^(AC)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “^(AD)I am not the ^[t]Christ.” ²¹ And so they asked him, “What then? Are you ^(AE)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^(AF)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” ²² Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” ²³ He said, “I am ^(AG)the voice of one calling ^[u]out in the wilderness, ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴ And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[v]Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^(AH)the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, saying, “^(AI)I baptize ^[w]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ It is ^(AJ)He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the ^(AK)strap of His sandal.” ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany ^(AL)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.

²⁹ The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, ^(AM)the Lamb of God who ^(AN)takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He in behalf of whom I said, ‘^(AO)After me is coming a Man who has proved to be ^[x]my superior, ^(AP)because He existed before me.’ ³¹ And I did not recognize ^[y]Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing ^[z]in water.” ³² And John ^(AQ)testified, saying, “^(AR)I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. ³³ And I did not recognize ^[aa]Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^[ab]in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^(AS)this is the One who baptizes ^[ac]in the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^(AT)the ^[ad]Son of God.”

Jesus’ Public Ministry; First Converts

³⁵ Again ^(AU)the next day John was standing ^[ae]with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, ^(AV)the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What are you seeking?” They said to Him, “^(AW)Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” ³⁹ He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day; it was about the ^[af]tenth hour. ^40 (AX)One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the ^(AY)Messiah” (which translated means ^[ag]Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^[ah](AZ)John; you shall be called ^(BA)Cephas” (which is translated ^[ai](BB)Peter).

^43 (BC)The next day He ^[aj]decided to go to ^(BD)Galilee, and He *found ^(BE)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “^(BF)Follow Me.” ⁴⁴ Now ^(BG)Philip was from ^(BH)Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ^45 (BI)Philip *found ^(BJ)Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^(BK)Moses wrote in the Law, and ^(BL)the prophets also wrote: Jesus ^(BM)the son of Joseph, from ^(BN)Nazareth!” ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, “^(BO)Can anything good be from Nazareth?” ^(BP)Philip *said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Here is truly an ^(BQ)Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^(BR)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered Him, “^(BS)Rabbi, You are ^(BT)the Son of God; You are the ^(BU)King of Israel!” ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹ And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ^(BV)heaven opened and ^(BW)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(BX)the Son of Man.”

Miracle at Cana

2 On ^(BY)the third day there was a wedding in ^(BZ)Cana of Galilee, and the ^(CA)mother of Jesus was there; ² and both Jesus and His ^(CB)disciples were invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus *said to her, “^[ak](CC)What business do you have with Me, ^(CD)woman? ^(CE)My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His ^(CF)mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.” ⁶ Now there were six stone waterpots standing there ^(CG)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing ^[al]two or three measures each. ⁷ Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the ^[am]headwaiter.” And they took it to him. ⁹ Now when the headwaiter tasted the water ^(CH)which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the groom, ¹⁰ and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the guests ^(CI)are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This beginning of His ^[an](CJ)signs Jesus did in Cana of ^(CK)Galilee, and revealed His ^(CL)glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

¹² After this He went down to ^(CM)Capernaum, He and His ^(CN)mother, and His ^(CO)brothers and His ^(CP)disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

^13 (CQ)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(CR)went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (CS)And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵ And He made a whip of ^[ao]cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶ and to those who were selling ^(CT)the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making ^(CU)My Father’s house a ^[ap]place of business!” ¹⁷ His ^(CV)disciples remembered that it was written: “^(CW)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ^18 (CX)The Jews then said to Him, “^(CY)What sign do You show us ^[aq]as your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “^(CZ)Destroy this ^[ar]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ^20 (DA)The Jews then said, “It took ^(DB)forty-six years to build this ^[as]temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But He was speaking about ^(DC)the ^[at]temple of His body. ²² So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(DD)disciples ^(DE)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(DF)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³ Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^(DG)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they ^(DH)observed His signs which He was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because ^(DI)He knew all people, ²⁵ and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, ^(DJ)for He Himself knew what was in mankind.

The New Birth

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named ^(DK)Nicodemus, a ^(DL)ruler of the Jews; ² this man came to ^[au]Jesus at night and said to Him, “^(DM)Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these ^[av](DN)signs that You do unless ^(DO)God is with him.” ³ Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone ^(DP)is born ^[aw]again he cannot see ^(DQ)the kingdom of God.”

⁴ Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” ⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of ^(DR)water and the Spirit, he cannot enter ^(DS)the kingdom of God. ^6 (DT)That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born ^[ax]again.’ ^8 (DU)The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

⁹ Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How can these things be?” ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “You are ^(DV)the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(DW)we speak of what we know and ^(DX)testify of what we have seen, and ^(DY)you people do not accept our testimony. ¹² If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ^13 (DZ)No one has ascended into heaven, except ^(EA)He who descended from heaven: ^(EB)the Son of Man. ¹⁴ And just as ^(EC)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must ^(ED)the Son of Man ^(EE)be lifted up, ¹⁵ so that everyone who ^[ay]believes will ^(EF)have eternal life in Him.

¹⁶ “For God so ^(EG)loved the world, that He ^(EH)gave His ^(EI)only Son, so that everyone who ^(EJ)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God ^(EK)did not send the Son into the world ^(EL)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. ^18 (EM)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^(EN)the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that ^(EO)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for ^(EP)their deeds were evil. ^20 (EQ)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. ²¹ But the one who ^(ER)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed ^[az]as having been performed in God.”

John the Baptist’s Last Testimony

²² After these things Jesus and His ^(ES)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and ^(ET)baptizing. ²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— ²⁴ for ^(EU)John had not yet been thrown into prison.

²⁵ Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^[ba](EV)purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “^(EW)Rabbi, He who was with you ^(EX)beyond the Jordan, to whom you ^(EY)have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” ²⁷ John replied, “^(EZ)A person can receive not even one thing unless it ^(FA)has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves ^[bb]are my witnesses that I said, ‘^(FB)I am not the ^[bc]Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is ^(FC)the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this ^(FD)joy of mine has been made full. ³⁰ He must ^[bd]increase, but I must ^[be]decrease.

³¹ “^(FE)He who comes from above is above all; ^(FF)the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. ^(FG)He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and heard, of this He ^(FH)testifies; and ^(FI)no one accepts His testimony. ³³ The one who has accepted His testimony ^(FJ)has certified that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God ^(FK)sent speaks the words of God; ^(FL)for He does not give the Spirit ^[bf]sparingly. ^35 (FM)The Father loves the Son and ^(FN)has entrusted all things to His hand. ³⁶ The one who ^(FO)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(FP)does not ^[bg]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Jesus Goes to Galilee

4 So then, when ^(FQ)the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that ^[bh]He was making and ^(FR)baptizing more disciples than John ² (although ^(FS)Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His ^(FT)disciples were), ³ He left ^(FU)Judea and went away ^(FV)again to Galilee. ⁴ And He had to pass through ^(FW)Samaria. ⁵ So He *came to a city of ^(FX)Samaria called Sychar, near ^(FY)the parcel of land that ^(FZ)Jacob gave to his son Joseph; ⁶ and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was just sitting by the well. It was about ^[bi]the sixth hour.

The Woman of Samaria

⁷ A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” ⁸ For His ^(GA)disciples had gone away to ^(GB)the city to buy food. ⁹ So the ^(GC)Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?” (For ^(GD)Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) ¹⁰ Jesus replied to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you ^(GE)living water.” ¹¹ She *said to Him, “^[bj]Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do You get this ^(GF)living water? ¹² You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who ^(GG)gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons and his cattle?” ¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again; ¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him ^(GH)shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to ^(GI)eternal life.”

¹⁵ The woman *said to Him, “^[bk]Sir, ^(GJ)give me this water so that I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way here to draw water.” ¹⁶ He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” ¹⁷ The woman answered and said to Him, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; ¹⁸ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this which you have said is true.” ¹⁹ The woman *said to Him, “^[bl]Sir, I perceive that You are ^(GK)a prophet. ^20 (GL)Our fathers worshiped on ^(GM)this mountain, and yet you Jews say that ^(GN)in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” ²¹ Jesus *said to her, “Believe Me, woman, that ^[bm](GO)a time is coming when you will worship the Father ^(GP)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. ^22 (GQ)You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because ^(GR)salvation is from the Jews. ²³ But ^[bn](GS)a time is coming, and ^[bo]even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father ^(GT)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be ^[bp]His worshipers. ²⁴ God is ^[bq]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship ^(GU)in spirit and truth.” ²⁵ The woman *said to Him, “I know that ^(GV)Messiah is coming (^(GW)He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” ²⁶ Jesus *said to her, “^(GX)I am He, the One speaking to you.”

²⁷ And at this point His ^(GY)disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What are You seeking?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and *said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(GZ)who told me all the things that I have done; ^(HA)this is not the ^[br]Christ, is He?” ³⁰ They left the city and were coming to Him.

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “^(HB)Rabbi, eat something.” ³² But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” ³³ So the ^(HC)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” ³⁴ Jesus *said to them, “My food is to ^(HD)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to ^(HE)accomplish His work. ³⁵ Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white ^(HF)for harvest. ³⁶ Already the one who reaps is receiving ^(HG)wages and is gathering ^(HH)fruit for ^(HI)eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this case the saying is true: ‘^(HJ)One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have ^[bs]come into their labor.”

The Samaritans

³⁹ Now from ^(HK)that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “^(HL)He told me all the things that I have done.” ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to ^[bt]Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. ⁴¹ Many more believed because of His word; ⁴² and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One truly is ^(HM)the Savior of the world.”

⁴³ And after ^(HN)the two days, He departed from there for Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that ^(HO)a prophet has no honor in his own country. ⁴⁵ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, only because ^(HP)they had seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.

Healing an Official’s Son

⁴⁶ Therefore He came again to ^(HQ)Cana of Galilee, ^(HR)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at ^(HS)Capernaum. ⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come ^(HT)from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see ^[bu](HU)signs and ^(HV)wonders, you simply will not believe.” ⁴⁹ The royal official *said to Him, “^[bv]Sir, come down before my child dies.” ⁵⁰ Jesus *said to him, “^(HW)Go; your son ^[bw]is alive.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home. ⁵¹ And as he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his ^[bx]son was ^[by]alive. ⁵² So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the ^[bz]seventh hour the fever left him.” ⁵³ So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son is alive”; and he himself believed, and ^(HX)his entire household. ⁵⁴ This is again a ^(HY)second ^[ca]sign that Jesus performed when He had ^(HZ)come from Judea into Galilee.

The Healing at Bethesda

5 After these things there was ^(IA)a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

² Now in Jerusalem, by ^(IB)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which ^(IC)in ^[cb]Hebrew is called ^[cc]Bethesda, having five ^[cd]porticoes. ³ In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or ^[ce]paralyzed.^{[cf] 5} Now a man was there who had been ^[cg]ill for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?” ⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” ⁸ Jesus *said to him, “^(ID)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” ⁹ Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

^(IE)Now it was a Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So ^(IF)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and ^(IG)it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” ¹¹ But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’” ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk’?” ¹³ But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. ¹⁴ Afterward, Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not ^(IH)sin anymore, ^(II)so that nothing worse happens to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away, and informed ^(IJ)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ For this reason ^(IK)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. ¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father ^[ch]is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(IL)the Jews ^(IM)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(IN)making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(IO)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^[ci]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way. ^20 (IP)For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^(IQ)greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(IR)gives them life, so ^(IS)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(IT)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(IU)The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and ^(IV)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(IW)does not come into judgment, but has ^(IX)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^[cj](IY)a time is coming and ^[ck]even now has arrived, when ^(IZ)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(JA)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He ^(JB)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(JC)execute judgment, because He is ^[cl]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not be amazed at this; for ^[cm](JD)a time is coming when ^(JE)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come out: ^(JF)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(JG)I can do nothing ^[cn]on My own. As I hear, I judge; and ^(JH)My judgment is ^[co]righteous, because I do not seek My own will but ^(JI)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(JJ)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not ^[cp]true. ³² There is ^(JK)another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

Testimony of John the Baptist

³³ You have sent messengers to John, and he ^(JL)has testified to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(JM)the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(JN)the lamp that was burning and shining, and you ^(JO)were willing to rejoice for ^[cq]a while in his light.

Testimony of Works

³⁶ But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for ^(JP)the works which the Father has given Me ^(JQ)to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father ^(JR)has sent Me.

Testimony of the Father

³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(JS)He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. ³⁸ Also you do not have ^(JT)His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He ^(JU)sent.

Testimony of the Scripture

^39 [cr](JV)You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is ^(JW)those very Scriptures that testify about Me; ⁴⁰ and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (JX)I do not receive glory from people; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not ^[cs]receive Me; ^(JY)if another comes in his own name, you will ^[ct]receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^[cu](JZ)accept ^[cv]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(KA)the ^[cw]glory that is from ^(KB)the one and only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(KC)Moses, in whom you have put your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for ^(KD)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(KE)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Five Thousand Men Fed

6 After these things ^(KF)Jesus went away to the other side of ^(KG)the Sea of Galilee (or ^(KH)Tiberias). ² A large crowd was following Him, because they were watching the ^[cx](KI)signs which He was performing on those who were sick. ³ But ^(KJ)Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. ⁴ Now ^(KK)the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵ So Jesus, after raising His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to ^(KL)Philip, “Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?” ⁶ But He was saying this only to ^(KM)test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do. ^7 (KN)Philip answered Him, “^(KO)Two hundred ^[cy]denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!” ⁸ One of His ^(KP)disciples, ^(KQ)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, ⁹ “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two ^(KR)fish; but what are these for so many people?” ¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people recline to eat.” Now there was ^(KS)plenty of grass in the place. So the men reclined, about ^[cz](KT)five thousand in number. ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, and ^(KU)after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were reclining; likewise also of the ^(KV)fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they had eaten their fill, He *said to His ^(KW)disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” ¹³ So they gathered them up, and filled twelve ^(KX)baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴ Therefore when the people saw the ^[da]sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the ^(KY)Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

¹⁵ So Jesus, aware that they ^[db]intended to come and take Him by force ^(KZ)to make Him king, ^(LA)withdrew again to ^(LB)the mountain by Himself, alone.

¹⁶ Now when evening came, His ^(LC)disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea ^(LD)to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸ In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹ Then, when they had rowed about ^[dc]twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened. ²⁰ But He *said to them, “It is I; ^[dd](LE)do not be afraid.” ²¹ So they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

²² The next day ^(LF)the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus ^(LG)had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone. ²³ Other small boats came from ^(LH)Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^(LI)Lord ^(LJ)had given thanks. ²⁴ So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and ^(LK)came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. ²⁵ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “^(LL)Rabbi, when did You get here?”

Words to the People

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you ^(LM)seek Me, not because you saw ^[de](LN)signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷ Do not ^(LO)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for ^(LP)eternal life, which ^(LQ)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, ^(LR)has set His ^[df]seal.” ²⁸ Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^(LS)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^(LT)has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to Him, “^(LU)What then are You doing as a ^(LV)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? ^31 (LW)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘^(LX)He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^[dg]that which ^(LY)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^(LZ)give us this bread.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “^(MA)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(MB)will never be thirsty. ³⁶ But ^(MC)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. ^37 (MD)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. ³⁸ For ^(ME)I have come down from heaven, ^(MF)not to do My own will, but ^(MG)the will of Him who ^(MH)sent Me. ³⁹ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^(MI)everything that He has given Me I will ^(MJ)lose nothing, but will ^(MK)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^(ML)sees the Son and ^(MM)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^(MN)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

^41 (MO)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(MP)came down out of heaven.” ⁴² And they were saying, “^(MQ)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(MR)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(MS)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(MT)draws him; and I will ^(MU)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written ^(MV)in the Prophets: ‘^(MW)And they shall all be ^(MX)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ^46 (MY)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes ^(MZ)has eternal life. ^48 (NA)I am the bread of life. ^49 (NB)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰ This is the bread that ^(NC)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(ND)not die. ^51 (NE)I am the living bread that ^(NF)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(NG)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(NH)for the life of the world also is ^(NI)My flesh.”

^52 (NJ)Then the Jews ^(NK)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(NL)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^(NM)raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(NN)remains in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ Just as the ^(NO)living Father ^(NP)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that ^(NQ)came down out of heaven, not as ^(NR)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread ^(NS)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹ These things He said ^(NT)in the synagogue as He taught ^(NU)in Capernaum.

⁶⁰ So then many of His ^(NV)disciples, when they heard this, said, “^(NW)This statement is very ^[dh]unpleasant; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(NX)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this ^[di](NY)offensive to you? ⁶² What then if you see ^(NZ)the Son of Man ^(OA)ascending to where He was before? ^63 (OB)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(OC)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. ⁶⁴ But there are ^(OD)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^(OE)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^(OF)who it was who would ^[dj]betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^(OG)told you that no one can come to Me unless ^(OH)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

⁶⁶ As a result of this many of His ^(OI)disciples ^(OJ)left, and would no longer walk with Him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(OK)the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?” ^68 (OL)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(OM)words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ And we have already believed and have come to know that You are ^(ON)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “^(OO)Did I Myself not choose you, ^(OP)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(OQ)a devil.” ⁷¹ Now He meant Judas ^(OR)the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, ^(OS)one of ^(OT)the twelve, ^[dk]was going to betray Him.

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus ^(OU)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(OV)the Jews ^(OW)were seeking to kill Him. ² Now the feast of the Jews, ^(OX)the Feast of Booths, was near. ³ So His ^(OY)brothers said to Him, “Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your ^(OZ)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret ^[dl]when he himself is striving to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For not even His ^(PA)brothers believed in Him. ⁶ So Jesus *said to them, “^(PB)My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready. ^7 (PC)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that ^(PD)its deeds are evil. ⁸ Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because ^(PE)My time has not yet fully arrived.” ⁹ Now having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His ^(PF)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret. ^11 (PG)So the Jews ^(PH)were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” ¹² And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: ^(PI)some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people.” ¹³ However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for ^(PJ)fear of ^[dm]the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to ^(PK)teach. ^15 (PL)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^(PM)become learned, not having been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, “^(PN)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. ^17 (PO)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself. ¹⁸ The one who speaks from himself ^(PP)seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

¹⁹ “^(PQ)Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you ^(PR)seeking to kill Me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, “^(PS)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(PT)one ^[dn]deed, and you all are astonished. ²² For this reason ^(PU)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from ^(PV)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man. ^23 (PW)If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath? ²⁴ Do not ^(PX)judge by the outward appearance, but judge ^[do]with righteous judgment.”

²⁵ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this man not the one whom they are seeking to kill? ²⁶ And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(PY)The rulers do not really know that this is the ^[dp]Christ, do they? ²⁷ However, ^(PZ)we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” ²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(QA)teaching and saying, “^(QB)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and ^(QC)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. ^29 (QD)I do know Him, because ^(QE)I am from Him, and ^(QF)He sent Me.” ³⁰ So they ^(QG)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His ^(QH)hour had not yet come. ³¹ But ^(QI)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^(QJ)When the ^[dq]Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[dr](QK)signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(QL)officers to ^(QM)arrest Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(QN)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then ^(QO)I am going to Him who sent Me. ^34 (QP)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^35 (QQ)The Jews then said to one another, “^(QR)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to ^(QS)the Dispersion among ^(QT)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(QU)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(QV)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^(QW)If anyone is thirsty, ^[ds]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ The one who believes in Me, ^(QX)as the Scripture said, ‘^[dt]From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(QY)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He said ^(QZ)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(RA)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(RB)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(RC)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[du]Christ.” But others were saying, “^(RD)Surely the ^[dv]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(RE)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(RF)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ And ^(RG)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(RH)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(RI)officers answered, “^(RJ)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(RK)You have not been led astray too, have you? ^48 (RL)Not one of ^(RM)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ^50 (RN)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(RO)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered and said to him, “^(RP)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [[^[dw]And everyone went to his home.

The Adulterous Woman

8 But Jesus went to ^(RQ)the Mount of Olives. ² And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and ^(RR)He sat down and began teaching them. ³ Now the scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard, ⁴ they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery. ⁵ Now in the Law, ^(RS)Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” ⁶ Now they were saying this to ^(RT)test Him, ^(RU)so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.