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John 1:6-8
New King James Version
John 1:6-8
New King James Version
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a (A)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (B)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (C)believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (D)Light. 9 (E)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and (F)the world did not know Him. 11 (G)He came to His [b]own, and His [c]own did not receive Him. 12 But (H)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [d]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 (I)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 (J)And the Word (K)became (L)flesh and dwelt among us, and (M)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (N)full of grace and truth.
15 (O)John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, (P)‘He who comes after me [e]is preferred before me, (Q)for He was before me.’ ”
16 [f]And of His (R)fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For (S)the law was given through Moses, but (T)grace and (U)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (V)No one has seen God at any time. (W)The only begotten [g]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness(X)
19 Now this is (Y)the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 (Z)He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you (AA)the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”
22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said: (AB)“I am
(AC)‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, (AD)“I baptize with water, (AE)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (AF)It is He who, coming after me, [h]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
28 These things were done (AG)in [i]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God(AH)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! (AI)The Lamb of God (AJ)who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [j]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, (AK)therefore I came baptizing with water.”
32 (AL)And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, (AM)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the (AN)Son of God.”
The First Disciples
35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, (AO)“Behold the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they (AP)followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”
They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was (AQ)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [k]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [l]Jonah. (AR)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [m]A Stone).
Philip and Nathanael
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found (AS)Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now (AT)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (AU)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom (AV)Moses in the law, and also the (AW)prophets, wrote—Jesus (AX)of Nazareth, the (AY)son of Joseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him, (AZ)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (BA)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, (BB)You are the Son of God! You are (BC)the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (BD)hereafter[n] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
Water Turned to Wine
2 On the third day there was a (BE)wedding in (BF)Cana of Galilee, and the (BG)mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”
4 Jesus said to her, (BH)“Woman, (BI)what does your concern have to do with Me? (BJ)My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, (BK)according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted (BL)the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”
11 This (BM)beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, (BN)and [o]manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
12 After this He went down to (BO)Capernaum, He, His mother, (BP)His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple(BQ)
13 (BR)Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 (BS)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [p]doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make (BT)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, (BU)“Zeal for Your house [q]has eaten Me up.”
18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, (BV)“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
19 Jesus answered and said to them, (BW)“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21 But He was speaking (BX)of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, (BY)His disciples remembered that He had said this [r]to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
The Discerner of Hearts
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the (BZ)signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He (CA)knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for (CB)He knew what was in man.
The New Birth
3 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 (CC)This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for (CD)no one can do these signs that You do unless (CE)God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (CF)unless one is born [s]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (CG)unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is (CH)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 (CI)The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, (CJ)“How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 (CK)Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and (CL)you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (CM)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [t]who is in heaven. 14 (CN)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (CO)must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever (CP)believes in Him should [u]not perish but (CQ)have eternal life. 16 (CR)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (CS)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 (CT)For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (CU)“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, (CV)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (CW)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been (CX)done in God.”
John the Baptist Exalts Christ
22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them (CY)and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near (CZ)Salim, because there was much water there. (DA)And they came and were baptized. 24 For (DB)John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, (DC)to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all (DD)are coming to Him!”
27 John answered and said, (DE)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, (DF)‘I am not the Christ,’ but, (DG)‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29 (DH)He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but (DI)the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. 30 (DJ)He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 (DK)He who comes from above (DL)is above all; (DM)he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. (DN)He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And (DO)what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony (DP)has certified that God is true. 34 (DQ)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (DR)by measure. 35 (DS)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 (DT)He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the (DU)wrath of God abides on him.”
A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah
4 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and (DV)baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 But He needed to go through Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that (DW)Jacob (DX)gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For (DY)Jews have no dealings with (DZ)Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the (EA)gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you (EB)living water.”
11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but (EC)whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him (ED)will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
15 (EE)The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, (EF)I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on (EG)this mountain, and you Jews say that in (EH)Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming (EI)when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship (EJ)what you do not know; we know what we worship, for (EK)salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will (EL)worship the Father in (EM)spirit (EN)and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 (EO)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah (EP)is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, (EQ)He will tell us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, (ER)“I who speak to you am He.”
The Whitened Harvest
27 And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”
28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a Man (ES)who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
31 In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
33 Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”
34 Jesus said to them, (ET)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (EU)finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes (EV)the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, (EW)for they are already white for harvest! 36 (EX)And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that (EY)both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: (EZ)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; (FA)others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”
The Savior of the World
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him (FB)because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own (FC)word.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (FD)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [v]the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
Welcome at Galilee
43 Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44 For (FE)Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, (FF)having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; (FG)for they also had gone to the feast.
A Nobleman’s Son Healed
46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee (FH)where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain [w]nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Then Jesus said to him, (FI)“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”
49 The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”
52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household.
54 This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.
A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda
5 After (FJ)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus (FK)went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem (FL)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, [x]Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [y]paralyzed, [z]waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made 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, (FM)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And (FN)that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; (FO)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was (FP)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. (FQ)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Honor the Father and the Son
16 For this reason the Jews (FR)persecuted Jesus, [aa]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, (FS)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
18 Therefore the Jews (FT)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, (FU)making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (FV)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For (FW)the Father loves the Son, and (FX)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, (FY)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but (FZ)has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (GA)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (GB)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (GC)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (GD)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (GE)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (GF)life in Himself, 27 and (GG)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (GH)because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (GI)hear His voice 29 (GJ)and come forth—(GK)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 (GL)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because (GM)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
The Fourfold Witness
31 (GN)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not [ab]true. 32 (GO)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, (GP)and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and (GQ)shining lamp, and (GR)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But (GS)I have a greater witness than John’s; for (GT)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very (GU)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, (GV)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, (GW)nor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. 39 (GX)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and (GY)these are they which testify of Me. 40 (GZ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
41 (HA)“I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 (HB)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (HC)the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; (HD)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (HE)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (HF)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
Feeding the Five Thousand(HG)
6 After (HH)these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of (HI)Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were (HJ)diseased.[ac] 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 (HK)Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 (HL)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to (HM)Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” 6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, (HN)“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, (HO)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, (HP)but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them [ad]to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly (HQ)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea(HR)
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him (HS)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
16 (HT)Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18 Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. 19 So when they had rowed about [ae]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were (HU)afraid. 20 But He said to them, (HV)“It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
The Bread from Heaven
22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except [af]that one [ag]which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, (HW)seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 (HX)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but (HY)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, (HZ)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, (IA)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
30 Therefore they said to Him, (IB)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 (IC)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, (ID)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but (IE)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 (IF)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35 And Jesus said to them, (IG)“I am the bread of life. (IH)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never (II)thirst. 36 (IJ)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet (IK)do not believe. 37 (IL)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and (IM)the one who comes to Me I will [ah]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, (IN)not to do My own will, (IO)but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (IP)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (IQ)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Rejected by His Own
41 The Jews then [ai]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 And they said, (IR)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, [aj]“Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 (IS)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (IT)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, (IU)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (IV)Therefore everyone who [ak]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 (IW)Not that anyone has seen the Father, (IX)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, (IY)he who believes [al]in Me has everlasting life. 48 (IZ)I am the bread of life. 49 (JA)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 (JB)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread (JC)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (JD)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews therefore (JE)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless (JF)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (JG)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is [am]food indeed, and My blood is [an]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (JH)abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 (JI)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (JJ)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
Many Disciples Turn Away
60 (JK)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [ao]hard saying; who can understand it?”
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [ap]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [aq]offend you? 62 (JL)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 (JM)It is the Spirit who gives life; the (JN)flesh profits nothing. The (JO)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But (JP)there are some of you who do not believe.” For (JQ)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore (JR)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
66 (JS)From that time many of His disciples went [ar]back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have (JT)the words of eternal life. 69 (JU)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the [as]Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70 Jesus answered them, (JV)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, (JW)and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of (JX)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would (JY)betray Him, being one of the twelve.
Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve
7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, (JZ)because the [at]Jews sought to kill Him. 2 (KA)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 (KB)His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For (KC)even His (KD)brothers did not believe in Him.
6 Then Jesus said to them, (KE)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 (KF)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (KG)because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to this feast. I am not [au]yet going up to this feast, (KH)for My time has not yet fully come.” 9 When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.
The Heavenly Scholar
10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 11 Then (KI)the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” 12 And (KJ)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. (KK)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” 13 However, no one spoke openly of Him (KL)for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and (KM)taught. 15 (KN)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”
16 [av]Jesus answered them and said, (KO)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (KP)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 (KQ)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who (KR)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and (KS)no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 (KT)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? (KU)Why do you seek to kill Me?”
20 The people answered and said, (KV)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”
21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 (KW)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, (KX)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because (KY)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 (KZ)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Could This Be the Christ?
25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to (LA)kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. (LB)Do the rulers know indeed that this is [aw]truly the Christ? 27 (LC)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, (LD)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and (LE)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me (LF)is true, (LG)whom you do not know. 29 [ax]But (LH)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 Therefore (LI)they sought to take Him; but (LJ)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And (LK)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
Jesus and the Religious Leaders
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 33 Then Jesus said [ay]to them, (LL)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I (LM)go to Him who sent Me. 34 You (LN)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you (LO)cannot come.”
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to (LP)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
37 (LQ)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (LR)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (LS)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (LT)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (LU)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [az]believing in Him would receive; for the [ba]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (LV)glorified.
Who Is He?
40 Therefore [bb]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is (LW)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (LX)the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 (LY)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, (LZ)where David was?” 43 So (MA)there was a division among the people because of Him. 44 Now (MB)some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
Rejected by the Authorities
45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
46 The officers answered, (MC)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”
47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus (MD)(he who came to [bc]Jesus [bd]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (ME)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (MF)no prophet [be]has arisen out of Galilee.”
An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World
53 [bf]And everyone went to his own house.
Jesus the Light of the World
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Now [bg]early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and (MG)taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, [bh]this woman was caught in (MH)adultery, in the very act. 5 (MI)Now [bi]Moses, in the law, commanded us [bj]that such should be stoned. But what do You [bk]say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they (MJ)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, [bl]as though He did not hear.
Footnotes
- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
- John 1:11 His own things or domain
- John 1:11 His own people
- John 1:12 authority
- John 1:15 ranks higher than I
- John 1:16 NU For
- John 1:18 NU God
- John 1:27 ranks higher than I
- John 1:28 NU, M Bethany
- John 1:30 ranks higher than I
- John 1:41 Lit. Anointed One
- John 1:42 NU John
- John 1:42 Gr. Petros, usually translated Peter
- John 1:51 NU omits hereafter
- John 2:11 revealed
- John 2:14 Lit. sitting
- John 2:17 NU, M will eat
- John 2:22 NU, M omit to them
- John 3:3 Or from above
- John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven
- John 3:15 NU omits not perish but
- John 4:42 NU omits the Christ
- John 4:46 royal official
- John 5:2 NU Bethzatha
- John 5:3 withered
- John 5:3 NU omits the rest of v. 3 and all of v. 4.
- John 5:16 NU omits and sought to kill Him
- John 5:31 valid as testimony
- John 6:2 sick
- John 6:11 NU omits to the disciples, and the disciples
- John 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia
- John 6:22 NU omits that
- John 6:22 NU omits which His disciples had entered
- John 6:37 certainly not
- John 6:41 grumbled
- John 6:43 Stop grumbling
- John 6:45 M hears and has learned
- John 6:47 NU omits in Me
- John 6:55 NU true food
- John 6:55 NU true drink
- John 6:60 difficult
- John 6:61 grumbled
- John 6:61 make you stumble
- John 6:66 Or away; lit. to the back
- John 6:69 NU Holy One of God.
- John 7:1 The ruling authorities
- John 7:8 NU omits yet
- John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
- John 7:26 NU omits truly
- John 7:29 NU, M omit But
- John 7:33 NU, M omit to them
- John 7:39 NU who believed
- John 7:39 NU omits Holy
- John 7:40 NU some
- John 7:50 Lit. Him
- John 7:50 NU before
- John 7:52 NU is to rise
- John 7:53 NU brackets 7:53 through 8:11 as not in the original text. They are present in over 900 mss. of John.
- John 8:2 M very early
- John 8:4 M we found this woman
- John 8:5 M in our law Moses commanded
- John 8:5 NU, M to stone such
- John 8:5 M adds about her
- John 8:6 NU, M omit as though He did not hear
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6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(A) 7 He came as a witness to testify(B) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(C) 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light(D) that gives light to everyone(E) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(F) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(G) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(H) in his name,(I) he gave the right to become children of God(J)— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(K)
14 The Word became flesh(L) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(M) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(N) and truth.(O)
15 (John testified(P) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(Q) 16 Out of his fullness(R) we have all received grace(S) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(T) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(U) 18 No one has ever seen God,(V) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](W) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s(X) testimony when the Jewish leaders[b](Y) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(Z)
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AA)
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”(AB)
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(AC) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[c](AD)
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[d] water,”(AE) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AF) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AG)
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AH) where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(AI) who takes away the sin of the world!(AJ) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AK) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(AL) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AM) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AN) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[e](AO)
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AP)
35 The next day John(AQ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(AR)
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi”(AS) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(AT) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(AU) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[f]).(AV)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(AW) he said to him, “Follow me.”(AX)
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(AY) 45 Philip found Nathanael(AZ) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BA) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BB)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BC) the son of Joseph.”(BD)
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BE) Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BF) in whom there is no deceit.”(BG)
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(BH) you are the Son of God;(BI) you are the king of Israel.”(BJ)
50 Jesus said, “You believe[g] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[h] you[i] will see ‘heaven open,(BK) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BL) on’[j] the Son of Man.”(BM)
Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(BN) Jesus’ mother(BO) was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[k](BP) why do you involve me?”(BQ) Jesus replied. “My hour(BR) has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(BS)
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(BT) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[l]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(BU) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(BV) through which he revealed his glory;(BW) and his disciples believed in him.(BX)
12 After this he went down to Capernaum(BY) with his mother(BZ) and brothers(CA) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts(CB)
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(CC) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(CD) 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(CE) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(CF) 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house(CG) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[m](CH)
18 The Jews(CI) then responded to him, “What sign(CJ) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(CK)
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(CL)
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(CM) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(CN) Then they believed the scripture(CO) and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(CP) many people saw the signs(CQ) he was performing and believed(CR) in his name.[n] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(CS) for he knew what was in each person.(CT)
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(CU) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(CV) 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,(CW) we know(CX) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs(CY) you are doing if God were not with him.”(CZ)
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[o]”(DA)
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(DB) 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[p] gives birth to spirit.(DC) 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[q] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[r](DD)
9 “How can this be?”(DE) Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(DF) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(DG) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(DH) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(DI) except the one who came from heaven(DJ)—the Son of Man.[s](DK) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(DL) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[t](DM) 15 that everyone who believes(DN) may have eternal life in him.”[u](DO)
16 For God so loved(DP) the world that he gave(DQ) his one and only Son,(DR) that whoever believes(DS) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(DT) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(DU) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(DV) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(DW) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(DX) 19 This is the verdict: Light(DY) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(DZ) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(EA) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
John Testifies Again About Jesus
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.(EB) 23 Now John(EC) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)(ED) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(EE) 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(EF) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(EG) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’(EH) 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(EI) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(EJ) 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[v]
31 The one who comes from above(EK) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(EL) The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard,(EM) but no one accepts his testimony.(EN) 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent(EO) speaks the words of God, for God[w] gives the Spirit(EP) without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.(EQ) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(ER) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(ES)— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea(ET) and went back once more to Galilee.
4 Now he had to go through Samaria.(EU) 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(EV) 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(EW) 8 (His disciples had gone into the town(EX) to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(EY) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[x])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(EZ)
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(FA) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(FB) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(FC) welling up to eternal life.”(FD)
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(FE) and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(FF) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(FG) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(FH)
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(FI) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(FJ) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(FK) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(FL) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(FM) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(FN) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(FO) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(FP) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(FQ)
The Disciples Rejoin Jesus
27 Just then his disciples returned(FR) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(FS) Could this be the Messiah?”(FT) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(FU) eat something.”
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(FV) that you know nothing about.”
33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(FW) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(FX) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(FY) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(FZ) a crop for eternal life,(GA) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(GB) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
Many Samaritans Believe
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(GC) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(GD) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.
42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(GE)
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
43 After the two days(GF) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(GG) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(GH) for they also had been there.
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(GI) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(GJ) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(GK) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”
53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(GL) believed.
54 This was the second sign(GM) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
The Healing at the Pool
5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(GN) a pool, which in Aramaic(GO) is called Bethesda[y] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [z] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(GP) 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(GQ) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(GR) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(GS)
11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(GT) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(GU) that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Authority of the Son
16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(GV) is always at his work(GW) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(GX) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(GY)
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(GZ) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(HA) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(HB) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(HC) even so the Son gives life(HD) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(HE) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(HF)
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(HG) has eternal life(HH) and will not be judged(HI) but has crossed over from death to life.(HJ) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(HK) when the dead will hear(HL) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(HM) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(HN) because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(HO) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(HP) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(HQ) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(HR) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(HS)
Testimonies About Jesus
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(HT) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(HU) and I know that his testimony about me is true.
33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(HV) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(HW) but I mention it that you may be saved.(HX) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(HY) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(HZ) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(IA)—testify that the Father has sent me.(IB) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(IC) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(ID) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(IE) for you do not believe(IF) the one he sent.(IG) 39 You study[aa] the Scriptures(IH) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(II) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(IJ) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(IK) to have life.
41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(IL) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[ab]?(IM)
45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(IN) on whom your hopes are set.(IO) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(IP) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(IQ)
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(IR)
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs(IS) he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(IT) and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival(IU) was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(IV) “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[ac] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(IW) spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(IX)
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,(IY) and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14 After the people saw the sign(IZ) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(JA) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(JB) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(JC)
Jesus Walks on the Water(JD)
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[ad] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(JE) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(JF) 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake(JG) realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.(JH) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(JI) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(JJ) 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
Jesus the Bread of Life
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,(JK) when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(JL) not because you saw the signs(JM) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(JN) to eternal life,(JO) which the Son of Man(JP) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(JQ) of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe(JR) in the one he has sent.”(JS)
30 So they asked him, “What sign(JT) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(JU) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(JV) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[ae]”(JW)
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(JX) and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(JY)
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(JZ) the bread of life.(KA) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(KB) in me will never be thirsty.(KC) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(KD) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(KE) not to do my will but to do the will(KF) of him who sent me.(KG) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(KH) but raise them up at the last day.(KI) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(KJ) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(KK) and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(KL) whose father and mother we know?(KM) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(KN)
Footnotes
- John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
- John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
- John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
- John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
- John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 Gen. 28:12
- John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
- John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters
- John 2:17 Psalm 69:9
- John 2:23 Or in him
- John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
- John 3:6 Or but spirit
- John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
- John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
- John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
- John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
- John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.
- John 3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
- John 3:34 Greek he
- John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
- John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
- John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
- John 5:39 Or 39 Study
- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
- John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
- John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
- John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
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