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The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) 2 He was with God in the beginning.(D) 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) 4 In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(J) 7 He came as a witness to testify(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(L) 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light(M) that gives light to everyone(N) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(O) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(P) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(Q) in his name,(R) he gave the right to become children of God(S)— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(T)

14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)

15 (John testified(Y) 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.’”)(Z) 16 Out of his fullness(AA) we have all received grace(AB) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(AD) 18 No one has ever seen God,(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b](AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders[c](AH) 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.”(AI)

21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AJ)

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”(AK)

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,(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d](AM)

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[e] water,”(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AP)

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AQ) 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,(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!(AS) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AT) 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.(AU) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AW) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f](AX)

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AY)

35 The next day John(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(BA)

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”(BB) (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).(BC) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).(BE)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”(BG)

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(BH) 45 Philip found Nathanael(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BL) the son of Joseph.”(BM)

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BN) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”(BP)

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,(BQ) you are the Son of God;(BR) you are the king of Israel.”(BS)

50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] 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,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open,(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BU) on’[k] the Son of Man.”(BV)

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(BW) Jesus’ mother(BX) 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,[l](BY) why do you involve me?”(BZ) Jesus replied. “My hour(CA) has not yet come.”

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(CB)

6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(CC) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[m]

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.(CD) 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(CE) through which he revealed his glory;(CF) and his disciples believed in him.(CG)

12 After this he went down to Capernaum(CH) with his mother(CI) and brothers(CJ) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts(CK)

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(CL) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(CM) 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(CN) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(CO) 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(CP) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[n](CQ)

18 The Jews(CR) then responded to him, “What sign(CS) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(CT)

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(CU)

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.(CV) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(CW) Then they believed the scripture(CX) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(CY) many people saw the signs(CZ) he was performing and believed(DA) in his name.[o] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(DB) for he knew what was in each person.(DC)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(DD) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(DE) 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,(DF) we know(DG) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs(DH) you are doing if God were not with him.”(DI)

3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[p]”(DJ)

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.(DK) 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[q] gives birth to spirit.(DL) 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[r] 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.”[s](DM)

9 “How can this be?”(DN) Nicodemus asked.

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(DO) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(DP) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(DQ) 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(DR) except the one who came from heaven(DS)—the Son of Man.[t](DT) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(DU) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[u](DV) 15 that everyone who believes(DW) may have eternal life in him.”[v](DX)

16 For God so loved(DY) the world that he gave(DZ) his one and only Son,(EA) that whoever believes(EB) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(EC) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(ED) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(EE) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(EF) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(EG) 19 This is the verdict: Light(EH) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(EI) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(EJ) 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.(EK) 23 Now John(EL) 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.)(EM) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(EN) 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(EO) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(EP) 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.’(EQ) 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(ER) 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.(ES) 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[w]

31 The one who comes from above(ET) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(EU) The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard,(EV) but no one accepts his testimony.(EW) 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent(EX) speaks the words of God, for God[x] gives the Spirit(EY) without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.(EZ) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(FA) 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(FB)— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea(FC) and went back once more to Galilee.

4 Now he had to go through Samaria.(FD) 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(FE) 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?”(FF) 8 (His disciples had gone into the town(FG) to buy food.)

9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(FH) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[y])

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.”(FI)

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(FJ) 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.(FK) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(FL) welling up to eternal life.”(FM)

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(FN) 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.(FO) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(FP) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(FQ)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(FR) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(FS) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(FT) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(FU) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(FV) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(FW) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(FX) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(FY) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(FZ)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned(GA) 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.(GB) Could this be the Messiah?”(GC) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(GD) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(GE) 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(GF) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(GG) 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.(GH) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(GI) a crop for eternal life,(GJ) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(GK) 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(GL) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(GM) 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.”(GN)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(GO) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(GP) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(GQ) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(GR) 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,(GS) 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,”(GT) 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(GU) believed.

54 This was the second sign(GV) 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(GW) a pool, which in Aramaic(GX) is called Bethesda[z] 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] [aa] 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.”(GY) 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(GZ) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(HA) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(HB)

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(HC) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(HD) 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(HE) is always at his work(HF) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(HG) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(HH)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(HI) 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(HJ) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(HK) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(HL) even so the Son gives life(HM) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(HN) 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.(HO)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(HP) has eternal life(HQ) and will not be judged(HR) but has crossed over from death to life.(HS) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(HT) when the dead will hear(HU) 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(HV) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(HW) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(HX) 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.(HY) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(HZ) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(IA) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(IB)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(IC) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(ID) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(IE) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(IF) but I mention it that you may be saved.(IG) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(IH) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(II) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(IJ)—testify that the Father has sent me.(IK) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(IL) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(IM) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(IN) for you do not believe(IO) the one he sent.(IP) 39 You study[ab] the Scriptures(IQ) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(IR) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(IS) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(IT) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(IU) 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[ac]?(IV)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(IW) on whom your hopes are set.(IX) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(IY) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(IZ)

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(JA)

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(JB) he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(JC) and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival(JD) was near.

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(JE) “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[ad] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(JF) 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?”(JG)

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,(JH) 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(JI) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(JJ) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(JK) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(JL)

Jesus Walks on the Water(JM)

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,[ae] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(JN) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(JO) 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(JP) 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.(JQ) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(JR) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(JS) 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,(JT) when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(JU) not because you saw the signs(JV) 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(JW) to eternal life,(JX) which the Son of Man(JY) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(JZ) 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(KA) in the one he has sent.”(KB)

30 So they asked him, “What sign(KC) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(KD) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(KE) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[af]”(KF)

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(KG) and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(KH)

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(KI) the bread of life.(KJ) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(KK) in me will never be thirsty.(KL) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(KM) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

Footnotes

  1. John 1:5 Or understood
  2. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  3. 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.
  4. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
  5. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
  6. John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
  7. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
  8. John 1:50 Or Do you believe 
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  9. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  10. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  11. John 1:51 Gen. 28:12
  12. John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  13. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters
  14. John 2:17 Psalm 69:9
  15. John 2:23 Or in him
  16. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
  17. John 3:6 Or but spirit
  18. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
  19. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
  20. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  21. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  22. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.
  23. John 3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
  24. John 3:34 Greek he
  25. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
  26. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  27. 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.
  28. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  29. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
  30. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
  31. John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
  32. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
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John 1-11
New American Standard Bible

1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of mankind. 5 And (H)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [c]grasp it.

The Witness John the Baptist

6 A man [d]came, one sent from God, and his name was (I)John. 7 [e]He came [f](J)as a witness, to testify about the Light, (K)so that all might believe through him. 8 [g](L)He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

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

The Word Made Flesh

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

The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 This is (AI)the testimony of John, when (AJ)the Jews sent priests and Levites to him (AK)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “(AL)I am not the [w]Christ.” 21 And so they asked him, “What then? Are you (AM)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you (AN)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 (AO)the voice of one calling [x]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 [y]Christ, nor Elijah, nor (AP)the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, saying, “(AQ)I baptize [z]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27 It is (AR)He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the (AS)strap of His sandal.” 28 These things took place in Bethany (AT)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.

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

Jesus’ Public Ministry; First Converts

35 Again (BC)the next day John was standing [ah]with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, (BD)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, “(BE)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 [ai]tenth hour. 40 (BF)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 (BG)Messiah” (which translated means [aj]Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of [ak](BH)John; you shall be called (BI)Cephas” (which is translated [al](BJ)Peter).

43 (BK)The next day He [am]decided to go to (BL)Galilee, and He *found (BM)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “(BN)Follow Me.” 44 Now (BO)Philip was from (BP)Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 (BQ)Philip *found (BR)Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom (BS)Moses wrote in the Law, and (BT)the prophets also wrote: Jesus (BU)the son of Joseph, from (BV)Nazareth!” 46 Nathanael said to him, “(BW)Can anything good be from Nazareth?” (BX)Philip *said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Here is truly an (BY)Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before (BZ)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered Him, “(CA)Rabbi, You are (CB)the Son of God; You are the (CC)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 (CD)heaven opened and (CE)the angels of God ascending and descending on (CF)the Son of Man.”

Miracle at Cana

2 On (CG)the third day there was a wedding in (CH)Cana of Galilee, and the (CI)mother of Jesus was there; 2 and both Jesus and His (CJ)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, “[an](CK)What business do you have with Me, (CL)woman? (CM)My hour has not yet come.” 5 His (CN)mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.” 6 Now there were six stone waterpots standing there (CO)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing [ao]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 [ap]headwaiter.” And they took it to him. 9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water (CP)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 (CQ)are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This beginning of His [aq](CR)signs Jesus did in Cana of (CS)Galilee, and revealed His (CT)glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

12 After this He went down to (CU)Capernaum, He and His (CV)mother, and His (CW)brothers and His (CX)disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

13 (CY)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus (CZ)went up to Jerusalem. 14 (DA)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 [ar]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 (DB)the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making (DC)My Father’s house a [as]place of business!” 17 His (DD)disciples remembered that it was written: “(DE)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” 18 (DF)The Jews then said to Him, “(DG)What sign do You show us [at]as your authority for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “(DH)Destroy this [au]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 (DI)The Jews then said, “It took (DJ)forty-six years to build this [av]temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about (DK)the [aw]temple of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His (DL)disciples (DM)remembered that He said this; and they believed (DN)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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

The New Birth

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named (DS)Nicodemus, a (DT)ruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to [ax]Jesus at night and said to Him, “(DU)Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these [ay](DV)signs that You do unless (DW)God is with him.” 3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone (DX)is born [az]again he cannot see (DY)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 (DZ)water and the Spirit, he cannot enter (EA)the kingdom of God. 6 (EB)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 [ba]again.’ 8 (EC)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 (ED)the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (EE)we speak of what we know and (EF)testify of what we have seen, and (EG)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 (EH)No one has ascended into heaven, except (EI)He who descended from heaven: (EJ)the Son of Man. 14 And just as (EK)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must (EL)the Son of Man (EM)be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [bb]believes will (EN)have eternal life in Him.

16 “For God so (EO)loved the world, that He (EP)gave His (EQ)only Son, so that everyone who (ER)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God (ES)did not send the Son into the world (ET)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 (EU)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 (EV)the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that (EW)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (EX)their deeds were evil. 20 (EY)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 (EZ)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed [bc]as having been performed in God.”

John the Baptist’s Last Testimony

22 After these things Jesus and His (FA)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and (FB)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 (FC)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 [bd](FD)purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “(FE)Rabbi, He who was with you (FF)beyond the Jordan, to whom you (FG)have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” 27 John replied, “(FH)A person can receive not even one thing unless it (FI)has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves [be]are my witnesses that I said, ‘(FJ)I am not the [bf]Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is (FK)the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this (FL)joy of mine has been made full. 30 He must [bg]increase, but I must [bh]decrease.

31 “(FM)He who comes from above is above all; (FN)the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. (FO)He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has seen and heard, of this He (FP)testifies; and (FQ)no one accepts His testimony. 33 The one who has accepted His testimony (FR)has certified that God is true. 34 For He whom God (FS)sent speaks the words of God; (FT)for He does not give the Spirit [bi]sparingly. 35 (FU)The Father loves the Son and (FV)has entrusted all things to His hand. 36 The one who (FW)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who (FX)does not [bj]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Jesus Goes to Galilee

4 So then, when (FY)the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that [bk]He was making and (FZ)baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although (GA)Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His (GB)disciples were), 3 He left (GC)Judea and went away (GD)again to Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through (GE)Samaria. 5 So He *came to a city of (GF)Samaria called Sychar, near (GG)the parcel of land that (GH)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 [bl]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 (GI)disciples had gone away to (GJ)the city to buy food. 9 So the (GK)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 (GL)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 (GM)living water.” 11 She *said to Him, “[bm]Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do You get this (GN)living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who (GO)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 (GP)shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to (GQ)eternal life.”

15 The woman *said to Him, “[bn]Sir, (GR)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, “[bo]Sir, I perceive that You are (GS)a prophet. 20 (GT)Our fathers worshiped on (GU)this mountain, and yet you Jews say that (GV)in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Believe Me, woman, that [bp](GW)a time is coming when you will worship the Father (GX)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 (GY)You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because (GZ)salvation is from the Jews. 23 But [bq](HA)a time is coming, and [br]even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (HB)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be [bs]His worshipers. 24 God is [bt]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship (HC)in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that (HD)Messiah is coming ((HE)He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “(HF)I am He, the One speaking to you.”

27 And at this point His (HG)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 (HH)who told me all the things that I have done; (HI)this is not the [bu]Christ, is He?” 30 They left the city and were coming to Him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “(HJ)Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the (HK)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to (HL)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (HM)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 (HN)for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving (HO)wages and is gathering (HP)fruit for (HQ)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: ‘(HR)One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have [bv]come into their labor.”

The Samaritans

39 Now from (HS)that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “(HT)He told me all the things that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to [bw]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 (HU)the Savior of the world.”

43 And after (HV)the two days, He departed from there for Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that (HW)a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, only because (HX)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 (HY)Cana of Galilee, (HZ)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at (IA)Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come (IB)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 [bx](IC)signs and (ID)wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[by]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “(IE)Go; your son [bz]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 [ca]son was [cb]alive. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [cc]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 (IF)his entire household. 54 This is again a (IG)second [cd]sign that Jesus performed when He had (IH)come from Judea into Galilee.

The Healing at Bethesda

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

2 Now in Jerusalem, by (IJ)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which (IK)in [ce]Hebrew is called [cf]Bethesda, having five [cg]porticoes. 3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [ch]paralyzed.[ci] 5 Now a man was there who had been [cj]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, “(IL)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

(IM)Now it was a Sabbath on that day. 10 So (IN)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and (IO)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 (IP)sin anymore, (IQ)so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15 The man went away, and informed (IR)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason (IS)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. 17 But He answered them, “My Father [ck]is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

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

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (IW)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [cl]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way. 20 (IX)For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him (IY)greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and (IZ)gives them life, so (JA)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but (JB)He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (JC)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 (JD)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and (JE)does not come into judgment, but has (JF)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, [cm](JG)a time is coming and [cn]even now has arrived, when (JH)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (JI)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He (JJ)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (JK)execute judgment, because He is [co]the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this; for [cp](JL)a time is coming when (JM)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come out: (JN)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “(JO)I can do nothing [cq]on My own. As I hear, I judge; and (JP)My judgment is [cr]righteous, because I do not seek My own will but (JQ)the will of Him who sent Me.

31 “(JR)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not [cs]true. 32 There is (JS)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 (JT)has testified to the truth. 34 But (JU)the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was (JV)the lamp that was burning and shining, and you (JW)were willing to rejoice for [ct]a while in his light.

Testimony of Works

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

Testimony of the Father

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

Testimony of the Scripture

39 [cu](KD)You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is (KE)those very Scriptures that testify about Me; 40 and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 (KF)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 [cv]receive Me; (KG)if another comes in his own name, you will [cw]receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you [cx](KH)accept [cy]glory from one another and you do not seek (KI)the [cz]glory that is from (KJ)the one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is (KK)Moses, in whom you have put your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for (KL)he wrote about Me. 47 But (KM)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Five Thousand Men Fed

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

Jesus Walks on the Water

15 So Jesus, aware that they [de]intended to come and take Him by force (LH)to make Him king, (LI)withdrew again to (LJ)the mountain by Himself, alone.

16 Now when evening came, His (LK)disciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea (LL)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 [df]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; [dg](LM)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 (LN)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 (LO)had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone. 23 Other small boats came from (LP)Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the (LQ)Lord (LR)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 (LS)came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “(LT)Rabbi, when did You get here?”

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you (LU)seek Me, not because you saw [dh](LV)signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not (LW)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for (LX)eternal life, which (LY)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, (LZ)has set His [di]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 (MA)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He (MB)has sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “(MC)What then are You doing as a (MD)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? 31 (ME)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘(MF)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 [dj]that which (MG)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always (MH)give us this bread.”

35 Jesus said to them, “(MI)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me (MJ)will never be thirsty. 36 But (MK)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. 37 (ML)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 (MM)I have come down from heaven, (MN)not to do My own will, but (MO)the will of Him who (MP)sent Me. 39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of (MQ)everything that He has given Me I will (MR)lose nothing, but will (MS)raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who (MT)sees the Son and (MU)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will (MV)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

41 (MW)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that (MX)came down out of heaven.” 42 And they were saying, “(MY)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (MZ)we know? How does He now say, ‘(NA)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 (NB)draws him; and I will (NC)raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written (ND)in the Prophets: ‘(NE)And they shall all be (NF)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 (NG)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 (NH)has eternal life. 48 (NI)I am the bread of life. 49 (NJ)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that (NK)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and (NL)not die. 51 (NM)I am the living bread that (NN)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, (NO)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give (NP)for the life of the world also is (NQ)My flesh.”

52 (NR)Then the Jews (NS)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 (NT)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 (NU)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 (NV)remains in Me, and I in him. 57 Just as the (NW)living Father (NX)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 (NY)came down out of heaven, not as (NZ)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread (OA)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said (OB)in the synagogue as He taught (OC)in Capernaum.

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

Peter’s Confession of Faith

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

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus (PC)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because (PD)the Jews (PE)were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, (PF)the Feast of Booths, was near. 3 So His (PG)brothers said to Him, “Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your (PH)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret [do]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 (PI)brothers believed in Him. 6 So Jesus *said to them, “(PJ)My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready. 7 (PK)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that (PL)its deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because (PM)My time has not yet fully arrived.” 9 Now having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His (PN)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret. 11 (PO)So the Jews (PP)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: (PQ)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 (PR)fear of [dp]the Jews.

14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to (PS)teach. 15 (PT)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man (PU)become learned, not having been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “(PV)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. 17 (PW)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 (PX)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 “(PY)Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you (PZ)seeking to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “(QA)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did (QB)one [dq]deed, and you all are astonished. 22 For this reason (QC)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from (QD)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 (QE)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 (QF)judge by the outward appearance, but judge [dr]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. (QG)The rulers do not really know that this is the [ds]Christ, do they? 27 However, (QH)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, (QI)teaching and saying, “(QJ)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and (QK)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 (QL)I do know Him, because (QM)I am from Him, and (QN)He sent Me.” 30 So they (QO)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His (QP)hour had not yet come. 31 But (QQ)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “(QR)When the [dt]Christ comes, He will not perform more [du](QS)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 (QT)officers to (QU)arrest Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, “(QV)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then (QW)I am going to Him who sent Me. 34 (QX)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 (QY)The Jews then said to one another, “(QZ)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to (RA)the Dispersion among (RB)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? 36 What is this statement that He said, ‘(RC)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 Now on (RD)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “(RE)If anyone is thirsty, [dv]let him come to Me and drink. 38 The one who believes in Me, (RF)as the Scripture said, ‘[dw]From his innermost being will flow rivers of (RG)living water.’” 39 But this He said (RH)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for (RI)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (RJ)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

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

45 The (RP)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The (RQ)officers answered, “(RR)Never has a man spoken in this way!” 47 The Pharisees then replied to them, “(RS)You have not been led astray too, have you? 48 (RT)Not one of (RU)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” 50 (RV)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, 51 “(RW)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, “(RX)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [[[dz]And everyone went to his home.

The Adulterous Woman

8 But Jesus went to (RY)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 (RZ)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, (SA)Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” 6 Now they were saying this to (SB)test Him, (SC)so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7 When they persisted in asking Him, (SD)He straightened up and said to them, “(SE)He who is without sin among you, let him be the (SF)first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard. 10 And (SG)straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11 She said, “No one, [ea]Lord.” And Jesus said, “(SH)I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on do not (SI)sin any longer.”]]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “(SJ)I am the Light of the world; (SK)the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “(SL)You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not [eb]true.” 14 Jesus answered and said to them, “(SM)Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is [ec]true, because I know (SN)where I came from and where I am going; but (SO)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 (SP)You judge [ed]according to the flesh; (SQ)I am not judging anyone. 16 But even (SR)if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. 17 Even in (SS)your Law it has been written that the testimony of (ST)two people is [ee]true. 18 I am He who testifies about Myself, and (SU)the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19 So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; (SV)if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20 These words He spoke [ef]in (SW)the treasury, as (SX)He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because (SY)His hour had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and (SZ)you will look for Me, and (TA)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So (TB)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘(TC)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, “(TD)You are from below, I am from above; (TE)you are of this world, (TF)I am not of this world. 24 Therefore I said to you that you (TG)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that [eg](TH)I am, (TI)you will die in your sins.” 25 Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “[eh]What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? 26 I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but (TJ)He who sent Me is true; and (TK)the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” 27 They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you (TL)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that [ei](TM)I am, and (TN)I do nothing [ej]on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me; (TO)He [ek]has not left Me alone, for (TP)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30 As He said these things, (TQ)many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “(TR)If you continue in My word, then you are truly My (TS)disciples; 32 and (TT)you will know the truth, and (TU)the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered Him, “(TV)We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, (TW)everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 Now (TX)the slave does not remain in the house forever; (TY)the son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son (TZ)sets you free, you really will be free. 37 I know that you are (UA)Abraham’s descendants; yet (UB)you are seeking to kill Me, because My word [el]has no place in you. 38 I speak of the things which I have seen [em]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from (UC)your father.”

39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is (UD)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “(UE)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40 But as it is, (UF)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has (UG)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of (UH)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; (UI)we have one Father: God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, (UJ)you would love Me, (UK)for I came forth from God and am here; for I have (UL)not even come [en]on My own, but [eo](UM)He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand [ep](UN)what I am saying? It is because you cannot (UO)listen to My word. 44 (UP)You are of (UQ)your father the devil, and (UR)you want to do the desires of your father. (US)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because (UT)there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells [eq]a lie, he (UU)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of [er]lies. 45 But because (UV)I say the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If (UW)I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (UX)The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

48 (UY)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a (UZ)Samaritan, and You (VA)have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not (VB)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 But (VC)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. 51 Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone (VD)follows My word, he will never (VE)see death.” 52 (VF)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You (VG)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone (VH)follows My word, he will never (VI)taste of death.’ 53 You (VJ)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “(VK)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; (VL)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; 55 and (VM)you have not come to know Him, (VN)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be (VO)a liar like you; (VP)but I do know Him, and I (VQ)follow His word. 56 (VR)Your father Abraham was (VS)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” 57 (VT)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham [es]was born, [et](VU)I am.” 59 Therefore they (VV)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus (VW)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

Healing the Man Born Blind

9 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “(VX)Rabbi, who sinned, (VY)this man or his (VZ)parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was (WA)so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me (WB)as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am (WC)the Light of the world.” 6 When He had said this, He (WD)spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes, 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in (WE)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and (WF)washed, and (WG)came back seeing. 8 So the neighbors, and those who previously saw [eu]him as a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one who used to (WH)sit and beg?” 9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [ev]The man himself kept saying, “I am the one.” 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to (WI)Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” 12 And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

Controversy over the Man

13 They *brought [ew]the man who was previously blind to the Pharisees. 14 (WJ)Now it was a Sabbath on the day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 (WK)Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied mud to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He (WL)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such [ex](WM)signs?” And (WN)there was dissension among them. 17 So they *said (WO)again to the man who was blind, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a (WP)prophet.”

18 (WQ)The Jews then did not believe it about him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 19 and they questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20 His parents then answered and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they (WR)were afraid of the [ey]Jews; for the Jews (WS)had already reached the decision that if anyone confessed Him to be [ez]Christ, (WT)he was to be excommunicated from the synagogue. 23 It was for this reason that his parents said, “(WU)He is of age; ask him.”

24 So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, “(WV)Give glory to God; we know that (WW)this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “(WX)I told you already and you did not (WY)listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?” 28 They spoke abusively to him and said, “You are His disciple, but (WZ)we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, (XA)we do not know where He is from.” 30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes! 31 We know that (XB)God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is [fa]God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. 32 [fb]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33 (XC)If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “(XD)You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they [fc](XE)put him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

35 Jesus heard that they had [fd](XF)put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the (XG)Son of Man?” 36 He answered [fe]by saying, “And (XH)who is He, [ff]Sir, that I may believe in Him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and (XI)He is the one who is talking with you.” 38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he (XJ)worshiped Him. 39 And Jesus said, “(XK)For judgment I came into this world, so that (XL)those who do not see may see, and (XM)those who see may become blind.” 40 Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “(XN)We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus said to them, “(XO)If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘(XP)We see,’ your sin remains.

Parable of the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is (XQ)a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is (XR)a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to (XS)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and (XT)leads them out. 4 When he puts all his own sheep outside, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know (XU)his voice. 5 However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know (XV)the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus told them this (XW)figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them [fg]meant.

7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am (XX)the door of the sheep. 8 All those who came before Me are (XY)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 (XZ)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they (YA)would have life, and [fh]have it abundantly.

11 “(YB)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (YC)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (YD)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep. 14 (YE)I am the good shepherd, and (YF)I know My own, and My own know Me, 15 just as (YG)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and (YH)I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And I have (YI)other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become (YJ)one flock, with (YK)one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I (YL)lay down My life so that I may take it back. 18 (YM)No one has taken it away from Me, but I (YN)lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. (YO)This commandment I received from My Father.”

19 (YP)Dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He (YQ)has a demon and (YR)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is (YS)demon-possessed. (YT)A demon cannot open the eyes of those who are blind, can it?”

Jesus Asserts His Deity

22 At that time the [fi]Feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem; 23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of (YU)Solomon. 24 (YV)The Jews then surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long [fj]will You keep us in suspense? If You are the [fk]Christ, tell us (YW)plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “(YX)I told you, and you do not believe; (YY)the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me. 26 But you do not believe, because (YZ)you are not of My sheep. 27 My sheep (ZA)listen to My voice, and (ZB)I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give them (ZC)eternal life, and they will never perish; and (ZD)no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 [fl]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 (ZE)I and the Father are [fm]one.”

31 The Jews (ZF)picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus replied to them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for (ZG)blasphemy; and because You, being a man, (ZH)make Yourself out to be God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in (ZI)your (ZJ)Law: ‘(ZK)I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be nullified), 36 are you saying of Him whom the Father (ZL)sanctified and (ZM)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘(ZN)I am the Son of God’? 37 (ZO)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe (ZP)the works, so that you may [fn]know and understand that (ZQ)the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” 39 Therefore (ZR)they were seeking again to arrest Him, and (ZS)He eluded their grasp.

40 And He went away (ZT)again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there. 41 Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no (ZU)sign, yet (ZV)everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And (ZW)many believed in Him there.

The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of (ZX)Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister (ZY)Martha. 2 And it was the Mary who (ZZ)anointed (AAA)the Lord with [fo]ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “(AAB)Lord, behold, (AAC)he whom You love is sick.” 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not [fp]meant for death, but is for (AAD)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 (Now Jesus loved (AAE)Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.) 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He *said to the disciples, “(AAF)Let’s go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples *said to Him, “(AAG)Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking (AAH)to stone You, and yet You are going there again?” 9 Jesus replied, “(AAI)Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in [fq]him.” 11 This He said, and after this He *said to them, “Our (AAJ)friend Lazarus (AAK)has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will [fr]come out of it.” 13 Now (AAL)Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about [fs]actual sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” 16 (AAM)Therefore Thomas, who was called [ft](AAN)Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, so that we may die with Him!”

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb (AAO)four days. 18 Now (AAP)Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [fu]fifteen stadia away; 19 and many of (AAQ)the Jews had come to (AAR)Martha and Mary, (AAS)to console them about their brother. 20 So then (AAT)Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but (AAU)Mary [fv]stayed in the house. 21 Martha then said to Jesus, “(AAV)Lord, (AAW)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Even now I know that (AAX)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

Footnotes

  1. John 1:2 Lit This one
  2. John 1:3 One early ms nothing came into
  3. John 1:5 Or overpower
  4. John 1:6 Or came into being
  5. John 1:7 Lit This one
  6. John 1:7 Lit for testimony
  7. John 1:8 Lit That one; i.e., John
  8. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
  9. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world
  10. John 1:10 Or acknowledge
  11. John 1:11 Or own things, possessions, domain
  12. John 1:11 Or receive
  13. John 1:12 Or all who received
  14. John 1:12 Or trust in
  15. John 1:13 Or fathered
  16. John 1:13 Lit bloods
  17. John 1:15 Lit before me
  18. John 1:16 Lit we all received
  19. John 1:16 Lit grace for grace
  20. John 1:17 Lit came to be
  21. John 1:18 Lit chest; or possibly lap
  22. John 1:18 I.e., given a detailed account of
  23. John 1:20 I.e., Messiah
  24. John 1:23 Or out, In the wilderness make the way
  25. John 1:25 I.e., Messiah
  26. John 1:26 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
  27. John 1:30 Lit before me
  28. John 1:31 I.e., as the Messiah
  29. John 1:31 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
  30. John 1:33 I.e., as the Messiah
  31. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
  32. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
  33. John 1:34 One early ms Chosen One of
  34. John 1:35 Lit and
  35. John 1:39 I.e., about 4 p.m.
  36. John 1:41 Gr Anointed One
  37. John 1:42 Gr Joannes
  38. John 1:42 I.e., Rock or Stone in Gr
  39. John 1:43 Or resolved
  40. John 2:4 Lit What to Me and to you (an ancient idiom)
  41. John 2:6 About 18 or 27 gallons each; or 68 or 102 liters
  42. John 2:8 I.e., manager of the banquet
  43. John 2:11 I.e., confirming miracles
  44. John 2:15 Or pieces of rope
  45. John 2:16 Lit house
  46. John 2:18 Lit that You do these
  47. John 2:19 Or sanctuary
  48. John 2:20 Or sanctuary
  49. John 2:21 Or sanctuary
  50. John 3:2 Lit Him
  51. John 3:2 I.e., confirming miracles
  52. John 3:3 Or from above
  53. John 3:7 Or from above
  54. John 3:15 Or believes in Him will have eternal life
  55. John 3:21 Lit that they have been
  56. John 3:25 I.e., ceremonial washing
  57. John 3:28 Lit testify for me
  58. John 3:28 I.e., Messiah
  59. John 3:30 Or become greater
  60. John 3:30 Or become less important
  61. John 3:34 Lit from measure
  62. John 3:36 I.e., in belief
  63. John 4:1 Lit Jesus
  64. John 4:6 I.e., noon
  65. John 4:11 Or Lord
  66. John 4:15 Or Lord
  67. John 4:19 Or Lord
  68. John 4:21 Lit an hour
  69. John 4:23 Lit an hour
  70. John 4:23 Lit now is, when
  71. John 4:23 Lit the ones worshiping Him
  72. John 4:24 Or Spirit
  73. John 4:29 I.e., Messiah
  74. John 4:38 I.e., enjoyed the fruit of their labor
  75. John 4:40 Lit Him
  76. John 4:48 I.e., confirming miracles
  77. John 4:49 Or Lord
  78. John 4:50 I.e., is well
  79. John 4:51 Or boy
  80. John 4:51 I.e., well
  81. John 4:52 I.e., 1 p.m.
  82. John 4:54 I.e., confirming miracle
  83. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
  84. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha
  85. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs)
  86. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs
  87. John 5:3 Late mss add the following as the remainder of v 3, and v 4: paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first stepped in after the stirring up of the water was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted
  88. John 5:5 Lit in his sickness
  89. John 5:17 I.e., has been and continues
  90. John 5:19 Lit that One
  91. John 5:25 Lit an hour
  92. John 5:25 Lit now is, when
  93. John 5:27 Or a son of man
  94. John 5:28 Lit an hour
  95. John 5:30 Or of Myself
  96. John 5:30 Or fair
  97. John 5:31 I.e., admissible as legal evidence
  98. John 5:35 Lit an hour
  99. John 5:39 Or (a command) Examine the Scriptures
  100. John 5:43 Or accept
  101. John 5:43 Or accept
  102. John 5:44 Or receive
  103. John 5:44 Or honor
  104. John 5:44 Or honor
  105. John 6:2 I.e., confirming miracles
  106. John 6:7 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  107. John 6:10 I.e., 5,000 men plus women and children, cf. Matt 14:21
  108. John 6:14 I.e., confirming miracle
  109. John 6:15 Or were about
  110. John 6:19 Possibly 3-4 miles or 4.8-6.4 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
  111. John 6:20 Or stop being afraid
  112. John 6:26 I.e., confirming miracles
  113. John 6:27 I.e., of identification or authenticity
  114. John 6:33 Or He who comes
  115. John 6:60 Or hard
  116. John 6:61 Or shocking
  117. John 6:64 Or hand Him over
  118. John 6:71 Or was intending to
  119. John 7:4 Lit and
  120. John 7:13 I.e., the Jewish leaders
  121. John 7:21 Or work
  122. John 7:24 Lit the righteous judgment
  123. John 7:26 I.e., Messiah
  124. John 7:31 I.e., Messiah
  125. John 7:31 I.e., confirming miracles
  126. John 7:37 Or come to Me and drink
  127. John 7:38 Lit Out of his belly
  128. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah
  129. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah
  130. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11
  131. John 8:11 Or Sir
  132. John 8:13 Or valid
  133. John 8:14 Or valid
  134. John 8:15 I.e., by a carnal standard
  135. John 8:17 I.e., valid or admissible
  136. John 8:20 Or at
  137. John 8:24 Or I AM, you will die...; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM
  138. John 8:25 Or That which I have even been saying to you from the beginning
  139. John 8:28 Or I AM, and...; (see note v 24)
  140. John 8:28 Or of Myself
  141. John 8:29 Or did not leave
  142. John 8:37 Or is making no headway among you
  143. John 8:38 Or in the presence of
  144. John 8:42 Or of Myself
  145. John 8:42 Lit that One
  146. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking
  147. John 8:44 Lit the lie
  148. John 8:44 Lit it
  149. John 8:58 Lit came into being
  150. John 8:58 Or I AM; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM
  151. John 9:8 Lit that he was a
  152. John 9:9 Lit That one kept
  153. John 9:13 Lit him who
  154. John 9:16 I.e., confirming miracles
  155. John 9:22 I.e., the Jewish leaders
  156. John 9:22 I.e., the Messiah
  157. John 9:31 Or devout
  158. John 9:32 Lit From the age it was not heard
  159. John 9:34 I.e., prob. excommunication from the synagogue
  160. John 9:35 See note v 34
  161. John 9:36 Lit and said
  162. John 9:36 Or Lord
  163. John 10:6 Lit were
  164. John 10:10 Or have abundance
  165. John 10:22 Now known as Hanukkah, also the Feast of Lights
  166. John 10:24 Lit do You lift up our soul
  167. John 10:24 I.e., Messiah
  168. John 10:29 One early ms What My Father has given Me is greater than all
  169. John 10:30 Or a unity; or one essence
  170. John 10:38 Lit know and continue knowing
  171. John 11:2 Or perfume
  172. John 11:4 Lit toward death
  173. John 11:10 Or it; i.e., the world
  174. John 11:12 Lit be saved
  175. John 11:13 Lit the slumber of sleep
  176. John 11:16 I.e., the Twin
  177. John 11:18 Possibly 2 miles or 3 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
  178. John 11:20 Lit was sitting
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John 1-21
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The Eternal Word(A)

1 In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. 2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. 3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men. 5 And (J)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

John’s Witness: The True Light

6 There was a (K)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (L)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (M)believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (N)Light. 9 (O)That[b] 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 (P)the world did not know Him. 11 (Q)He came to His [c]own, and His [d]own did not receive Him. 12 But (R)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 (S)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 (T)And the Word (U)became (V)flesh and dwelt among us, and (W)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (X)full of grace and truth.

15 (Y)John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, (Z)‘He who comes after me [f]is preferred before me, (AA)for He was before me.’ ”

16 [g]And of His (AB)fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For (AC)the law was given through Moses, but (AD)grace and (AE)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (AF)No one has seen God at any time. (AG)The only begotten [h]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness(AH)

19 Now this is (AI)the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

20 (AJ)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 (AK)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: (AL)“I am

(AM)‘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, (AN)“I baptize with water, (AO)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (AP)It is He who, coming after me, [i]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

28 These things were done (AQ)in [j]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God(AR)

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! (AS)The Lamb of God (AT)who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [k]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, (AU)therefore I came baptizing with water.”

32 (AV)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, (AW)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the (AX)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, (AY)“Behold the Lamb of God!”

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they (AZ)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 (BA)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [l]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 [m]Jonah. (BB)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [n]A Stone).

Philip and Nathanael

43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found (BC)Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now (BD)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (BE)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom (BF)Moses in the law, and also the (BG)prophets, wrote—Jesus (BH)of Nazareth, the (BI)son of Joseph.”

46 And Nathanael said to him, (BJ)“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, (BK)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, (BL)You are the Son of God! You are (BM)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, (BN)hereafter[o] 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 (BO)wedding in (BP)Cana of Galilee, and the (BQ)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, (BR)“Woman, (BS)what does your concern have to do with Me? (BT)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, (BU)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 (BV)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 (BW)beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, (BX)and [p]manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

12 After this He went down to (BY)Capernaum, He, His mother, (BZ)His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple(CA)

13 (CB)Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 (CC)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [q]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 (CD)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, (CE)“Zeal for Your house [r]has eaten Me up.”

18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, (CF)“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

19 Jesus answered and said to them, (CG)“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 (CH)of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, (CI)His disciples remembered that He had said this [s]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 (CJ)signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He (CK)knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for (CL)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 (CM)This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for (CN)no one can do these signs that You do unless (CO)God is with him.”

3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (CP)unless one is born [t]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, (CQ)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 (CR)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 (CS)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, (CT)“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 (CU)Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and (CV)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 (CW)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [u]who is in heaven. 14 (CX)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (CY)must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever (CZ)believes in Him should [v]not perish but (DA)have eternal life. 16 (DB)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (DC)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 (DD)For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

18 (DE)“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, (DF)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (DG)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 (DH)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 (DI)and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near (DJ)Salim, because there was much water there. (DK)And they came and were baptized. 24 For (DL)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, (DM)to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all (DN)are coming to Him!”

27 John answered and said, (DO)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, (DP)‘I am not the Christ,’ but, (DQ)‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29 (DR)He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but (DS)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 (DT)He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 (DU)He who comes from above (DV)is above all; (DW)he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. (DX)He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And (DY)what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony (DZ)has certified that God is true. 34 (EA)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (EB)by measure. 35 (EC)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 (ED)He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the (EE)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 (EF)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 (EG)Jacob (EH)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 (EI)Jews have no dealings with (EJ)Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the (EK)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 (EL)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 (EM)whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him (EN)will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

15 (EO)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, (EP)I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on (EQ)this mountain, and you Jews say that in (ER)Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming (ES)when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship (ET)what you do not know; we know what we worship, for (EU)salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will (EV)worship the Father in (EW)spirit (EX)and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 (EY)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah (EZ)is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, (FA)He will tell us all things.”

26 Jesus said to her, (FB)“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 (FC)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, (FD)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (FE)finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes (FF)the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, (FG)for they are already white for harvest! 36 (FH)And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that (FI)both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: (FJ)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; (FK)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 (FL)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 (FM)word.

42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (FN)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [w]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 (FO)Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, (FP)having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; (FQ)for they also had gone to the feast.

A Nobleman’s Son Healed

46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee (FR)where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain [x]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, (FS)“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 (FT)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus (FU)went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem (FV)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, [y]Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [z]paralyzed, [aa]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, (FW)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.

And (FX)that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; (FY)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 (FZ)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. (GA)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 (GB)persecuted Jesus, [ab]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, (GC)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

18 Therefore the Jews (GD)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, (GE)making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (GF)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 (GG)the Father loves the Son, and (GH)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, (GI)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but (GJ)has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (GK)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, (GL)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (GM)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (GN)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (GO)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (GP)life in Himself, 27 and (GQ)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (GR)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 (GS)hear His voice 29 (GT)and come forth—(GU)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 (GV)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because (GW)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

31 (GX)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not [ac]true. 32 (GY)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, (GZ)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 (HA)shining lamp, and (HB)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But (HC)I have a greater witness than John’s; for (HD)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very (HE)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, (HF)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, (HG)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 (HH)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and (HI)these are they which testify of Me. 40 (HJ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

41 (HK)“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 (HL)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (HM)the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; (HN)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (HO)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (HP)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Feeding the Five Thousand(HQ)

6 After (HR)these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of (HS)Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were (HT)diseased.[ad] 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

4 (HU)Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 (HV)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to (HW)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, (HX)“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, (HY)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, (HZ)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 [ae]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 (IA)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Sea(IB)

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him (IC)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

16 (ID)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 [af]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were (IE)afraid. 20 But He said to them, (IF)“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 [ag]that one [ah]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, (IG)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 (IH)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but (II)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, (IJ)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, (IK)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

30 Therefore they said to Him, (IL)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 (IM)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, (IN)‘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 (IO)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 (IP)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 And Jesus said to them, (IQ)“I am the bread of life. (IR)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never (IS)thirst. 36 (IT)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet (IU)do not believe. 37 (IV)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and (IW)the one who comes to Me I will [ai]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, (IX)not to do My own will, (IY)but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (IZ)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, (JA)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 [aj]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 And they said, (JB)“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, [ak]“Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 (JC)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (JD)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, (JE)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (JF)Therefore everyone who [al]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 (JG)Not that anyone has seen the Father, (JH)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, (JI)he who believes [am]in Me has everlasting life. 48 (JJ)I am the bread of life. 49 (JK)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 (JL)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread (JM)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (JN)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

52 The Jews therefore (JO)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 (JP)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (JQ)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 [an]food indeed, and My blood is [ao]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (JR)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 (JS)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (JT)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 (JU)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [ap]hard saying; who can understand it?”

61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [aq]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [ar]offend you? 62 (JV)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 (JW)It is the Spirit who gives life; the (JX)flesh profits nothing. The (JY)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But (JZ)there are some of you who do not believe.” For (KA)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore (KB)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

66 (KC)From that time many of His disciples went [as]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 (KD)the words of eternal life. 69 (KE)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the [at]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

70 Jesus answered them, (KF)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, (KG)and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of (KH)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would (KI)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, (KJ)because the [au]Jews sought to kill Him. 2 (KK)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 (KL)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 (KM)even His (KN)brothers did not believe in Him.

6 Then Jesus said to them, (KO)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 (KP)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (KQ)because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to this feast. I am not [av]yet going up to this feast, (KR)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 (KS)the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” 12 And (KT)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. (KU)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” 13 However, no one spoke openly of Him (KV)for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and (KW)taught. 15 (KX)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

16 [aw]Jesus answered them and said, (KY)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (KZ)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 (LA)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who (LB)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and (LC)no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 (LD)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? (LE)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

20 The people answered and said, (LF)“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 (LG)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, (LH)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 (LI)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 (LJ)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 (LK)kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. (LL)Do the rulers know indeed that this is [ax]truly the Christ? 27 (LM)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, (LN)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and (LO)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me (LP)is true, (LQ)whom you do not know. 29 [ay]But (LR)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

30 Therefore (LS)they sought to take Him; but (LT)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And (LU)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 [az]to them, (LV)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I (LW)go to Him who sent Me. 34 You (LX)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you (LY)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 (LZ)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 (MA)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (MB)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (MC)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (MD)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (ME)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [ba]believing in Him would receive; for the [bb]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (MF)glorified.

Who Is He?

40 Therefore [bc]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is (MG)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (MH)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 (MI)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, (MJ)where David was?” 43 So (MK)there was a division among the people because of Him. 44 Now (ML)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, (MM)“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 (MN)(he who came to [bd]Jesus [be]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (MO)“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 (MP)no prophet [bf]has arisen out of Galilee.”

An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World

53 [bg]And everyone went to his own house.

Jesus the Light of the World

8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 Now [bh]early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and (MQ)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, [bi]this woman was caught in (MR)adultery, in the very act. 5 (MS)Now [bj]Moses, in the law, commanded us [bk]that such should be stoned. But what do You [bl]say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they (MT)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, [bm]as though He did not hear.

7 So when they continued asking Him, He [bn]raised Himself up and said to them, (MU)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, (MV)being[bo] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up [bp]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers [bq]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

11 She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, (MW)“Neither do I condemn you; go [br]and (MX)sin no more.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, (MY)“I am the light of the world. He who (MZ)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Jesus Defends His Self-Witness

13 The Pharisees therefore said to Him, (NA)“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not [bs]true.”

14 Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but (NB)you do not know where I come from and where I am going. 15 (NC)You judge according to the flesh; (ND)I judge no one. 16 And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for (NE)I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. 17 (NF)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am One who bears witness of Myself, and (NG)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

19 Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, (NH)“You know neither Me nor My Father. (NI)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

20 These words Jesus spoke in (NJ)the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and (NK)no one laid hands on Him, for (NL)His hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

21 Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and (NM)you will seek Me, and (NN)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

22 So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”

23 And He said to them, (NO)“You are from beneath; I am from above. (NP)You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 (NQ)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; (NR)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

25 Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I (NS)have been saying to you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but (NT)He who sent Me is true; and (NU)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

27 They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

28 Then Jesus said to them, “When you (NV)lift[bt] up the Son of Man, (NW)then you will know that I am He, and (NX)that I do nothing of Myself; but (NY)as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 And (NZ)He who sent Me is with Me. (OA)The Father has not left Me alone, (OB)for I always do those things that please Him.” 30 As He spoke these words, (OC)many believed in Him.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you (OD)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the (OE)truth, and (OF)the truth shall make you free.”

33 They answered Him, (OG)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (OH)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (OI)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (OJ)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s

37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but (OK)you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 (OL)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have [bu]seen with your father.”

39 They answered and said to Him, (OM)“Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, (ON)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 (OO)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth (OP)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; (OQ)we have one Father—God.”

42 Jesus said to them, (OR)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (OS)I proceeded forth and came from God; (OT)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 (OU)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 (OV)You are of your father the devil, and the (OW)desires of your father you want to (OX)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (OY)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (OZ)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I AM

48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and (PA)have a demon?”

49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and (PB)you dishonor Me. 50 And (PC)I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, (PD)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

52 Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You (PE)have a demon! (PF)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ 53 Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. (PG)Who do You make Yourself out to be?”

54 Jesus answered, (PH)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. (PI)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [bv]your God. 55 Yet (PJ)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and (PK)keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham (PL)rejoiced to see My day, (PM)and he saw it and was glad.”

57 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (PN)before Abraham was, (PO)I AM.”

59 Then (PP)they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, (PQ)going[bw] through the midst of them, and so passed by.

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

9 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, (PR)who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, (PS)but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 (PT)I[bx] must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is (PU)day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, (PV)I am the light of the world.”

6 When He had said these things, (PW)He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash (PX)in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So (PY)he went and washed, and came back seeing.

8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was [by]blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”

9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, [bz]“He is like him.”

He said, “I am he.”

10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

11 He answered and said, (PZ)“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to [ca]the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”

12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?”

He said, “I do not know.”

The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not [cb]keep the Sabbath.”

Others said, (QA)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And (QB)there was a division among them.

17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

He said, (QC)“He is a prophet.”

18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because (QD)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he (QE)would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, (QF)“Give God the glory! (QG)We know that this Man is a sinner.”

25 He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God (QH)spoke to (QI)Moses; as for this fellow, (QJ)we do not know where He is from.”

30 The man answered and said to them, (QK)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 Now we know that (QL)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 (QM)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

34 They answered and said to him, (QN)“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they [cc]cast him out.

True Vision and True Blindness

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had (QO)found him, He said to him, “Do you (QP)believe in (QQ)the Son of [cd]God?”

36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and (QR)it is He who is talking with you.”

38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he (QS)worshiped Him.

39 And Jesus said, (QT)“For judgment I have come into this world, (QU)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, (QV)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”

41 Jesus said to them, (QW)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Jesus the True Shepherd

10 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by (QX)name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a (QY)stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came [ce]before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 (QZ)I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

11 (RA)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [cf]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (RB)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and (RC)I know My sheep, and (RD)am known by My own. 15 (RE)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; (RF)and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And (RG)other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; (RH)and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

17 “Therefore My Father (RI)loves Me, (RJ)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I (RK)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. (RL)This command I have received from My Father.”

19 Therefore (RM)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20 And many of them said, (RN)“He has a demon and is [cg]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. (RO)Can a demon (RP)open the eyes of the blind?”

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, (RQ)in Solomon’s porch. 24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in [ch]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. (RR)The works that I do in My Father’s name, they (RS)bear witness of Me. 26 But (RT)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, [ci]as I said to you. 27 (RU)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (RV)My Father, (RW)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 (RX)I and My Father are one.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

31 Then (RY)the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for (RZ)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, (SA)make Yourself God.”

34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, (SB)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If He called them gods, (SC)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture (SD)cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him (SE)whom the Father sanctified and (SF)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ (SG)because I said, ‘I am (SH)the Son of God’? 37 (SI)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do, though you do not believe Me, (SJ)believe the works, that you may know and [cj]believe (SK)that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” 39 (SL)Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place (SM)where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. 41 Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, (SN)but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” 42 And many believed in Him there.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of (SO)Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (SP)It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, (SQ)He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to (SR)stone You, and are You going there again?”

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? (SS)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the (ST)light of this world. 10 But (SU)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (SV)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

16 Then (SW)Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [ck]two miles away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that (SX)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha said to Him, (SY)“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am (SZ)the resurrection and the life. (TA)He who believes in Me, though he may (TB)die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, (TC)I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy

28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but [cl]was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 (TD)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, [cm]saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she (TE)fell down at His feet, saying to Him, (TF)“Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 (TG)Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, (TH)who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a (TI)stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would (TJ)see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone [cn]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but (TK)because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with (TL)graveclothes, and (TM)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus(TN)

45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, (TO)and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and (TP)told them the things Jesus did. 47 (TQ)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, (TR)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

49 And one of them, (TS)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 (TT)nor do you consider that it is expedient for [co]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and (TU)not for that nation only, but (TV)also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to (TW)put Him to death. 54 (TX)Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called (TY)Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

55 (TZ)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to (UA)purify themselves. 56 (UB)Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might (UC)seize Him.

The Anointing at Bethany(UD)

12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, (UE)where Lazarus was [cp]who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 (UF)There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. 3 Then (UG)Mary took a pound of very costly oil of (UH)spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

4 But one of His disciples, (UI)Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, 5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for [cq]three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and (UJ)had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; [cr]she has kept this for the day of My burial. 8 For (UK)the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, (UL)whom He had raised from the dead. 10 (UM)But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11 (UN)because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry(UO)

12 (UP)The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:

“Hosanna!
(UQ)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
The King of Israel!”

14 (UR)Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

15 “Fear(US) not, daughter of Zion;
Behold, your King is coming,
Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

16 (UT)His disciples did not understand these things at first; (UU)but when Jesus was glorified, (UV)then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. 18 (UW)For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, (UX)“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

The Fruitful Grain of Wheat

20 Now there (UY)were certain Greeks among those (UZ)who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, (VA)who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

23 But Jesus answered them, saying, (VB)“The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, (VC)unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much [cs]grain. 25 (VD)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him (VE)follow Me; and (VF)where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross

27 (VG)“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? (VH)But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.”

(VI)Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

30 Jesus answered and said, (VJ)“This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now (VK)the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, (VL)if I am [ct]lifted up from the earth, will draw (VM)all peoples to Myself.” 33 (VN)This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

34 The people answered Him, (VO)“We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer (VP)the light is with you. (VQ)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; (VR)he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become (VS)sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and (VT)was hidden from them.

Who Has Believed Our Report?

37 But although He had done so many (VU)signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

(VV)“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

40 “He(VW) has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
(VX)Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

41 (VY)These things Isaiah said [cu]when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

Walk in the Light

42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but (VZ)because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 (WA)for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

44 Then Jesus cried out and said, (WB)“He who believes in Me, (WC)believes not in Me (WD)but in Him who sent Me. 45 And (WE)he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 (WF)I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not [cv]believe, (WG)I do not judge him; for (WH)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 (WI)He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—(WJ)the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For (WK)I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, (WL)what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I (WM)speak.”

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

13 Now (WN)before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that (WO)His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He (WP)loved them to the end.

2 And [cw]supper being ended, (WQ)the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing (WR)that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He (WS)had come from God and (WT)was going to God, 4 (WU)rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. 6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, (WV)“Lord, are You washing my feet?”

7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you (WW)do not understand now, (WX)but you will know after this.”

8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”

Jesus answered him, (WY)“If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and (WZ)you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For (XA)He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”

12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you [cx]know what I have done to you? 13 (XB)You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 (XC)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (XD)you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For (XE)I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 (XF)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 (XG)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Jesus Identifies His Betrayer(XH)

18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the (XI)Scripture may be fulfilled, (XJ)‘He who eats [cy]bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’ 19 (XK)Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He. 20 (XL)Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

21 (XM)When Jesus had said these things, (XN)He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (XO)one of you will betray Me.” 22 Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke.

23 Now (XP)there was [cz]leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.

25 Then, leaning [da]back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to (XQ)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 (XR)Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him. 29 For some thought, because (XS)Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

30 Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.

The New Commandment

31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, (XT)“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and (XU)God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and (XV)glorify Him immediately. 33 Little children, I shall be with you a (XW)little while longer. You will seek Me; (XX)and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. 34 (XY)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 (XZ)By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?”

Jesus answered him, “Where I (YA)am going you cannot follow Me now, but (YB)you shall follow Me afterward.”

37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will (YC)lay down my life for Your sake.”

38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not (YD)crow till you have denied Me three times.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

14 “Let (YE)not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many [db]mansions; if it were not so, [dc]I would have told you. (YF)I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, (YG)I will come again and receive you to Myself; that (YH)where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

5 (YI)Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am (YJ)the way, (YK)the truth, and (YL)the life. (YM)No one comes to the Father (YN)except through Me.

The Father Revealed

7 (YO)“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? (YP)He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that (YQ)I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you (YR)I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, (YS)or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

The Answered Prayer

12 (YT)“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 (YU)And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be (YV)glorified in the Son. 14 If you [dd]ask anything in My name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises Another Helper

15 (YW)“If you love Me, [de]keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and (YX)He will give you another [df]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 (YY)the Spirit of truth, (YZ)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you (ZA)and will be in you. 18 (ZB)I will not leave you orphans; (ZC)I will come to you.

Indwelling of the Father and the Son

19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but (ZD)you will see Me. (ZE)Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that (ZF)I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 (ZG)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [dg]manifest Myself to him.”

22 (ZH)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (ZI)and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and (ZJ)the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

The Gift of His Peace

25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But (ZK)the [dh]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will (ZL)send in My name, (ZM)He will teach you all things, and bring to your (ZN)remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 (ZO)Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me (ZP)say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because [di]I said, (ZQ)‘I am going to the Father,’ for (ZR)My Father is greater than I.

29 “And (ZS)now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, (ZT)for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has (ZU)nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and (ZV)as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

The True Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 (ZW)Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He [dj]takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear (ZX)more fruit. 3 (ZY)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 (ZZ)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much (AAA)fruit; for without Me you can do (AAB)nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (AAC)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words (AAD)abide in you, (AAE)you[dk] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 (AAF)By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; (AAG)so you will be My disciples.

Love and Joy Perfected

9 “As the Father (AAH)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 (AAI)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and (AAJ)that your joy may be full. 12 (AAK)This is My (AAL)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (AAM)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 (AAN)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, (AAO)for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 (AAP)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and (AAQ)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father (AAR)in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

The World’s Hatred

18 (AAS)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (AAT)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (AAU)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, (AAV)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (AAW)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But (AAX)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. 22 (AAY)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (AAZ)but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (ABA)He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them (ABB)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (ABC)seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, (ABD)‘They hated Me without a cause.’

The Coming Rejection

26 (ABE)“But when the [dl]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (ABF)He will testify of Me. 27 And (ABG)you also will bear witness, because (ABH)you have been with Me from the beginning.

Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples

16 “These things I have spoken to you, that you (ABI)should not be made to stumble. 2 (ABJ)They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming (ABK)that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. 3 And (ABL)these things they will do [dm]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. 4 But these things I have told you, that when [dn]the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

5 “But now I (ABM)go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, (ABN)sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but (ABO)if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has (ABP)come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 (ABQ)of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 (ABR)of righteousness, (ABS)because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 (ABT)of judgment, because (ABU)the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, (ABV)but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, (ABW)the Spirit of truth, has come, (ABX)He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 (ABY)He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 (ABZ)All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He [do]will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

16 “A (ACA)little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, (ACB)because I go to the Father.”

17 Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” 18 They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not [dp]know what He is saying.”

19 Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’? 20 Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and (ACC)lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into (ACD)joy. 21 (ACE)A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and (ACF)your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

23 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. (ACG)Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, (ACH)that your joy may be (ACI)full.

Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World

25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you (ACJ)plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 (ACK)for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and (ACL)have believed that I came forth from God. 28 (ACM)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”

29 His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! 30 Now we are sure that (ACN)You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this (ACO)we believe that You came forth from God.”

31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 (ACP)Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, (ACQ)each to his [dq]own, and will leave Me alone. And (ACR)yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33 These things I have spoken to you, that (ACS)in Me you may have peace. (ACT)In the world you [dr]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, (ACU)I have overcome the world.”

Jesus Prays for Himself

17 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, (ACV)the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 (ACW)as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He [ds]should give eternal life to as many (ACX)as You have given Him. 3 And (ACY)this is eternal life, that they may know You, (ACZ)the only true God, and Jesus Christ (ADA)whom You have sent. 4 (ADB)I have glorified You on the earth. (ADC)I have finished the work (ADD)which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [dt]with Yourself, with the glory (ADE)which I had with You before the world was.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6 (ADF)“I have [du]manifested Your name to the men (ADG)whom You have given Me out of the world. (ADH)They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. 8 For I have given to them the words (ADI)which You have given Me; and they have received them, (ADJ)and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that (ADK)You sent Me.

9 “I pray for them. (ADL)I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and (ADM)Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 (ADN)Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, (ADO)keep[dv] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one (ADP)as We are. 12 While I was with them [dw]in the world, (ADQ)I kept them in [dx]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and (ADR)none of them is [dy]lost (ADS)except the son of [dz]perdition, (ADT)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; (ADU)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, (ADV)just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but (ADW)that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (ADX)Sanctify[ea] them by Your truth. (ADY)Your word is truth. 18 (ADZ)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And (AEA)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [eb]will believe in Me through their word; 21 (AEB)that they all may be one, as (AEC)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the (AED)glory which You gave Me I have given them, (AEE)that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; (AEF)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

24 (AEG)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; (AEH)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! (AEI)The world has not known You, but (AEJ)I have known You; and (AEK)these have known that You sent Me. 26 (AEL)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love (AEM)with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane(AEN)

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, (AEO)He went out with His disciples over (AEP)the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; (AEQ)for Jesus often met there with His disciples. 3 (AER)Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore, (AES)knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”

5 They answered Him, (AET)“Jesus [ec]of Nazareth.”

Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas, who (AEU)betrayed Him, also stood with them. 6 Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7 Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”

And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

8 Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,” 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, (AEV)“Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”

10 (AEW)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink (AEX)the cup which My Father has given Me?”

Before the High Priest

12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13 And (AEY)they led Him away to (AEZ)Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of (AFA)Caiaphas who was high priest that year. 14 (AFB)Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was [ed]expedient that one man should die for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus(AFC)

15 (AFD)And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did (AFE)another[ee] disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 16 (AFF)But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in. 17 Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, “You are not also one of this Man’s disciples, are you?”

He said, “I am (AFG)not.”

18 Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

Jesus Questioned by the High Priest

19 The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.

20 Jesus answered him, (AFH)“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught (AFI)in synagogues and (AFJ)in the temple, where [ef]the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing. 21 Why do you ask Me? Ask (AFK)those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.”

22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by (AFL)struck[eg] Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”

23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?”

24 (AFM)Then Annas sent Him bound to (AFN)Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter Denies Twice More

25 Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. (AFO)Therefore they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?”

He denied it and said, “I am not!”

26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” 27 Peter then denied again; and (AFP)immediately a rooster crowed.

In Pilate’s Court(AFQ)

28 (AFR)Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. (AFS)But they themselves did not go into the [eh]Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. 29 (AFT)Pilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”

30 They answered and said to him, “If He were not [ei]an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

31 Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.”

Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,” 32 (AFU)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, (AFV)signifying by what death He would die.

33 (AFW)Then Pilate entered the [ej]Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

34 Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”

35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?”

36 (AFX)Jesus answered, (AFY)“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”

Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, (AFZ)that I should bear (AGA)witness to the truth. Everyone who (AGB)is of the truth (AGC)hears My voice.”

38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, (AGD)“I find no fault in Him at all.

Taking the Place of Barabbas(AGE)

39 (AGF)“But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

40 (AGG)Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” (AGH)Now Barabbas was a robber.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus(AGI)

19 So then (AGJ)Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 3 [ek]Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they (AGK)struck Him with their hands.

4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, (AGL)that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

Pilate’s Decision

5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

6 (AGM)Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

7 The Jews answered him, (AGN)“We have a law, and according to [el]our law He ought to die, because (AGO)He made Himself the Son of God.”

8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid, 9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” (AGP)But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have [em]power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

11 Jesus answered, (AGQ)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (AGR)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. (AGS)Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

13 (AGT)When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now (AGU)it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, (AGV)“We have no king but Caesar!”

16 (AGW)Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus [en]and led Him away.

The King on a Cross(AGX)

17 (AGY)And He, bearing His cross, (AGZ)went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and (AHA)two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 (AHB)Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”

22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

23 (AHC)Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:

(AHD)“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”

Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Behold Your Mother

25 (AHE)Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of (AHF)Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and (AHG)the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, (AHH)“Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her (AHI)to his own home.

It Is Finished

28 After this, Jesus, [eo]knowing that all things were now accomplished, (AHJ)that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and (AHK)they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, (AHL)“It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

31 (AHM)Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, (AHN)that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a (AHO)high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately (AHP)blood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is (AHQ)true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may (AHR)believe. 36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, (AHS)“Not one of His bones shall be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, (AHT)“They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb(AHU)

38 (AHV)After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, (AHW)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And (AHX)Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of (AHY)myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and (AHZ)bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So (AIA)there they laid Jesus, (AIB)because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

The Empty Tomb(AIC)

20 Now the (AID)first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the (AIE)stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the (AIF)other disciple, (AIG)whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

3 (AIH)Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5 And he, stooping down and looking in, saw (AII)the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and (AIJ)the [ep]handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. 8 Then the (AIK)other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. 9 For as yet they did not [eq]know the (AIL)Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord

11 (AIM)But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”

14 (AIN)Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and (AIO)did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”

She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

16 Jesus said to her, (AIP)“Mary!”

She turned and said to [er]Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet (AIQ)ascended to My Father; but go to (AIR)My brethren and say to them, (AIS)‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to (AIT)My God and your God.’ ”

18 (AIU)Mary Magdalene came and told the [es]disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

The Apostles Commissioned(AIV)

19 (AIW)Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were [et]assembled, for (AIX)fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, (AIY)“Peace be with you.” 20 When He had said this, He (AIZ)showed them His hands and His side. (AJA)Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! (AJB)As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 (AJC)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Seeing and Believing

24 Now Thomas, (AJD)called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and (AJE)reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be (AJF)unbelieving, but believing.”

28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said to him, [eu]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. (AJG)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

That You May Believe

30 And (AJH)truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 (AJI)but these are written that (AJJ)you may believe that Jesus (AJK)is the Christ, the Son of God, (AJL)and that believing you may have life in His name.

Breakfast by the Sea

21 After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the (AJM)Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: 2 Simon Peter, (AJN)Thomas called the Twin, (AJO)Nathanael of (AJP)Cana in Galilee, (AJQ)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”

They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and [ev]immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples (AJR)did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Then (AJS)Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?”

They answered Him, “No.”

6 And He said to them, (AJT)“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.

7 Therefore (AJU)that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. 9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”

11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them, (AJV)“Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.

14 This is now (AJW)the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.

Jesus Restores Peter

15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [ew]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [ex]love You.”

He said to him, (AJX)“Feed My lambs.”

16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [ey]Jonah, do you love Me?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [ez]love You.”

(AJY)He said to him, “Tend My (AJZ)sheep.”

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [fa]Jonah, do you [fb]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”

And he said to Him, “Lord, (AKA)You know all things; You know that I love You.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 18 (AKB)Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying (AKC)by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, (AKD)“Follow Me.”

The Beloved Disciple and His Book

20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple (AKE)whom Jesus loved following, (AKF)who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”

22 Jesus said to him, “If I [fc]will that he remain (AKG)till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

23 Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who (AKH)testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

25 (AKI)And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, (AKJ)I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. John 1:5 Or overcome
  2. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
  3. John 1:11 His own things or domain
  4. John 1:11 His own people
  5. John 1:12 authority
  6. John 1:15 ranks higher than I
  7. John 1:16 NU For
  8. John 1:18 NU God
  9. John 1:27 ranks higher than I
  10. John 1:28 NU, M Bethany
  11. John 1:30 ranks higher than I
  12. John 1:41 Lit. Anointed One
  13. John 1:42 NU John
  14. John 1:42 Gr. Petros, usually translated Peter
  15. John 1:51 NU omits hereafter
  16. John 2:11 revealed
  17. John 2:14 Lit. sitting
  18. John 2:17 NU, M will eat
  19. John 2:22 NU, M omit to them
  20. John 3:3 Or from above
  21. John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven
  22. John 3:15 NU omits not perish but
  23. John 4:42 NU omits the Christ
  24. John 4:46 royal official
  25. John 5:2 NU Bethzatha
  26. John 5:3 withered
  27. John 5:3 NU omits the rest of v. 3 and all of v. 4.
  28. John 5:16 NU omits and sought to kill Him
  29. John 5:31 valid as testimony
  30. John 6:2 sick
  31. John 6:11 NU omits to the disciples, and the disciples
  32. John 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia
  33. John 6:22 NU omits that
  34. John 6:22 NU omits which His disciples had entered
  35. John 6:37 certainly not
  36. John 6:41 grumbled
  37. John 6:43 Stop grumbling
  38. John 6:45 M hears and has learned
  39. John 6:47 NU omits in Me
  40. John 6:55 NU true food
  41. John 6:55 NU true drink
  42. John 6:60 difficult
  43. John 6:61 grumbled
  44. John 6:61 make you stumble
  45. John 6:66 Or away; lit. to the back
  46. John 6:69 NU Holy One of God.
  47. John 7:1 The ruling authorities
  48. John 7:8 NU omits yet
  49. John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
  50. John 7:26 NU omits truly
  51. John 7:29 NU, M omit But
  52. John 7:33 NU, M omit to them
  53. John 7:39 NU who believed
  54. John 7:39 NU omits Holy
  55. John 7:40 NU some
  56. John 7:50 Lit. Him
  57. John 7:50 NU before
  58. John 7:52 NU is to rise
  59. 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.
  60. John 8:2 M very early
  61. John 8:4 M we found this woman
  62. John 8:5 M in our law Moses commanded
  63. John 8:5 NU, M to stone such
  64. John 8:5 M adds about her
  65. John 8:6 NU, M omit as though He did not hear
  66. John 8:7 M He looked up
  67. John 8:9 NU, M omit being convicted by their conscience
  68. John 8:10 NU omits and saw no one but the woman; M He saw her and said,
  69. John 8:10 NU, M omit of yours
  70. John 8:11 NU, M add from now on
  71. John 8:13 valid as testimony
  72. John 8:28 Crucify
  73. John 8:38 NU heard from
  74. John 8:54 NU, M our
  75. John 8:59 NU omits the rest of v. 59.
  76. John 9:4 NU We
  77. John 9:8 NU a beggar
  78. John 9:9 NU “No, but he is like him.”
  79. John 9:11 NU omits the pool of
  80. John 9:16 observe
  81. John 9:34 Excommunicated him
  82. John 9:35 NU Man
  83. John 10:8 M omits before Me
  84. John 10:12 hired man
  85. John 10:20 insane
  86. John 10:24 Suspense
  87. John 10:26 NU omits as I said to you
  88. John 10:38 NU understand
  89. John 11:18 Lit. 15 stadia
  90. John 11:30 NU was still
  91. John 11:31 NU supposing that she was going
  92. John 11:41 NU omits from the place where the dead man was lying
  93. John 11:50 NU you
  94. John 12:1 NU omits who had been dead
  95. John 12:5 About one year’s wages for a worker
  96. John 12:7 NU that she may keep
  97. John 12:24 Lit. fruit
  98. John 12:32 Crucified
  99. John 12:41 NU because
  100. John 12:47 NU keep them
  101. John 13:2 NU during supper
  102. John 13:12 understand
  103. John 13:18 NU My bread has
  104. John 13:23 reclining
  105. John 13:25 NU, M add thus
  106. John 14:2 Lit. dwellings
  107. John 14:2 NU would I have told you that I go or I would have told you; for I go
  108. John 14:14 NU ask Me
  109. John 14:15 NU you will keep
  110. John 14:16 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos
  111. John 14:21 reveal
  112. John 14:26 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos
  113. John 14:28 NU omits I said
  114. John 15:2 Or lifts up
  115. John 15:7 NU omits you will
  116. John 15:26 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos
  117. John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
  118. John 16:4 NU their
  119. John 16:15 NU, M takes of Mine and will declare
  120. John 16:18 understand
  121. John 16:32 own things or place
  122. John 16:33 NU, M omit will
  123. John 17:2 M shall
  124. John 17:5 Lit. alongside
  125. John 17:6 revealed
  126. John 17:11 NU, M keep them through Your name which You have given Me
  127. John 17:12 NU omits in the world
  128. John 17:12 NU Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; (or it;)
  129. John 17:12 destroyed
  130. John 17:12 destruction
  131. John 17:17 Set them apart
  132. John 17:20 NU, M omit will
  133. John 18:5 Lit. the Nazarene
  134. John 18:14 advantageous
  135. John 18:15 M the other
  136. John 18:20 NU all the Jews meet
  137. John 18:22 Lit. gave Jesus a slap,
  138. John 18:28 The governor’s headquarters
  139. John 18:30 a criminal
  140. John 18:33 The governor’s headquarters
  141. John 19:3 NU And they came up to Him and said
  142. John 19:7 NU the law
  143. John 19:10 authority
  144. John 19:16 NU omits and led Him away
  145. John 19:28 M seeing
  146. John 20:7 face cloth
  147. John 20:9 understand
  148. John 20:16 NU adds in Hebrew
  149. John 20:18 NU disciples, “I have seen the Lord,”
  150. John 20:19 NU omits assembled
  151. John 20:29 NU, M omit Thomas
  152. John 21:3 NU omits immediately
  153. John 21:15 NU John
  154. John 21:15 have affection for
  155. John 21:16 NU John
  156. John 21:16 have affection for
  157. John 21:17 NU John
  158. John 21:17 have affection for
  159. John 21:22 desire
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John 1-21
The Message

The Life-Light

1 1-2 The Word was first,
    the Word present to God,
    God present to the Word.
The Word was God,
    in readiness for God from day one.

3-5 Everything was created through him;
    nothing—not one thing!—
    came into being without him.
What came into existence was Life,
    and the Life was Light to live by.
The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness;
    the darkness couldn’t put it out.

6-8 There once was a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.

9-13 The Life-Light was the real thing:
    Every person entering Life
    he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
    the world was there through him,
    and yet the world didn’t even notice.
He came to his own people,
    but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him,
    who believed he was who he claimed
    and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
    their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
    not blood-begotten,
    not flesh-begotten,
    not sex-begotten.

14 The Word became flesh and blood,
    and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
    the one-of-a-kind glory,
    like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
    true from start to finish.

15 John pointed him out and called, “This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word.”

16-18 We all live off his generous abundance,
    gift after gift after gift.
We got the basics from Moses,
    and then this exuberant giving and receiving,
This endless knowing and understanding—
    all this came through Jesus, the Messiah.
No one has ever seen God,
    not so much as a glimpse.
This one-of-a-kind God-Expression,
    who exists at the very heart of the Father,
    has made him plain as day.

Thunder in the Desert

19-20 When Jews from Jerusalem sent a group of priests and officials to ask John who he was, he was completely honest. He didn’t evade the question. He told the plain truth: “I am not the Messiah.”

21 They pressed him, “Who, then? Elijah?”

“I am not.”

“The Prophet?”

“No.”

22 Exasperated, they said, “Who, then? We need an answer for those who sent us. Tell us something—anything!—about yourself.”

23 “I’m thunder in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for God!’ I’m doing what the prophet Isaiah preached.”

24-25 Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party. Now they had a question of their own: “If you’re neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?”

26-27 John answered, “I only baptize using water. A person you don’t recognize has taken his stand in your midst. He comes after me, but he is not in second place to me. I’m not even worthy to hold his coat for him.”

28 These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.

The God-Revealer

29-31 The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”

32-34 John clinched his witness with this: “I watched the Spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him. I repeat, I know nothing about him except this: The One who authorized me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ That’s exactly what I saw happen, and I’m telling you, there’s no question about it: This is the Son of God.”

Come, See for Yourself

35-36 The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb.”

37-38 The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, “What are you after?”

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 He replied, “Come along and see for yourself.”

They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.

40-42 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s witness and followed Jesus. The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, “We’ve found the Messiah” (that is, “Christ”). He immediately led him to Jesus.

Jesus took one look up and said, “You’re John’s son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas” (or Peter, which means “Rock”).

43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, “Come, follow me.” (Philip’s hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)

45-46 Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” Nathanael said, “Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding.”

But Philip said, “Come, see for yourself.”

47 When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”

48 Nathanael said, “Where did you get that idea? You don’t know me.”

Jesus answered, “One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree.”

49 Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!”

50-51 Jesus said, “You’ve become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven’t seen anything yet! Before this is over you’re going to see heaven open and God’s angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again.”

From Water to Wine

2 1-3 Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus’ mother told him, “They’re just about out of wine.”

4 Jesus said, “Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn’t my time. Don’t push me.”

5 She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”

6-7 Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.

8 “Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host,” Jesus said, and they did.

9-10 When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn’t know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”

11 This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days.

Tear Down This Temple . . .

13-14 When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.

15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”

18-19 But the Jews were upset. They asked, “What credentials can you present to justify this?” Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.”

20-22 They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said.

23-25 During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.

Born from Above

3 1-2 There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all know you’re a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren’t in on it.”

3 Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it’s not possible to see what I’m pointing to—to God’s kingdom.”

4 “How can anyone,” said Nicodemus, “be born who has already been born and grown up? You can’t re-enter your mother’s womb and be born again. What are you saying with this ‘born-from-above’ talk?”

5-6 Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.

7-8 “So don’t be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be ‘born from above’—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind of God, the Spirit of God.”

9 Nicodemus asked, “What do you mean by this? How does this happen?”

10-12 Jesus said, “You’re a respected teacher of Israel and you don’t know these basics? Listen carefully. I’m speaking sober truth to you. I speak only of what I know by experience; I give witness only to what I have seen with my own eyes. There is nothing secondhand here, no hearsay. Yet instead of facing the evidence and accepting it, you procrastinate with questions. If I tell you things that are plain as the hand before your face and you don’t believe me, what use is there in telling you of things you can’t see, the things of God?

13-15 “No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.

16-18 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

19-21 “This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.”

The Bridegroom’s Friend

22-26 After this conversation, Jesus went on with his disciples into the Judean countryside and relaxed with them there. He was also baptizing. At the same time, John was baptizing over at Aenon near Salim, where water was abundant. This was before John was thrown into jail. John’s disciples got into an argument with the establishment Jews over the nature of baptism. They came to John and said, “Rabbi, you know the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan? The one you authorized with your witness? Well, he’s now competing with us. He’s baptizing, too, and everyone’s going to him instead of us.”

27-29 John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed—I’m talking about eternal success—without heaven’s help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom’s friend, his ‘best man’—that’s me—in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start?

29-30 “That’s why my cup is running over. This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.

31-33 “The One who comes from above is head and shoulders over other messengers from God. The earthborn is earthbound and speaks earth language; the heavenborn is in a league of his own. He sets out the evidence of what he saw and heard in heaven. No one wants to deal with these facts. But anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his life on this: that God himself is the truth.

34-36 “The One that God sent speaks God’s words. And don’t think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away—a lavish distribution of gifts. That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn’t see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that.”

The Woman at the Well

4 1-3 Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performed (although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). They had posted the score that Jesus was ahead, turning him and John into rivals in the eyes of the people. So Jesus left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

4-6 To get there, he had to pass through Samaria. He came into Sychar, a Samaritan village that bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was still there. Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon.

7-8 A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, “Would you give me a drink of water?” (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)

9 The Samaritan woman, taken aback, asked, “How come you, a Jew, are asking me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (Jews in those days wouldn’t be caught dead talking to Samaritans.)

10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh, living water.”

11-12 The woman said, “Sir, you don’t even have a bucket to draw with, and this well is deep. So how are you going to get this ‘living water’? Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who dug this well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down to us?”

13-14 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.”

15 The woman said, “Sir, give me this water so I won’t ever get thirsty, won’t ever have to come back to this well again!”

16 He said, “Go call your husband and then come back.”

17-18 “I have no husband,” she said.

“That’s nicely put: ‘I have no husband.’ You’ve had five husbands, and the man you’re living with now isn’t even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough.”

19-20 “Oh, so you’re a prophet! Well, tell me this: Our ancestors worshiped God at this mountain, but you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place for worship, right?”

21-23 “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews. But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.

23-24 “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”

25 The woman said, “I don’t know about that. I do know that the Messiah is coming. When he arrives, we’ll get the whole story.”

26 “I am he,” said Jesus. “You don’t have to wait any longer or look any further.”

27 Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked. They couldn’t believe he was talking with that kind of a woman. No one said what they were all thinking, but their faces showed it.

28-30 The woman took the hint and left. In her confusion she left her water pot. Back in the village she told the people, “Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?” And they went out to see for themselves.

It’s Harvest Time

31 In the meantime, the disciples pressed him, “Rabbi, eat. Aren’t you going to eat?”

32 He told them, “I have food to eat you know nothing about.”

33 The disciples were puzzled. “Who could have brought him food?”

34-35 Jesus said, “The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started. As you look around right now, wouldn’t you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I’m telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what’s right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It’s harvest time!

36-38 “The Harvester isn’t waiting. He’s taking his pay, gathering in this grain that’s ripe for eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant. That’s the truth of the saying, ‘This one sows, that one harvests.’ I sent you to harvest a field you never worked. Without lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by others.”

39-42 Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him because of the woman’s witness: “He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!” They asked him to stay on, so Jesus stayed two days. A lot more people entrusted their lives to him when they heard what he had to say. They said to the woman, “We’re no longer taking this on your say-so. We’ve heard it for ourselves and know it for sure. He’s the Savior of the world!”

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43-45 After the two days he left for Galilee. Now, Jesus knew well from experience that a prophet is not respected in the place where he grew up. So when he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up to.

46-48 Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water into wine. Meanwhile in Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king’s court whose son was sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down and heal his son, who was on the brink of death. Jesus put him off: “Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe.”

49 But the court official wouldn’t be put off. “Come down! It’s life or death for my son.”

50-51 Jesus simply replied, “Go home. Your son lives.”

The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home. On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, “Your son lives!”

52-53 He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, “The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o’clock.” The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, “Your son lives.”

53-54 That settled it. Not only he but his entire household believed. This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.

Even on the Sabbath

5 1-6 Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”

7 The sick man said, “Sir, when the water is stirred, I don’t have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in.”

8-9 Jesus said, “Get up, take your bedroll, start walking.” The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off.

9-10 That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man and said, “It’s the Sabbath. You can’t carry your bedroll around. It’s against the rules.”

11 But he told them, “The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.’”

12-13 They asked, “Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?” But the healed man didn’t know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.

14 A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, “You look wonderful! You’re well! Don’t return to a sinning life or something worse might happen.”

15-16 The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath.

17 But Jesus defended himself. “My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I.”

18 That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own Father, putting himself on a level with God.

What the Father Does, the Son Does

19-20 So Jesus explained himself at length. “I’m telling you this straight. The Son can’t independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing.

20-23 “But you haven’t seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father’s decision to put the Son in the place of honor.

24 “It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living.

25-27 “It’s urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived—I mean right now!—when dead men and women will hear the voice of the Son of God and, hearing, will come alive. Just as the Father has life in himself, he has conferred on the Son life in himself. And he has given him the authority, simply because he is the Son of Man, to decide and carry out matters of Judgment.

28-29 “Don’t act so surprised at all this. The time is coming when everyone dead and buried will hear his voice. Those who have lived the right way will walk out into a resurrection Life; those who have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment.

30-33 “I can’t do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You can trust my decision because I’m not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. If I were simply speaking on my own account, it would be an empty, self-serving witness. But an independent witness confirms me, the most reliable Witness of all. Furthermore, you all saw and heard John, and he gave expert and reliable testimony about me, didn’t he?

34-38 “But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John’s witness. It’s the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously.

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39-40 “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.

41-44 “I’m not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God’s love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God?

45-47 “But don’t think I’m going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me. If you won’t take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?”

Bread and Fish for All

6 1-4 After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.

5-6 When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?” He said this to stretch Philip’s faith. He already knew what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.”

8-9 One of the disciples—it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter—said, “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that’s a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this.”

10-11 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted.

12-13 When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted.” They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves.

14-15 The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, “This is the Prophet for sure, God’s Prophet right here in Galilee!” Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.

16-21 In the evening his disciples went down to the sea, got in the boat, and headed back across the water to Capernaum. It had grown quite dark and Jesus had not yet returned. A huge wind blew up, churning the sea. They were maybe three or four miles out when they saw Jesus walking on the sea, quite near the boat. They were scared senseless, but he reassured them, “It’s me. It’s all right. Don’t be afraid.” So they took him on board. In no time they reached land—the exact spot they were headed to.

22-24 The next day the crowd that was left behind realized that there had been only one boat, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with his disciples. They had seen them go off without him. By now boats from Tiberias had pulled up near where they had eaten the bread blessed by the Master. So when the crowd realized he was gone and wasn’t coming back, they piled into the Tiberias boats and headed for Capernaum, looking for Jesus.

25 When they found him back across the sea, they said, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs—and for free.

The Bread of Life

27 “Don’t waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man provides. He and what he does are guaranteed by God the Father to last.”

28 To that they said, “Well, what do we do then to get in on God’s works?”

29 Jesus said, “Sign on with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God’s works.”

30-31 They waffled: “Why don’t you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what’s going on? When we see what’s up, we’ll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

32-33 Jesus responded, “The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread. The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world.”

34 They jumped at that: “Master, give us this bread, now and forever!”

35-38 Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own agenda but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.

39-40 “This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed—not a single detail missed—and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole. This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time.”

41-42 At this, because he said, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven,” the Jews started arguing over him: “Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father? Don’t we know his mother? How can he now say, ‘I came down out of heaven’ and expect anyone to believe him?”

43-46 Jesus said, “Don’t bicker among yourselves over me. You’re not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me—that’s the only way you’ll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End. This is what the prophets meant when they wrote, ‘And then they will all be personally taught by God.’ Anyone who has spent any time at all listening to the Father, really listening and therefore learning, comes to me to be taught personally—to see it with his own eyes, hear it with his own ears, from me, since I have it firsthand from the Father. No one has seen the Father except the One who has his Being alongside the Father—and you can see me.

47-51 “I’m telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the manna bread in the desert and died. But now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever. I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this Bread will live—and forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self.”

52 At this, the Jews started fighting among themselves: “How can this man serve up his flesh for a meal?”

53-58 But Jesus didn’t give an inch. “Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day. My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you. In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. This is the Bread from heaven. Your ancestors ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always.”

59 He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum.

Too Tough to Swallow

60 Many among his disciples heard this and said, “This is tough teaching, too tough to swallow.”

61-65 Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and said, “Does this rattle you completely? What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascending to where he came from? The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don’t make anything happen. Every word I’ve spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making. But some of you are resisting, refusing to have any part in this.” (Jesus knew from the start that some weren’t going to risk themselves with him. He knew also who would betray him.) He went on to say, “This is why I told you earlier that no one is capable of coming to me on his own. You get to me only as a gift from the Father.”

66-67 After this, many of his disciples left. They no longer wanted to be associated with him. Then Jesus gave the Twelve their chance: “Do you also want to leave?”

68-69 Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.”

70-71 Jesus responded, “Haven’t I handpicked you, the Twelve? Still, one of you is a devil!” He was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. This man—one from the Twelve!—was even then getting ready to betray him.

7 1-2 Later Jesus was going about his business in Galilee. He didn’t want to travel in Judea because the Jews there were looking for a chance to kill him. It was near the time of Tabernacles, a feast observed annually by the Jews.

3-5 His brothers said, “Why don’t you leave here and go up to the Feast so your disciples can get a good look at the works you do? No one who intends to be publicly known does everything behind the scenes. If you’re serious about what you are doing, come out in the open and show the world.” His brothers were pushing him like this because they didn’t believe in him either.

6-8 Jesus came back at them, “Don’t pressure me. This isn’t my time. It’s your time—it’s always your time; you have nothing to lose. The world has nothing against you, but it’s up in arms against me. It’s against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions. You go ahead, go up to the Feast. Don’t wait for me. I’m not ready. It’s not the right time for me.”

9-11 He said this and stayed on in Galilee. But later, after his family had gone up to the Feast, he also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to himself. The Jews were already out looking for him, asking around, “Where is that man?”

12-13 There was a lot of contentious talk about him circulating through the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” But others said, “Not so. He’s selling snake oil.” This kind of talk went on in guarded whispers because of the intimidating Jewish leaders.

Could It Be the Messiah?

14-15 With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple, teaching. The Jews were impressed, but puzzled: “How does he know so much without being schooled?”

16-19 Jesus said, “I didn’t make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me. Anyone who wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it’s from God or whether I’m making it up. A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn’t tamper with reality. It was Moses, wasn’t it, who gave you God’s Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to kill me?”

20 The crowd said, “You’re crazy! Who’s trying to kill you? You’re demon-possessed.”

21-24 Jesus said, “I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you’re still standing around getting all upset, wondering what I’m up to. Moses prescribed circumcision—originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors—and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it’s the Sabbath. You do this in order to preserve one item in the Law of Moses. So why are you upset with me because I made a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath? Don’t be hypercritical; use your head—and heart!—to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right.”

25-27 That’s when some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the one they were out to kill? And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is stopping him. Could it be that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah? And yet we know where this man came from. The Messiah is going to come out of nowhere. Nobody is going to know where he comes from.”

28-29 That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, “Yes, you think you know me and where I’m from, but that’s not where I’m from. I didn’t set myself up in business. My true origin is in the One who sent me, and you don’t know him at all. I come from him—that’s how I know him. He sent me here.”

30-31 They were looking for a way to arrest him, but not a hand was laid on him because it wasn’t yet God’s time. Many from the crowd committed themselves in faith to him, saying, “Will the Messiah, when he comes, provide better or more convincing evidence than this?”

32-34 The Pharisees, alarmed at this seditious undertow going through the crowd, teamed up with the high priests and sent their police to arrest him. Jesus rebuffed them: “I am with you only a short time. Then I go on to the One who sent me. You will look for me, but you won’t find me. Where I am, you can’t come.”

35-36 The Jews put their heads together. “Where do you think he is going that we won’t be able to find him? Do you think he is about to travel to the Greek world to teach the Jews? What is he talking about, anyway: ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”

37-39 On the final and climactic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says.” (He said this in regard to the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

40-44 Those in the crowd who heard these words were saying, “This has to be the Prophet.” Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others were saying, “The Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? Don’t the Scriptures tell us that the Messiah comes from David’s line and from Bethlehem, David’s village?” So there was a split in the crowd over him. Some went so far as wanting to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.

45 That’s when the Temple police reported back to the high priests and Pharisees, who demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him with you?”

46 The police answered, “Have you heard the way he talks? We’ve never heard anyone speak like this man.”

47-49 The Pharisees said, “Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble? You don’t see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees? It’s only this crowd, ignorant of God’s Law, that is taken in by him—and damned.”

50-51 Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up. “Does our Law decide about a man’s guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?”

52-53 But they cut him off. “Are you also campaigning for the Galilean? Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee.”

[Then they all went home.

To Throw the Stone

8 1-2 Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

3-6 The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?” They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him.

6-8 Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.” Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.

9-10 Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. “Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?”

11 “No one, Master.”

“Neither do I,” said Jesus. “Go on your way. From now on, don’t sin.”]

Note: John 7:53–8:11 [the portion in brackets] is not found in the earliest handwritten copies.

You’re Missing God in All This

12 Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.”

13 The Pharisees objected, “All we have is your word on this. We need more than this to go on.”

14-18 Jesus replied, “You’re right that you only have my word. But you can depend on it being true. I know where I’ve come from and where I go next. You don’t know where I’m from or where I’m headed. You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don’t make judgments like that. But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn’t make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father. That fulfills the conditions set down in God’s Law: that you can count on the testimony of two witnesses. And that is what you have: You have my word and you have the word of the Father who sent me.”

19 They said, “Where is this so-called Father of yours?”

Jesus said, “You’re looking right at me and you don’t see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father.”

20 He gave this speech in the Treasury while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him because his time wasn’t yet up.

21 Then he went over the same ground again. “I’m leaving and you are going to look for me, but you’re missing God in this and are headed for a dead end. There is no way you can come with me.”

22 The Jews said, “So, is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by ‘You can’t come with me’?”

23-24 Jesus said, “You’re tied down to the mundane; I’m in touch with what is beyond your horizons. You live in terms of what you see and touch. I’m living on other terms. I told you that you were missing God in all this. You’re at a dead end. If you won’t believe I am who I say I am, you’re at the dead end of sins. You’re missing God in your lives.”

25-26 They said to him, “Just who are you anyway?”

Jesus said, “What I’ve said from the start. I have so many things to say that concern you, judgments to make that affect you, but if you don’t accept the trustworthiness of the One who commanded my words and acts, none of it matters. That is who you are questioning—not me but the One who sent me.”

27-29 They still didn’t get it, didn’t realize that he was referring to the Father. So Jesus tried again. “When you raise up the Son of Man, then you will know who I am—that I’m not making this up, but speaking only what the Father taught me. The One who sent me stays with me. He doesn’t abandon me. He sees how much joy I take in pleasing him.”

30 When he put it in these terms, many people decided to believe.

If the Son Sets You Free

31-32 Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”

33 Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”

34-38 Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life of sin is trapped in a dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave can’t come and go at will. The Son, though, has an established position, the run of the house. So if the Son sets you free, you are free through and through. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. But I also know that you are trying to kill me because my message hasn’t yet penetrated your thick skulls. I’m talking about things I have seen while keeping company with the Father, and you just go on doing what you have heard from your father.”

39-41 They were indignant. “Our father is Abraham!”

Jesus said, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would have been doing the things Abraham did. And yet here you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth he got straight from God! Abraham never did that sort of thing. You persist in repeating the works of your father.”

They said, “We’re not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God.”

42-47 “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”

I Am Who I Am

48 The Jews then said, “That settles it. We were right all along when we called you a Samaritan and said you were crazy—demon-possessed!”

49-51 Jesus said, “I’m not crazy. I simply honor my Father, while you dishonor me. I am not trying to get anything for myself. God intends something gloriously grand here and is making the decisions that will bring it about. I say this with absolute confidence. If you practice what I’m telling you, you’ll never have to look death in the face.”

52-53 At this point the Jews said, “Now we know you’re crazy. Abraham died. The prophets died. And you show up saying, ‘If you practice what I’m telling you, you’ll never have to face death, not even a taste.’ Are you greater than Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you think you are!”

54-56 Jesus said, “If I were striving to get all the attention, it wouldn’t amount to anything. But my Father, the same One you say is your Father, put me here at this time and place of splendor. You haven’t recognized him in this. But I have. If I, in false modesty, said I didn’t know what was going on, I would be as much of a liar as you are. But I do know, and I am doing what he says. Abraham—your ‘father’—with elated faith looked down the corridors of history and saw my day coming. He saw it and cheered.”

57 The Jews said, “You’re not even fifty years old—and Abraham saw you?”

58 “Believe me,” said Jesus, “I am who I am long before Abraham was anything.”

59 That did it—pushed them over the edge. They picked up rocks to throw at him. But Jesus slipped away, getting out of the Temple.

True Blindness

9 1-2 Walking down the street, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?”

3-5 Jesus said, “You’re asking the wrong question. You’re looking for someone to blame. There is no such cause-effect here. Look instead for what God can do. We need to be energetically at work for the One who sent me here, working while the sun shines. When night falls, the workday is over. For as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. I am the world’s Light.”

6-7 He said this and then spit in the dust, made a clay paste with the saliva, rubbed the paste on the blind man’s eyes, and said, “Go, wash at the Pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “Sent”). The man went and washed—and saw.

8 Soon the town was buzzing. His relatives and those who year after year had seen him as a blind man begging were saying, “Why, isn’t this the man we knew, who sat here and begged?”

9 Others said, “It’s him all right!”

But others objected, “It’s not the same man at all. It just looks like him.”

He said, “It’s me, the very one.”

10 They said, “How did your eyes get opened?”

11 “A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ I did what he said. When I washed, I saw.”

12 “So where is he?”

“I don’t know.”

13-15 They marched the man to the Pharisees. This day when Jesus made the paste and healed his blindness was the Sabbath. The Pharisees grilled him again on how he had come to see. He said, “He put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”

16 Some of the Pharisees said, “Obviously, this man can’t be from God. He doesn’t keep the Sabbath.”

Others countered, “How can a bad man do miraculous, God-revealing things like this?” There was a split in their ranks.

17 They came back at the blind man, “You’re the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you say about him?”

He said, “He is a prophet.”

18-19 The Jews didn’t believe it, didn’t believe the man was blind to begin with. So they called the parents of the man now bright-eyed with sight. They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he now sees?”

20-23 His parents said, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind. But we don’t know how he came to see—haven’t a clue about who opened his eyes. Why don’t you ask him? He’s a grown man and can speak for himself.” (His parents were talking like this because they were intimidated by the Jewish leaders, who had already decided that anyone who took a stand that this was the Messiah would be kicked out of the meeting place. That’s why his parents said, “Ask him. He’s a grown man.”)

24 They called the man back a second time—the man who had been blind—and told him, “Give credit to God. We know this man is an impostor.”

25 He replied, “I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind . . . I now see.”

26 They said, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

27 “I’ve told you over and over and you haven’t listened. Why do you want to hear it again? Are you so eager to become his disciples?”

28-29 With that they jumped all over him. “You might be a disciple of that man, but we’re disciples of Moses. We know for sure that God spoke to Moses, but we have no idea where this man even comes from.”

30-33 The man replied, “This is amazing! You claim to know nothing about him, but the fact is, he opened my eyes! It’s well known that God isn’t at the beck and call of sinners, but listens carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does his will. That someone opened the eyes of a man born blind has never been heard of—ever. If this man didn’t come from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

34 They said, “You’re nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with us!” Then they threw him out in the street.

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. He asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

36 The man said, “Point him out to me, sir, so that I can believe in him.”

37 Jesus said, “You’re looking right at him. Don’t you recognize my voice?”

38 “Master, I believe,” the man said, and worshiped him.

39 Jesus then said, “I came into the world to bring everything into the clear light of day, making all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind.”

40 Some Pharisees overheard him and said, “Does that mean you’re calling us blind?”

41 Jesus said, “If you were really blind, you would be blameless, but since you claim to see everything so well, you’re accountable for every fault and failure.”

He Calls His Sheep by Name

10 1-5 “Let me set this before you as plainly as I can. If a person climbs over or through the fence of a sheep pen instead of going through the gate, you know he’s up to no good—a sheep rustler! The shepherd walks right up to the gate. The gatekeeper opens the gate to him and the sheep recognize his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he gets them all out, he leads them and they follow because they are familiar with his voice. They won’t follow a stranger’s voice but will scatter because they aren’t used to the sound of it.”

6-10 Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. “I’ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep rustlers, every one of them. But the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

11-13 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He’s only in it for the money. The sheep don’t matter to him.

14-18 “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They’ll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father.”

19-21 This kind of talk caused another split in the Jewish ranks. A lot of them were saying, “He’s crazy, a maniac—out of his head completely. Why bother listening to him?” But others weren’t so sure: “These aren’t the words of a crazy man. Can a ‘maniac’ open blind eyes?”

* * *

22-24 They were celebrating Hanukkah just then in Jerusalem. It was winter. Jesus was strolling in the Temple across Solomon’s Porch. The Jews, circling him, said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you’re the Messiah, tell us straight out.”

25-30 Jesus answered, “I told you, but you don’t believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind.”

31-32 Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him. Jesus said, “I have made a present to you from the Father of a great many good actions. For which of these acts do you stone me?”

33 The Jews said, “We’re not stoning you for anything good you did, but for what you said—this blasphemy of calling yourself God.”

34-38 Jesus said, “I’m only quoting your inspired Scriptures, where God said, ‘I tell you—you are gods.’ If God called your ancestors ‘gods’—and Scripture doesn’t lie—why do you yell, ‘Blasphemer! Blasphemer!’ at the unique One the Father consecrated and sent into the world, just because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I don’t do the things my Father does, well and good; don’t believe me. But if I am doing them, put aside for a moment what you hear me say about myself and just take the evidence of the actions that are right before your eyes. Then perhaps things will come together for you, and you’ll see that not only are we doing the same thing, we are the same—Father and Son. He is in me; I am in him.”

39-42 They tried yet again to arrest him, but he slipped through their fingers. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and stayed there. A lot of people followed him over. They were saying, “John did no miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true.” Many believed in him then and there.

The Death of Lazarus

11 1-3 A man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. This was the same Mary who massaged the Lord’s feet with aromatic oils and then wiped them with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Master, the one you love so very much is sick.”

4 When Jesus got the message, he said, “This sickness is not fatal. It will become an occasion to show God’s glory by glorifying God’s Son.”

5-7 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, but oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days. After the two days, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”

8 They said, “Rabbi, you can’t do that. The Jews are out to kill you, and you’re going back?”

9-10 Jesus replied, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in daylight doesn’t stumble because there’s plenty of light from the sun. Walking at night, he might very well stumble because he can’t see where he’s going.”

11 He said these things, and then announced, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I’m going to wake him up.”

12-13 The disciples said, “Master, if he’s gone to sleep, he’ll get a good rest and wake up feeling fine.” Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap.

14-15 Then Jesus became explicit: “Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn’t there. You’re about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let’s go to him.”

16 That’s when Thomas, the one called the Twin, said to his companions, “Come along. We might as well die with him.”

17-20 When Jesus finally got there, he found Lazarus already four days dead. Bethany was near Jerusalem, only a couple of miles away, and many of the Jews were visiting Martha and Mary, sympathizing with them over their brother. Martha heard Jesus was coming and went out to meet him. Mary remained in the house.

21-22 Martha said, “Master, if you’d been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. Even now, I know that whatever you ask God he will give you.”

23 Jesus said, “Your brother will be raised up.”

24 Martha replied, “I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time.”

25-26 “You don’t have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me, even though he or she dies, will live. And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Master. All along I have believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God who comes into the world.”

28 After saying this, she went to her sister Mary and whispered in her ear, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

29-32 The moment she heard that, she jumped up and ran out to him. Jesus had not yet entered the town but was still at the place where Martha had met him. When her sympathizing Jewish friends saw Mary run off, they followed her, thinking she was on her way to the tomb to weep there. Mary came to where Jesus was waiting and fell at his feet, saying, “Master, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33-34 When Jesus saw her sobbing and the Jews with her sobbing, a deep anger welled up within him. He said, “Where did you put him?”

34-35 “Master, come and see,” they said. Now Jesus wept.

36 The Jews said, “Look how deeply he loved him.”

37 Others among them said, “Well, if he loved him so much, why didn’t he do something to keep him from dying? After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man.”

38-39 Then Jesus, the anger again welling up within him, arrived at the tomb. It was a simple cave in the hillside with a slab of stone laid against it. Jesus said, “Remove the stone.”

The sister of the dead man, Martha, said, “Master, by this time there’s a stench. He’s been dead four days!”

40 Jesus looked her in the eye. “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

41-42 Then, to the others, “Go ahead, take away the stone.”

They removed the stone. Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed, “Father, I’m grateful that you have listened to me. I know you always do listen, but on account of this crowd standing here I’ve spoken so that they might believe that you sent me.”

43-44 Then he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And he came out, a cadaver, wrapped from head to toe, and with a kerchief over his face.

Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him loose.”

The Man Who Creates God-Signs

45-48 That was a turning point for many of the Jews who were with Mary. They saw what Jesus did, and believed in him. But some went back to the Pharisees and told on Jesus. The high priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Jewish ruling body. “What do we do now?” they asked. “This man keeps on doing things, creating God-signs. If we let him go on, pretty soon everyone will be believing in him and the Romans will come and remove what little power and privilege we still have.”

49-52 Then one of them—it was Caiaphas, the designated Chief Priest that year—spoke up, “Don’t you know anything? Can’t you see that it’s to our advantage that one man dies for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed?” He didn’t say this of his own accord, but as Chief Priest that year he unwittingly prophesied that Jesus was about to die sacrificially for the nation, and not only for the nation but so that all God’s exile-scattered children might be gathered together into one people.

53-54 From that day on, they plotted to kill him. So Jesus no longer went out in public among the Jews. He withdrew into the country bordering the desert to a town called Ephraim and secluded himself there with his disciples.

55-56 The Jewish Passover was coming up. Crowds of people were making their way from the country up to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the Feast. They were curious about Jesus. There was a lot of talk of him among those standing around in the Temple: “What do you think? Do you think he’ll show up at the Feast or not?”

57 Meanwhile, the high priests and Pharisees gave out the word that anyone who knew his whereabouts should inform them. They were all set to arrest him.

Anointing His Feet

12 1-3 Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters invited Jesus to dinner at their home. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with them. Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus’ feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house.

4-6 Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, even then getting ready to betray him, said, “Why wasn’t this oil sold and the money given to the poor? It would have easily brought three hundred silver pieces.” He said this not because he cared two cents about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of their common funds, but also embezzled them.

7-8 Jesus said, “Let her alone. She’s anticipating and honoring the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you. You don’t always have me.”

9-11 Word got out among the Jews that he was back in town. The people came to take a look, not only at Jesus but also at Lazarus, who had been raised from the dead. So the high priests plotted to kill Lazarus because so many of the Jews were going over and believing in Jesus on account of him.

See How Your King Comes

12-15 The next day the huge crowd that had arrived for the Feast heard that Jesus was entering Jerusalem. They broke off palm branches and went out to meet him. And they cheered:

Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in God’s name!

Yes! The King of Israel!

Jesus got a young donkey and rode it, just as the Scripture has it:

No fear, Daughter Zion:
    See how your king comes,
    riding a donkey’s colt.

16 The disciples didn’t notice the fulfillment of many Scriptures at the time, but after Jesus was glorified, they remembered that what was written about him matched what was done to him.

17-19 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, was there giving eyewitness accounts. It was because they had spread the word of this latest God-sign that the crowd swelled to a welcoming parade. The Pharisees took one look and threw up their hands: “It’s out of control. The world’s in a stampede after him.”

A Grain of Wheat Must Die

20-21 There were some Greeks in town who had come up to worship at the Feast. They approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee: “Sir, we want to see Jesus. Can you help us?”

22-23 Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and Philip together told Jesus. Jesus answered, “Time’s up. The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24-25 “Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal.

26 “If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me. Then you’ll be where I am, ready to serve at a moment’s notice. The Father will honor and reward anyone who serves me.

27-28 “Right now I am shaken. And what am I going to say? ‘Father, get me out of this’? No, this is why I came in the first place. I’ll say, ‘Father, put your glory on display.’”

A voice came out of the sky: “I have glorified it, and I’ll glorify it again.”

29 The listening crowd said, “Thunder!”

Others said, “An angel spoke to him!”

30-33 Jesus said, “The voice didn’t come for me but for you. At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out. And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me.” He put it this way to show how he was going to be put to death.

34 Voices from the crowd answered, “We heard from God’s Law that the Messiah lasts forever. How can it be necessary, as you put it, that the Son of Man ‘be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

35-36 Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”

Their Eyes Are Blinded

36-40 Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding. All these God-signs he had given them and they still didn’t get it, still wouldn’t trust him. This proved that the prophet Isaiah was right:

God, who believed what we preached?
Who recognized God’s arm, outstretched and ready to act?

First they wouldn’t believe, then they couldn’t—again, just as Isaiah said:

Their eyes are blinded,
    their hearts are hardened,
So that they wouldn’t see with their eyes
    and perceive with their hearts,
And turn to me, God,
    so I could heal them.

41 Isaiah said these things after he got a glimpse of God’s overflowing glory that would pour through the Messiah.

42-43 On the other hand, a considerable number from the ranks of the leaders did believe. But because of the Pharisees, they didn’t come out in the open with it. They were afraid of getting kicked out of the meeting place. When push came to shove they cared more for human approval than for God’s glory.

44-46 Jesus summed it all up when he cried out, “Whoever believes in me, believes not just in me but in the One who sent me. Whoever looks at me is looking, in fact, at the One who sent me. I am Light that has come into the world so that all who believe in me won’t have to stay any longer in the dark.

47-50 “If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn’t take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn’t come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.”

Washing His Disciples’ Feet

13 1-2 Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all set for the betrayal.

3-6 Jesus knew that the Father had put him in complete charge of everything, that he came from God and was on his way back to God. So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron. When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, “Master, you wash my feet?”

7 Jesus answered, “You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but it will be clear enough to you later.”

8 Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!”

Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.”

9 “Master!” said Peter. “Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!”

10-12 Jesus said, “If you’ve had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you’re clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you’re clean. But not every one of you.” (He knew who was betraying him. That’s why he said, “Not every one of you.”) After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table.

12-17 Then he said, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You address me as ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and rightly so. That is what I am. So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do. I’m only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn’t give orders to the employer. If you understand what I’m telling you, act like it—and live a blessed life.

The One Who Ate Bread at My Table

18-20 “I’m not including all of you in this. I know precisely whom I’ve selected, so as not to interfere with the fulfillment of this Scripture:

The one who ate bread at my table

Will stab me in the back.

“I’m telling you all this ahead of time so that when it happens you will believe that I am who I say I am. Make sure you get this right: Receiving someone I send is the same as receiving me, just as receiving me is the same as receiving the One who sent me.”

21 After he said these things, Jesus became visibly upset, and then he told them why. “One of you is going to betray me.”

22-25 The disciples looked around at one another, wondering who on earth he was talking about. One of the disciples, the one Jesus loved dearly, was reclining against him, his head on his shoulder. Peter motioned to him to ask who Jesus might be talking about. So, being the closest, he said, “Master, who?”

26-27 Jesus said, “The one to whom I give this crust of bread after I’ve dipped it.” Then he dipped the crust and gave it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. As soon as the bread was in his hand, Satan entered him.

“What you must do,” said Jesus, “do. Do it and get it over with.”

28-29 No one around the supper table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas was their treasurer, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the Feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

30 Judas, with the piece of bread, left. It was night.

A New Command

31-32 When he had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is seen for who he is, and God seen for who he is in him. The moment God is seen in him, God’s glory will be on display. In glorifying him, he himself is glorified—glory all around!

33 “Children, I am with you for only a short time longer. You are going to look high and low for me. But just as I told the Jews, I’m telling you: ‘Where I go, you are not able to come.’

34-35 “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”

36 Simon Peter asked, “Master, just where are you going?”

Jesus answered, “You can’t now follow me where I’m going. You will follow later.”

37 “Master,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow now? I’ll lay down my life for you!”

38 “Really? You’ll lay down your life for me? The truth is that before the rooster crows, you’ll deny me three times.”

The Road

14 1-4 “Don’t let this rattle you. You trust God, don’t you? Trust me. There is plenty of room for you in my Father’s home. If that weren’t so, would I have told you that I’m on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I’m on my way to get your room ready, I’ll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I’m taking.”

5 Thomas said, “Master, we have no idea where you’re going. How do you expect us to know the road?”

6-7 Jesus said, “I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him. You’ve even seen him!”

8 Philip said, “Master, show us the Father; then we’ll be content.”

9-10 “You’ve been with me all this time, Philip, and you still don’t understand? To see me is to see the Father. So how can you ask, ‘Where is the Father?’ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you aren’t mere words. I don’t just make them up on my own. The Father who resides in me crafts each word into a divine act.

11-14 “Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see—these works. The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it. From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I’ll do it. That’s how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I’ll do.

The Spirit of Truth

15-17 “If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

18-20 “I will not leave you orphaned. I’m coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you’re going to see me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I’m in my Father, and you’re in me, and I’m in you.

21 “The person who knows my commandments and keeps them, that’s who loves me. And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and make myself plain to him.”

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said, “Master, why is it that you are about to make yourself plain to us but not to the world?”

23-24 “Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of the Father who sent me.

25-27 “I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.

28 “You’ve heard me tell you, ‘I’m going away, and I’m coming back.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I’m on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life.

29-31 “I’ve told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I’ll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don’t worry—he has nothing on me, no claim on me. But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father’s instructions right down to the last detail.

“Get up. Let’s go. It’s time to leave here.”

The Vine and the Branches

15 1-3 “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.

4 “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.

5-8 “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.

9-10 “I’ve loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. That’s what I’ve done—kept my Father’s commands and made myself at home in his love.

11-15 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.

16 “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.

17 “But remember the root command: Love one another.

Hated by the World

18-19 “If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me. If you lived on the world’s terms, the world would love you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God’s terms and no longer on the world’s terms, the world is going to hate you.

20 “When that happens, remember this: Servants don’t get better treatment than their masters. If they beat on me, they will certainly beat on you. If they did what I told them, they will do what you tell them.

21-25 “They are going to do all these things to you because of the way they treated me, because they don’t know the One who sent me. If I hadn’t come and told them all this in plain language, it wouldn’t be so bad. As it is, they have no excuse. Hate me, hate my Father—it’s all the same. If I hadn’t done what I have done among them, works no one has ever done, they wouldn’t be to blame. But they saw the God-signs and hated anyway, both me and my Father. Interesting—they have verified the truth of their own Scriptures where it is written, ‘They hated me for no good reason.’

26-27 “When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes—the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father—he will confirm everything about me. You, too, from your side must give your confirming evidence, since you are in this with me from the start.”

16 1-4 “I’ve told you these things to prepare you for rough times ahead. They are going to throw you out of the meeting places. There will even come a time when anyone who kills you will think he’s doing God a favor. They will do these things because they never really understood the Father. I’ve told you these things so that when the time comes and they start in on you, you’ll be well-warned and ready for them.

The Friend Will Come

4-7 “I didn’t tell you this earlier because I was with you every day. But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, ‘Where are you going?’ Instead, the longer I’ve talked, the sadder you’ve become. So let me say it again, this truth: It’s better for you that I leave. If I don’t leave, the Friend won’t come. But if I go, I’ll send him to you.

8-11 “When he comes, he’ll expose the error of the godless world’s view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He’ll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I am with the Father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted.

12-15 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won’t draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said. He will honor me; he will take from me and deliver it to you. Everything the Father has is also mine. That is why I’ve said, ‘He takes from me and delivers to you.’

16 “In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me.”

Joy Like a River Overflowing

17-18 That stirred up a hornet’s nest of questions among the disciples: “What’s he talking about: ‘In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me’? And, ‘Because I’m on my way to the Father’? What is this ‘day or so’? We don’t know what he’s talking about.”

19-20 Jesus knew they were dying to ask him what he meant, so he said, “Are you trying to figure out among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me’? Then fix this firmly in your minds: You’re going to be in deep mourning while the godless world throws a party. You’ll be sad, very sad, but your sadness will develop into gladness.

21-23 “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions.

23-24 “This is what I want you to do: Ask the Father for whatever is in keeping with the things I’ve revealed to you. Ask in my name, according to my will, and he’ll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks!

25-28 “I’ve used figures of speech in telling you these things. Soon I’ll drop the figures and tell you about the Father in plain language. Then you can make your requests directly to him in relation to this life I’ve revealed to you. I won’t continue making requests of the Father on your behalf. I won’t need to. Because you’ve gone out on a limb, committed yourselves to love and trust in me, believing I came directly from the Father, the Father loves you directly. First, I left the Father and arrived in the world; now I leave the world and travel to the Father.”

29-30 His disciples said, “Finally! You’re giving it to us straight, in plain talk—no more figures of speech. Now we know that you know everything—it all comes together in you. You won’t have to put up with our questions anymore. We’re convinced you came from God.”

31-33 Jesus answered them, “Do you finally believe? In fact, you’re about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I’m not abandoned. The Father is with me. I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”

Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers

17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:

Father, it’s time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.

* * *

6-12 I spelled out your character in detail
To the men and women you gave me.
They were yours in the first place;
Then you gave them to me,
And they have now done what you said.
They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
That everything you gave me is firsthand from you,
For the message you gave me, I gave them;
And they took it, and were convinced
That I came from you.
They believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I’m not praying for the God-rejecting world
But for those you gave me,
For they are yours by right.
Everything mine is yours, and yours mine,
And my life is on display in them.
For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world;
They’ll continue in the world
While I return to you.
Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life
That you conferred as a gift through me,
So they can be one heart and mind
As we are one heart and mind.
As long as I was with them, I guarded them
In the pursuit of the life you gave through me;
I even posted a lookout.
And not one of them got away,
Except for the rebel bent on destruction
(the exception that proved the rule of Scripture).

* * *

13-19 Now I’m returning to you.
I’m saying these things in the world’s hearing
So my people can experience
My joy completed in them.
I gave them your word;
The godless world hated them because of it,
Because they didn’t join the world’s ways,
Just as I didn’t join the world’s ways.
I’m not asking that you take them out of the world
But that you guard them from the Evil One.
They are no more defined by the world
Than I am defined by the world.
Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth;
Your word is consecrating truth.
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world,
I give them a mission in the world.
I’m consecrating myself for their sakes
So they’ll be truth-consecrated in their mission.

* * *

20-23 I’m praying not only for them
But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me.
The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they’ll be as unified and together as we are—
I in them and you in me.
Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you’ve sent me and loved them
In the same way you’ve loved me.

* * *

24-26 Father, I want those you gave me
To be with me, right where I am,
So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me,
Having loved me
Long before there ever was a world.
Righteous Father, the world has never known you,
But I have known you, and these disciples know
That you sent me on this mission.
I have made your very being known to them—
Who you are and what you do—
And continue to make it known,
So that your love for me
Might be in them
Exactly as I am in them.

Seized in the Garden at Night

18 Jesus, having prayed this prayer, left with his disciples and crossed over the brook Kidron at a place where there was a garden. He and his disciples entered it.

2-4 Judas, his betrayer, knew the place because Jesus and his disciples went there often. So Judas led the way to the garden, and the Roman soldiers and police sent by the high priests and Pharisees followed. They arrived there with lanterns and torches and swords. Jesus, knowing by now everything that was imploding on him, went out and met them. He said, “Who are you after?”

They answered, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

5-6 He said, “That’s me.” The soldiers recoiled, totally taken aback. Judas, his betrayer, stood out like a sore thumb.

7 Jesus asked again, “Who are you after?”

They answered, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8-9 “I told you,” said Jesus, “that’s me. I’m the one. So if it’s me you’re after, let these others go.” (This validated the words in his prayer, “I didn’t lose one of those you gave.”)

10 Just then Simon Peter, who was carrying a sword, pulled it from its sheath and struck the Chief Priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. Malchus was the servant’s name.

11 Jesus ordered Peter, “Put back your sword. Do you think for a minute I’m not going to drink this cup the Father gave me?”

12-14 Then the Roman soldiers under their commander, joined by the Jewish police, seized Jesus and tied him up. They took him first to Annas, father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the Chief Priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.

15-16 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was known to the Chief Priest, and so he went in with Jesus to the Chief Priest’s courtyard. Peter had to stay outside. Then the other disciple went out, spoke to the doorkeeper, and got Peter in.

17 The young woman who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “Aren’t you one of this man’s disciples?”

He said, “No, I’m not.”

18 The servants and police had made a fire because of the cold and were huddled there warming themselves. Peter stood with them, trying to get warm.

The Interrogation

19-21 Annas interrogated Jesus regarding his disciples and his teaching. Jesus answered, “I’ve spoken openly in public. I’ve taught regularly in meeting places and the Temple, where the Jews all come together. Everything has been out in the open. I’ve said nothing in secret. So why are you treating me like a traitor? Question those who have been listening to me. They know well what I have said. My teachings have all been aboveboard.”

22 When he said this, one of the policemen standing there slapped Jesus across the face, saying, “How dare you speak to the Chief Priest like that!”

23 Jesus replied, “If I’ve said something wrong, prove it. But if I’ve spoken the plain truth, why this slapping around?”

24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to the Chief Priest Caiaphas.

25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was back at the fire, still trying to get warm. The others there said to him, “Aren’t you one of his disciples?”

He denied it, “Not me.”

26 One of the Chief Priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”

27 Again, Peter denied it. Just then a rooster crowed.

The King of the Jews

28-29 They led Jesus then from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s palace. It was early morning. They themselves didn’t enter the palace because they didn’t want to be disqualified from eating the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and spoke. “What charge do you bring against this man?”

30 They said, “If he hadn’t been doing something evil, do you think we’d be here bothering you?”

31-32 Pilate said, “You take him. Judge him by your law.”

The Jews said, “We’re not allowed to kill anyone.” (This would confirm Jesus’ word indicating the way he would die.)

33 Pilate went back into the palace and called for Jesus. He said, “Are you the ‘King of the Jews’?”

34 Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you this about me?”

35 Pilate said, “Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?”

36 “My kingdom,” said Jesus, “doesn’t consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But I’m not that kind of king, not the world’s kind of king.”

37 Then Pilate said, “So, are you a king or not?”

Jesus answered, “You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice.”

38-39 Pilate said, “What is truth?”

Then he went back out to the Jews and told them, “I find nothing wrong in this man. It’s your custom that I pardon one prisoner at Passover. Do you want me to pardon the ‘King of the Jews’?”

40 They shouted back, “Not this one, but Barabbas!” Barabbas was a Jewish freedom fighter.

The Thorn Crown of the King

19 1-3 So Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. The soldiers, having braided a crown from thorns, set it on his head, threw a purple robe over him, and approached him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!” Then they greeted him with slaps in the face.

4-5 Pilate went back out again and said to them, “I present him to you, but I want you to know that I do not find him guilty of any crime.” Just then Jesus came out wearing the thorn crown and purple robe.

Pilate announced, “Here he is: the Man.”

6 When the high priests and police saw him, they shouted in a frenzy, “Crucify! Crucify!”

Pilate told them, “You take him. You crucify him. I find nothing wrong with him.”

7 The Jews answered, “We have a law, and by that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

8-9 When Pilate heard this, he became even more scared. He went back into the palace and said to Jesus, “Where did you come from?”

Jesus gave no answer.

10 Pilate said, “You won’t talk? Don’t you know that I have the authority to pardon you, and the authority to—crucify you?”

11 Jesus said, “You haven’t a shred of authority over me except what has been given you from heaven. That’s why the one who betrayed me to you has committed a far greater fault.”

12 At this, Pilate tried his best to pardon him, but the Jews shouted him down: “If you pardon this man, you’re no friend of Caesar’s. Anyone setting himself up as ‘king’ defies Caesar.”

13-14 When Pilate heard those words, he led Jesus outside. He sat down at the judgment seat in the area designated Stone Court (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). It was the preparation day for Passover. The hour was noon. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king.”

15 They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!”

Pilate said, “I am to crucify your king?”

The high priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”

16-19 Pilate caved in to their demand. He turned him over to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

They took Jesus away. Carrying his cross, Jesus went out to the place called Skull Hill (the name in Hebrew is Golgotha), where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote a sign and had it placed on the cross. It read:

jesus the nazarene
the king of the jews.

20-21 Many of the Jews read the sign because the place where Jesus was crucified was right next to the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The Jewish high priests objected. “Don’t write,” they said to Pilate, “‘The King of the Jews.’ Make it, ‘This man said, “I am the King of the Jews.”’”

22 Pilate said, “What I’ve written, I’ve written.”

23-24 When they crucified him, the Roman soldiers took his clothes and divided them up four ways, to each soldier a fourth. But his robe was seamless, a single piece of weaving, so they said to each other, “Let’s not tear it up. Let’s throw dice to see who gets it.” This confirmed the Scripture that said, “They divided up my clothes among them and threw dice for my coat.” (The soldiers validated the Scriptures!)

24-27 While the soldiers were looking after themselves, Jesus’ mother, his aunt, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood at the foot of the cross. Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her. He said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that moment the disciple accepted her as his own mother.

28 Jesus, seeing that everything had been completed so that the Scripture record might also be complete, then said, “I’m thirsty.”

29-30 A jug of sour wine was standing by. Someone put a sponge soaked with the wine on a javelin and lifted it to his mouth. After he took the wine, Jesus said, “It’s done . . . complete.” Bowing his head, he offered up his spirit.

31-34 Then the Jews, since it was the day of Sabbath preparation, and so the bodies wouldn’t stay on the crosses over the Sabbath (it was a high holy day that year), petitioned Pilate that their legs be broken to speed death, and the bodies taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man crucified with Jesus, and then the other. When they got to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs. One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear. Blood and water gushed out.

35 The eyewitness to these things has presented an accurate report. He saw it himself and is telling the truth so that you, also, will believe.

36-37 These things that happened confirmed the Scripture, “Not a bone in his body was broken,” and the other Scripture that reads, “They will stare at the one they pierced.”

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38 After all this, Joseph of Arimathea (he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, because he was intimidated by the Jews) petitioned Pilate to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission. So Joseph came and took the body.

39-42 Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus at night, came now in broad daylight carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. They took Jesus’ body and, following the Jewish burial custom, wrapped it in linen with the spices. There was a garden near the place he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed. So, because it was Sabbath preparation for the Jews and the tomb was convenient, they placed Jesus in it.

Resurrection!

20 1-2 Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, gasping for breath. “They took the Master from the tomb. We don’t know where they’ve put him.”

3-10 Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb. They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter. Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn’t go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed. No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead. The disciples then went back home.

11-13 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus’ body had been laid. They said to her, “Woman, why do you weep?”

13-14 “They took my Master,” she said, “and I don’t know where they put him.” After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn’t recognize him.

15 Jesus spoke to her, “Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?”

She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, “Sir, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him.”

16 Jesus said, “Mary.”

Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” meaning “Teacher!”

17 Jesus said, “Don’t cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene went, telling the news to the disciples: “I saw the Master!” And she told them everything he said to her.

To Believe

19-20 Later on that day, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.” Then he showed them his hands and side.

20-21 The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes, were awestruck. Jesus repeated his greeting: “Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you.”

22-23 Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said. “If you forgive someone’s sins, they’re gone for good. If you don’t forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?”

24-25 But Thomas, sometimes called the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, “We saw the Master.”

But he said, “Unless I see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger in the nail holes, and stick my hand in his side, I won’t believe it.”

26 Eight days later, his disciples were again in the room. This time Thomas was with them. Jesus came through the locked doors, stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.”

27 Then he focused his attention on Thomas. “Take your finger and examine my hands. Take your hand and stick it in my side. Don’t be unbelieving. Believe.”

28 Thomas said, “My Master! My God!”

29 Jesus said, “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”

30-31 Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book. These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it.

Fishing

21 1-3 After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples, this time at the Tiberias Sea (the Sea of Galilee). This is how he did it: Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the brothers Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter announced, “I’m going fishing.”

3-4 The rest of them replied, “We’re going with you.” They went out and got in the boat. They caught nothing that night. When the sun came up, Jesus was standing on the beach, but they didn’t recognize him.

5 Jesus spoke to them: “Good morning! Did you catch anything for breakfast?”

They answered, “No.”

6 He said, “Throw the net off the right side of the boat and see what happens.”

They did what he said. All of a sudden there were so many fish in it, they weren’t strong enough to pull it in.

7-9 Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Master!”

When Simon Peter realized that it was the Master, he threw on some clothes, for he was stripped for work, and dove into the sea. The other disciples came in by boat for they weren’t far from land, a hundred yards or so, pulling along the net full of fish. When they got out of the boat, they saw a fire laid, with fish and bread cooking on it.

10-11 Jesus said, “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught.” Simon Peter joined them and pulled the net to shore—153 big fish! And even with all those fish, the net didn’t rip.

12 Jesus said, “Breakfast is ready.” Not one of the disciples dared ask, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Master.

13-14 Jesus then took the bread and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus had shown himself alive to the disciples since being raised from the dead.

Do You Love Me?

15 After breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Master, you know I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 He then asked a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

“Yes, Master, you know I love you.”

Jesus said, “Shepherd my sheep.”

17-19 Then he said it a third time: “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was upset that he asked for the third time, “Do you love me?” so he answered, “Master, you know everything there is to know. You’ve got to know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. I’m telling you the very truth now: When you were young you dressed yourself and went wherever you wished, but when you get old you’ll have to stretch out your hands while someone else dresses you and takes you where you don’t want to go.” He said this to hint at the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And then he commanded, “Follow me.”

20-21 Turning his head, Peter noticed the disciple Jesus loved following right behind. When Peter noticed him, he asked Jesus, “Master, what’s going to happen to him?”

22-23 Jesus said, “If I want him to live until I come again, what’s that to you? You—follow me.” That is how the rumor got out among the brothers that this disciple wouldn’t die. But that is not what Jesus said. He simply said, “If I want him to live until I come again, what’s that to you?”

24 This is the same disciple who was eyewitness to all these things and wrote them down. And we all know that his eyewitness account is reliable and accurate.

25 There are so many other things Jesus did. If they were all written down, each of them, one by one, I can’t imagine a world big enough to hold such a library of books.

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