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亚比雅做犹大王

13 耶罗波安王十八年,亚比雅登基做犹大王, 耶路撒冷做王三年。他母亲名叫米该亚[a],是基比亚乌列的女儿。亚比雅常与耶罗波安争战。 有一次亚比雅率领挑选的兵四十万摆阵,都是勇敢的战士,耶罗波安也挑选大能的勇士八十万,对亚比雅摆阵。 亚比雅站在以法莲山地中的洗玛脸山上,说:“耶罗波安以色列众人哪,要听我说! 耶和华以色列的神曾立盐[b]约,将以色列国永远赐给大卫和他的子孙,你们不知道吗? 无奈大卫儿子所罗门的臣仆,尼八儿子耶罗波安起来背叛他的主人。 有些无赖的匪徒聚集跟从他,逞强攻击所罗门的儿子罗波安,那时罗波安还幼弱,不能抵挡他们。 现在你们有意抗拒大卫子孙手下所治耶和华的国,你们的人也甚多,你们那里又有耶罗波安为你们所造当做神的金牛犊。 你们不是驱逐耶和华的祭司亚伦的后裔和利未人吗?不是照着外邦人的恶俗为自己立祭司吗?无论何人牵一只公牛犊、七只公绵羊将自己分别出来,就可做虚无之神的祭司。 10 至于我们,耶和华是我们的神,我们并没有离弃他。我们有侍奉耶和华的祭司,都是亚伦的后裔,并有利未人各尽其职, 11 每日早晚向耶和华献燔祭,烧美香,又在精金的桌子上摆陈设饼,又有金灯台和灯盏,每晚点起。因为我们遵守耶和华我们神的命,唯有你们离弃了他。 12 率领我们的是神,我们这里也有神的祭司拿号向你们吹出大声。以色列人哪,不要与耶和华你们列祖的神争战,因你们必不能亨通!”

犹大人与以色列人战

13 耶罗波安却在犹大人的后头设伏兵,这样以色列人在犹大人的前头,伏兵在犹大人的后头。 14 犹大人回头观看,见前后都有敌兵,就呼求耶和华,祭司也吹号。

以色列人败遁

15 于是犹大人呐喊。犹大人呐喊的时候,神就使耶罗波安以色列众人败在亚比雅犹大人面前。 16 以色列人在犹大人面前逃跑,神将他们交在犹大人手里。 17 亚比雅和他的军兵大大杀戮以色列人,以色列人仆倒死亡的精兵有五十万。 18 那时以色列人被制伏了,犹大人得胜,是因倚靠耶和华他们列祖的神。 19 亚比雅追赶耶罗波安,攻取了他的几座城,就是伯特利和属伯特利的镇市、耶沙拿和属耶沙拿的镇市、以法拉音[c]和属以法拉音的镇市。 20 亚比雅在世的时候,耶罗波安不能再强盛。耶和华攻击他,他就死了。 21 亚比雅却渐渐强盛,娶妻妾十四个,生了二十二个儿子、十六个女儿。 22 亚比雅其余的事和他的言行都写在先知易多的传上。

亚比雅卒其子亚撒继位

14 亚比雅与他列祖同睡,葬在大卫城里。他儿子亚撒接续他做王。亚撒年间,国中太平十年。 亚撒行耶和华他神眼中看为善为正的事, 除掉外邦神的坛和丘坛,打碎柱像,砍下木偶, 吩咐犹大人寻求耶和华他们列祖的神,遵行他的律法、诫命, 又在犹大各城邑除掉丘坛和日像,那时国享太平。 又在犹大建造了几座坚固城。国中太平数年,没有战争,因为耶和华赐他平安。 他对犹大人说:“我们要建造这些城邑,四围筑墙,盖楼、安门做闩。地还属我们,是因寻求耶和华我们的神;我们既寻求他,他就赐我们四境平安。”于是建造城邑,诸事亨通。 亚撒的军兵,出自犹大拿盾牌拿枪的三十万人,出自便雅悯拿盾牌拉弓的二十八万人,这都是大能的勇士。

古实王谢拉攻犹大见败

古实谢拉率领军兵一百万、战车三百辆,出来攻击犹大人,到了玛利沙 10 于是亚撒出去与他迎敌,就在玛利沙洗法谷彼此摆阵。 11 亚撒呼求耶和华他的神,说:“耶和华啊,唯有你能帮助软弱的胜过强盛的。耶和华我们的神啊,求你帮助我们,因为我们仰赖你,奉你的名来攻击这大军。耶和华啊,你是我们的神,不要容人胜过你。” 12 于是耶和华使古实人败在亚撒犹大人面前,古实人就逃跑了。 13 亚撒和跟随他的军兵追赶他们,直到基拉耳古实人被杀的甚多,不能再强盛,因为败在耶和华与他军兵面前。犹大人就夺了许多财物。 14 又打破基拉耳四围的城邑,耶和华使其中的人都甚恐惧。犹大人又将所有的城掳掠一空,因其中的财物甚多。 15 又毁坏了群畜的圈,夺取许多的羊和骆驼,就回耶路撒冷去了。

Footnotes

  1. 历代志下 13:2 “米该亚”又作“玛迦”。
  2. 历代志下 13:5 “盐”即是“不废坏”的意思。
  3. 历代志下 13:19 或作:以弗伦。

Abijah King of Judah(A)

13 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,[a](B) a daughter[b] of Uriel of Gibeah.

There was war between Abijah(C) and Jeroboam.(D) Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.

Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim,(E) in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel,(F) listen to me! Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever(G) by a covenant of salt?(H) Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled(I) against his master. Some worthless scoundrels(J) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(K) and not strong enough to resist them.

“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants.(L) You are indeed a vast army and have with you(M) the golden calves(N) that Jeroboam made to be your gods. But didn’t you drive out the priests(O) of the Lord,(P) the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull(Q) and seven rams(R) may become a priest of what are not gods.(S)

10 “As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. 11 Every morning and evening(T) they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense(U) to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table(V) and light the lamps(W) on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him. 12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you.(X) People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord,(Y) the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”(Z)

13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush(AA) was behind them. 14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out(AB) to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets 15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel(AC) before Abijah and Judah. 16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered(AD) them into their hands. 17 Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. 18 The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied(AE) on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.

21 But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.

14 [c]And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years.

Asa King of Judah(AF)

Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.(AG) He removed the foreign altars(AH) and the high places, smashed the sacred stones(AI) and cut down the Asherah poles.[d](AJ) He commanded Judah to seek the Lord,(AK) the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands. He removed the high places(AL) and incense altars(AM) in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him. He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.(AN)

“Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest(AO) on every side.” So they built and prospered.

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand(AP) men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.

Zerah the Cushite(AQ) marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.(AR) 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

11 Then Asa called(AS) to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us,(AT) Lord our God, for we rely(AU) on you, and in your name(AV) we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail(AW) against you.”

12 The Lord struck down(AX) the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, 13 and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.(AY) Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed(AZ) before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.(BA) 14 They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror(BB) of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there. 15 They also attacked the camps of the herders and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:2 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and 1 Kings 15:2); Hebrew Micaiah
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:2 Or granddaughter
  3. 2 Chronicles 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1 is numbered 13:23, and 14:2-15 is numbered 14:1-14.
  4. 2 Chronicles 14:3 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Chronicles

马利亚用香膏抹主

12 逾越节前六日,耶稣来到伯大尼,就是他叫拉撒路从死里复活之处。 有人在那里给耶稣预备筵席,马大伺候,拉撒路也在那同耶稣坐席的人中。 马利亚就拿着一斤极贵的真哪哒香膏,抹耶稣的脚,又用自己的头发去擦,屋里就满了膏的香气。 有一个门徒,就是那将要卖耶稣的加略犹大 说:“这香膏为什么不卖三十两银子周济穷人呢?” 他说这话,并不是挂念穷人,乃因他是个贼,又带着钱囊,常取其中所存的。 耶稣说:“由她吧!她是为我安葬之日存留的。 因为常有穷人和你们同在,只是你们不常有我。”

有许多犹太人知道耶稣在那里,就来了,不但是为耶稣的缘故,也是要看他从死里所复活的拉撒路 10 但祭司长商议连拉撒路也要杀了, 11 因有好些犹太人为拉撒路的缘故,回去信了耶稣。

主骑驴进耶路撒冷

12 第二天,有许多上来过节的人听见耶稣将到耶路撒冷 13 就拿着棕树枝出去迎接他,喊着说:“和散那!奉主名来的以色列王是应当称颂的!” 14 耶稣得了一个驴驹,就骑上,如经上所记的说: 15 锡安的民[a]哪,不要惧怕!你的王骑着驴驹来了。” 16 这些事门徒起先不明白,等到耶稣得了荣耀以后,才想起这话是指着他写的,并且众人果然向他这样行了。 17 当耶稣呼唤拉撒路,叫他从死复活出坟墓的时候,同耶稣在那里的众人就作见证。 18 众人因听见耶稣行了这神迹,就去迎接他。 19 法利赛人彼此说:“看哪,你们是徒劳无益,世人都随从他去了!”

20 那时,上来过节礼拜的人中,有几个希腊人。 21 他们来见加利利伯赛大腓力,求他说:“先生,我们愿意见耶稣。” 22 腓力去告诉安得烈安得烈腓力去告诉耶稣。

耶稣向百姓末了的讲论

23 耶稣说:“人子得荣耀的时候到了。 24 我实实在在地告诉你们:一粒麦子不落在地里死了,仍旧是一粒;若是死了,就结出许多子粒来。 25 爱惜自己生命的,就失丧生命;在这世上恨恶自己生命的,就要保守生命到永生。 26 若有人服侍我,就当跟从我;我在哪里,服侍我的人也要在哪里。若有人服侍我,我父必尊重他。 27 我现在心里忧愁,我说什么才好呢?父啊,救我脱离这时候!但我原是为这时候来的。 28 父啊,愿你荣耀你的名!”当时就有声音从天上来说:“我已经荣耀了我的名,还要再荣耀。” 29 站在旁边的众人听见,就说:“打雷了。”还有人说:“有天使对他说话。”

主要吸引万人归己

30 耶稣说:“这声音不是为我,是为你们来的。 31 现在这世界受审判,这世界的王要被赶出去。 32 我若从地上被举起来,就要吸引万人来归我。” 33 耶稣这话原是指着自己将要怎样死说的。 34 众人回答说:“我们听见律法上有话说基督是永存的,你怎么说人子必须被举起来呢?这人子是谁呢?” 35 耶稣对他们说:“光在你们中间还有不多的时候,应当趁着有光行走,免得黑暗临到你们。那在黑暗里行走的,不知道往何处去。 36 你们应当趁着有光,信从这光,使你们成为光明之子。”

应验以赛亚的预言

37 耶稣说了这话,就离开他们隐藏了。他虽然在他们面前行了许多神迹,他们还是不信他。 38 这是要应验先知以赛亚的话说:“主啊,我们所传的有谁信呢?主的膀臂向谁显露呢?” 39 他们所以不能信,因为以赛亚又说: 40 “主叫他们瞎了眼,硬了心,免得他们眼睛看见,心里明白,回转过来,我就医治他们。” 41 以赛亚因为看见他的荣耀,就指着他说这话。 42 虽然如此,官长中却有好些信他的,只因法利赛人的缘故,就不承认,恐怕被赶出会堂。 43 这是因他们爱人的荣耀过于爱神的荣耀。

信子就是信父

44 耶稣大声说:“信我的,不是信我,乃是信那差我来的。 45 人看见我,就是看见那差我来的。 46 我到世上来,乃是光,叫凡信我的不住在黑暗里。 47 若有人听见我的话不遵守,我不审判他。我来本不是要审判世界,乃是要拯救世界。 48 弃绝我、不领受我话的人,有审判他的,就是我所讲的道在末日要审判他。 49 因为我没有凭着自己讲,唯有差我来的父已经给我命令,叫我说什么、讲什么。 50 我也知道他的命令就是永生。故此,我所讲的话正是照着父对我所说的。”

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 12:15 “民”原文作“女子”。

Jesus Anointed at Bethany(A)

12 Six days before the Passover,(B) Jesus came to Bethany,(C) where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,(D) while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;(E) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.(F) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(G) objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[b] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(H) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.(I) You will always have the poor among you,[c](J) but you will not always have me.”

Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.(K) 10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on account of him(L) many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.(M)

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(N)

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches(O) and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna![d]

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[e](P)

“Blessed is the king of Israel!”(Q)

14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
    see, your king is coming,
    seated on a donkey’s colt.”[f](R)

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this.(S) Only after Jesus was glorified(T) did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

17 Now the crowd that was with him(U) when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,(V) went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”(W)

Jesus Predicts His Death

20 Now there were some Greeks(X) among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida(Y) in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

23 Jesus replied, “The hour(Z) has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.(AA) 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,(AB) it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it(AC) for eternal life.(AD) 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.(AE) My Father will honor the one who serves me.

27 “Now my soul is troubled,(AF) and what shall I say? ‘Father,(AG) save me from this hour’?(AH) No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven,(AI) “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit,(AJ) not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;(AK) now the prince of this world(AL) will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[g] from the earth,(AM) will draw all people to myself.”(AN) 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.(AO)

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law(AP) that the Messiah will remain forever,(AQ) so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man(AR) must be lifted up’?(AS) Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light(AT) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,(AU) before darkness overtakes you.(AV) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(AW) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(AX)

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs(AY) in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

“Lord, who has believed our message
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h](AZ)

39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”[i](BA)

41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory(BB) and spoke about him.(BC)

42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.(BD) But because of the Pharisees(BE) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;(BF) 43 for they loved human praise(BG) more than praise from God.(BH)

44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.(BI) 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.(BJ) 46 I have come into the world as a light,(BK) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.(BL) 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them(BM) at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me(BN) to say all that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life.(BO) So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”(BP)

Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter
  2. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii
  3. John 12:8 See Deut. 15:11.
  4. John 12:13 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise
  5. John 12:13 Psalm 118:25,26
  6. John 12:15 Zech. 9:9
  7. John 12:32 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  8. John 12:38 Isaiah 53:1
  9. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10

施洗约翰为真光作见证

太初有道,道与神同在,道就是神。 这道太初与神同在。 万物是借着他造的;凡被造的,没有一样不是借着他造的。 生命在他里头,这生命就是人的光。 光照在黑暗里,黑暗却不接受光。 有一个人,是从神那里差来的,名叫约翰 这人来,为要作见证,就是为光作见证,叫众人因他可以信。 他不是那光,乃是要为光作见证。 那光是真光,照亮一切生在世上的人。 10 他在世界,世界也是借着他造的,世界却不认识他。 11 他到自己的地方来,自己的人倒不接待他。 12 凡接待他的,就是信他名的人,他就赐他们权柄做神的儿女。 13 这等人不是从血气生的,不是从情欲生的,也不是从人意生的,乃是从神生的。 14 道成了肉身,住在我们中间,充充满满地有恩典有真理。我们也见过他的荣光,正是父独生子的荣光。

恩典真理是由耶稣基督来的

15 约翰为他作见证,喊着说:“这就是我曾说,‘那在我以后来的,反成了在我以前的,因他本来在我以前。’” 16 从他丰满的恩典里,我们都领受了,而且恩上加恩。 17 律法本是借着摩西传的,恩典和真理都是由耶稣基督来的。 18 从来没有人看见神,只有在父怀里的独生子将他表明出来。

约翰证明自己不是基督

19 约翰所作的见证记在下面。犹太人从耶路撒冷差祭司和利未人到约翰那里,问他说:“你是谁?” 20 他就明说,并不隐瞒,明说:“我不是基督。” 21 他们又问他说:“这样,你是谁呢?是以利亚吗?”他说:“我不是。”“是那先知吗?”他回答说:“不是。” 22 于是他们说:“你到底是谁?叫我们好回复差我们来的人。你自己说你是谁?” 23 他说:“我就是那在旷野有人声喊着说:‘修直主的道路’,正如先知以赛亚所说的。” 24 那些人是法利赛人差来的。[a] 25 他们就问他说:“你既不是基督,不是以利亚,也不是那先知,为什么施洗呢?” 26 约翰回答说:“我是用水施洗,但有一位站在你们中间,是你们不认识的, 27 就是那在我以后来的,我给他解鞋带也不配。” 28 这是在约旦河外伯大尼[b]约翰施洗的地方作的见证。

神的羔羊

29 次日,约翰看见耶稣来到他那里,就说:“看哪,神的羔羊,除去[c]世人罪孽的! 30 这就是我曾说:‘有一位在我以后来、反成了在我以前的,因他本来在我以前。’ 31 我先前不认识他,如今我来用水施洗,为要叫他显明给以色列人。” 32 约翰又作见证说:“我曾看见圣灵仿佛鸽子从天降下,住在他的身上。 33 我先前不认识他,只是那差我来用水施洗的对我说:‘你看见圣灵降下来,住在谁的身上,谁就是用圣灵施洗的。’ 34 我看见了,就证明这是神的儿子。”

约翰的两个门徒跟从耶稣

35 再次日,约翰同两个门徒站在那里。 36 他见耶稣行走,就说:“看哪,这是神的羔羊!” 37 两个门徒听见他的话,就跟从了耶稣。 38 耶稣转过身来,看见他们跟着,就问他们说:“你们要什么?”他们说:“拉比,在哪里住?”(“拉比”翻出来就是“夫子”。) 39 耶稣说:“你们来看。”他们就去看他在哪里住,这一天便与他同住。那时约有申正了。 40 听见约翰的话跟从耶稣的那两个人,一个是西门彼得的兄弟安得烈 41 他先找着自己的哥哥西门,对他说:“我们遇见弥赛亚了!”(“弥赛亚”翻出来就是“基督”。) 42 于是领他去见耶稣。耶稣看着他说:“你是约翰[d]的儿子西门,你要称为矶法。”(“矶法”翻出来就是“彼得”。)

召腓力拿但业为门徒

43 又次日,耶稣想要往加利利去,遇见腓力,就对他说:“来跟从我吧!” 44 腓力伯赛大人,和安得烈彼得同城。 45 腓力找着拿但业,对他说:“摩西在律法上所写的和众先知所记的那一位,我们遇见了,就是约瑟的儿子拿撒勒人耶稣。” 46 拿但业对他说:“拿撒勒还能出什么好的吗?”腓力说:“你来看!” 47 耶稣看见拿但业来,就指着他说:“看哪,这是个真以色列人,他心里是没有诡诈的!” 48 拿但业对耶稣说:“你从哪里知道我呢?”耶稣回答说:腓力还没有招呼你,你在无花果树底下,我就看见你了。”

拿但业认耶稣为神之子

49 拿但业说:“拉比,你是神的儿子,你是以色列的王!” 50 耶稣对他说:“因为我说在无花果树底下看见你,你就信吗?你将要看见比这更大的事!” 51 又说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:你们将要看见天开了,神的使者上去下来在人子身上。”

耶稣在迦拿变水为酒

第三日,在加利利迦拿有娶亲的筵席,耶稣的母亲在那里。 耶稣和他的门徒也被请去赴席。 酒用尽了,耶稣的母亲对他说:“他们没有酒了。” 耶稣说:“母亲[e],我与你有什么相干?我的时候还没有到。” 他母亲对用人说:“他告诉你们什么,你们就做什么。” 犹太人洁净的规矩,有六口石缸摆在那里,每口可以盛两三桶水。 耶稣对用人说:“把缸倒满了水。”他们就倒满了,直到缸口。 耶稣又说:“现在可以舀出来,送给管筵席的。”他们就送了去。 管筵席的尝了那水变的酒,并不知道是哪里来的,只有舀水的用人知道。管筵席的便叫新郎来, 10 对他说:“人都是先摆上好酒,等客喝足了才摆上次的,你倒把好酒留到如今!” 11 这是耶稣所行的头一件神迹,是在加利利迦拿行的,显出他的荣耀来,他的门徒就信他了。

12 这事以后,耶稣与他的母亲、弟兄和门徒都下迦百农去,在那里住了不多几日。

洁净圣殿

13 犹太人的逾越节近了,耶稣就上耶路撒冷去。 14 看见殿里有卖牛、羊、鸽子的,并有兑换银钱的人坐在那里, 15 耶稣就拿绳子做成鞭子,把牛羊都赶出殿去,倒出兑换银钱之人的银钱,推翻他们的桌子, 16 又对卖鸽子的说:“把这些东西拿去,不要将我父的殿当做买卖的地方!” 17 他的门徒就想起经上记着说:“我为你的殿心里焦急,如同火烧。”

耶稣以殿譬己身

18 因此犹太人问他说:“你既做这些事,还显什么神迹给我们看呢?” 19 耶稣回答说:“你们拆毁这殿,我三日内要再建立起来。” 20 犹太人便说:“这殿是四十六年才造成的,你三日内就再建立起来吗?” 21 但耶稣这话是以他的身体为殿。 22 所以到他从死里复活以后,门徒就想起他说过这话,便信了圣经和耶稣所说的。

23 当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候,有许多人看见他所行的神迹,就信了他的名。 24 耶稣却不将自己交托他们,因为他知道万人, 25 也用不着谁见证人怎样,因他知道人心里所存的。

耶稣与尼哥迪慕论重生

有一个法利赛人,名叫尼哥迪慕,是犹太人的官。 这人夜里来见耶稣,说:“拉比,我们知道你是由神那里来做师傅的,因为你所行的神迹,若没有神同在,无人能行。” 耶稣回答说:“我实实在在地告诉你:人若不重生,就不能见神的国。” 尼哥迪慕说:“人已经老了,如何能重生呢?岂能再进母腹生出来吗?” 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你:人若不是从水和圣灵生的,就不能进神的国。 从肉身生的就是肉身,从灵生的就是灵。 我说你们必须重生,你不要以为稀奇。 风随着意思吹,你听见风的响声,却不晓得从哪里来,往哪里去。凡从圣灵生的,也是如此。” 尼哥迪慕问他说:“怎能有这事呢?” 10 耶稣回答说:“你是以色列人的先生,还不明白这事吗? 11 我实实在在地告诉你:我们所说的是我们知道的,我们所见证的是我们见过的,你们却不领受我们的见证。 12 我对你们说地上的事,你们尚且不信,若说天上的事,如何能信呢? 13 除了从天降下仍旧在天的人子,没有人升过天。 14 摩西在旷野怎样举蛇,人子也必照样被举起来, 15 叫一切信他的都得永生[f]

神爱世人

16 “神爱世人,甚至将他的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信他的不致灭亡,反得永生。 17 因为神差他的儿子降世,不是要定世人的罪[g],乃是要叫世人因他得救。 18 信他的人不被定罪,不信的人罪已经定了,因为他不信神独生子的名。

作恶的恨光

19 “光来到世间,世人因自己的行为是恶的,不爱光倒爱黑暗,定他们的罪就是在此。 20 凡作恶的便恨光,并不来就光,恐怕他的行为受责备; 21 但行真理的必来就光,要显明他所行的是靠神而行。”

耶稣和约翰施洗

22 这事以后,耶稣和门徒到了犹太地,在那里居住,施洗。 23 约翰在靠近撒冷哀嫩也施洗,因为那里水多,众人都去受洗。 24 那时约翰还没有下在监里。 25 约翰的门徒和一个犹太人辩论洁净的礼, 26 就来见约翰,说:“拉比,从前同你在约旦河外、你所见证的那位,现在施洗,众人都往他那里去了。” 27 约翰说:“若不是从天上赐的,人就不能得什么。 28 我曾说我不是基督,是奉差遣在他前面的,你们自己可以给我作见证。 29 娶新妇的就是新郎,新郎的朋友站着,听见新郎的声音就甚喜乐。故此,我这喜乐满足了。 30 他必兴旺,我必衰微。”

信者能得永生

31 从天上来的是在万有之上,从地上来的是属乎地,他所说的也是属乎地。从天上来的是在万有之上, 32 他将所见所闻的见证出来,只是没有人领受他的见证。 33 那领受他见证的,就印上印,证明神是真的。 34 神所差来的就说神的话,因为神赐圣灵给他是没有限量的。 35 父爱子,已将万有交在他手里。 36 信子的人有永生,不信子的人得不着永生[h],神的震怒常在他身上。

耶稣与撒马利亚妇人谈道

主知道法利赛人听见他收门徒施洗比约翰还多 (其实不是耶稣亲自施洗,乃是他的门徒施洗), 他就离了犹太,又往加利利去。 必须经过撒马利亚 于是到了撒马利亚的一座城,名叫叙加,靠近雅各给他儿子约瑟的那块地。 在那里有雅各井。耶稣因走路困乏,就坐在井旁。那时约有午正。 有一个撒马利亚的妇人来打水,耶稣对她说:“请你给我水喝。” 那时门徒进城买食物去了。 撒马利亚的妇人对他说:“你既是犹太人,怎么向我一个撒马利亚妇人要水喝呢?”(原来犹太人和撒马利亚人没有来往。) 10 耶稣回答说:“你若知道神的恩赐和对你说‘给我水喝’的是谁,你必早求他,他也必早给了你活水。” 11 妇人说:“先生,没有打水的器具,井又深,你从哪里得活水呢? 12 我们的祖宗雅各将这井留给我们,他自己和儿子并牲畜也都喝这井里的水,难道你比他还大吗?”

喝主所赐之水永远不渴

13 耶稣回答说:“凡喝这水的,还要再渴, 14 人若喝我所赐的水,就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源,直涌到永生。” 15 妇人说:“先生,请把这水赐给我,叫我不渴,也不用来这么远打水。” 16 耶稣说:“你去叫你丈夫也到这里来。” 17 妇人说:“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说:“你说没有丈夫是不错的。 18 你已经有五个丈夫,你现在有的并不是你的丈夫。你这话是真的。” 19 妇人说:“先生,我看出你是先知。 20 我们的祖宗在这山上礼拜,你们倒说,应当礼拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”

须用心灵诚实拜父

21 耶稣说:“妇人,你当信我。时候将到,你们拜父也不在这山上,也不在耶路撒冷 22 你们所拜的你们不知道,我们所拜的我们知道,因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。 23 时候将到,如今就是了,那真正拜父的,要用心灵和诚实拜他,因为父要这样的人拜他。 24 神是个[i]灵,所以拜他的必须用心灵和诚实拜他。” 25 妇人说:“我知道弥赛亚,就是那称为基督的要来,他来了,必将一切的事都告诉我们。” 26 耶稣说:“这和你说话的就是他。”

27 当下门徒回来,就稀奇耶稣和一个妇人说话,只是没有人说“你是要什么?”,或说“你为什么和她说话?”。 28 那妇人就留下水罐子,往城里去,对众人说: 29 “你们来看!有一个人将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了,莫非这就是基督吗?” 30 众人就出城,往耶稣那里去。

耶稣以遵行父意为食物

31 这其间,门徒对耶稣说:“拉比,请吃。” 32 耶稣说:“我有食物吃,是你们不知道的。” 33 门徒就彼此对问说:“莫非有人拿什么给他吃吗?” 34 耶稣说:“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨意,做成他的工。 35 你们岂不说,到收割的时候还有四个月吗?我告诉你们:举目向田观看!庄稼已经熟了[j],可以收割了。 36 收割的人得工价,积蓄五谷到永生,叫撒种的和收割的一同快乐。 37 俗语说:‘那人撒种,这人收割。’这话可见是真的。 38 我差你们去收你们所没有劳苦的,别人劳苦,你们享受他们所劳苦的。”

39 那城里有好些撒马利亚人信了耶稣,因为那妇人作见证说:“他将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了。” 40 于是撒马利亚人来见耶稣,求他在他们那里住下,他便在那里住了两天。 41 因耶稣的话,信的人就更多了, 42 便对妇人说:“现在我们信,不是因为你的话,是我们亲自听见了,知道这真是救世主。”

耶稣在本地无人尊敬

43 过了那两天,耶稣离了那地方,往加利利去。 44 因为耶稣自己作过见证说,先知在本地是没有人尊敬的。 45 到了加利利加利利人既然看见他在耶路撒冷过节所行的一切事,就接待他,因为他们也是上去过节。

医大臣之子

46 耶稣又到了加利利迦拿,就是他从前变水为酒的地方。有一个大臣,他的儿子在迦百农患病。 47 他听见耶稣从犹太到了加利利,就来见他,求他下去医治他的儿子,因为他儿子快要死了。 48 耶稣就对他说:“若不看见神迹奇事,你们总是不信!” 49 那大臣说:“先生,求你趁着我的孩子还没有死就下去。” 50 耶稣对他说:“回去吧,你的儿子活了!”那人信耶稣所说的话就回去了。 51 正下去的时候,他的仆人迎见他,说他的儿子活了。 52 他就问什么时候见好的,他们说:“昨日未时热就退了。” 53 他便知道这正是耶稣对他说“你儿子活了”的时候,他自己和全家就都信了。 54 这是耶稣在加利利行的第二件神迹,是他从犹太回去以后行的。

医好三十八年之病者

这事以后,到了犹太人的一个节期,耶稣就上耶路撒冷去。

耶路撒冷,靠近羊门有一个池子,希伯来话叫做毕士大,旁边有五个廊子, 里面躺着瞎眼的、瘸腿的、血气枯干的许多病人[k] 在那里有一个人,病了三十八年。 耶稣看见他躺着,知道他病了许久,就问他说:“你要痊愈吗?” 病人回答说:“先生,水动的时候,没有人把我放在池子里,我正去的时候,就有别人比我先下去。” 耶稣对他说:“起来,拿你的褥子走吧!” 那人立刻痊愈,就拿起褥子来走了。

犹太人责耶稣犯安息日

10 那天是安息日,所以犹太人对那医好的人说:“今天是安息日,你拿褥子是不可的!” 11 他却回答说:“那使我痊愈的对我说‘拿你的褥子走吧’。” 12 他们问他说:“对你说‘拿褥子走’的是什么人?” 13 那医好的人不知道是谁,因为那里的人多,耶稣已经躲开了。 14 后来耶稣在殿里遇见他,对他说:“你已经痊愈了,不要再犯罪,恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。” 15 那人就去告诉犹太人,使他痊愈的是耶稣。 16 所以犹太人逼迫耶稣,因为他在安息日做了这事。 17 耶稣就对他们说:“我父做事直到如今,我也做事。” 18 所以犹太人越发想要杀他,因他不但犯了安息日,并且称神为他的父,将自己和神当做平等。

尊敬子如尊敬父

19 耶稣对他们说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:子凭着自己不能做什么,唯有看见父所做的,子才能做;父所做的事,子也照样做。 20 父爱子,将自己所做的一切事指给他看,还要将比这更大的事指给他看叫你们稀奇。 21 父怎样叫死人起来,使他们活着,子也照样随自己的意思使人活着。 22 父不审判什么人,乃将审判的事全交于子, 23 叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的,就是不尊敬差子来的父。 24 我实实在在地告诉你们:那听我话又信差我来者的,就有永生,不至于定罪,是已经出死入生了。 25 我实实在在地告诉你们:时候将到,现在就是了,死人要听见神儿子的声音,听见的人就要活了。 26 因为父怎样在自己有生命,就赐给他儿子也照样在自己有生命, 27 并且因为他是人子,就赐给他行审判的权柄。 28 你们不要把这事看做稀奇。时候要到,凡在坟墓里的,都要听见他的声音,就出来, 29 行善的复活得生,作恶的复活定罪。

30 “我凭着自己不能做什么,我怎么听见就怎么审判。我的审判也是公平的,因为我不求自己的意思,只求那差我来者的意思。 31 我若为自己作见证,我的见证就不真。 32 另有一位给我作见证,我也知道他给我作的见证是真的。 33 你们曾差人到约翰那里,他为真理作过见证。 34 其实我所受的见证不是从人来的,然而我说这些话,为要叫你们得救。 35 约翰是点着的明灯,你们情愿暂时喜欢他的光。 36 但我有比约翰更大的见证,因为父交给我要我成就的事,就是我所做的事,这便见证我是父所差来的。 37 差我来的父也为我作过见证。你们从来没有听见他的声音,也没有看见他的形象。 38 你们并没有他的道存在心里,因为他所差来的,你们不信。

圣经为耶稣的证据

39 “你们查考圣经[l],因你们以为内中有永生。给我作见证的就是这经, 40 然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命 41 我不受从人来的荣耀。 42 但我知道,你们心里没有神的爱。 43 我奉我父的名来,你们并不接待我;若有别人奉自己的名来,你们倒要接待他。 44 你们互相受荣耀,却不求从独一之神来的荣耀,怎能信我呢?

不信摩西怎能信主

45 “不要想我在父面前要告你们,有一位告你们的,就是你们所仰赖的摩西 46 你们如果信摩西,也必信我,因为他书上有指着我写的话。 47 你们若不信他的书,怎能信我的话呢?”

给五千人吃饱

这事以后,耶稣渡过加利利海,就是提比哩亚海。 有许多人因为看见他在病人身上所行的神迹,就跟随他。 耶稣上了山,和门徒一同坐在那里。 那时犹太人的逾越节近了。 耶稣举目看见许多人来,就对腓力说:“我们从哪里买饼叫这些人吃呢?” 他说这话是要试验腓力,他自己原知道要怎样行。 腓力回答说:“就是二十两银子的饼,叫他们各人吃一点也是不够的。” 有一个门徒,就是西门彼得的兄弟安得烈,对耶稣说: “在这里有一个孩童,带着五个大麦饼、两条鱼,只是分给这许多人还算什么呢?” 10 耶稣说:“你们叫众人坐下。”原来那地方的草多。众人就坐下,数目约有五千。 11 耶稣拿起饼来,祝谢了,就分给那坐着的人,分鱼也是这样,都随着他们所要的。 12 他们吃饱了,耶稣对门徒说:“把剩下的零碎收拾起来,免得有糟蹋的。” 13 他们便将那五个大麦饼的零碎,就是众人吃了剩下的,收拾起来,装满了十二个篮子。 14 众人看见耶稣所行的神迹,就说:“这真是那要到世间来的先知!”

15 耶稣既知道众人要来强逼他做王,就独自又退到山上去了。

耶稣履海

16 到了晚上,他的门徒下海边去, 17 上了船,要过海往迦百农去。天已经黑了,耶稣还没有来到他们那里。 18 忽然狂风大作,海就翻腾起来。 19 门徒摇橹约行了十里多路,看见耶稣在海面上走,渐渐近了船,他们就害怕。 20 耶稣对他们说:“是我,不要怕!” 21 门徒就喜欢接他上船,船立时到了他们所要去的地方。

22 第二日,站在海那边的众人知道那里没有别的船,只有一只小船,又知道耶稣没有同他的门徒上船,乃是门徒自己去的。 23 然而有几只小船从提比哩亚来,靠近主祝谢后分饼给人吃的地方。

当为永生的食物劳力

24 众人见耶稣和门徒都不在那里,就上了船,往迦百农去找耶稣。 25 既在海那边找着了,就对他说:“拉比,是几时到这里来的?” 26 耶稣回答说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:你们找我,并不是因见了神迹,乃是因吃饼得饱。 27 不要为那必坏的食物劳力,要为那存到永生的食物劳力,就是人子要赐给你们的,因为人子是父神所印证的。” 28 众人问他说:“我们当行什么,才算做神的工呢?” 29 耶稣回答说:“信神所差来的,这就是做神的工。” 30 他们又说:“你行什么神迹,叫我们看见就信你?你到底做什么事呢? 31 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪,如经上写着说:‘他从天上赐下粮来给他们吃。’” 32 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:那从天上来的粮不是摩西赐给你们的,乃是我父将天上来的真粮赐给你们。 33 因为神的粮就是那从天上降下来赐生命给世界的。”

耶稣为生命的粮

34 他们说:“主啊,常将这粮赐给我们!” 35 耶稣说:“我就是生命的粮。到我这里来的,必定不饿;信我的,永远不渴。 36 只是我对你们说过,你们已经看见我,还是不信。 37 凡父所赐给我的人,必到我这里来;到我这里来的,我总不丢弃他。 38 因为我从天上降下来,不是要按自己的意思行,乃是要按那差我来者的意思行。 39 差我来者的意思就是:他所赐给我的,叫我一个也不失落,在末日却叫他复活。 40 因为我父的意思是叫一切见子而信的人得永生,并且在末日我要叫他复活。”

犹太人议论主

41 犹太人因为耶稣说“我是从天上降下来的粮”,就私下议论他, 42 说:“这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗?他的父母我们岂不认得吗?他如今怎么说‘我是从天上降下来的’呢?” 43 耶稣回答说:“你们不要大家议论。 44 若不是差我来的父吸引人,就没有能到我这里来的;到我这里来的,在末日我要叫他复活。 45 在先知书上写着说:‘他们都要蒙神的教训。’凡听见父之教训又学习的,就到我这里来。 46 这不是说有人看见过父,唯独从神来的,他看见过父。 47 我实实在在地告诉你们:信的人有永生。 48 我就是生命的粮。 49 你们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪,还是死了; 50 这是从天上降下来的粮,叫人吃了就不死。 51 我是从天上降下来生命的粮,人若吃这粮,就必永远活着。我所要赐的粮就是我的肉,为世人之生命所赐的。”

52 因此,犹太人彼此争论说:“这个人怎能把他的肉给我们吃呢?” 53 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:你们若不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,就没有生命在你们里面。 54 吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生,在末日我要叫他复活。 55 我的肉真是可吃的,我的血真是可喝的。 56 吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我里面,我也常在他里面。 57 永活的父怎样差我来,我又因父活着,照样,吃我肉的人也要因我活着。 58 这就是从天上降下来的粮。吃这粮的人就永远活着,不像你们的祖宗吃过吗哪还是死了。” 59 这些话是耶稣在迦百农会堂里教训人说的。

主的话是灵是生命

60 他的门徒中有好些人听见了,就说:“这话甚难,谁能听呢?” 61 耶稣心里知道门徒为这话议论,就对他们说:“这话是叫你们厌弃[m]吗? 62 倘或你们看见人子升到他原来所在之处,怎么样呢? 63 叫人活着的乃是灵,肉体是无益的。我对你们所说的话就是灵,就是生命。 64 只是你们中间有不信的人。”耶稣从起头就知道谁不信他,谁要卖他。 65 耶稣又说:“所以我对你们说过,若不是蒙我父的恩赐,没有人能到我这里来。”

彼得认耶稣为神的圣者

66 从此,他门徒中多有退去的,不再和他同行。 67 耶稣就对那十二个门徒说:“你们也要去吗?” 68 西门彼得回答说:“主啊,你有永生之道,我们还归从谁呢? 69 我们已经信了,又知道你是神的圣者。” 70 耶稣说:“我不是拣选了你们十二个门徒吗?但你们中间有一个是魔鬼。” 71 耶稣这话是指着加略西门的儿子犹大说的,他本是十二个门徒里的一个,后来要卖耶稣的。

这事以后,耶稣在加利利游行,不愿在犹太游行,因为犹太人想要杀他。 当时犹太人的住棚节近了, 耶稣的弟兄就对他说:“你离开这里上犹太去吧,叫你的门徒也看见你所行的事。 人要显扬名声,没有在暗处行事的。你如果行这些事,就当将自己显明给世人看。” 因为连他的弟兄说这话,是因为不信他。 耶稣就对他们说:“我的时候还没有到,你们的时候常是方便的。 世人不能恨你们,却是恨我,因为我指证他们所做的事是恶的。 你们上去过节吧!我现在不上去过这节,因为我的时候还没有满。” 耶稣说了这话,仍旧住在加利利

众人为耶稣纷纷议论

10 但他弟兄上去以后,他也上去过节,不是明去,似乎是暗去的。 11 正在节期,犹太人寻找耶稣,说:“他在哪里?” 12 众人为他纷纷议论,有的说:“他是好人。”有的说:“不然,他是迷惑众人的。” 13 只是没有人明明地讲论他,因为怕犹太人。

14 到了节期,耶稣上殿里去教训人。 15 犹太人就稀奇说:“这个人没有学过,怎么明白书呢?” 16 耶稣说:“我的教训不是我自己的,乃是那差我来者的。 17 人若立志遵着他的旨意行,就必晓得这教训或是出于神,或是我凭着自己说的。 18 人凭着自己说,是求自己的荣耀;唯有求那差他来者的荣耀,这人是真的,在他心里没有不义。

不可按外貌定是非

19 摩西岂不是传律法给你们吗?你们却没有一个人守律法!为什么想要杀我呢?” 20 众人回答说:“你是被鬼附着了!谁想要杀你?” 21 耶稣说:“我做了一件事,你们都以为稀奇。 22 摩西传割礼给你们(其实不是从摩西起的,乃是从祖先起的),因此你们也在安息日给人行割礼。 23 人若在安息日受割礼,免得违背摩西的律法,我在安息日叫一个人全然好了,你们就向我生气吗? 24 不可按外貌断定是非,总要按公平断定是非。”

25 耶路撒冷人中有的说:“这不是他们想要杀的人吗? 26 你看,他还明明地讲道,他们也不向他说什么,难道官长真知道这是基督吗? 27 然而我们知道这个人从哪里来,只是基督来的时候,没有人知道他从哪里来。” 28 那时,耶稣在殿里教训人,大声说:“你们也知道我,也知道我从哪里来。我来并不是由于自己,但那差我来的是真的,你们不认识他。 29 我却认识他,因为我是从他来的,他也是差了我来。”

打发差役捉拿耶稣

30 他们就想要捉拿耶稣,只是没有人下手,因为他的时候还没有到。 31 但众人中间有好些信他的,说:“基督来的时候,他所行的神迹岂能比这人所行的更多吗?” 32 法利赛人听见众人为耶稣这样纷纷议论,祭司长和法利赛人就打发差役去捉拿他。 33 于是耶稣说:“我还有不多的时候和你们同在,以后就回到差我来的那里去。 34 你们要找我,却找不着,我所在的地方你们不能到。” 35 犹太人就彼此对问说:“这人要往哪里去,叫我们找不着呢?难道他要往散住希腊中的犹太人那里去教训希腊人吗? 36 他说‘你们要找我,却找不着,我所在的地方你们不能到’,这话是什么意思呢?”

渴者当来就耶稣

37 节期的末日,就是最大之日,耶稣站着高声说:“人若渴了,可以到我这里来喝! 38 信我的人就如经上所说,从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。” 39 耶稣这话是指着信他之人要受圣灵说的。那时还没有赐下圣灵来,因为耶稣尚未得着荣耀。 40 众人听见这话,有的说:“这真是那先知!” 41 有的说:“这是基督。”但也有的说:“基督岂是从加利利出来的吗? 42 经上岂不是说基督是大卫的后裔,从大卫本乡伯利恒出来的吗?” 43 于是众人因着耶稣起了纷争。 44 其中有人要捉拿他,只是无人下手。

没有人像耶稣说话

45 差役回到祭司长和法利赛人那里,他们对差役说:“你们为什么没有带他来呢?” 46 差役回答说:“从来没有像他这样说话的!” 47 法利赛人说:“你们也受了迷惑吗? 48 官长或是法利赛人岂有信他的呢? 49 但这些不明白律法的百姓是被咒诅的!” 50 内中有尼哥迪慕,就是从前去见耶稣的,对他们说: 51 “不先听本人的口供,不知道他所做的事,难道我们的律法还定他的罪吗?” 52 他们回答说:“你也是出于加利利吗?你且去查考,就可知道加利利没有出过先知。”

拿淫妇来质难主

于是各人都回家去了。耶稣却往橄榄山去。 清早又回到殿里,众百姓都到他那里去,他就坐下教训他们。 文士和法利赛人带着一个行淫时被拿的妇人来,叫她站在当中, 就对耶稣说:“夫子,这妇人是正行淫之时被拿的。 摩西在律法上吩咐我们把这样的妇人用石头打死,你说该把她怎么样呢?” 他们说这话乃试探耶稣,要得着告他的把柄。耶稣却弯着腰,用指头在地上画字。 他们还是不住地问他,耶稣就直起腰来,对他们说:“你们中间谁是没有罪的,谁就可以先拿石头打她。” 于是又弯着腰,用指头在地上画字。 他们听见这话,就从老到少,一个一个地都出去了,只剩下耶稣一人,还有那妇人仍然站在当中。

不要再犯罪

10 耶稣就直起腰来,对她说:“妇人,那些人在哪里呢?没有人定你的罪吗?” 11 她说:“主啊,没有。”耶稣说:“我也不定你的罪。去吧,从此不要再犯罪了!”

主是世界的光

12 耶稣又对众人说:“我是世界的光。跟从我的,就不在黑暗里走,必要得着生命的光。” 13 法利赛人对他说:“你是为自己作见证,你的见证不真。” 14 耶稣说:“我虽然为自己作见证,我的见证还是真的;因我知道我从哪里来,往哪里去。你们却不知道我从哪里来,往哪里去。 15 你们是以外貌[n]判断人,我却不判断人。 16 就是判断人,我的判断也是真的,因为不是我独自在这里,还有差我来的父与我同在。 17 你们的律法上也记着说:‘两个人的见证是真的。’ 18 我是为自己作见证,还有差我来的父也是为我作见证。” 19 他们就问他说:“你的父在哪里?”耶稣回答说:“你们不认识我,也不认识我的父;若是认识我,也就认识我的父。” 20 这些话是耶稣在殿里的库房教训人时所说的,也没有人拿他,因为他的时候还没有到。

不信主的必死在罪里

21 耶稣又对他们说:“我要去了,你们要找我,并且你们要死在罪中。我所去的地方你们不能到。” 22 犹太人说:“他说‘我所去的地方你们不能到’,难道他要自尽吗?” 23 耶稣对他们说:“你们是从下头来的,我是从上头来的;你们是属这世界的,我不是属这世界的。 24 所以我对你们说,你们要死在罪中;你们若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中。” 25 他们就问他说:“你是谁?”耶稣对他们说:“就是我从起初所告诉你们的。 26 我有许多事讲论你们,判断你们;但那差我来的是真的,我在他那里所听见的,我就传给世人。” 27 他们不明白耶稣是指着父说的。 28 所以耶稣说:“你们举起人子以后,必知道我是基督,并且知道我没有一件事是凭着自己做的。我说这些话乃是照着父所教训我的。 29 那差我来的是与我同在,他没有撇下我独自在这里,因为我常做他所喜悦的事。” 30 耶稣说这话的时候,就有许多人信他。

真理叫人得以自由

31 耶稣对信他的犹太人说:“你们若常常遵守我的道,就真是我的门徒, 32 你们必晓得真理,真理必叫你们得以自由。” 33 他们回答说:“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔,从来没有做过谁的奴仆,你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢?” 34 耶稣回答说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:所有犯罪的就是罪的奴仆。 35 奴仆不能永远住在家里,儿子是永远住在家里。 36 所以天父的儿子若叫你们自由,你们就真自由了。

谁为亚伯拉罕的真子孙

37 “我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙,你们却想要杀我,因为你们心里容不下我的道。 38 我所说的,是在我父那里看见的;你们所行的,是在你们的父那里听见的。” 39 他们说:“我们的父就是亚伯拉罕!”耶稣说:“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿子,就必行亚伯拉罕所行的事。 40 我将在神那里所听见的真理告诉了你们,现在你们却想要杀我,这不是亚伯拉罕所行的事。 41 你们是行你们父所行的事。”他们说:“我们不是从淫乱生的。我们只有一位父,就是神!”

出于神的必听神的话

42 耶稣说:“倘若神是你们的父,你们就必爱我。因为我本是出于神,也是从神而来;并不是由着自己来,乃是他差我来。 43 你们为什么不明白我的话呢?无非是因你们不能听我的道。 44 你们是出于你们的父魔鬼,你们父的私欲你们偏要行。他从起初是杀人的,不守真理,因他心里没有真理。他说谎是出于自己,因他本来是说谎的,也是说谎之人的父。 45 我将真理告诉你们,你们就因此不信我。 46 你们中间谁能指证我有罪呢?我既然将真理告诉你们,为什么不信我呢? 47 出于神的必听神的话,你们不听,因为你们不是出于神。” 48 犹太人回答说:“我们说你是撒马利亚人,并且是鬼附着的,这话岂不正对吗?” 49 耶稣说:“我不是鬼附着的。我尊敬我的父,你们倒轻慢我。 50 我不求自己的荣耀,有一位为我求荣耀、定是非的。 51 我实实在在地告诉你们:人若遵守我的道,就永远不见死。” 52 犹太人对他说:“现在我们知道你是鬼附着的。亚伯拉罕死了,众先知也死了,你还说‘人若遵守我的道,就永远不尝死味’。 53 难道你比我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕还大吗?他死了,众先知也死了。你将自己当做什么人呢?” 54 耶稣回答说:“我若荣耀自己,我的荣耀就算不得什么。荣耀我的乃是我的父,就是你们所说是你们的神。 55 你们未曾认识他,我却认识他。我若说不认识他,我就是说谎的,像你们一样。但我认识他,也遵守他的道。

耶稣言己在亚伯拉罕之先

56 “你们的祖宗亚伯拉罕欢欢喜喜地仰望我的日子,既看见了,就快乐。” 57 犹太人说:“你还没有五十岁,岂见过亚伯拉罕呢?” 58 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们:还没有亚伯拉罕就有了我。” 59 于是他们拿石头要打他,耶稣却躲藏,从殿里出去了。

医好生来瞎眼的

耶稣过去的时候,看见一个人生来是瞎眼的。 门徒问耶稣说:“拉比,这人生来是瞎眼的,是谁犯了罪?是这人呢,是他父母呢?” 耶稣回答说:“也不是这人犯了罪,也不是他父母犯了罪,是要在他身上显出神的作为来。 趁着白日,我们必须做那差我来者的工;黑夜将到,就没有人能做工了。 我在世上的时候,是世上的光。” 耶稣说了这话,就吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和泥抹在瞎子的眼睛上, 对他说:“你往西罗亚池子里去洗。”(“西罗亚”翻出来就是“奉差遣”。)他去一洗,回头就看见了。 他的邻舍和那素常见他是讨饭的,就说:“这不是那从前坐着讨饭的人吗?” 有人说:“是他。”又有人说:“不是,却是像他。”他自己说:“是我。” 10 他们对他说:“你的眼睛是怎样开的呢?” 11 他回答说:“有一个人名叫耶稣,他和泥抹我的眼睛,对我说:‘你往西罗亚池子去洗。’我去一洗,就看见了。” 12 他们说:“那个人在哪里?”他说:“我不知道。”

法利赛人盘问医好的瞎子

13 他们把从前瞎眼的人带到法利赛人那里。 14 耶稣和泥开他眼睛的日子是安息日。 15 法利赛人也问他是怎么得看见的。瞎子对他们说:“他把泥抹在我的眼睛上,我去一洗,就看见了。” 16 法利赛人中有的说:“这个人不是从神来的,因为他不守安息日。”又有人说:“一个罪人怎能行这样的神迹呢?”他们就起了纷争。 17 他们又对瞎子说:“他既然开了你的眼睛,你说他是怎样的人呢?”他说:“是个先知。” 18 犹太人不信他从前是瞎眼、后来能看见的,等到叫了他的父母来, 19 问他们说:“这是你们的儿子吗?你们说他生来是瞎眼的,如今怎么能看见了呢?”

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 1:24 或作:那差来的是法利赛人。
  2. 约翰福音 1:28 有古卷作:伯大巴喇。
  3. 约翰福音 1:29 或作:背负。
  4. 约翰福音 1:42 “约翰”在《马太福音》16章17节称“约拿”。
  5. 约翰福音 2:4 原文作:妇人。
  6. 约翰福音 3:15 或作:叫一切信的人在他里面得永生。
  7. 约翰福音 3:17 或作:审判世人。下同。
  8. 约翰福音 3:36 原文作:不得见永生。
  9. 约翰福音 4:24 或无“个”字。
  10. 约翰福音 4:35 原文作:发白。
  11. 约翰福音 5:3 有古卷在此有:等候水动,4因为有天使按时下池子搅动那水,水动之后,谁先下去,无论害什么病就痊愈了。
  12. 约翰福音 5:39 或作:应当查考圣经。
  13. 约翰福音 6:61 “厌弃”原文作“跌倒”。
  14. 约翰福音 8:15 原文作:凭肉身。

The Word Became Flesh

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

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

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

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(BW) Jesus’ mother(BX) was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

“Woman,[l](BY) why do you involve me?”(BZ) Jesus replied. “My hour(CA) has not yet come.”

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

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

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, 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

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(DD) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(DE) 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)

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

“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!”

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) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[q] gives birth to spirit.(DL) You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[r] must be born again.’ 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)

“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

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(FB) although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(FC) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(FD) So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(FE) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(FF) (His disciples had gone into the town(FG) to buy food.)

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.

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 … ?
  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