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John 4-6
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Jesus Goes to Galilee

4 So then, when (A)the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that [a]He was making and (B)baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although (C)Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His (D)disciples were), 3 He left (E)Judea and went away (F)again to Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through (G)Samaria. 5 So He *came to a city of (H)Samaria called Sychar, near (I)the parcel of land that (J)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 [b]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 (K)disciples had gone away to (L)the city to buy food. 9 So the (M)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 (N)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 (O)living water.” 11 She *said to Him, “[c]Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do You get this (P)living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who (Q)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 (R)shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to (S)eternal life.”

15 The woman *said to Him, “[d]Sir, (T)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, “[e]Sir, I perceive that You are (U)a prophet. 20 (V)Our fathers worshiped on (W)this mountain, and yet you Jews say that (X)in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Believe Me, woman, that [f](Y)a time is coming when you will worship the Father (Z)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 (AA)You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because (AB)salvation is from the Jews. 23 But [g](AC)a time is coming, and [h]even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (AD)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be [i]His worshipers. 24 God is [j]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship (AE)in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that (AF)Messiah is coming ((AG)He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “(AH)I am He, the One speaking to you.”

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

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “(AL)Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the (AM)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to (AN)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (AO)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 (AP)for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving (AQ)wages and is gathering (AR)fruit for (AS)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: ‘(AT)One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have [l]come into their labor.”

The Samaritans

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

43 And after (AX)the two days, He departed from there for Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that (AY)a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, only because (AZ)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 (BA)Cana of Galilee, (BB)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at (BC)Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come (BD)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 [n](BE)signs and (BF)wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[o]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “(BG)Go; your son [p]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 [q]son was [r]alive. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [s]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 (BH)his entire household. 54 This is again a (BI)second [t]sign that Jesus performed when He had (BJ)come from Judea into Galilee.

The Healing at Bethesda

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

2 Now in Jerusalem, by (BL)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which (BM)in [u]Hebrew is called [v]Bethesda, having five [w]porticoes. 3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [x]paralyzed.[y] 5 Now a man was there who had been [z]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, “(BN)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

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

Jesus’ Equality with God

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

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

Two Resurrections

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, [ac](CI)a time is coming and [ad]even now has arrived, when (CJ)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (CK)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He (CL)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (CM)execute judgment, because He is [ae]the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this; for [af](CN)a time is coming when (CO)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come out: (CP)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “(CQ)I can do nothing [ag]on My own. As I hear, I judge; and (CR)My judgment is [ah]righteous, because I do not seek My own will but (CS)the will of Him who sent Me.

31 “(CT)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not [ai]true. 32 There is (CU)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 (CV)has testified to the truth. 34 But (CW)the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was (CX)the lamp that was burning and shining, and you (CY)were willing to rejoice for [aj]a while in his light.

Testimony of Works

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

Testimony of the Father

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

Testimony of the Scripture

39 [ak](DF)You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is (DG)those very Scriptures that testify about Me; 40 and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 (DH)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 [al]receive Me; (DI)if another comes in his own name, you will [am]receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you [an](DJ)accept [ao]glory from one another and you do not seek (DK)the [ap]glory that is from (DL)the one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is (DM)Moses, in whom you have put your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for (DN)he wrote about Me. 47 But (DO)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Five Thousand Men Fed

6 After these things (DP)Jesus went away to the other side of (DQ)the Sea of Galilee (or (DR)Tiberias). 2 A large crowd was following Him, because they were watching the [aq](DS)signs which He was performing on those who were sick. 3 But (DT)Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. 4 Now (DU)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 (DV)Philip, “Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6 But He was saying this only to (DW)test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do. 7 (DX)Philip answered Him, “(DY)Two hundred [ar]denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!” 8 One of His (DZ)disciples, (EA)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two (EB)fish; but what are these for so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people recline to eat.” Now there was (EC)plenty of grass in the place. So the men reclined, about [as](ED)five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and (EE)after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were reclining; likewise also of the (EF)fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, He *said to His (EG)disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve (EH)baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Therefore when the people saw the [at]sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the (EI)Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

15 So Jesus, aware that they [au]intended to come and take Him by force (EJ)to make Him king, (EK)withdrew again to (EL)the mountain by Himself, alone.

16 Now when evening came, His (EM)disciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea (EN)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 [av]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; [aw](EO)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 (EP)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 (EQ)had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone. 23 Other small boats came from (ER)Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the (ES)Lord (ET)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 (EU)came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “(EV)Rabbi, when did You get here?”

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you (EW)seek Me, not because you saw [ax](EX)signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not (EY)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for (EZ)eternal life, which (FA)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, (FB)has set His [ay]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 (FC)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He (FD)has sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “(FE)What then are You doing as a (FF)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? 31 (FG)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘(FH)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 [az]that which (FI)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always (FJ)give us this bread.”

35 Jesus said to them, “(FK)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me (FL)will never be thirsty. 36 But (FM)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. 37 (FN)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 (FO)I have come down from heaven, (FP)not to do My own will, but (FQ)the will of Him who (FR)sent Me. 39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of (FS)everything that He has given Me I will (FT)lose nothing, but will (FU)raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who (FV)sees the Son and (FW)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will (FX)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

41 (FY)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that (FZ)came down out of heaven.” 42 And they were saying, “(GA)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (GB)we know? How does He now say, ‘(GC)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 (GD)draws him; and I will (GE)raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written (GF)in the Prophets: ‘(GG)And they shall all be (GH)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 (GI)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 (GJ)has eternal life. 48 (GK)I am the bread of life. 49 (GL)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that (GM)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and (GN)not die. 51 (GO)I am the living bread that (GP)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, (GQ)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give (GR)for the life of the world also is (GS)My flesh.”

52 (GT)Then the Jews (GU)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 (GV)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 (GW)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 (GX)remains in Me, and I in him. 57 Just as the (GY)living Father (GZ)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 (HA)came down out of heaven, not as (HB)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread (HC)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said (HD)in the synagogue as He taught (HE)in Capernaum.

60 So then many of His (HF)disciples, when they heard this, said, “(HG)This statement is very [ba]unpleasant; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, (HH)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this [bb](HI)offensive to you? 62 What then if you see (HJ)the Son of Man (HK)ascending to where He was before? 63 (HL)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; (HM)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. 64 But there are (HN)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus (HO)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and (HP)who it was who would [bc]betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have (HQ)told you that no one can come to Me unless (HR)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His (HS)disciples (HT)left, and would no longer walk with Him. 67 So Jesus said to (HU)the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?” 68 (HV)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have (HW)words of eternal life. 69 And we have already believed and have come to know that You are (HX)the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “(HY)Did I Myself not choose you, (HZ)the twelve? And yet one of you is (IA)a devil.” 71 Now He meant Judas (IB)the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, (IC)one of (ID)the twelve, [bd]was going to betray Him.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:1 Lit Jesus
  2. John 4:6 I.e., noon
  3. John 4:11 Or Lord
  4. John 4:15 Or Lord
  5. John 4:19 Or Lord
  6. John 4:21 Lit an hour
  7. John 4:23 Lit an hour
  8. John 4:23 Lit now is, when
  9. John 4:23 Lit the ones worshiping Him
  10. John 4:24 Or Spirit
  11. John 4:29 I.e., Messiah
  12. John 4:38 I.e., enjoyed the fruit of their labor
  13. John 4:40 Lit Him
  14. John 4:48 I.e., confirming miracles
  15. John 4:49 Or Lord
  16. John 4:50 I.e., is well
  17. John 4:51 Or boy
  18. John 4:51 I.e., well
  19. John 4:52 I.e., 1 p.m.
  20. John 4:54 I.e., confirming miracle
  21. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
  22. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha
  23. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs)
  24. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs
  25. 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
  26. John 5:5 Lit in his sickness
  27. John 5:17 I.e., has been and continues
  28. John 5:19 Lit that One
  29. John 5:25 Lit an hour
  30. John 5:25 Lit now is, when
  31. John 5:27 Or a son of man
  32. John 5:28 Lit an hour
  33. John 5:30 Or of Myself
  34. John 5:30 Or fair
  35. John 5:31 I.e., admissible as legal evidence
  36. John 5:35 Lit an hour
  37. John 5:39 Or (a command) Examine the Scriptures
  38. John 5:43 Or accept
  39. John 5:43 Or accept
  40. John 5:44 Or receive
  41. John 5:44 Or honor
  42. John 5:44 Or honor
  43. John 6:2 I.e., confirming miracles
  44. John 6:7 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  45. John 6:10 I.e., 5,000 men plus women and children, cf. Matt 14:21
  46. John 6:14 I.e., confirming miracle
  47. John 6:15 Or were about
  48. John 6:19 Possibly 3-4 miles or 4.8-6.4 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
  49. John 6:20 Or stop being afraid
  50. John 6:26 I.e., confirming miracles
  51. John 6:27 I.e., of identification or authenticity
  52. John 6:33 Or He who comes
  53. John 6:60 Or hard
  54. John 6:61 Or shocking
  55. John 6:64 Or hand Him over
  56. John 6:71 Or was intending to
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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(A)— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

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

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

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.”(H)

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(I) 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.(J) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(K) welling up to eternal life.”(L)

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

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

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

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

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

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

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

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(AD) 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(AE) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(AF) 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.(AG) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(AH) a crop for eternal life,(AI) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(AJ) 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(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(AL) 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.”(AM)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

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

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AQ) 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,(AR) 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,”(AS) 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(AT) believed.

54 This was the second sign(AU) 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(AV) a pool, which in Aramaic(AW) is called Bethesda[b] 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] [c] 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.”(AX) 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

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

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

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

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(BO) has eternal life(BP) and will not be judged(BQ) but has crossed over from death to life.(BR) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(BS) when the dead will hear(BT) 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(BU) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(BV) because he is the Son of Man.

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

Testimonies About Jesus

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

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

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(CH) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(CI)—testify that the Father has sent me.(CJ) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(CK) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(CL) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(CM) for you do not believe(CN) the one he sent.(CO) 39 You study[d] the Scriptures(CP) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(CQ) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(CR) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(CS) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(CT) 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[e]?(CU)

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

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(CZ)

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

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

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

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,(DG) 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(DH) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(DI) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(DJ) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(DK)

Jesus Walks on the Water(DL)

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,[g] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(DM) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(DN) 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(DO) 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.(DP) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(DQ) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(DR) 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,(DS) when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(DT) not because you saw the signs(DU) 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(DV) to eternal life,(DW) which the Son of Man(DX) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(DY) 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(DZ) in the one he has sent.”(EA)

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

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(EF) and gives life to the world.”

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

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(EH) the bread of life.(EI) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(EJ) in me will never be thirsty.(EK) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(EL) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(EM) not to do my will but to do the will(EN) of him who sent me.(EO) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(EP) but raise them up at the last day.(EQ) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(ER) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(ES) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(ET) whose father and mother we know?(EU) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(EV)

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(EW) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[i](EX) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(EY) only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.(EZ) 48 I am the bread of life.(FA) 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.(FB) 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(FC) which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread(FD) that came down from heaven.(FE) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(FF)

52 Then the Jews(FG) began to argue sharply among themselves,(FH) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh(FI) of the Son of Man(FJ) and drink his blood,(FK) you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.(FL) 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.(FM) 57 Just as the living Father sent me(FN) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”(FO) 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(FP) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(FQ)

61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(FR) 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(FS) ascend to where he was before!(FT) 63 The Spirit gives life;(FU) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[j] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known(FV) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.(FW) 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”(FX)

66 From this time many of his disciples(FY) turned back and no longer followed him.

67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.(FZ)

68 Simon Peter answered him,(GA) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(GB) 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(GC)

70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(GD) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(GE) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(GF) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(GG)

Footnotes

  1. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
  2. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  3. 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.
  4. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  5. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
  6. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
  7. John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
  8. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
  9. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
  10. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit
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