The Testimony of John the Baptist

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”

The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?”

The New Birth

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification.

So the 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 Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”

You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

The Healing at Bethesda

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

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

The man went away, and informed the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath.

Jesus’ Equality with God

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

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Words to the Jews

So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.”

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?”

However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for fear of the Jews.

The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, not having been educated?”

The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He?

So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’ ?”