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Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
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In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
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He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
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The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
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Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
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For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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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.
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The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
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But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
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To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
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The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
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For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
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So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
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When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
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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.”
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but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
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The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
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When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.
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For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
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For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.
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For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
