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And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
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“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
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and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
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In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
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Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.
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But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
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Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized.
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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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The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
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Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
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“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
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Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
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Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
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and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.
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When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”
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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).
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After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
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Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
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Division Over Who Jesus Is
At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
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The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
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On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
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Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
