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chapter 1

     The Word Became Flesh

     1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the

     beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was

     made. 4In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness

     has not overcome it.

     6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about the

     light, that all might believe through him. 8He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

     9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world

     was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11He came to his own, and his own people did not

     receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children

     of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

     14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from

     the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I

     said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'") 16And from his fullness we have

     all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus

     Christ. 18No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

     The Testimony of John the Baptist

     19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who

     are you?" 20He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." 21And they asked him,

     "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." 22So they

     said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about

     yourself?" 23He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'

     as the prophet Isaiah said."

     24(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are

     neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" 26John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you

     stands one you do not know, 27even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to

     untie." 28These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

     Behold, the Lamb of God

     29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the

     sin of the world! 30This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was

     before me.' 31I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be

     revealed to Israel." 32And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it

     remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on

     whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34And I have seen

     and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."

     Jesus Calls the First Disciples

     35The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36and he looked at Jesus as he walked by

     and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38Jesus

     turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi"

     (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came

     and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40One of

     the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41He first found his

     own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). 42He brought him to

     Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which

     means Peter).

     Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

     43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." 44Now Philip was

     from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him

     of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 46Nathanael

     said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47Jesus saw

     Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

     48Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you

     were under the fig tree, I saw you." 49Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the

     King of Israel!" 50Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe?

     You will see greater things than these." 51And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven

     opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

chapter 2

     The Wedding at Cana

     1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus also

     was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They

     have no wine." 4And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet

     come." 5His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

     6Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty

     gallons. 7Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8And he

     said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. 9When the master

     of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants

     who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10and said to him, "Everyone

     serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the

     good wine until now." 11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And

     his disciples believed in him.

     12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed

     there for a few days.

     Jesus Cleanses the Temple

     13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found those

     who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of

     cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the

     money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things

     away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade." 17His disciples remembered that it was written,

     "Zeal for your house will consume me."

     18So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" 19Jesus answered them,

     "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years

     to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21But he was speaking about the temple of his

     body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and

     they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

     Jesus Knows What Is in Man

     23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs

     that he was doing. 24But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25and

     needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

chapter 3

     You Must Be Born Again

     1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2This man came to Jesus by

     night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs

     that you do unless God is with him." 3Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again

     he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he

     enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless

     one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is

     flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born

     again.' 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from

     or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

     9Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 10Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel

     and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and

     bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly

     things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into

     heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the

     wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

     For God So Loved the World

     16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but

     have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the

     world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not

     believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is

     the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because

     their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the

     light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may

     be clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God."

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

     22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and

     was baptizing. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people

     were coming and being baptized 24(for John had not yet been put in prison)

     25Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification. 26And they came to

     John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness--look, he is

     baptizing, and all are going to him." 27John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is

     given him from heaven. 28You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been

     sent before him.' 29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands

     and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30He

     must increase, but I must decrease."

     31He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an

     earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet

     no one receives his testimony. 33Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. 34For

     he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. 35The Father loves

     the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does

     not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

chapter 4

     Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

     1Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples

     than John 2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3he left Judea and departed again

     for Galilee. 4And he had to pass through Samaria. 5So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the

     field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his

     journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

     7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." 8(For his disciples had

     gone away into the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for

     a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered her,

     "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him,

     and he would have given you living water." 11The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw water

     with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12Are you greater than our father Jacob? He

     gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock." 13Jesus 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 will never

     be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal

     life." 15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to

     draw water."

     16Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." 17The woman answered him, "I have no

     husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; 18 for you have had five husbands,

     and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true." 19The woman said to him, "Sir, I

     perceive that you are a prophet. 20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is

     the place where people ought to worship." 21Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when

     neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know;

     we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when

     the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship

     him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." 25The woman said to him,

     "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things." 26Jesus

     said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

     27Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said,

     "What do you seek?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" 28So the woman left her water jar and went away

     into town and said to the people, 29"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"

     30They went out of the town and were coming to him.

     31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32But he said to them, "I have food to eat

     that you do not know about." 33So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him something to

     eat?" 34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 35 Do

     you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see

     that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for

     eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and

     another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have

     entered into their labor."

     39Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I

     ever did." 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there

     two days. 41And many more believed because of his word. 42They said to the woman, "It is no longer

     because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed

     the Savior of the world."

     43After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor

     in his own hometown.) 45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he

     had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.

     Jesus Heals an Official's Son

     46So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an

     official whose son was ill. 47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him

     and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48So Jesus said to him,

     "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." 49The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my

     child dies." 50Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him

     and went on his way. 51As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was

     recovering. 52So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at

     the seventh hour the fever left him." 53The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your

     son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household. 54This was now the second sign that Jesus did

     when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

chapter 5

     The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

     1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

     2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed

     colonnades. 3In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5One man was there who had

     been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been

     there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" 7The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no

     one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before

     me." 8Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." 9And at once the man was healed, and he

     took up his bed and walked.Now that day was the Sabbath. 10So the Jews said to the man who had been

     healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." 11But he answered them, "The

     man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'" 12They asked him, "Who is the man

     who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?" 13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it

     was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple

     and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you." 15The man went

     away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16And this was why the Jews were

     persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus answered them, "My

     Father is working until now, and I am working."

     Jesus Is Equal with God

     18This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the

     Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

     The Authority of the Son

     19So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what

     he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves

     the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that

     you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom

     he will. 22 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 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. 24

     Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not

     come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

     25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear 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 in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of

     Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and

     come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the

     resurrection of judgment.

     Witnesses to Jesus

     30 "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will

     but the will of him who sent me. 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true. 32

     There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

     33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from

     man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were

     willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the

     works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me

     that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice

     you have never heard, his form you have never seen, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you

     do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you

     have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may

     have life. 41 I do not receive glory from people. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God within

     you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you

     will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory

     that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who

     accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me; for

     he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

chapter 6

     Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

     1After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2And a large

     crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3Jesus went up on the

     mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

     5Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where

     are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" 6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he

     would do. 7Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a

     little." 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9"There is a boy here who has five

     barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?" 10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now

     there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11Jesus then took

     the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish,

     as much as they wanted. 12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the leftover

     fragments, that nothing may be lost." 13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments

     from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten. 14When the people saw the sign that he had done,

     they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

     15Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew

     again to the mountain by himself.

     Jesus Walks on Water

     16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17got into a boat, and started across the sea to

     Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18The sea became rough because a

     strong wind was blowing. 19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the

     sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20But he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid."

     21Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they

     were going.

     I Am the Bread of Life

     22On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one

     boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away

     alone. 23Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had

     given thanks. 24So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into

     the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

     25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

     26Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but

     because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that

     endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."

     28Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29Jesus answered them, "This is

     the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." 30So they said to him, "Then what sign do you

     do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31Our fathers ate the manna in the

     wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32Jesus then said to them, "Truly,

     truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true

     bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

     34They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."

     35Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in

     me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the

     Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down

     from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent

     me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the

     will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will

     raise him up on the last day."

     41So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." 42They

     said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have

     come down from heaven'?" 43Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come

     to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the

     Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to

     me-- 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly,

     truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna

     in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of

     it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live

     forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

     52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53So Jesus

     said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you

     have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up

     on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and

     drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father,

     so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven,

     not as the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." 59Jesus said these things in

     the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

     The Words of Eternal Life

     60When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61But Jesus,

     knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? 62

     Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives

     life; the flesh is of no avail. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of

     you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it

     was who would betray him.) 65And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is

     granted him by the Father."

     66After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67So Jesus said to the Twelve,

     "Do you want to go away as well?" 68Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the

     words of eternal life, 69and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

     70Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil." 71He spoke of

     Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

chapter 7

     Jesus at the Feast of Booths

     1After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill

     him. 2Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. 3So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea,

     that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4For no one works in secret if he seeks to be

     known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world." 5For not even his brothers believed in him.

     6Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you,

     but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up

     to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come." 9After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

     10But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11The

     Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?" 12And there was much muttering about him

     among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray."

     13Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

     14About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15The Jews therefore

     marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?" 16So Jesus answered

     them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know

     whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on

     his own authority seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in

     him there is no falsehood. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you

     seek to kill me?" 20The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" 21Jesus answered

     them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses,

     but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives

     circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I

     made a man's whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."

     Can This Be the Christ?

     25Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26And here he

     is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the

     Christ? 27But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he

     comes from." 28So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come

     from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know. 29 I know

     him, for I come from him, and he sent me." 30So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on

     him, because his hour had not yet come. 31Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the

     Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

     Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

     32The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent

     officers to arrest him. 33Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who

     sent me. 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come." 35The Jews said to one

     another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion

     among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36What does he mean by saying, 'You will seek me and you will not

     find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'?"

     Rivers of Living Water

     37On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come

     to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of

     living water.'" 39Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as

     yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

     Division Among the People

     40When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet." 41Others said, "This is

     the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42Has not the Scripture said that the Christ

     comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" 43So there was

     a division among the people over him. 44Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

     45The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"

     46The officers answered, "No one ever spoke like this man!" 47The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also

     been deceived? 48Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49But this crowd that does

     not know the law is accursed." 50Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to

     them, 51"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" 52They

     replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."

     The Woman Caught in Adultery

     [The earliest manuscripts do not include John 7:53-8:11]

     53 [[They went each to his own house,

chapter 8

     1but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people

     came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had

     been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been

     caught in the act of adultery. 5Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you

     say?" 6This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down

     and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them,

     "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." 8And once more he bent down

     and wrote on the ground. 9But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older

     ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10Jesus stood up and said to her,

     "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither

     do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."]]

     I Am the Light of the World

     12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in

     darkness, but will have the light of life." 13So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about

     yourself; your testimony is not true." 14Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my

     testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come

     from or where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, my

     judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. 17 In your Law it is

     written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the

     Father who sent me bears witness about me." 19They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus

     answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20These

     words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had

     not yet come.

     21So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am

     going, you cannot come." 22So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you

     cannot come'?" 23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of

     this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in

     your sins." 25So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from

     the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I

     declare to the world what I have heard from him." 27They did not understand that he had been speaking to

     them about the Father. 28So Jesus said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will

     know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. 29

     And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

     30As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

     The Truth Will Set You Free

     31So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32

     and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 33They answered him, "We are offspring of

     Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"

     34Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35 The slave

     does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free

     indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place

     in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

     You Are of Your Father the Devil

     39They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you

     would be doing what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I

     heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did." They said to him, "We

     were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father--even God." 42Jesus said to them, "If God were your

     Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but He sent

     me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are

     of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning,

     and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his

     own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

     46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God

     hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."

     Before Abraham Was, I Am

     48The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49Jesus

     answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own

     glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word,

     he will never see death." 52The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as

     did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.' 53Are you greater than

     our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?" 54Jesus

     answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is

     our God.' 55 But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a

     liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my

     day. He saw it and was glad." 57So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen

     Abraham?" 58Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." 59So they picked up

     stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

chapter 9

     Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

     1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man

     or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents,

     but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is

     day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

     6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's

     eyes with the mud 7and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and

     washed and came back seeing.

     8The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used

     to sit and beg?" 9Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man."

     10So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" 11He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud

     and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my

     sight." 12They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

     13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14Now it was a Sabbath day when

     Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.

     And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16Some of the Pharisees said, "This

     man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do

     such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say

     about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

     18The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of

     the man who had received his sight 19and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How

     then does he now see?" 20His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

     21But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will

     speak for himself." 22(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already

     agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

     23Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

     24So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We

     know that this man is a sinner." 25He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know,

     that though I was blind, now I see." 26They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your

     eyes?" 27He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it

     again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" 28And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but

     we are disciples of Moses. 29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know

     where he comes from." 30The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he

     comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a

     worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32Never since the world began has it been heard that

     anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 34They

     answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.

     35Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

     36He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and

     it is he who is speaking to you." 38He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. 39Jesus said, "For

     judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."

     40Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" 41Jesus said to

     them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.

chapter 10

     I Am the Good Shepherd

     1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way,

     that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the

     gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4

     When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

     5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

     6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

     7So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before

     me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me,

     he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

     I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays

     down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees

     the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees

     because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and

     my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the

     sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my

     voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down

     my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have

     authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my

     Father."

     19There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20Many of them said, "He has a

     demon, and is insane; why listen to him?" 21Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed

     by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

     I and the Father Are One

     22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was walking in

     the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will

     you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you

     do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe

     because you are not part of my flock. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I

     give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father,

     who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30

     I and the Father are one."

     31The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good

     works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" 33The Jews answered him, "It is not

     for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself

     God." 34Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? 35 If he called them gods

     to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be broken-- 36 do you say of him whom the Father

     consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? 37 If I am

     not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not

     believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the

     Father." 39Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

     40He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he

     remained. 41And many came to him. And they said, "John did no sign, but everything that John said about

     this man was true." 42And many believed in him there.

chapter 11

     The Death of Lazarus

     1Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2It was Mary who

     anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3So the

     sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." 4But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does

     not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

     5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two

     days longer in the place where he was. 7Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

     8The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there

     again?" 9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not

     stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because

     the light is not in him." 11After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but