4 [24:25]And he said to them, O foolish men, and of a mind slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken. [24:26]Ought not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? [24:27]And from Moses, and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. [24:28]And they approached the village to which they were going; and he pretended to be going farther. [24:29]And they urged him, saying, Remain with us, for it is near evening, and the day is already past. And he went in to remain with them; [24:30]and when he reclined with them, taking bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave them. [24:31]And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished from their sight. [24:32]And they said one to the other, Did not our hearts burn within us when he spoke to us on the way? when he opened to us the Scriptures? [24:33]And rising up the same hour they returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven, and those with them, assembled together, [24:34]saying, The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. [24:35]And they related the things on the way, and how he was known to them by the breaking of bread.

5 [24:36]And as they were saying these things he stood in the midst of them; [24:37]and they being terrified and afraid, thought they saw a spirit. [24:38] And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do doubts arise in your minds? [24:39]See my hands and my feet, that I am he; feel of me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have. [24:41]And while they yet disbelieved from joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you any food here? [24:42]And they gave him part of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb; [24:43] and taking it, he eat before them.

6 [24:44]And he said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things written in the law of Moses, and Prophets, and Psalms, concerning me, must be fully accomplished. [24:45]Then he opened their understanding to understand the Scriptures, [24:46]and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day, [24:47]and that a change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. [24:48]You are witnesses of these things. [24:49]Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but remain in the city till you are endued with power from on high.

7 [24:50]And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, blessed them; [24:51]and while he was blessing them he departed from them. [24:52]And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, [24:53]and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.



THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

CHAPTER I.

THE WORD.

1 [1:1]IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [1:2]This [Word] was in the beginning with God. [1:3]All things existed through him, and without him not one thing existed, which existed. [1:4] In him was life, and the life was the light of men; [1:5]and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

2 [1:6]There was a man, sent by God, whose name was John. [1:7]This man came for a testimony, to testify of the light, that all might believe through him. [1:8]He was not the light, but to testify of the light. [1:9]The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world. [1:10]He was in the world, and the world existed through him, and the world knew him not. [1:11] He came to his own, and his own received him not. [1:12]But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name, [1:13]who are born not of superior blood, nor of a will of the flesh, nor of a will of man, but of God.

3 [1:14]And the Word became flesh and tabernacled with us and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only child with a father, full of grace and truth. [1:15]John testified of him, and cried, saying, This is the one of whom I said, He that comes after me existed before me, for he was before me. [1:16]For we all have received of his fullness, and grace for grace; [1:17]for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth were by Jesus Christ. [1:18]No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him].



CHAPTER II.

CHRIST DECLARED TO BE THE MESSIAH, AND COMMENCING HIS MINISTRY.

1 [1:19]AND this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, Who are you? [1:20]And he confessed and denied not, and confessed, I am not the Christ. [1:21]And they asked him, What then? are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered, No. [1:22]Then they said to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us; what say you of yourself? [1:23]He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet said.

2 [1:24]And those sent were of the Pharisees. [1:25]And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? [1:26]John answered them saying, I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you know not. [1:27]He is the one coming after me, the strings of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. [1:28]These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

3 [1:29]On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. [1:30]This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who was before me, for he was before me. [1:31]And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason have I come baptizing with water. [1:32]And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. [1:33]And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the Holy Spirit. [1:34]And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

4 [1:35]On the next day John was again standing, and two of his disciples, [1:36]and looking at Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God. [1:37]And his two disciples heard him say this, and followed Jesus. [1:38]And Jesus turning around, and seeing them following, said to them, What do you seek? And they said to him, Rabbi, which interpreted signifies Teacher, where do you stay? [1:39]He said to them, Come and see. Then they went and saw where he staid, and staid with him that day; it was about the tenth hour. [1:40]Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him; [1:41]he first found his brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah; which is interpreted, Christ [Anointed]. [1:42]He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, You are Simon, the son of Jonas; you shall be called Cephas; which is interpreted, Peter [Rock].

5 [1:43]On the next day he wished to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, Follow me. [1:44]Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. [1:45]Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth. [1:46]And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. [1:47]Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, See an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. [1:48]Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree I saw you. [1:49]Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. [1:50]Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these. [1:51]And he said to him, I tell you most truly, you shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.



CHAPTER III.

CHRIST CHANGING WATER INTO WINE, RESIDING AT CAPERNAUM, AND PURIFYING THE TEMPLE.

1 [2:1]AND on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; [2:2]and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding. [2:3]And the wine falling short the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. [2:4]Jesus said to her, What have you to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come. [2:5]His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. [2:6]And there were six stone water jars there, placed for the purification of the Jews, containing two or three metretes [16.75 or 25.125 gallons] each. [2:7]Jesus said to them, Fill the water jars with water; and they filled them to the top. [2:8]And he said to them, Now draw out and bear to the master of the feast; and they bore it. [2:9]And when the master of the feast tasted of the water made wine, and knew not whence it was,—but the servants knew who had drawn the water,—the master of the feast called the bridegroom [2:10]and said to him, Every man first presents the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, the poorer; but you have kept the good wine till now. [2:11]This first miracle did Jesus perform at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him. [2:12]After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples, and remained there a few days.

2 [2:13]And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [2:14]And he found in the temple those that sold cattle, and sheep, and doves, and the brokers sitting; [2:15]and making a whip of cords he drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and cattle, and poured out the money of the brokers, and overturned the tables, [2:16]and said to those that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. [2:17]And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house consumes me.

3 [2:18]Then the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show us, that you do these things? [2:19]Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it. [2:20]Then the Jews said to him, Forty-six years was this temple being built, and will you raise it in three days? [2:21]But he spoke of the temple of his body. [2:22]When, therefore, he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus spoke.



CHAPTER IV.

CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS.

1 [2:23]AND when he was at Jerusalem at the feast of the passover many believed on him, seeing his miracles which he performed; [2:24]but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, [2:25]for he had no need that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.

2 [3:1]And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. [3:2]This man came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him. [3:3]Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. [3:4]Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born? [3:5]Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [3:6]That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a spirit. [3:7]Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. [3:8]The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit.

3 [3:9]Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? [3:10] Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things? [3:11]I tell you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our testimony. [3:12]If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, how will you believe if I should tell you heavenly things? [3:13]And no one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. [3:14]And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; [3:15]that every one believing in him may have eternal life. [3:16]For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life. [3:17]For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved. [3:18]He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. [3:19]And this is the judgment; that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. [3:20]For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved; [3:21]but he that does good comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, for they are wrought in God.



CHAPTER V.

CHRIST BAPTIZING, AND PREACHING TO THE SAMARITANS.

1 [3:22]AFTER these things Jesus and his disciples came into the country of Judea; and there he staid with them, and baptized. [3:23]And John also was baptizing at AEnon, near Salim, because there were many waters there; and they came and were baptized, [3:24]for John was not yet cast into prison. [3:25] Then there was a controversy of the disciples of John with a Jew concerning purification. [3:26]And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this [man] baptizes and all men come to him. [3:27]John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given him from heaven. [3:28]You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. [3:29]He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, is fully attained. [3:30]He must increase, but I must decrease. [3:31]He that comes from above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He that comes from heaven is above all; [3:32] and what he has seen and heard this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony. [3:33]He that receives his testimony has sealed that God is true. [3:34]For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure. [3:35]The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. [3:36]He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God continues on him.

2 [4:1]When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, [4:2]though Jesus himself indeed baptized not, but his disciples, [4:3]he left Judea and departed again to Galilee. [4:4]And it was necessary that he should pass through Samaria. [4:5] He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the lot which Jacob gave his son Joseph. [4:6]And Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being fatigued with travelling sat thus by the well; it was about the sixth hour [noon]. [4:7]A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me a drink; [4:8]for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy provisions. [4:9]Then the Samaritan woman said to him, How do you, being a Jew, ask a drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews do no business with the Samaritans. [4:10]Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. [4:11]The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence then have you the living water? [4:12]Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? [4:13]Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinks of this water will thirst again; [4:14]but whoever drinks of the water which I will give him shall never thirst; but the water which I will give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life. [4:15]The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, nor come here to draw. [4:16]He said to her, Go and call your husband, and come here. [4:17]The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said well, I have no husband; [4:18]for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.

3 [4:19]The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. [4:20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. [4:21]Jesus said to her, Believe me, woman, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, you shall worship the Father. [4:22]You worship what you know not; we worship what we know; for salvation is of the Jews. [4:23]But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him. [4:24]God is a Spirit, and those that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. [4:25]The woman said to him, I know that the Messiah is coming, called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things. [4:26]Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am [the Messiah].

4 [4:27]And upon this his disciples came, and wondered that he talked with the woman; but no one said to him, What do you seek? or why do you talk with her? [4:28]Then the woman left her bucket, and went to the city, and said to the men, [4:29]Come and see a man who has told me all things which I have done; is this the Christ? [4:30]They came out from the city and came to him.

5 [4:31]In the meantime the disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat. [4:32]But he said to them, I have food to eat which you know not of. [4:33]Then the disciples said one to another, Has any one brought him food to eat? [4:34]Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. [4:35]Do you not say, There are yet four months, and the harvest comes? behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields; for they are white for a harvest. [4:36]Already he that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life eternal, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. [4:37] For in this is the saying true; He that sows is one, and he that reaps is another. [4:38]I have sent you to reap that on which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.

6 [4:39]And many of the Samaritans in that city believed on him, on account of the word of the woman, testifying, He told me all things which I have done. [4:40]When, therefore, the Samaritans came to him, they desired him to remain with them; and he remained there two days. [4:41]And many more believed on account of his word, [4:42]and said to the woman, We no longer believe on account of your report, for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is truly the Saviour of the world.



CHAPTER VI.

CHRIST IN GALILEE, CURING A NOBLEMAN'S SON.

1 [4:43]AND after two days he departed thence to Galilee. [4:44]For Jesus himself testified that a prophet is without honor in his native country. [4:45] When, therefore, he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all that he did at Jerusalem at the feast; for they also came to the feast. [4:46]Then he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine.

2 And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. [4:47] Hearing that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and desired him to come down and cure his son, for he was about to die. [4:48]Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see miracles and prodigies you will not believe. [4:49] The nobleman said to him, Lord, come down before my child dies. [4:50]Jesus said to him, Go; your son lives. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went. [4:51]And as he was now going down his servants met him, and told, saying, Your child lives. [4:52]Then he inquired of them the hour in which he became better. Then they said to him, The fever left him yesterday, at the seventh hour. [4:53]Then the father knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives; and he believed, and all his house. [4:54] This second miracle did Jesus, having come from Judea into Galilee.



CHAPTER VII.

CHRIST CURING A SICK MAN ON THE SABBATH, AT JERUSALEM.

1 [5:1]AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [5:2]And there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep-gate, a pool, called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. [5:3]In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered. [5:5]And there was a certain man there who had been sick thirty-eight years. [5:6]Jesus seeing him lying, and knowing that he had now been sick a long time, said to him, Do you wish to become well? [5:7]The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me. [5:8]Jesus said to him, Arise, take up your bed and walk. [5:9]And the man immediately became well, and took up his bed and walked. That day was the sabbath.

2 [5:10]The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry the bed. [5:11]He answered them, He that made me well, he said to me, Take up your bed and walk. [5:12]They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up your bed and walk? [5:13]And the sick man knew not who it was; for Jesus had gone away, a multitude being in that place. [5:14]Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you have become well; sin no more, lest a worse thing happen to you. [5:15]The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well; [5:16]and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath. [5:17]But Jesus answered them, My Father works even till now, and I work. [5:18]Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. [5:19]Then Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you most truly, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever he does, these things also does the Son in like manner. [5:20]For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things which he does; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may wonder. [5:21]For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will. [5:22]For the Father judges no man, but has given all judgment to the Son, [5:23]that all should honor the Son as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father that sent him.

3 [5:24]I tell you most truly, he that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed from death to life. [5:25]I tell you most truly, that the hour comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those that hear shall live. [5:26]For as the Father has life in himself, so has he also given to the Son to have life in himself; [5:27]and has given him authority and judgment to execute, because he is the Son of man. [5:28]Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice [5:29]and shall come forth; those that have done good to a resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to a resurrection of judgment. [5:30]I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me.

4 [5:31]If I testify of myself my testimony is not true. [5:32]There is another who testifies of me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies of me is true. [5:33]You sent to John, and he testified to the truth; [5:34]but I receive not testimony from a man; but I say these things that you may be saved. [5:35]He was a burning and shining light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. [5:36]But I have greater testimony than John's; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these works which I do, testify of me that the Father has sent me; [5:37]and the Father who sent me, he has testified of me. You have not heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form; [5:38]and his word you have not continuing in you, for whom he has sent, him you believe not. [5:39]You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me; [5:40]and you will not come to me that you may have life.

5 [5:41]I receive not glory from men, [5:42]but I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. [5:43]I have come in my Father's name and you receive me not; if another comes in his own name, him will you receive. [5:44]How can you believe, receiving glory one from another, and the glory from God alone you seek not? [5:45]Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust. [5:46]For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me. [5:47]But if you believe not his writings, how will you believe my words?



CHAPTER VIII.

CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.

1 [6:1]AFTER these things Jesus went across the lake of Galilee, the Tiberias. [6:2]And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on the sick. [6:3]And Jesus went up on the mountain and sat there with his disciples. [6:4]And the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews. [6:5]Then Jesus lining up his eyes, and seeing many people come to him, said to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

2 [6:6]But this he said to try him; for he knew what he was about to do. [6:7] Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii [$28] worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each may take a little. [6:8]One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, [6:9]There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what are these for so many? [6:10]Jesus said, Make the men sit down. And there was much grass in the place. The men, therefore, sat down in number about five thousand. [6:11]Then Jesus took the bread, and having given thanks, distributed it to those reclining; likewise also of the fishes, as much as they wished. [6:12]And when they were filled he said to his disciples, Collect the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost. [6:13]Then they collected, and filled twelve traveling-baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which remained over to those who had eaten.

3 [6:14]Then the men, seeing what a miracle Jesus had performed, said, This is truly the prophet who was to come into the world. [6:15]And Jesus knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, went up to the mountain himself alone.

4 [6:16]And when it was evening, his disciples went down to the lake, [6:17] and entering into the ship were crossing the lake to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them, [6:18]and the lake was made rough by a great wind blowing. [6:19]Then having gone about twenty-five or thirty stadiums [3 or 3 1-2 miles], they saw Jesus walking on the lake and coming near the ship, and they were afraid. [6:20]But he said to them, It is I; be not afraid. [6:21] Then they willingly took him into the ship, and immediately the ship was at the land to which they were going.



CHAPTER IX.

CHRIST AT CAPERNAUM PROCLAIMING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD AND THE BREAD OF LIFE.

1 [6:22]ON the next day, the multitude standing on the other side of the lake seeing that there was no other boat there except one, and that Jesus entered not into the ship with his disciples but his disciples had gone away alone,— [6:23] but other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord gave thanks,— [6:24]when, therefore, the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they went into the ships and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. [6:25]And finding him on the other side of the lake they said to him, Rabbi, when came you hither? [6:26]Jesus answered them and said, I tell you most truly, you seek me not because you saw miracles, but because you eat of the bread and were filled. [6:27]Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father sealed.

2 [6:28]Then they said to him, What shall we do to perform the works of God? [6:29]Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God; to believe on him whom he has sent. [6:30]Then they said to him, What miracle do you perform, that we may see and believe you? what work do you perform? [6:31]Our fathers eat the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. [6:32]Then Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven; [6:33]for the bread of God is he that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

3 [6:34]Then they said to him, Sir, always give us this bread. [6:35]Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst. [6:36]But I said to you, that you have seen me and believe not. [6:37]Every thing which the Father gives to me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will by no means cast out; [6:38]for I came down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him that sent me. [6:39]And this is the will of him that sent me; that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise it up at the last day. [6:40]For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

4 [6:41]Then the Jews complained of him because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. [6:42]And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how, then, does he say, I came down from heaven? [6:43]Then Jesus answered and said to them, Complain not among yourselves. [6:44]No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. [6:45]It is written in the prophets, And all shall be taught of God. Every one who has heard and learned of the Father comes to me. [6:46]Not that any one has seen the Father except he that is from God; he has seen the Father.

5 [6:47]I tell you most truly, He that believes has eternal life. [6:48]I am the bread of life. [6:49]Your fathers eat manna in the wilderness, and died; [6:50]this is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. [6:51]I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

6 [6:52]Then the Jews contended one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? [6:53]Then Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. [6:54]He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. [6:55]For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. [6:56]He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood continues in me, and I in him. [6:57]As the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he that eats me shall live by me. [6:58]This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this bread shall live forever. [6:59]These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

7 [6:60]Then many of his disciples hearing him said, This is a hard saying; who can hear him? [6:61]And Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples complained of this, said to them, Does this offend you? [6:62][What], then if you should see the Son of man ascend where he was formerly? [6:63]The Spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life. [6:64]But there are some of you who believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him. [6:65]And on that account he said, I told you that no one can come to me unless it has been given him by my Father.

8 [6:66]From this time many of his disciples went away from following him, and walked no more with him. [6:67]Then Jesus said to the twelve Will you also go away? [6:68]Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have words of eternal life, [6:69]and we have believed and know that you are the Holy [Son] of God. [6:70]He answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve? and of you one is a devil. [6:71]But he spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he was about to betray him, being one of the twelve. [7:1]And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him.



CHAPTER X.

CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

1 [7:2]AND the feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. [7:3]Then his brothers said to him, Go down from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do; [7:4]for no one does any thing in secret, and seeks himself to be in public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. [7:5]For his brothers did not believe on him. [7:6]Then Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. [7:7]The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil. [7:8]Do you go up to the feast; I go not up to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come. [7:9]Having said these things he continued in Galilee.

2 [7:10]But when his brothers had gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. [7:11]Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? [7:12]And there was much complaining concerning him among the multitude; some said, He is a good man; others said, No; but he deceives the people. [7:13]Nevertheless, no one spoke openly for him from fear of the Jews.

3 [7:14]And in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. [7:15]Then the Jews wondered, saying, How does this man know letters, not having learned? [7:16]Then Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine but his that sent me. [7:17]If any one will do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it is from God or whether I speak from myself. [7:18]He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this [man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. [7:19]Did not Moses give you the law? and no one of you performs the law. Why do you seek to kill me? [7:20]The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks to kill you? [7:21]Jesus answered and said to them, I performed one work and you all wonder. [7:22]Moses gave you circumcision, not that it is of Moses but of the fathers, and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. [7:23]If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man entirely sound on the sabbath? [7:24]Judge not according to the appearance, but judge a righteous judgment.

4 [7:25]Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? [7:26]And behold, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers at length learned that this is the Christ? [7:27]But we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is. [7:28]Then Jesus cried, teaching in the temple and saying, You both know me and know whence I am; and I have not come of myself; but he that sent me is true, whom you know not; [7:29]I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. [7:30]Then they sought to take him by force; but no man laid a hand on him, for his hour had not yet come.

5 [7:31]And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Christ comes will he perform more miracles than this man has performed? [7:32]The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force. [7:33]Then Jesus said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go to him that sent me. [7:34]You shall seek and shall not find, and where I am you cannot come. [7:35]Then the Jews said one to another, Where is this man about to go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? [7:36]What does the word which he said mean; You shall seek and shall not find me, and where I am you cannot come?

6 [7:37]And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink. [7:38]He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of him shall flow rivers of living water. [7:39]But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified. [7:40]Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet; [7:41]others said, This is the Christ; others said, [No]; for does the Christ come from Galilee? [7:42]Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? [7:43]Then there was a division among the multitude on his account; [7:44]and some of them wished to take him by force, but no one laid hands on him.

7 [7:45]Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? [7:46]The officers answered, A man never spoke thus. [7:47]The Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? [7:48]Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? [7:49] But this multitude which know not the law are accursed. [7:50]Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, said to them, [7:51]Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does? [7:52]They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? search and see; for no prophet is raised up from Galilee.

8 [7:53][An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own house; [8:1]and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [8:2]And in the morning he went again to the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat and taught them. [8:3]And the scribes and Pharisees brought him a woman taken in adultery, and placing her in the midst [8:4]said to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. [8:5]In the law, Moses commanded us that such should be stoned; what therefore do you say? [8:6]They said this to try him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground. [8:7]And when they continued asking him, rising up, he said to them, Let him that has not sinned among you first cast the stone at her. [8:8]And again stooping down he wrote on the ground. [8:9]But they hearing, and being convicted by their consciences, went out, one by one, beginning with the oldest, even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. [8:10]And Jesus rising up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those your accusers? Has no man condemned you? [8:11]And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.



CHAPTER XI.

CHRIST DECLARING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD.

1 [8:12]THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life. [8:13]Then the Pharisees said to him, You testify of yourself; your testimony is not true. [8:14]Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify of myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I came and whither I go; but you know not whence I come or whither I go. [8:15]You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one; [8:16]and even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. [8:17]And it is written also in your law, that the testimony of two men is true; [8:18]I am one, testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of me. [8:19]Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You have neither known me nor my Father; if you had known me you would also have known my Father. [8:20]These words he said in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him by force, for his hour had not yet come.

2 [8:21]Then Jesus said to them again, I go away, and you shall seek me and die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come. [8:22]Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? [8:23]And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world. [8:24]Therefore I said to you, You shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am [the Christ], you shall die in your sins. [8:25] Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell you [now]. [8:26]I have many things to say and judge of you; but he that sent me is true; and what I have heard from him, these things I speak in the world. [8:27]They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. [8:28]Then Jesus said to them, When you shall lift up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the Christ]; and I do nothing of myself; but I speak these things as the Father has taught me; [8:29]and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the things which please him.

3 [8:30]When he said these things many believed on him. [8:31]Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed; [8:32]and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. [8:33]They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become free? [8:34]Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. [8:35]But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son continues for ever. [8:36]If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. [8:37]I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. [8:38]What I have seen with my Father I speak, and you also do what you have heard from your father. [8:39]They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, you would have done the works of Abraham; [8:40]but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God; Abraham did not do this. [8:41]You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. [8:42]Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but he sent me. [8:43]Why do you not understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word. [8:44]You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies]. [8:45]But because I tell you the truth you believe me not. [8:46]Who of you convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why do you not believe me? [8:47]He that is of God hears the words of God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.

4 [8:48]The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? [8:49]Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. [8:50]But I seek not my glory; there is one that seeks and judges. [8:51]I tell you most truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death. [8:52]The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one shall keep my word he shall never taste death. [8:53]Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? [8:54] Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, He is our God; [8:55]and you have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word. [8:56]Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw, and was glad. [8:57]Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? [8:58]Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. [8:59]Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.



CHAPTER XII.

CHRIST CURING A MAN BORN BLIND, AND HIS PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

1 [9:1]AND passing by he saw a man that was blind from birth; [9:2]and his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? [9:3]Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but that the works of God might appear in him. [9:4]I must perform the works of him that sent me, while it is day; night comes when no man can work. [9:5]While I am in the world I am the light of the world. [9:6]Saying these things he spit on the ground, and made a paste of the spittle, and put the paste on his eyes, [9:7]and said to him, Go, and wash in the pool of the Siloam; which is interpreted, Sent. Then he went away and washed, and came seeing.

2 [9:8]Then the neighbors and those who had seen him before, because he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? [9:9]Some said, This is he; others said, No, but he is like him; he said, I am he. [9:10]Then they said to him, How then were your eyes opened? [9:11]He answered, A man called Jesus made paste and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the Siloam and wash; then I went and washed, and obtained sight. [9:12]They said to him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

3 [9:13]They brought to the Pharisees him that was formerly blind; [9:14]and it was on the sabbath when Jesus made the paste and opened his eyes. [9:15]Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he obtained sight. And he said to them, He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and see. [9:16]Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such miracles? And there was a division among them. [9:17]They said to the blind man again, What do you say of him, because he opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

4 [9:18]Then the Jews did not believe of him that he had been blind and received his sight, till they called the parents of him that had received his sight. [9:19]And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? [9:20]His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; [9:21]but how he now sees we know not, or who has opened his eyes we know not; ask him, he is of age, he will speak for himself. [9:22]His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for already the Jews had agreed that if any one confessed him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue; [9:23] therefore his parents said, He is of age, ask him.

5 [9:24]Then they called the man who had been blind, a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner. [9:25]Then he answered, Whether he is a sinner I know not; one thing I know, that having been blind, I now see. [9:26]Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he open your eyes? [9:27]He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to hear again? Do you also wish to be his disciples? [9:28]They reproached him, and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. [9:29]We know that God spoke to Moses, but we know not whence this man is. [9:30]The man answered and said to them, It is a strange thing, that you know not whence he is, and he has opened my eyes. [9:31]We know that God hears not sinners; but if one is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears. [9:32]Since the world began it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind; [9:33]unless this man was from God he would have been able to do nothing. [9:34]They answered and said to him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him without.

6 [9:35]Jesus heard that they had cast him without, and finding him he said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? [9:36]And he answered and said, Who is he, sir, that I shall believe on him? [9:37]Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and he that speaks to you is he. [9:38]And he said, Lord, I believe, and worshipped him. [9:39]And Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing become blind.

7 [9:40]And the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and said to him, Are we also blind? [9:41]Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would not have had sin; but now you say, We see, your sin remains. [10:1]I tell you most truly, he that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs in at some other place, he is a thief and robber; [10:2]but he that enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. [10:3]To him the gate-keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his sheep by name, and leads them out. [10:4]When he puts out all his sheep he goes before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice. [10:5]But a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers. [10:6]This parable spoke Jesus to them, but they knew not what the words which he spoke to them meant.

8 [10:7]Then said Jesus to them again, I tell you most truly, I am the door of the sheep. [10:8]All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. [10:9]I am the door; by me if any one enters in he shall be saved, and go in and out, and find pasturage. [10:10]The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

9 [10:11]I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. [10:12]But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them; [10:13]for he is a hired servant and cares not for the sheep. [10:14]I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, [10:15]as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.

10 [10:16]And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; and them I must lead, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. [10:17]Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again. [10:18]No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have a right to lay it down, and I have a right to take it again; this commandment have I received from my Father. [10:19]There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words; [10:20]and many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him? [10:21]Others said, These are not the words of a demoniac; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?



CHAPTER XIII.

CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION, AND BEYOND THE JORDAN.

1 [10:22]IT was the dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter; [10:23]and Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. [10:24]Then the Jews came around him and said to him, How long do you hold our minds [in doubt]? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. [10:25]Jesus answered them, I have told you and you believe not; the works which I perform in my Father's name, these testify of me; [10:26]but you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you, [10:27]My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me, [10:28]and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand. [10:29]My Father who gave [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can pluck them out of my Father's hand. [10:30]I and the Father are one.

2 [10:31]Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. [10:32]Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which of these works do you stone me? [10:33]The Jews answered him, We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God. [10:34]Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said you are gods? [10:35]If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, [10:36]do you tell him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God? [10:37]If I do not my Father's works, believe me not; [10:38]but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I in the Father. [10:39]Then they sought again to take him by force; and he escaped out of their hand.

3 [10:40]And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and continued there. [10:41]And many came to him and said, John performed no miracle, but all things which John said of this man were true. [10:42]And many believed on him there.



CHAPTER XIV.

CHRIST RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD.

1 [11:1]A CERTAIN man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister. [11:2]It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hairs, whose brother Lazarus was sick. [11:3]Then the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. [11:4] But Jesus hearing it said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it. [11:5]And Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. [11:6]When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, he continued in the place where he was two days.

2 [11:7]Then after that he said to the disciples, Let us go again into Judea. [11:8]The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews lately sought to stone you, and do you go there again? [11:9]Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day? and if one walks in the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world; [11:10]but if he walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it. [11:11]He said these things, and after this he said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him. [11:12]Then they said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep he will recover. [11:13]But Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep. [11:14]Then Jesus, therefore, said to them plainly, Lazarus has died; [11:15]and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe; but let us go to him. [11:16]Then Thomas, who is called The twin, said to the fellow disciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.

3 [11:17]Then Jesus coming found that he had been four days in the tomb. [11:18]And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadiums [1 3-4 miles] distant. [11:19]And many of the Jews came to those with Martha and Mary, to console them for their brother. [11:20]Then when Martha heard that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary sat in the house. [11:21]Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died; [11:22]but now also I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. [11:23]Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again. [11:24]Martha said to him, I know that he will rise at the resurrection at the last day. [11:25]Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, even if he has died, shall live, [11:26]and no one who lives and believes in me shall ever die; do you believe this? [11:27]She said to him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.

4 [11:28]And having said this she went away and called Mary her sister, privately, saying, The teacher has come and calls for you. [11:29]When she heard, she arose quickly and came to him; [11:30]but Jesus had not yet entered into the village, but was at the place where Martha met him. [11:31]Then the Jews who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she arose and went out quickly, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb to weep there. [11:32]Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.

5 [11:33]Then when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was greatly agitated in spirit and affected, [11:34]and said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. [11:35]Jesus wept. [11:36]Then the Jews said, Behold, how he loved him. [11:37]And some of them said, Could not this man who opens the eyes of the blind, cause that even he should not have died? [11:38]Then Jesus again being agitated within himself came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. [11:39]Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he smells; for he has been dead four days. [11:40]Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you will believe you shall see the glory of God? [11:41] Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes above, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me; [11:42]and I knew that thou hearest me always; but for the sake of the multitude who stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. [11:43]And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. [11:44]And the dead came forth, bound as to his feet and hands with bandages, and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go.

6 [11:45]Then many of the Jews who came with Mary, and saw what Jesus did, believed on him; [11:46]but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

7 [11:47]Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles. [11:48]If we leave him thus all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away our place and nation. [11:49]And one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, [11:50]neither consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that all the nation should perish. [11:51]This he said not of himself, but being chief priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation; [11:52]and not for the nation only, but to bring together into one [body] all the children of God scattered abroad. [11:53]From that day, therefore, they took counsel to kill him.

8 [11:54]Then Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence to a region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he staid with his disciples. [11:55]And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves. [11:56]Then they sought Jesus, and standing in the temple said one to another, What do you think? that he will not come to the feast? [11:57]And the chief priests and Pharisees had given commandment, that if any one knew where he was he should make it known, that they might take him by force.



CHAPTER XV.

CHRIST AT BETHANY, HIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM, ETC.

1 [12:1]THEN Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead. [12:2]Then they made him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those that reclined with him. [12:3]Then Mary taking a pound of genuine nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. [12:4]But the Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, said, [12:5]Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii [$42], and given to the poor? [12:6]But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the treasure-chest, and carried off the things put in it. [12:7]Then Jesus said, Let her alone, that she may keep this for the day of preparation for my burial; [12:8]the poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

2 [12:9]A great multitude of the Jews, therefore, knew that he was there, and came, not on account of Jesus only, but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. [12:10]And the chief priests took counsel to kill Lazarus also, [12:11]because many of the Jews withdrew on his account and believed in Jesus.

3 [12:12]On the next day a great multitude having come to the feast, having heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, [12:13]took branches of palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! [12:14]And Jesus finding a young ass sat on it, as it is written; [12:15]Fear not, Daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the colt of an ass. [12:16]His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him. [12:17]The multitude, therefore, which was with him, testified that he called Lazarus from the tomb, and raised him from the dead. [12:18]On this account also the multitude met him, because they heard that he had performed this miracle. [12:19]The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, You see that you have gained nothing; behold, the world has gone after him. [12:20]And there were some Greeks of those who went up to Jerusalem to worship at the feast; [12:21]these, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. [12:22]Philip went and told Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. [12:23]And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified. [12:24]I tell you most truly, that unless the kernel of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it continues alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. [12:25]He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall preserve it to eternal life. [12:26]If any man serves me let him follow me; and where I am there also shall my servant be. If anyone serves me, him will the Father honor. [12:27]Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour; [12:28]Father, glorify thy name. Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified and will glorify it again. [12:29]Then the multitude standing and hearing, said, It was thunder; others said, An angel spoke to him. [12:30] Jesus answered and said, This voice was not on my account, but for you. [12:31] There is now a judgment of this world; the ruler of this world shall now be cast out; [12:32]and if I am raised on high from the earth I will draw all men to me. [12:33]But this he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

5 [12:34]Then the multitude answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ continues forever; and how say you, The Son of man must be raised on high? Who is this Son of man? [12:35]Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes. [12:36] While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went away and concealed himself from them.

6 [12:37]But though he had performed so many miracles before them they did not believe in him; [12:38]that the word of Isaiah the prophet, which he spoke, might be fulfilled; Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? [12:39]For this reason they could not believe, because, Isaiah said again, [12:40]He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should cure them. [12:41]Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. [12:42]Nevertheless, many of the rulers believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogues; [12:43]for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

7 [12:44]And Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes not on me but on him that sent me; [12:45]and he that beholds me beholds him that sent me. [12:46]I have come a light into the world, that no one who believes in me should continue in darkness. [12:47]And if any one hears my words and keeps them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world but to save the world. [12:48]He that rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day. [12:49] For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what to speak; [12:50]and I know that his commandment is eternal life. What things I speak, therefore, I so speak as the Father has told me.



CHAPTER XVI.

CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER, AND HIS SERMON TO THE ELEVEN.

1 [13:1]AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own in the world he loved them to the end. [13:2]And supper being over, the devil having already put it in the heart that Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, should betray him, [13:3]he knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God, [13:4]arose from supper, and laid aside his clothes, and taking a towel girded himself: [13:5]Then he put water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

2 [13:6]Then he came to Simon Peter; he said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet? [13:7]Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now, but you shall know hereafter. [13:8]Peter said to him, You shall never by any means wash my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you have no part with me. [13:9]Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head. [13:10] Jesus said to him, He that is washed needs only that his feet should be washed, but is wholly pure; and you are pure, but not all. [13:11]For he knew him that was to betray him; therefore, he said, You are not all pure.

3 [13:12]When, therefore, he had washed their feet, and taken his clothes and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? [13:13] You call me Teacher and Lord; and you say well, for I am. [13:14]If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. [13:15]For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done. [13:16]I tell you most truly, the servant is not greater than his lord, nor the apostle greater than he that sent him. [13:17]If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. [13:18]I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. [13:19]I tell you from this time, before it occurs, that when it occurs you may believe that I am [the Christ]. [13:20]I tell you most truly, He that receives one that I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

4 [13:21]Having said these things Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, I tell you most truly, that one of you shall betray me. [13:22]The disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. [13:23]One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining on the bosom of Jesus. [13:24]Then Simon Peter made signs to this man, and said to him, Ask who it is of whom he speaks. [13:25]He, falling down on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, who is it? [13:26]Then Jesus answered, It is he to whom I will dip and give the mouthful. Then dipping the mouthful, he took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [13:27]And after the mouthful, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly. [13:28]No one of those reclining knew for what purpose he said this to him, [13:29]for some thought, since Judas had the treasure-chest, that Jesus said to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. [13:30]He, therefore, having taken the mouthful, immediately went out; and it was night.

5 [13:31]When he had gone out Jesus said, Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. [13:32]If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will immediately glorify him. [13:33]My little children, I am with you yet a little while. You shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go you cannot come, I now also say to you. [13:34]I give you a new commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one another. [13:35]By this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. [13:36]Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where do you go? Jesus answered Where I go you cannot follow me now, but you shall follow afterwards. [13:37]Peter said to him, Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you. [13:38]Jesus answered, Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you most truly, a cock shall not crow till you shall deny me thrice.

6 [14:1]Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God and believe in me. [14:2]In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you. [14:3]For I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go and shall prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am you may also be. [14:4]And where I go, you know the way. [14:5]Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not where you go, and how do we know the way? [14:6] Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me. [14:7]If you had known me you would have known my Father; and from this time you know him and have seen him.

7 [14:8]Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied. [14:9]Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father? [14:10]Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words which I speak to you I speak not of myself, but the Father continuing in me, he does the works. [14:11]Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe on account of the works themselves. [14:12]I tell you most truly, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father; [14:13]and whatever you ask in my name I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [14:14]If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

8 [14:15]If you love me, keep my commandments; [14:16]and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever, [14:17] the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you. [14:18]I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. [14:19]Yet a little while and the world beholds me no more; but you shall behold me; because I live, you shall live also. [14:20]In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. [14:21]He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.

9 [14:22]Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? [14:23]Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our mansion with him. [14:24]He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's that sent me.

10 [14:25]I have said these things to you while yet continuing with you, [14:26]but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you. [14:27]Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [14:28]You heard that I said to you, I will go away and come to you. If you loved me you would rejoice because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. [14:29]And now I have told you before it occurs, that when it occurs you may believe. [14:30]I will not speak with you much more; for the ruler of this world comes and has nothing in me; [14:31]but [I have said this] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father has commanded me, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.



CHAPTER XVII.

CHRIST'S SERMON AFTER THE LAST SUPPER.

1 [15:1]I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. [15:2]Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away; and every branch that bears fruit he trims, that it may bear more fruit. [15:3]You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to you; [15:4]continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me. [15:5]I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing. [15:6]If any one continues not in me he is cast without as a branch, and is withered; and they collect them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. [15:7]If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be [given] you. [15:8]By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and be my disciples. [15:9]As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; continue in my love. [15:10]If you keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love. [15:11]I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed. [15:12]This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. [15:13]No man has greater love than this, that one should give his life for his friends. [15:14]You are my friends if you do what I command you; [15:15]I no longer call you servants, for the servant knows not what his Lord does; but I have called you friends: for all things which I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. [15:16]You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should continue, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. [15:17]These things I charge you, that you love one another.

2 [15:18]If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before you. [15:19] If you were of this world, the world would be a friend to its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. [15:20]Remember the word which I said to you, a servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours. [15:21]But all these things they will do to you, on my account, because they know not him that sent me. [15:22]If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin. [15:23]He that hates me, hates my Father also. [15:24]If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they would not have had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. [15:25]But [they do this] that the word written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause. [15:26]But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me; [15:27]and you shall also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

3 [16:1]These things I have said to you, that you may not be offended. [16:2] They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service. [16:3]And these things they will do, because they have not known the Father nor me. [16:4]But these things I have told you, that when the time comes you may remember that I told you of them. But I told you not these things at the beginning, because I was with you. [16:5]But now I go to him that sent me, and no one of you asks me, Where do you go? [16:6]But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. [16:7]But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. [16:8]And when he has come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: [16:9]of sin, because they believe not on me; [16:10]and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you behold me no more; [16:11]and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

4 [16:12]I have many things yet to say to you, but you cannot bear them now; [16:13]but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come. [16:14]He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you. [16:15]All things that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall receive of me and tell you.

5 [16:16]A little while and you shall not see me; and again a little while and you shall see me. [16:17]Then some of his disciples said one to another, What is this that he says to us, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? and, Because I go to the Father? [16:18]They said therefore, What is this that he says, The little while? We do not know what he says.

6 [16:19]Jesus knew that they wished to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? [16:20]I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy. [16:21]For when a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come; but when she has borne the child she no longer remembers the distress, because of joy that a man is born into the world. [16:22]And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no one shall take from you. [16:23]And in that day you shall ask me nothing; I tell you most truly, whatever you shall ask the Father, he will give you in my name. [16:24] Till now you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

7 [16:25]These things have I spoken to you in parables. The time is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. [16:26]In that day you shall ask in my name, and I tell you not that I will ask the Father for you; [16:27]for the Father himself is a friend to you, because you have been friends to me, and believed that I came forth from God. [16:28]I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go to the Father.

8 [16:29]Then his disciples said to him, Behold, now you speak plainly, and say no parable; [16:30]now we know that you know all things, and have no need that any one should ask you; on this account we believe that you have come forth from God. [16:31]Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? [16:32]Behold, the time is coming, and has come, that you shall be scattered every one to his own, and leave me alone; and I am not alone, for the Father is with me. [16:33]These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.



CHAPTER XVIII.

CHRIST'S PRAYER FOR HIS DISCIPLES.

1 [17:1]JESUS spoke these words and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee, [17:2]as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life. [17:3]And this is the eternal life; that they shall know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. [17:4]I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. [17:5]And now glorify thou me, Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

2 [17:6]I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gayest me out of the world; they were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. [17:7]Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are of thee, [17:8]because the words which thou hast given me I have given them; and they have received and known truly that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. [17:9]I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine, [17:10]and all mine are thine, and thine mine, and I am glorified in them. [17:11]And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we also are. [17:12]When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled; [17:13]but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them.

3 [17:14]I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. [17:15]I ask not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil. [17:16]They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. [17:17]Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth. [17:18]As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world: [17:19]and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth.

4 [17:20]And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word, [17:21]that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. [17:22]And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one, [17:23]I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. [17:24]Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; [17:25]and, righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou didst send me. [17:26]And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, as I also am in them.



CHAPTER XIX.

THE APPREHENSION OF CHRIST, HIS EXAMINATION BY THE JEWS, PETER'S DENIAL OF HIM.

1 [18:1]JESUS having said these words went out with his disciples across the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he entered and his disciples. [18:2]And Judas who betrayed him knew the place, for Jesus often retired there with his disciples. [18:3]Then Judas taking the guard and the officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with torches, and lamps, and weapons. [18:4]Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, Whom do you seek? [18:5]They answered him, Jesus the Nazoraean. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas who betrayed him stood with them. [18:6]When, therefore, he said to them, I am he, they went backwards and fell on the ground. [18:7]Then he asked them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus, the Nazoraean. [18:8]Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if, therefore, you seek me, let these go; [18:9]that the word might be fulfilled which he said, Of those whom thou gayest me I have lost none. [18:10]Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear; and the name of the servant was Malchus. [18:11]Then Jesus said to Peter, Put the sword in the sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?