[Forgiveness] is [often] deciding to live with the painful consequences of another person’s sin. You are going to have to live with it anyway, so you might as well do it without the bitterness and rancor and hatred that threaten to destroy your soul.
Sam Storms

The Gospel According to Saint John

The Gospel According to Saint John

{1:1} In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, andthe Word was God. {1:2} The same was in the beginning with God. {1:3}All things were made through him; and without him was not anything madethat hath been made. {1:4} In him was life; and the life was the lightof men. {1:5} And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darknessapprehended it not. {1:6} There came a man, sent from God, whose namewas John. {1:7} The same came for witness, that he might bear witnessof the light, that all might believe through him. {1:8} He was not thelight, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light. {1:9} Therewas the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, cominginto the world. {1:10} He was in the world, and the world was madethrough him, and the world knew him not. {1:11} He came unto his own,and they that were his own received him not. {1:12} But as many asreceived him, to them gave he the right to become children of God,[even] to them that believe on his name: {1:13} who were born, not ofblood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but ofGod. {1:14} And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and webeheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), fullof grace and truth. {1:15} John beareth witness of him, and crieth,saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is becomebefore me: for he was before me. {1:16} For of his fulness we allreceived, and grace for grace. {1:17} For the law was given throughMoses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. {1:18} No man hathseen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of theFather, he hath declared [him]. {1:19} And this is the witness of John,when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to askhim, Who art thou? {1:20} And he confessed, and denied not; and heconfessed, I am not the Christ. {1:21} And they asked him, What then?Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And heanswered, No. {1:22} They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? thatwe may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou ofthyself? {1:23} He said, I am the voice of one crying in thewilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah theprophet. {1:24} And they had been sent from the Pharisees. {1:25} Andthey asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou artnot the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? {1:26} Johnanswered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standethone whom ye know not, {1:27} [even] he that cometh after me, thelatchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. {1:28} These thingswere done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.{1:29} On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold,the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! {1:30} This ishe of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: forhe was before me. {1:31} And I knew him not; but that he should be mademanifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water. {1:32}And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as adove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. {1:33} And I knew him not:but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Uponwhomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him,the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit. {1:34} And I haveseen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God. {1:35} Againon the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; {1:36} andhe looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!{1:37} And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.{1:38} And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith untothem, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say,being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou? {1:39} He saith untothem, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where heabode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.{1:40} One of the two that heard John [speak], and followed him, wasAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother. {1:41} He findeth first his own brotherSimon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, beinginterpreted, Christ). {1:42} He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus lookedupon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt becalled Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter). {1:43} On the morrowhe was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: andJesus saith unto him, Follow me. {1:44} Now Philip was from Bethsaida,of the city of Andrew and Peter. {1:45} Philip findeth Nathanael, andsaith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and theprophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. {1:46} AndNathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?Philip saith unto him, Come and see. {1:47} Jesus saw Nathanael comingto him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is noguile! {1:48} Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesusanswered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wastunder the fig tree, I saw thee. {1:49} Nathanael answered him, Rabbi,thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel. {1:50} Jesus answeredand said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath thefig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.{1:51} And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shallsee the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descendingupon the Son of man.

{2:1} And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; andthe mother of Jesus was there: {2:2} and Jesus also was bidden, and hisdisciples, to the marriage. {2:3} And when the wine failed, the motherof Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. {2:4} And Jesus saith untoher, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.{2:5} His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,do it. {2:6} Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after theJews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.{2:7} Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And theyfilled them up to the brim. {2:8} And he saith unto them, Draw out now,and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it. {2:9} And whenthe ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew notwhence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), theruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom, {2:10} and saith unto him,Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when [men] have drunkfreely, [then] that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine untilnow. {2:11} This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of 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]brethren, and his disciples; and there they abode not many days. {2:13}And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up toJerusalem. {2:14} And he found in the temple those that sold oxen andsheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: {2:15} and he madea scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep andthe oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew theirtables; {2:16} and to them that sold the doves he said, Take thesethings hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. {2:17}His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shalleat me up. {2:18} The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, Whatsign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? {2:19}Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in threedays I will raise it up. {2:20} The Jews therefore said, Forty and sixyears was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in threedays? {2:21} But he spake of the temple of his body. {2:22} Whentherefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that hespake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesushad said. {2:23} Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, duringthe feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did.{2:24} But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew allmen, {2:25} and because he needed not that any one should bear witnessconcerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

{3:1} Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a rulerof the Jews: {3:2} the same came unto him by night, and said to him,Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can dothese signs that thou doest, except God be with him. {3:3} Jesusanswered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except onebe born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. {3:4} Nicodemus saithunto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a secondtime into his mother’s womb, and be born? {3:5} Jesus answered, Verily,verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, hecannot enter into the kingdom of God! {3:6} That which is born of theflesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. {3:7}Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. {3:8} The windbloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowestnot whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that isborn of the Spirit. {3:9} Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How canthese things be? {3:10} Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou theteacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? {3:11} Verily,verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witnessof that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. {3:12} If Itold you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if Itell you heavenly things? {3:13} And no one hath ascended into heaven,but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is inheaven. {3:14} And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,even so must the Son of man be lifted up; {3:15} that whosoeverbelieveth may in him have eternal life. {3:16} For God so loved theworld, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth onhim should not perish, but have eternal life. {3:17} For God sent notthe Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should besaved through him. {3:18} He that believeth on him is not judged: hethat believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath notbelieved on the name of the only begotten Son of God. {3:19} And thisis the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men lovedthe darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. {3:20}For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to thelight, lest his works should be reproved. {3:21} But he that doeth thetruth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, thatthey have been wrought in God. {3:22} After these things came Jesus andhis disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them,and baptized. {3:23} And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim,because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.{3:24} For John was not yet cast into prison. {3:25} There arosetherefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jewabout purifying. {3:26} And they came unto John, and said to him,Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast bornewitness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. {3:27}John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have beengiven him from heaven. {3:28} Ye yourselves bear me witness, that Isaid, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. {3:29} Hethat hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of thebridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because ofthe bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full. {3:30} Hemust increase, but I must decrease. {3:31} He that cometh from above isabove all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth hespeaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. {3:32} What he hathseen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth hiswitness. {3:33} He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to[this], that God is true. {3:34} For he whom God hath sent speaketh thewords of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure. {3:35} TheFather loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. {3:36}He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth notthe Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

{4:1} When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard thatJesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John {4:2} (althoughJesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), {4:3} he left Judea,and departed again into Galilee. {4:4} And he must needs pass throughSamaria. {4:5} So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, nearto the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: {4:6} andJacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with hisjourney, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. {4:7} Therecometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give meto drink. {4:8} For his disciples were gone away into the city to buyfood. {4:9} The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is itthat thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman?(For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) {4:10} Jesus answered andsaid unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is thatsaith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, andhe would have given thee living water. {4:11} The woman saith unto him,Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence thenhast thou that living water? {4:12} Art thou greater than our fatherJacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons,and his cattle? {4:13} Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one thatdrinketh of this water shall thirst again: {4:14} but whosoeverdrinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but thewater that I shall give him shall become in him a well of waterspringing up unto eternal life. {4:15} The woman saith unto him, Sir,give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hitherto draw. {4:16} Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and comehither. {4:17} The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband.Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: {4:18} forthou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thyhusband: this hast thou said truly. {4:19} The woman saith unto him,Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. {4:20} Our fathers worshippedin this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where menought to worship. {4:21} Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, thehour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall yeworship the Father. {4:22} Ye worship that which ye know not: weworship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. {4:23} Butthe hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worshipthe Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be hisworshippers. {4:24} God is a Spirit: and they that worship him mustworship in spirit and truth. {4:25} The woman saith unto him, I knowthat Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, hewill declare unto us all things. {4:26} Jesus saith unto her, I thatspeak unto thee am [he]. {4:27} And upon this came his disciples; andthey marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, Whatseekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? {4:28} So the woman lefther waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,{4:29} Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: canthis be the Christ? {4:30} They went out of the city, and were comingto him. {4:31} In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying,Rabbi, eat. {4:32} But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that yeknow not. {4:33} The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath anyman brought him [aught] to eat? {4:34} Jesus saith unto them, My meatis to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.{4:35} Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh theharvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on thefields, that they are white already unto harvest. {4:36} He thatreapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that hethat soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. {4:37} For hereinis the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. {4:38} I sent youto reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and yeare entered into their labor. {4:39} And from that city many of theSamaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, whotestified, He told me all things that [ever] I did. {4:40} So when theSamaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and heabode there two days. {4:41} And many more believed because of hisword; {4:42} and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because ofthy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this isindeed the Saviour of the world. {4:43} And after the two days he wentforth from thence into Galilee. {4:44} For Jesus himself testified,that a prophet hath no honor in his own country. {4:45} So when he cameinto Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the thingsthat he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto thefeast. {4:46} He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where hemade the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son wassick at Capernaum. {4:47} When he heard that Jesus was come out ofJudaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought [him] that he wouldcome down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. {4:48}Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye willin no wise believe. {4:49} The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come downere my child die. {4:50} Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy sonliveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and hewent his way. {4:51} And as he was now going down, his servants methim, saying, that his son lived. {4:52} So he inquired of them the hourwhen he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at theseventh hour the fever left him. {4:53} So the father knew that [itwas] at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: andhimself believed, and his whole house. {4:54} This is again the secondsign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee.

{5:1} After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesuswent up to Jerusalem. {5:2} Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep[gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.{5:3} In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt,withered, [waiting for the moving of the water.] {5:4} [for an angel ofthe Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled thewater: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters steppedin was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.] {5:5} And acertain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in hisinfirmity. {5:6} When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had beennow a long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wouldest thou bemade whole? {5:7} The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, whenthe water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,another steppeth down before me. {5:8} Jesus saith unto him, Arise,take up thy bed, and walk. {5:9} And straightway the man was madewhole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on thatday. {5:10} So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is thesabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. {5:11} Buthe answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take upthy bed, and walk. {5:12} They asked him, Who is the man that said untothee, Take up [thy bed], and walk? {5:13} But he that was healed knewnot who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude beingin the place. {5:14} Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, andsaid unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worsething befall thee. {5:15} The man went away, and told the Jews that itwas Jesus who had made him whole. {5:16} And for this cause the Jewspersecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. {5:17}But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.{5:18} For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him,because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his ownFather, making himself equal with God. {5:19} Jesus therefore answeredand said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can donothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what thingssoever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. {5:20} Forthe Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himselfdoeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye maymarvel. {5:21} For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life,even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. {5:22} For neitherdoth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto theSon; {5:23} that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.{5:24} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, andbelieveth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not intojudgment, but hath passed out of death into life. {5:25} Verily,verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the deadshall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.{5:26} For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to theSon also to have life in himself: {5:27} and he gave him authority toexecute judgment, because he is a son of man. {5:28} Marvel not atthis: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shallhear his voice, {5:29} and shall come forth; they that have done good,unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto theresurrection of judgment. {5:30} I can of myself do nothing: as I hear,I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine ownwill, but the will of him that sent me. {5:31} If I bear witness ofmyself, my witness is not true. {5:32} It is another that bearethwitness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me istrue. {5:33} Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto thetruth. {5:34} But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeitI say these things, that ye may be saved. {5:35} He was the lamp thatburneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in hislight. {5:36} But the witness which I have is greater than [that of]John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, thevery works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.{5:37} And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Yehave neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. {5:38} Andye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believenot. {5:39} Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them yehave eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; {5:40}and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. {5:41} I receive notglory from men. {5:42} But I know you, that ye have not the love of Godin yourselves. {5:43} I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive menot: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. {5:44}How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glorythat [cometh] from the only God ye seek not? {5:45} Think not that Iwill accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even]Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. {5:46} For if ye believed Moses,ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. {5:47} But if ye believe nothis writings, how shall ye believe my words?

{6:1} After these things Jesus went away to the other side of thesea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias. {6:2} And a greatmultitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did onthem that were sick. {6:3} And Jesus went up into the mountain, andthere he sat with his disciples. {6:4} Now the passover, the feast ofthe Jews, was at hand. {6:5} Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, andseeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip,Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat? {6:6} And this he saidto prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. {6:7} Philipanswered him, Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficientfor them, that every one may take a little. {6:8} One of his disciples,Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, {6:9} There is a ladhere, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are theseamong so many? {6:10} Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now therewas much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about fivethousand. {6:11} Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having giventhanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of thefishes as much as they would. {6:12} And when they were filled, hesaith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remainover, that nothing be lost. {6:13} So they gathered them up, and filledtwelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, whichremained over unto them that had eaten. {6:14} When therefore thepeople saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth theprophet that cometh into the world. {6:15} Jesus therefore perceivingthat they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king,withdrew again into the mountain himself alone. {6:16} And when eveningcame, his disciples went down unto the sea; {6:17} and they enteredinto a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was nowdark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. {6:18} And the sea was risingby reason of a great wind that blew. {6:19} When therefore they hadrowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesuswalking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they wereafraid. {6:20} But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. {6:21}They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: andstraightway the boat was at the land whither they were going. {6:22} Onthe morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea sawthat there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus enterednot with his disciples into the boat, but [that] his disciples wentaway alone {6:23} (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto theplace where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks): {6:24}when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither hisdisciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum,seeking Jesus. {6:25} And when they found him on the other side of thesea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? {6:26} Jesusanswered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, notbecause ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and werefilled. {6:27} Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the foodwhich abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give untoyou: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed. {6:28} They saidtherefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?{6:29} Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, thatye believe on him whom he hath sent. {6:30} They said therefore untohim, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believethee? what workest thou? {6:31} Our fathers ate the manna in thewilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.{6:32} Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Fathergiveth you the true bread out of heaven. {6:33} For the bread of God isthat which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.{6:34} They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.{6:35} Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh tome shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.{6:36} But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.{6:37} All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and himthat cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. {6:38} For I am come downfrom heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.{6:39} And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that whichhe hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at thelast day. {6:40} For this is the will of my Father, that every one thatbeholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; andI will raise him up at the last day. {6:41} The Jews therefore murmuredconcerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out ofheaven. {6:42} And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come downout of heaven? {6:43} Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur notamong yourselves. {6:44} No man can come to me, except the Father thatsent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day. {6:45} It iswritten in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every onethat hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.{6:46} Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God,he hath seen the Father. {6:47} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He thatbelieveth hath eternal life. {6:48} I am the bread of life. {6:49} Yourfathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. {6:50} This isthe bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof,and not die. {6:51} I am the living bread which came down out ofheaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea andthe bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.{6:52} The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can thisman give us his flesh to eat? {6:53} Jesus therefore said unto them,Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son ofman and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. {6:54} He thateateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I willraise him up at the last day. {6:55} For my flesh is meat indeed, andmy blood is drink indeed. {6:56} He that eateth my flesh and drinkethmy blood abideth in me, and I in him. {6:57} As the living Father sentme, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he alsoshall live because of me. {6:58} This is the bread which came down outof heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this breadshall live for ever. {6:59} These things said he in the synagogue, ashe taught in Capernaum. {6:60} Many therefore of his disciples, whenthe heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? {6:61}But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, saidunto them, Doth this cause you to stumble? {6:62} [What] then if yeshould behold the Son of man ascending where he was before? {6:63} Itis the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the wordsthat I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life. {6:64} But thereare some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning whothey were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.{6:65} And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no mancan come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father. {6:66}Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.{6:67} Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?{6:68} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hastthe words of eternal life. {6:69} And we have believed and know thatthou art the Holy One of God. {6:70} Jesus answered them, Did not Ichoose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil? {6:71} Now he spakeof Judas [the son] of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betrayhim, [being] one of the twelve.

{7:1} And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he wouldnot walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him. {7:2} Now thefeast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. {7:3} Hisbrethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea,that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest. {7:4}For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be knownopenly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.{7:5} For even his brethren did not believe on him. {7:6} Jesustherefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time isalways ready. {7:7} The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,because I testify of it, that its works are evil. {7:8} Go ye up untothe feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yetfulfilled. {7:9} And having said these things unto them, he abode[still] in Galilee. {7:10} But when his brethren were gone up unto thefeast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.{7:11} The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where ishe? {7:12} And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerninghim: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeththe multitude astray. {7:13} Yet no man spake openly of him for fear ofthe Jews. {7:14} But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus wentup into the temple, and taught. {7:15} The Jews therefore marvelled,saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? {7:16}Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, buthis that sent me. {7:17} If any man willeth to do his will, he shallknow of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak frommyself. {7:18} He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: buthe that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, andno unrighteousness is in him. {7:19} Did not Moses give you the law,and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me? {7:20} Themultitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee? {7:21}Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvelbecause thereof. {7:22} Moses hath given you circumcision (not that itis of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise aman. {7:23} If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that thelaw of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made aman every whit whole on the sabbath? {7:24} Judge not according toappearance, but judge righteous judgment. {7:25} Some therefore of themof Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? {7:26} Andlo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be thatthe rulers indeed know that this is the Christ? {7:27} Howbeit we knowthis man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knowethwhence he is. {7:28} Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching andsaying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come ofmyself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. {7:29} I knowhim; because I am from him, and he sent me. {7:30} They soughttherefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because hishour was not yet come. {7:31} But of the multitude many believed onhim; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signsthan those which this man hath done? {7:32} The Pharisees heard themultitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priestsand the Pharisees sent officers to take him. {7:33} Jesus thereforesaid, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.{7:34} Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, yecannot come. {7:35} The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whitherwill this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto theDispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? {7:36} What is thisword that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where Iam, ye cannot come? {7:37} Now on the last day, the great [day] of thefeast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him comeunto me and drink. {7:38} He that believeth on me, as the scripturehath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water. {7:39}But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him wereto receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was notyet glorified. {7:40} [Some] of the multitude therefore, when theyheard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet. {7:41} Otherssaid, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come outof Galilee? {7:42} Hath not the scripture said that the Christ comethof the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?{7:43} So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.{7:44} And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands onhim. {7:45} The officers therefore came to the chief priests andPharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him? {7:46}The officers answered, Never man so spake. {7:47} The Phariseestherefore answered them, Are ye also led astray? {7:48} Hath any of therulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? {7:49} But this multitudethat knoweth not the law are accursed. {7:50} Nicodemus saith unto them(he that came to him before, being one of them), {7:51} Doth our lawjudge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?{7:52} They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

{7:53} And they went every man unto his own house:

{8:1} but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. {8:2} And early inthe morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came untohim; and he sat down, and taught them. {8:3} And the scribes and thePharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in themidst, {8:4} they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken inadultery, in the very act. {8:5} Now in the law Moses commanded us tostone such: what then sayest thou of her? {8:6} And this they said,trying him, that they might have [whereof] to accuse him. But Jesusstooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. {8:7} But whenthey continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, Hethat is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. {8:8}And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.{8:9} And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning fromthe eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and thewoman, where she was, in the midst. {8:10} And Jesus lifted up himself,and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?{8:11} And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemnthee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more. {8:12} Again thereforeJesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he thatfolloweth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the lightof life. {8:13} The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearestwitness of thyself; thy witness is not true. {8:14} Jesus answered andsaid unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true;for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence Icome, or whither I go. {8:15} Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.{8:16} Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, butI and the Father that sent me. {8:17} Yea and in your law it iswritten, that the witness of two men is true. {8:18} I am he thatbeareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witnessof me. {8:19} They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesusanswered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye wouldknow my Father also. {8:20} These words spake he in the treasury, as hetaught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yetcome. {8:21} He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shallseek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.{8:22} The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith,Whither I go, ye cannot come? {8:23} And he said unto them, Ye are frombeneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.{8:24} I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: forexcept ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins. {8:25}They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Eventhat which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning. {8:26} Ihave many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he thatsent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak Iunto the world. {8:27} They perceived not that he spake to them of theFather. {8:28} Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son ofman, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing ofmyself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. {8:29} Andhe that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do alwaysthe things that are pleasing to him. {8:30} As he spake these things,many believed on him. {8:31} Jesus therefore said to those Jews thathad believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly mydisciples; {8:32} and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall makeyou free. {8:33} They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, andhave never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall bemade free? {8:34} Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. {8:35} And thebondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth forever. {8:36} If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be freeindeed. {8:37} I know that ye are Abraham’s seed: yet ye seek to killme, because my word hath not free course in you. {8:38} I speak thethings which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the thingswhich ye heard from [your] father. {8:39} They answered and said untohim, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’schildren, ye would do the works of Abraham. {8:40} But now ye seek tokill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God:this did not Abraham. {8:41} Ye do the works of your father. They saidunto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even]God. {8:42} Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye wouldlove me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I comeof myself, but he sent me. {8:43} Why do ye not understand my speech?[Even] because ye cannot hear my word. {8:44} Ye are of [your] fatherthe devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was amurderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, becausethere is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of hisown: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. {8:45} But because I saythe truth, ye believe me not. {8:46} Which of you convicteth me of sin?If I say truth, why do ye not believe me? {8:47} He that is of Godheareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because yeare not of God. {8:48} The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we notwell that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? {8:49} Jesusanswered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonorme. {8:50} But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh andjudgeth. {8:51} Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word,he shall never see death. {8:52} The Jews said unto him, Now we knowthat thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thousayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death. {8:53}Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophetsdied: whom makest thou thyself? {8:54} Jesus answered, If I glorifymyself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; ofwhom ye say, that he is your God; {8:55} and ye have not known him: butI know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like untoyou, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word. {8:56} Your fatherAbraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. {8:57} TheJews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, andhast thou seen Abraham? {8:58} Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, Isay unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am. {8:59} They took up stonestherefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of thetemple.

{9:1} And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. {9:2}And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, orhis parents, that he should be born blind? {9:3} Jesus answered,Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of Godshould be made manifest in him. {9:4} We must work the works of himthat sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.{9:5} When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. {9:6} Whenhe had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of thespittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, {9:7} and said unto him,Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). Hewent away therefore, and washed, and came seeing. {9:8} The neighborstherefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said,Is not this he that sat and begged? {9:9} Others said, It is he: otherssaid, No, but he is like him. He said, I am [he]. {9:10} They saidtherefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? {9:11} Heanswered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mineeyes, and said unto me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away andwashed, and I received sight. {9:12} And they said unto him, Where ishe? He saith, I know not. {9:13} They bring to the Pharisees him thataforetime was blind. {9:14} Now it was the sabbath on the day whenJesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. {9:15} Again therefore thePharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said untothem, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see. {9:16} Sometherefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because hekeepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is asinner do such signs? And there was division among them. {9:17} Theysay therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, inthat he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. {9:18} TheJews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind,and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him thathad received his sight, {9:19} and asked them, saying, Is this yourson, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see? {9:20} Hisparents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that hewas born blind: {9:21} but how he now seeth, we know not; or who openedhis eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak forhimself. {9:22} These things said his parents, because they feared theJews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confesshim [to be] Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. {9:23}Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. {9:24} So theycalled a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Giveglory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. {9:25} He thereforeanswered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that,whereas I was blind, now I see. {9:26} They said therefore unto him,What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? {9:27} He answered them,I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear itagain? would ye also become his disciples? {9:28} And they reviled him,and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses. {9:29}We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we knownot whence he is. {9:30} The man answered and said unto them, Why,herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and [yet] heopened mine eyes. {9:31} We know that God heareth not sinners: but ifany man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth. {9:32}Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyesof a man born blind. {9:33} If this man were not from God, he could donothing. {9:34} They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogetherborn in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. {9:35}Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dostthou believe on the Son of God? {9:36} He answered and said, And who ishe, Lord, that I may believe on him? {9:37} Jesus said unto him, Thouhast both seen him, and he it is that speaketh with thee. {9:38} And hesaid, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. {9:39} And Jesus said,For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see;and that they that see may become blind. {9:40} Those of the Phariseeswho were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we alsoblind? {9:41} Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have nosin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

{10:1} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by thedoor into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, thesame is a thief and a robber. {10:2} But he that entereth in by thedoor is the shepherd of the sheep. {10:3} To him the porter openeth;and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, andleadeth them out. {10:4} When he hath put forth all his own, he goethbefore them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. {10:5}And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for theyknow not the voice of strangers. {10:6} This parable spake Jesus untothem: but they understood not what things they were which he spake untothem. {10:7} Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, Isay unto you, I am the door of the sheep. {10:8} All that came beforeme are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. {10:9} Iam the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall goin and go out, and shall find pasture. {10:10} The thief cometh not,but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may havelife, and may have [it] abundantly. {10:11} I am the good shepherd: thegood shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. {10:12} He that is ahireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeththe wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolfsnatcheth them, and scattereth [them]: {10:13} [he fleeth] because heis a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. {10:14} I am the goodshepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, {10:15} even asthe Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my lifefor the sheep. {10:16} And other sheep I have, which are not of thisfold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and theyshall become one flock, one shepherd. {10:17} Therefore doth the Fatherlove me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. {10:18}No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I havepower to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. Thiscommandment received I from my Father. {10:19} There arose a divisionagain among the Jews because of these words. {10:20} And many of themsaid, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him? {10:21} Otherssaid, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can ademon open the eyes of the blind? {10:22} And it was the feast of thededication at Jerusalem: {10:23} it was winter; and Jesus was walkingin the temple in Solomon’s porch. {10:24} The Jews therefore came roundabout him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense?If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly. {10:25} Jesus answered them, Itold you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father’s name,these bear witness of me. {10:26} But ye believe not, because ye arenot of my sheep. {10:27} My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, andthey follow me: {10:28} and I give unto them eternal life; and theyshall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.{10:29} My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all;and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand. {10:30} Iand the Father are one. {10:31} The Jews took up stones again to stonehim. {10:32} Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed youfrom the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? {10:33} TheJews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but forblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.{10:34} Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, yeare gods? {10:35} If he called them gods, unto whom the word of Godcame (and the scripture cannot be broken), {10:36} say ye of him, whomthe Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest;because I said, I am [the] Son of God? {10:37} If I do not the works ofmy Father, believe me not. {10:38} But if I do them, though ye believenot me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that theFather is in me, and I in the Father. {10:39} They sought again to takehim: and he went forth out of their hand. {10:40} And he went awayagain beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the firstbaptizing; and there be abode. {10:41} And many came unto him; and theysaid, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake ofthis man were true. {10:42} And many believed on him there.

{11:1} Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of thevillage of Mary and her sister Martha. {11:2} And it was that Mary whoanointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair,whose brother Lazarus was sick. {11:3} The sisters therefore sent untohim, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. {11:4} But whenJesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for theglory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. {11:5} NowJesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. {11:6} When thereforehe heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the placewhere he was. {11:7} Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let usgo into Judaea again. {11:8} The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, theJews were but now seeking to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?{11:9} Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a manwalk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of thisworld. {11:10} But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, becausethe light is not in him. {11:11} These things spake he: and after thishe saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, thatI may awake him out of sleep. {11:12} The disciples therefore said untohim, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover. {11:13} Now Jesushad spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking restin sleep. {11:14} Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarusis dead. {11:15} And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, tothe intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. {11:16}Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto hisfellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. {11:17} Sowhen Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four daysalready. {11:18} Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteenfurlongs off; {11:19} and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary,to console them concerning their brother. {11:20} Martha therefore,when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary stillsat in the house. {11:21} Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, ifthou hadst been here, my brother had not died. {11:22} And even now Iknow that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.{11:23} Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. {11:24}Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in theresurrection at the last day. {11:25} Jesus said unto her, I am theresurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yetshall he live; {11:26} and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shallnever die. Believest thou this? {11:27} She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, [even] hethat cometh into the world. {11:28} And when she had said this, shewent away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher isher, and calleth thee. {11:29} And she, when she heard it, arosequickly, and went unto him. {11:30} (Now Jesus was not yet come intothe village, but was still in the place where Martha met him.) {11:31}The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her,when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followedher, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there. {11:32}Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell downat his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brotherhad not died. {11:33} When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and theJews [also] weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, andwas troubled, {11:34} and said, Where have ye laid him? They say untohim, Lord, come and see. {11:35} Jesus wept. {11:36} The Jews thereforesaid, Behold how he loved him! {11:37} But some of them said, Could notthis man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused thatthis man also should not die? {11:38} Jesus therefore again groaning inhimself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay againstit. {11:39} Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister ofhim that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the bodydecayeth; for he hath been [dead] four days. {11:40} Jesus saith untoher, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest seethe glory of God? {11:41} So they took away the stone. And Jesus liftedup his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me.{11:42} And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of themultitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe thatthou didst send me. {11:43} And when he had thus spoken, he cried witha loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. {11:44} He that was dead came forth,bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound aboutwith a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.{11:45} Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld thatwhich he did, believed on him. {11:46} But some of them went away tothe Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done. {11:47}The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, andsaid, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. {11:48} If we let himthus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come andtake away both our place and our nation. {11:49} But a certain one ofthem, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye knownothing at all, {11:50} nor do ye take account that it is expedient foryou that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nationperish not. {11:51} Now this he said not of himself: but, being highpriest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;{11:52} and not for the nation only, but that he might also gathertogether into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.{11:53} So from that day forth they took counsel that they might puthim to death. {11:54} Jesus therefore walked no more openly among theJews, but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, intoa city called Ephraim; and there he tarried with the disciples. {11:55}Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalemout of the country before the passover, to purify themselves. {11:56}They sought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with another, as theystood in the temple, What think ye? That he will not come to the feast?{11:57} Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment,that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they mighttake him.

{12:1} Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany,where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. {12:2} So they madehim a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them thatsat at meat with him. {12:3} Mary therefore took a pound of ointment ofpure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped hisfeet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of theointment. {12:4} But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that shouldbetray him, saith, {12:5} Why was not this ointment sold for threehundred shillings, and given to the poor? {12:6} Now this he said, notbecause he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and havingthe bag took away what was put therein. {12:7} Jesus therefore said,Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. {12:8} For thepoor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always. {12:9} Thecommon people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and theycame, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also,whom he had raised from the dead. {12:10} But the chief priests tookcounsel that they might put Lazarus also to death; {12:11} because thatby reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.{12:12} On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast,when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, {12:13} took thebranches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out,Hosanna: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even theKing of Israel. {12:14} And Jesus, having found a young ass, satthereon; as it is written, {12:15} Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold,thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. {12:16} These thingsunderstood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus wasglorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him,and that they had done these things unto him. {12:17} The multitudetherefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, andraised him from the dead, bare witness. {12:18} For this cause also themultitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done thissign. {12:19} The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold howye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him. {12:20} Now therewere certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:{12:21} these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida ofGalilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. {12:22} Philipcometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they tellJesus. {12:23} And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, thatthe Son of man should be glorified. {12:24} Verily, verily, I say untoyou, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth byitself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. {12:25} He thatloveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this worldshall keep it unto life eternal. {12:26} If any man serve me, let himfollow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any manserve 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 thiscause came I unto this hour. {12:28} Father, glorify thy name. Therecame therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorifiedit, and will glorify it again. {12:29} The multitude therefore, thatstood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, Anangel hath spoken to him. {12:30} Jesus answered and said, This voicehath not come for my sake, but for your sakes. {12:31} Now is thejudgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.{12:32} And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men untomyself. {12:33} But this he said, signifying by what manner of death heshould die. {12:34} The multitude therefore answered him, We have heardout of the law that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou,The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? {12:35} Jesustherefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you.Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and hethat walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. {12:36}While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sonsof light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himselffrom them. {12:37} But though he had done so many signs before them,yet they believed not on him: {12:38} that the word of Isaiah theprophet might be fulfilled, which he spake,Lord, who hath believed our report?
And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

{12:39} For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah saidagain,
{12:40} He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart;Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart,And should turn,
And I should heal them.

{12:41} These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and hespake of him. {12:42} Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed onhim; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest theyshould be put out of the synagogue: {12:43} for they loved the glory[that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God. {12:44} AndJesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, buton him that sent me. {12:45} And he that beholdeth me beholdeth himthat sent me. {12:46} I am come a light into the world, that whosoeverbelieveth on me may not abide in the darkness. {12:47} And if any manhear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not tojudge the world, but to save the world. {12:48} He that rejecteth me,and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word thatI spake, the same shall judge him in the last day. {12:49} For I spakenot from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me acommandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. {12:50} And Iknow that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which Ispeak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

{13:1} Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that hishour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father,having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto theend. {13:2} And during supper, the devil having already put into theheart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], to betray him, {13:3} [Jesus],knowing that the Father had given all the things into his hands, andthat he came forth from God, and goeth unto God, {13:4} riseth fromsupper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girdedhimself. {13:5} Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to washthe disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he wasgirded. {13:6} So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord,dost thou wash my feet? {13:7} Jesus answered and said unto him, What Ido thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter. {13:8}Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answeredhim, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. {13:9} Simon Petersaith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.{13:10} Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed needeth not save to washhis feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.{13:11} For he knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Yeare not all clean. {13:12} So when he had washed their feet, and takenhis garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what Ihave done to you? {13:13} Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye saywell; for so I am. {13:14} If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, havewashed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. {13:15} ForI have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done toyou. {13:16} Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greaterthan his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.{13:17} If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. {13:18}I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that thescripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth my bread lifted up his heelagainst me. {13:19} From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass,that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he]. {13:20}Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I sendreceiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.{13:21} When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, andtestified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of youshall betray me. {13:22} The disciples looked one on another, doubtingof whom he spake. {13:23} There was at the table reclining in Jesus’bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. {13:24} Simon Petertherefore beckoneth to him, and saith unto him, Tell [us] who it is ofwhom he speaketh. {13:25} He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breastsaith unto him, Lord, who is it? {13:26} Jesus therefore answereth, Heit is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. So when he haddipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, [the son] of SimonIscariot. {13:27} And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesustherefore saith unto him, What thou doest, do quickly. {13:28} Now noman at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. {13:29}For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him,Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should givesomething to the poor. {13:30} He then having received the sop went outstraightway: and it was night. {13:31} When therefore he was gone out,Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified inhim; {13:32} and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightwayshall he glorify him. {13:33} Little children, yet a little while I amwith you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go,ye cannot come; so now I say unto you. {13:34} A new commandment I giveunto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that yealso love one another. {13:35} By this shall all men know that ye aremy disciples, if ye have love one to another. {13:36} Simon Peter saithunto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thoucanst not follow now; but thou shalt follow afterwards. {13:37} Petersaith unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee even now? I will laydown my life for thee. {13:38} Jesus answereth, Wilt thou lay down thylife for me? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow,till thou hast denied me thrice.

{14:1} Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe alsoin me. {14:2} In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were notso, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. {14:3}And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receiveyou unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. {14:4} Andwhither I go, ye know the way. {14:5} Thomas saith unto him, Lord, weknow not whither thou goest; how know we the way? {14:6} Jesus saithunto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh untothe Father, but by me. {14:7} If ye had known me, ye would have knownmy Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. {14:8}Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.{14:9} Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, anddost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen theFather; how sayest thou, Show us the Father? {14:10} Believest thou notthat I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I sayunto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doethhis works. {14:11} Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Fatherin me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. {14:12} Verily,verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I doshall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because Igo unto the Father. {14:13} And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. {14:14} Ifye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. {14:15} If ye loveme, ye will keep my commandments. {14:16} And I will pray the Father,and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever, {14:17} [even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannotreceive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him;for he abideth with you, and shall be in you. {14:18} I will not leaveyou desolate: I come unto you. {14:19} Yet a little while, and theworld beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shalllive also. {14:20} In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,and ye in me, and I in you. {14:21} He that hath my commandments, andkeepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall beloved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself untohim. {14:22} Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come topass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?{14:23} Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he willkeep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,and make our abode with him. {14:24} He that loveth me not keepeth notmy words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s whosent me. {14:25} These things have I spoken unto you, while [yet]abiding with you. {14:26} But the Comforter, [even] the Holy Spirit,whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you. {14:27} Peace Ileave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, giveI unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.{14:28} Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. Ifye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: forthe Father is greater than I. {14:29} And now I have told you before itcome to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe. {14:30} Iwill no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh:and he hath nothing in me; {14:31} but that the world may know that Ilove the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.Arise, let us go hence.

{15:1} I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. {15:2}Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every[branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear morefruit. {15:3} Already ye are clean because of the word which I havespoken unto you. {15:4} Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannotbear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye,except ye abide in me. {15:5} I am the vine, ye are the branches: Hethat abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: forapart from me ye can do nothing. {15:6} If a man abide not in me, he iscast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and castthem into the fire, and they are burned. {15:7} If ye abide in me, andmy words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be doneunto you. {15:8} Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear muchfruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples. {15:9} Even as the Fatherhath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. {15:10} Ifye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have keptmy Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. {15:11} These thingshave I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joymay be made full. {15:12} This is my commandment, that ye love oneanother, even as I have loved you. {15:13} Greater love hath no manthan this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. {15:14} Ye aremy friends, if ye do the things which I command you. {15:15} No longerdo I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lorddoeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard frommy Father, I have made known unto you. {15:16} Ye did not choose me,but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit,and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of theFather in my name, he may give it you. {15:17} These things I commandyou, that ye may love one another. {15:18} If the world hateth you, yeknow that it hath hated me before [it hated] you. {15:19} If ye were ofthe world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of theworld, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hatethyou. {15:20} Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is notgreater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecuteyou; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. {15:21} But allthese things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because theyknow not him that sent me. {15:22} If I had not come and spoken untothem, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.{15:23} He that hateth me hateth my Father also. {15:24} If I had notdone among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin:but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. {15:25}But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that iswritten in their law, They hated me without a cause. {15:26} But whenthe Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father,[even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shallbear witness of me: {15:27} and ye also bear witness, because ye havebeen with me from the beginning.

{16:1} These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not becaused to stumble. {16:2} They shall put you out of the synagogues:yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that heoffereth service unto God. {16:3} And these things will they do,because they have not known the Father, nor me. {16:4} But these thingshave I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may rememberthem, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you fromthe beginning, because I was with you. {16:5} But now I go unto himthat sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? {16:6} Butbecause I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled yourheart. {16:7} Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient foryou that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not comeunto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. {16:8} And he, when heis come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and ofrighteousness, and of judgment: {16:9} of sin, because they believe noton me; {16:10} of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and yebehold me no more; {16:11} of judgment, because the prince of thisworld hath been judged. {16:12} I have yet many things to say unto you,but ye cannot bear them now. {16:13} Howbeit when he, the Spirit oftruth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall notspeak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shallhe speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.{16:14} He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shalldeclare [it] unto you. {16:15} All things whatsoever the Father hathare mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare[it] unto you. {16:16} A little while, and ye behold me no more; andagain a little while, and ye shall see me. {16:17} [Some] of hisdisciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saithunto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a littlewhile, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? {16:18}They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? Weknow not what he saith. {16:19} Jesus perceived that they were desirousto ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselvesconcerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, andagain a little while, and ye shall see me? {16:20} Verily, verily, Isay unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shallrejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned intojoy. {16:21} A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because herhour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she rememberethno more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.{16:22} And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, andyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.{16:23} And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, Isay unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give ityou in my name. {16:24} Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask,and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full. {16:25} Thesethings have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when Ishall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell youplainly of the Father. {16:26} In that day ye shall ask in my name: andI say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you; {16:27} forthe Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and havebelieved that I came forth from the Father. {16:28} I came out from theFather, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and gounto the Father. {16:29} His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thouplainly, and speakest no dark saying. {16:30} Now know we that thouknowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: bythis we believe that thou camest forth from God. {16:31} Jesus answeredthem, Do ye now believe? {16:32} Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come,that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave mealone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me. {16:33}These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. Inthe world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcomethe world.

{17:1} These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven,he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son mayglorify thee: {17:2} even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh,that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.{17:3} And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the onlytrue God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ. {17:4} Iglorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thouhast given me to do. {17:5} And now, Father, glorify thou me with thineown self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.{17:6} I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out ofthe world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they havekept thy word. {17:7} Now they know that all things whatsoever thouhast given me are from thee: {17:8} for the words which thou gavest meI have given unto them; and they received [them], and knew of a truththat I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.{17:9} I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whomthou hast given me; for they are thine: {17:10} and all things that aremine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. {17:11}And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I cometo thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me,that they may be one, even as we [are]. {17:12} While I was with them,I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them,and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that thescripture might be fulfilled. {17:13} But now I come to thee; and thesethings I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full inthemselves. {17:14} I have given them thy word; and the world hatedthem, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.{17:15} I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, butthat thou shouldest keep them from the evil [one]. {17:16} They are notof the world even as I am not of the world. {17:17} Sanctify them inthe truth: thy word is truth. {17:18} As thou didst send me into theworld, even so sent I them into the world. {17:19} And for their sakesI sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified intruth. {17:20} Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also thatbelieve on me through their word; {17:21} that they may all be one;even as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may bein us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me. {17:22} Andthe glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that theymay be one, even 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 thoudidst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. {17:24}Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with mewhere I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. {17:25} Orighteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and theseknew that thou didst send me; {17:26} and I made known unto them thyname, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst memay be in them, and I in them.

{18:1} When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with hisdisciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which heentered, himself and his disciples. {18:2} Now Judas also, who betrayedhim, knew the place: for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with hisdisciples. {18:3} Judas then, having received the band [of soldiers],and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thitherwith lanterns and torches and weapons. {18:4} Jesus therefore, knowingall the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith untothem, Whom seek ye? {18:5} They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesussaith unto them, I am [he]. And Judas also, who betrayed him, wasstanding with them. {18:6} When therefore he said unto them, I am [he],they went backward, and fell to the ground. {18:7} Again therefore heasked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. {18:8}Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]; if therefore ye seek me, letthese go their way: {18:9} that the word might be fulfilled which hespake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one. {18:10} SimonPeter therefore having a sword drew it, and struck the high priest’sservant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant’s name was Malchus.{18:11} Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up the sword into thesheath: the cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?{18:12} So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of theJews, seized Jesus and bound him, {18:13} and led him to Annas first;for he was father in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.{18:14} Now Caiaphas was he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it wasexpedient that one man should die for the people. {18:15} And SimonPeter followed Jesus, and [so did] another disciple. Now that disciplewas known unto the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into thecourt of the high priest; {18:16} but Peter was standing at the doorwithout. So the other disciple, who was known unto the high priest,went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.{18:17} The maid therefore that kept the door saith unto Peter, Artthou also [one] of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not. {18:18}Now the servants and the officers were standing [there], having made afire of coals; for it was cold; and they were warming themselves: andPeter also was with them, standing and warming himself. {18:19} Thehigh priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of histeaching. {18:20} Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to theworld; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all theJews come together; and in secret spake I nothing. {18:21} Why askestthou me? Ask them that have heard [me], what I spake unto them: behold,these know the things which I said. {18:22} And when he had said this,one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying,Answerest thou the high priest so? {18:23} Jesus answered him, If Ihave spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitestthou me? {18:24} Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the highpriest. {18:25} Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Theysaid therefore unto him, Art thou also [one] of his disciples? Hedenied, and said, I am not. {18:26} One of the servants of the highpriest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did notI see thee in the garden with him? {18:27} Peter therefore deniedagain: and straightway the cock crew. {18:28} They lead Jesus thereforefrom Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and theythemselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not bedefiled, but might eat the passover. {18:29} Pilate therefore went outunto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?{18:30} They answered and said unto him, If this man were not anevildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee. {18:31} Pilatetherefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him accordingto your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put anyman to death: {18:32} that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, whichhe spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die. {18:33}Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus,and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? {18:34} Jesusanswered, Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it theeconcerning me? {18:35} Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nationand the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?{18:36} Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdomwere of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not bedelivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. {18:37}Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered,Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to thisend am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto thetruth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. {18:38} Pilatesaith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went outagain unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.{18:39} But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at thepassover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of theJews? {18:40} They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, butBarabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.)

{19:1} Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. {19:2}And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, andarrayed him in a purple garment; {19:3} and they came unto him, andsaid, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.{19:4} And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bringhim out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him. {19:5}Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purplegarment. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold, the man! {19:6} Whentherefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out,saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]! Pilate saith unto them, Take himyourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him. {19:7} TheJews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die,because he made himself the Son of God. {19:8} When Pilate thereforeheard this saying, he was the more afraid; {19:9} and he entered intothe Praetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesusgave him no answer. {19:10} Pilate therefore saith unto him, Speakestthou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee,and have power to crucify thee? {19:11} Jesus answered him, Thouwouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee fromabove: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.{19:12} Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out,saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar’s friend: everyone that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. {19:13} WhenPilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat downon the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew,Gabbatha. {19:14} Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it wasabout the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!{19:15} They therefore cried out, Away with [him], away with [him],crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? Thechief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. {19:16} Thentherefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified. {19:17} They tookJesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, untothe place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew,Golgotha: {19:18} where they crucified him, and with him two others, oneither side one, and Jesus in the midst. {19:19} And Pilate wrote atitle also, and put it on the cross. And there was written, JESUS OFNAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. {19:20} This title therefore read manyof the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to thecity; and it was written in Hebrew, [and] in Latin, [and] in Greek.{19:21} The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Writenot, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.{19:22} Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. {19:23}The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took hisgarments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also thecoat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.{19:24} They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, butcast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might befulfilled, which saith,
They parted my garments among them,
And upon my vesture did they cast lots.

{19:25} These things therefore the soldiers did. But there werestanding by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister,Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. {19:26} When Jesustherefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved,he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! {19:27} Then saith heto the disciple, Behold, thy mother! And from that hour the discipletook her unto his own [home]. {19:28} After this Jesus, knowing thatall things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished,saith, I thirst. {19:29} There was set there a vessel full of vinegar:so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it tohis mouth. {19:30} When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, hesaid, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.{19:31} The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that thebodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day ofthat sabbath was a high [day]), asked of Pilate that their legs mightbe broken, and [that] they might be taken away. {19:32} The soldierstherefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other thatwas crucified with him: {19:33} but when they came to Jesus, and sawthat he was dead already, they brake not his legs: {19:34} howbeit oneof the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway therecame out blood and water. {19:35} And he that hath seen hath bornewitness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true,that ye also may believe. {19:36} For these things came to pass, thatthe scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.{19:37} And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whomthey pierced. {19:38} And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea,being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked ofPilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him]leave. He came therefore, and took away his body. {19:39} And therecame also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringinga mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. {19:40} So theytook the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,as the custom of the Jews is to bury. {19:41} Now in the place where hewas crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb whereinwas never man yet laid. {19:42} There then because of the Jews’Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.

{20:1} Now on the first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdaleneearly, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone takenaway from the tomb. {20:2} She runneth therefore, and cometh to SimonPeter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them,They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not wherethey have laid him. {20:3} Peter therefore went forth, and the otherdisciple, and they went toward the tomb. {20:4} And they ran bothtogether: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to thetomb; {20:5} and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen clothslying; yet entered he not in. {20:6} Simon Peter therefore also cometh,following him, and entered into the tomb; and he beholdeth the linencloths lying, {20:7} and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lyingwith the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. {20:8} Thenentered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to thetomb, and he saw, and believed. {20:9} For as yet they knew not thescripture, that he must rise from the dead. {20:10} So the discipleswent away again unto their own home. {20:11} But Mary was standingwithout at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and lookedinto the tomb; {20:12} and she beholdeth two angels in white sitting,one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.{20:13} And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith untothem, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where theyhave laid him. {20:14} When she had thus said, she turned herself back,and beholdeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. {20:15}Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She,supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hastborne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take himaway. {20:16} Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turneth herself, andsaith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher. {20:17}Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto theFather: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto myFather and your Father, and my God and your God. {20:18} Mary Magdalenecometh and telleth the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and [that] hehad said these things unto her. {20:19} When therefore it was evening,on that day, the first [day] of the week, and when the doors were shutwhere the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood inthe midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you. {20:20} And whenhe had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Thedisciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. {20:21} Jesustherefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hathsent me, even so send I you. {20:22} And when he had said this, hebreathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:{20:23} whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them;whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained. {20:24} But Thomas,one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.{20:25} The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen theLord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the printof the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.{20:26} And after eight days again his disciples were within, andThomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in themidst, and said, Peace [be] unto you. {20:27} Then saith he to Thomas,Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach [hither] thy hand,and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. {20:28}Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. {20:29} Jesussaith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed[are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed. {20:30} Manyother signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, whichare not written in this book: {20:31} but these are written, that yemay believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and thatbelieving ye may have life in his name.

{21:1} After these things Jesus manifested himself again to thedisciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested [himself] on thiswise. {21:2} There was together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus,and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the [sons] of Zebedee, and twoother of his disciples. {21:3} Simon Peter saith unto them, I go afishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth,and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing. {21:4} Butwhen day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach: yet the disciplesknew not that it was Jesus. {21:5} Jesus therefore saith unto them,Children, have ye aught to eat? They answered him, No. {21:6} And hesaid unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and yeshall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw itfor the multitude of fishes. {21:7} That disciple therefore whom Jesusloved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard thatit was the Lord, he girt his coat about him (for he was naked), andcast himself into the sea. {21:8} But the other disciples came in thelittle boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundredcubits off), dragging the net [full] of fishes. {21:9} So when they gotout upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laidthereon, and bread. {21:10} Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fishwhich ye have now taken. {21:11} Simon Peter therefore went up, anddrew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty andthree: and for all there were so many, the net was not rent. {21:12}Jesus saith unto them, Come [and] break your fast. And none of thedisciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was theLord. {21:13} Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, andthe fish likewise. {21:14} This is now the third time that Jesus wasmanifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.{21:15} So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith untohim, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feedmy lambs. {21:16} He saith to him again a second time, Simon, [son] ofJohn, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that Ilove thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. {21:17} He saith unto himthe third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grievedbecause he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he saidunto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. {21:18} Verily, verily, I say untothee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whitherthou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thyhands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thouwouldest not. {21:19} Now this he spake, signifying by what manner ofdeath he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith untohim, Follow me. {21:20} Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whomJesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at thesupper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? {21:21} Petertherefore seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?{21:22} Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what[is that] to thee? Follow thou me. {21:23} This saying therefore wentforth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesussaid not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarrytill I come, what [is that] to thee? {21:24} This is the disciple thatbeareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we knowthat his witness is true. {21:25} And there are also many other thingswhich Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, Isuppose that even the world itself would not contain the books thatshould be written.

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