22 And after these things Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he dwelt with them, and baptized them.  23 And John also baptized in Aenon near Salem, because there was plenty of water there; and they went there and were baptized, 24 for John was not yet locked up in prison.  25 Then the disciples of John had a dispute with the Jews about purification.  26 And they came to John, and said to him, 'Rabbi! He who was with you at the Jordan, and of whom you testified, behold, He baptizes, and all go to Him.  27 And John answered and said, 'A man cannot take anything upon himself, except it be given to him from heaven.'  28 Ye yourselves are witnesses unto me, that I have said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him.  29 He who has a bride is a bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hearkens to him, rejoices when he hears the voice of the bridegroom. This is my joy fulfilled.  30 He must increase, but I must decrease.  31 He who comes from above is above all; but he who is of the earth is and speaks, as he who is of the earth; He who comes from heaven is above all, 32 and what he has seen and heard, he also bears witness to; and no one accepts His testimony.  33 He who received His testimony hereby sealed that God is true, 34 for He whom God sent speaks the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit by measure.  35 The Father loves the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.  36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him. 

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     1 And when Jesus heard of the rumor that had come to the Pharisees, that he made more disciples and baptized than John, 2 although Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples, 3 he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

     4 And it behooved him to pass through Samaria.  5 Therefore he came to the city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob had given to his son Joseph.  6 There was the well of Jacob. Jesus, having labored from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about six o'clock.  7 A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."  8 For his disciples went away into the city to buy food.  9 And the Samaritan woman saith unto him, Thou art a Jew, and ask me, a Samaritan woman, to drink? for the Jews have no fellowship with the Samaritans.  10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God, and who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him yourself, and he would have given you living water.'  11 The woman said to him, 'Lord! you have nothing to draw with, but the well is deep; Where did you get living water?  12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank of it, and his children, and his cattle?  13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never thirst. but the water that I give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.  15 And the woman said to him, 'Lord! Give me this water, that I may not be thirsty, and that I may not come hither to draw.  16 Jesus said to her, "Go and call your husband and come hither."  17 The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "It is true that you have no husband, 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. You said it fairly.  19 The woman said to him, "Lord! I see that you are a prophet.  20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you say that the place where we should worship is in Jerusalem.  21 Jesus said to her, "Believe me, the time is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem."  22 You do not know what you worship, but we know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.  23 But the time will come, and has already come, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such worshipers for himself.  24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.  25 The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, that is, the Christ; when He comes, He will tell us all things.  26 Jesus said to her, "It is I who speak to you."  27 And it came to pass that his disciples came, and were amazed that he was speaking with a woman; yet not one said, What do you require? or, "What are you talking to her about?"  28 Then the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and said to the people, 29 Go and see the man who told me all that I had done: Is he not the Christ?  E-30 They went out of the city and went to Him.  31 And the disciples besought him, saying, "Rabbi! Eat it.  32 But he said to them, 'I have food that you do not know.'  33 Wherefore the disciples said among themselves, 'Who hath brought him food?'  34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to do His work."  35 Do you not say that there are still four months, and the harvest will come? But I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and behold the fields, how they are white, and ripe for the harvest.  36 He who reaps receives a reward and gathers fruit into eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps will rejoice together, 37 for in this case the saying is true, "The one sows and the other reaps."  38 I have sent you to reap what you have not labored for: others have labored, but you have entered into their labor.  39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman, who testified that he had told her all that she had done.  40 Wherefore, when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he tarried there two days.  41 And a greater number believed according to His word.  42 And they said to the woman, 'We no longer believe by thy words, for we yourselves have heard, and have known, that he is truly the Saviour of the world, the Christ.'

     43 And after two days he went out from thence and went to Galilee, 44 for Jesus himself testified that the prophet had no honor in his own country.  45 And when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, seeing all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.  46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where he changed water into wine. In Capernaum there was a certain courtier whose son was sick.  47 And when he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he came to him, and asked him to come and heal his son, who was about to die.  48 Jesus said to him, "You will not believe unless you see signs and wonders."  49 The courtier said to him, "Lord! Come before my son dies.  50 Jesus said to him, 'Go, your son is well.' He believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him and went.  51 And his servants met him on the way, and said, 'Thy son is well.'  52 And he asked them, 'At what hour did he feel better?' He was told: yesterday at seven o'clock the fever left him.  53 From this the father knew that this was the hour in which Jesus said to him, 'Your son is well,' and he himself and all his household believed.  54 This second miracle was performed by Jesus when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

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     1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus came to Jerusalem.  2 And there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep's Gate a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which had five covered passages.  3 And in them lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, the withered, waiting for the water to move, 4 for the angel of the Lord went down from time to time into the pool, and stirred up the waters, and whoever first entered into it when the waters were disturbed, he recovered, no matter what disease he was afflicted with.  E-5 There was a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years.  6 And when Jesus saw him lying down, and knew that he had been lying for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"  7 And the sick man answered him, 'Yes, Lord; but I have no man to lower me into the pool when the waters are troubled; but when I come, another one has already descended before me.  8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk."  9 And straightway he recovered, and took up his bed, and went. And it was on the Sabbath day.  10 Therefore the Jews said to the healed man, 'This is the Sabbath; thou shalt not take a bed.  11 And he answered them, 'He who healed me said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.'  12 And they asked him, 'Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk?'  13 And he who was healed did not know who he was, for Jesus hid himself among the people who were in that place.  14 Then Jesus met him in the temple and said to him, 'Behold, you are healed; sin no more, lest something worse happen to you.  15 And the man went and declared to the Jews that he who had healed him was Jesus.  16 And the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done such things on the sabbath day.

     17 And Jesus said unto them, 'My Father worketh hitherto, and I do.'  18 And the Jews sought to kill him still more, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.  19 And Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except he see the Father doing: for whatsoever he doeth, that also doeth the Son."  20 For the Father loves the Son, and shews unto him all that he doeth himself; and he will show him more works than these, so that you will be amazed.  21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to whom he will.  22 For the Father judges no man, but hath given all judgment unto the Son, 23 that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.  24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed from death unto life.  25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The time is coming, and it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and when they have heard, they shall live.  26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has given the Son to have life in Himself.  27 And he gave him power to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.  28 Do not be amazed at this; for the time is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God;  29 And they that have done good shall go forth into the resurrection of life, and those that have done evil into the resurrection of condemnation.  E-30 I can do nothing of myself. As I hear, so I judge, and My judgment is righteous; for I do not seek My will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.  31 If I bear witness of myself, my testimony is not true.  32 There is another that bears witness to me; and I know that the testimony with which he bears witness of Me is true.  E-33 You sent to John, and he testified of the truth.  34 Yet I do not receive a testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.  35 He was a lampstand, burning and shining; but you wanted to rejoice a little while in His light.  36 But I have a testimony greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to do, the very works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.  37 And the Father who sent me himself testified of me. But you have never heard His voice, nor seen His face;  38 and ye have not his word that abides in you, because ye believe not him whom he hath sent.  39 Search the Scriptures, for you think by them to have eternal life; but they bear witness to Me.  E-40 But you don't want to come to Me to have life.  41 I do not receive glory from men, 42 but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.  43 I have come in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not; but if any one comes in his own name, you will receive him.  44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory that is from the One God?  45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: there is an accuser against you, Moses, in whom you trust.  46 For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me also, because he wrote about me.  47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words? 

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     1 And after these things Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Tiberias.  2 A multitude of people followed him, because they had seen the miracles that he did on the sick.  3 And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.  4 And the Passover, the feast of the Jews, drew nigh.  5 And when Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw that a multitude was coming to him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy loaves to feed them?"  6 And he said these things, testing him; for He Himself knew what He wanted to do.  7 And Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii will not have enough bread for them, that each of them may have a little.  8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 9 Here a certain boy has five barley loaves and two fishes; But what is it for such a multitude?  10 Jesus said, "Command them to sit down." There was a lot of grass in that place. And so the people lay down to the number of about five thousand.  11 And Jesus took the loaves, and gave thanks, and distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who sat at table, also as many fishes as they wanted.  12 And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, 'Gather up the remaining pieces, that nothing may be lost.'  13 And they gathered together, and filled the twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves that were left to those who were eating.  14 Then the people who saw the miracle performed by Jesus said, "This is truly the prophet who is to come into the world."  15 And Jesus, having learned that they wanted to come, to take him by chance, and make him king, again withdrew into the mountain alone.

     16 And when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 and having entered into a boat, they went to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. It was getting dark, and Jesus did not come to them.  18 A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was agitated.  19 When they had sailed about twenty-five or thirty stades, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat, and they were afraid.  20 But he said to them, 'This is I; Don't be afraid.  21 They wanted to receive Him into the boat; and immediately the boat landed on the shore where they were sailing.

     22 And on the morrow the people standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat except for one boat into which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with his disciples, but that only his disciples had sailed away.  23 In the meantime other boats came from Tiberias near to the place where they were eating bread with the blessing of the Lord.  24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into boats and sailed to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.  25 And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 'Rabbi! when did you come here?  26 Jesus answered and said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you have eaten bread and are satisfied."  27 Seek not for perishable food, but for food that endures unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on him the Father God has set his seal.  28 Therefore they said to him, 'What shall we do to do the works of God?'  29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."  30 And they said unto him, 'What sign wilt thou give, that we may see and believe thee?' What are you doing?  31 Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'Bread from heaven gave them to eat.'  32 And Jesus said unto them, 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses hath not given you bread from heaven, but my Father hath given you true bread from heaven.'  33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.  34 And they said to him, 'Lord! Always give us such bread.  35 And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.  36 But I have told you that you have seen me, and do not believe.  37 All that the Father gives me will come to me; and he that cometh unto me I will not cast out, 38 for I came down from heaven, not to do my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.  39 And it is the will of the Father who sent me that of the things which he has given me, nothing should be destroyed, but all these things should be raised up at the last day.  40 It is the will of Him who sent Me that whosoever seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, should have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day.  41 And the Jews murmured against him, because he said, 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.'  42 And they said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?' How then does He say, I came down from heaven?  43 Jesus answered and said to them, 'Do not murmur among yourselves.'  44 No man can come to me, except the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.  45 It is written in the prophets, And all shall be taught of God. Everyone who has heard from the Father and has learned comes to Me.  46 It is not that anyone has seen the Father, except Him who is of God; He saw the Father.  47 Verily, verily, I say to you, he who believes on Me has eternal life.  48 I am the bread of life.  49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and died;  50 But the bread that comes down from heaven is such that he that eateth it shall not die.  51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; he who eats this bread will live forever; but the bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.  52 Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, 'How can he give us to eat his flesh?'  53 And Jesus said unto them, 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.'  54 He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.  55 For my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink.  56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.  57 As the living Father sent me, and I live by the Father, so he who eats me will live by me.  58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate manna and died: he who eats this bread will live forever.  59 These things he spake in the synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.  60 And many of his disciples, hearing this, said, 'What strange words! Who can listen to this?  61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, 'Does this offend you?'  E-62 What if you see the Son of Man going up to where he was before?  63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and life.  E-64 But there's some of you who don't believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who the unbelievers were and who would betray Him.  65 And he said, 'For this reason I have told you, that no man can come to me, except it be given to him by my Father.'  66 From that time many of his disciples departed from him, and walked no more with him.  67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, 'Do you also want to go away?'  68 Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord! To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life: 69 And we have believed, and have come to know that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.  70 Jesus answered them, 'Have I not chosen you twelve?' But one of you is the devil.  71 This he spoke of Judas Simon Iscariot, for he would betray him, being one of the twelve. 

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     1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.