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.

     2 And the feast of the Jews drew nigh, the setting up of tabernacles.  3 Then his brethren said to him, 'Come out of here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see the works that you are doing.'  4 For no one does anything in secret, but seeks to be known himself. If You do such things, then manifest Yourself to the world.  5 For even his brethren did not believe in him.  6 And Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but it is always time for you."  7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I bear witness of him that his works are evil.  8 Ye shall go to this feast; but I will not yet go to this feast, because My time has not yet come.  9 And having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee.

     10 But when his brethren came, then he also came to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.  11 And the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?  12 And there was much talk about him among the people: some said that he was good; and others said, "No, but he deceives the people."  13 Yet no one spoke of him openly, for fear of the Jews.  14 But it was already the middle of the feast that Jesus went into the temple and taught.  15 And the Jews were amazed, saying, 'How does he know the Scriptures, not having learned?'  16 Jesus answered them, saying, 'My teaching is not mine, but Him who sent me;  17 Whosoever will do his will shall know of this doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.  18 He who speaks of himself seeks glory for himself; but he who seeks glory to him who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.  19 Did not Moses give you the law? And none of you walks according to the law. Why do you seek to kill Me?  20 And the people answered and said, 'Is there not a devil in you?' who seeks to kill you?  21 And Jesus, continuing his speech, said unto them, 'I have done a certain thing, and ye are all amazed.'  22 Moses gave you circumcision [though it is not from Moses, but from the fathers], and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.  23 If a man is circumcised on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry with me, because I healed the whole man on the sabbath?  24 Judge not by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment.  25 And some of the people of Jerusalem said, 'Is this not the one whom they seek to kill?'  26 Behold, he speaketh plainly, and say nothing unto him, Have not the rulers been convinced that he is indeed the Christ?  27 But we know Him whence He comes; When Christ comes, no one will know where He comes from.  28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "And you know me, and you know where I come from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.  29 I know Him because I am of Him, and He sent Me.  30 And they sought to seize him, but no man laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.  31 And many of the people believed in him, and said, 'When Christ comes, will he do more signs than this one has done?'  32 And when the Pharisees heard such talk about him among the people, the Pharisees and the chief priests sent ministers to seize him.  33 And Jesus said unto them, 'I shall not be long with you, and I will go to him who sent me;  34 ye shall seek me, and ye shall not find me; and where I am, there you cannot come.  35 And the Jews said among themselves, 'Where does he want to go, so that we shall not find him?' Does He not want to go into the Hellenic diaspora and teach the Greeks?  36 What is the meaning of these words which he said, 'You will seek me, and you will not find me; and where I am, there you cannot come?

    37 And on the last great day of the feast Jesus stood and cried out, saying, 'Whosoever thirst, let him come to me and drink.'  38 Whosoever believeth on me, as it is said in the Scriptures, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.  39 These things he said concerning the Spirit, which those who believe in him had to receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet upon them, because Jesus was not yet glorified.  40 And many of the people, when they heard these words, said, 'He is surely a prophet.'  E-41 Others said, "This is Christ." And some said, "Will Christ come from Galilee?"  42 Does not the Scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, from the place where David was?  43 And there was a strife among the people about him.  44 Some of them wanted to seize Him; but no one laid hands on Him.  45 So the ministers returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, and these said to them, 'Why did you not bring him?'  E-46 The ministers answered, "Never did a man speak like this man."  47 And the Pharisees said unto them, Have ye also been deceived?  48 Did any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believe in him?  49 But this people are ignorant of the law, accursed are they.  50 Nicodemus, who came to him by night, being one of them, said to them, 51 Does our law judge a man, unless they first hear him, and know what he is doing?  52 And they said to him, 'Are you not also of Galilee?' look and see that there is no prophet coming from Galilee.  53 And they all went to their homes.

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     1 And Jesus went up to the Mount of Olives.  2 And in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people went to him. He sat down and taught them.  3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst, 4 they said to him, 'Teacher! this woman was taken in adultery;  5 And Moses in the law commanded us to stone such people: What wilt thou say?  6 And they said these things, tempting him, that they might find something to accuse him. But Jesus, bending low, wrote with his finger on the ground, paying no attention to them.  7 And when they continued to question him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, 'He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone at her.'  8 And again, stooping low, he wrote on the ground.  9 And when they heard these things, and were rebuked by their consciences, they began to depart one by one, from the elders to the last; and only Jesus remained, and the woman standing in the middle.  10 And Jesus, having lifted himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said unto her, 'Woman! Where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?  11 And she answered, 'None, Lord.' Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.

     12 And Jesus spoke again to the people, and said to them, 'I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.  13 Then the Pharisees said to him, 'You bear witness of yourself, your testimony is not true.'  14 Jesus answered and said to them, "If I also bear witness of myself, my testimony is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but you do not know whence I am and whither I am going.  15 You judge according to the flesh; I don't judge anyone.  16 And if I judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am also the Father who sent me.  17 And it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.  18 I bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.  19 Then they said to him, 'Where is your Father?' Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you had known me, you would have known my Father also.  20 These are the words that Jesus spake at the treasury when he was teaching in the temple; and no man took him, because his hour had not yet come.  21 And Jesus said to them again, 'I am departing, and ye shall seek me, and ye shall die in your sin.' Where I go, you cannot come.  22 And the Jews said, 'Shall he kill himself?'  23 And he said unto them, Ye are of the lowest, I am of the highest; you are of this world, I am not of this world.  24 Therefore I told you that you would die in your sins; for if you do not believe that it is I, you will die in your sins.  25 Then they said to him, 'Who are you?' Jesus said to them, "From the beginning I am, just as I say to you."  26 I have much to say, and to judge of you; but He who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him, that I also say to the world.  27 They did not understand what He was saying to them about the Father.  28 So Jesus said to them, 'When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that it is I, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father has taught me, so I say.'  29 He who sent Me is with Me; The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.  E-30 As He said these things, many believed on Him.  31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, 'If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.'  33 And they answered him, 'We are Abraham's seed, and have never been slaves to any man; how then sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?  34 Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin."  35 But the servant does not abide in the house forever; The Son abides eternally.  36 Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.  37 I know that you are the seed of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word cannot be contained in you.  38 I say what I have seen with my Father; but you do what you have seen in your father.  39 And they answered and said unto him, 'Our father is Abraham.' Jesus said to them, "If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham."  40 And now seek ye to kill me, the man who hath told you the truth which I have heard from God, that Abraham did not do it.  41 You do the works of your father. And they said to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.  42 Jesus said to them, 'If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and came; for I did not come of myself, but he sent me.  43 Why do you not understand My speech? For you cannot hear my words.  E-44 Your father is the devil; and you want to fulfill the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not stand in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he speaks lies, he speaks his own, for he is a liar and the father of lies.  45 And because I speak the truth, do not believe Me.  46 Which of you will convict Me of unrighteousness? But if I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?  47 He who is of God hears the words of God. You do not listen because you are not of God.  48 And the Jews answered and said unto him, 'Is it not true that we say that thou art a Samaritan, and that a demon is in thee?'  49 Jesus answered, "There is no demon in me; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.  50 Yet I do not seek my glory: there is one who seeks and one who judges.  51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever keepeth my word shall never see death.  52 And the Jews said unto him, 'Now we know that the devil is in thee.' Abraham died, and the prophets, and Thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth My word shall never taste death.  53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets are dead: with what do you make yourself?  54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing." My Father glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.  55 And ye have not known him, but I know him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. But I know Him and keep His word.  56 Abraham your father was glad to see my day; and he saw and rejoiced.  57 And the Jews said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?  58 Jesus said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."  59 Then they took stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, passing through the midst of them, and went on. 

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