Gospel according to Saint John

Chapter 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that exists.
4 Within him was the life, and life was the light of men,
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God; his name was John.
7 He came as a witness to bear witness concerning the light, so that through him all might believe:
8 Not that he was the light, but he had to bear witness to the light.
9 The light, the true light, the one that illuminates every man, was coming into the world.
10 He (the Verb) was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to his own house, but his own people did not receive him.
12 But to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.,
13 Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son) holds of her Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John testified concerning him, and cried out, saying, »This is he of whom I said, «He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’” 
16 And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace;
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the only begotten Son, who is himself in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

19 And this is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, »Who are you?« 
20 He declared, and did not deny it; he declared, »I am not the Christ.« 
21 And they asked him, »What then? Are you Elijah?» He said, »I am not.» »Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
22 «Who are you then?” they asked him, “so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 
23 He replied, »I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, «Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” 
24 Now those who had been sent to him were Pharisees.
25 And they questioned him, and said to him, »Why then do you baptize, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?« 
26 John answered them, »I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
27 It is the one who comes after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal.« 
28 This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and he said, »Behold the Lamb of God, behold the one who takes away the sin of the world.
30 This is the one I meant when I said: A man comes after me who has surpassed me because he was before me.
31 And I myself did not know him, but it was so that he might be revealed to Israel, whom I came to baptize with water.« 

32 And John bore witness, saying, »I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it rested on him.
33 And I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, “The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.”.
34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.« 

35 The next day John was there again, with two of his disciples.
36 And looking at Jesus as he passed by, he said, »Behold, the Lamb of God!« 
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned around and saw them following him. He asked them, »What are you looking for?» They replied, »Rabbi (which means Teacher), where are you staying?« 
39 He said to them, »Come and see.» So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. Now it was about the tenth hour.

40 Now Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard the word of John, and who had followed Jesus.
41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, »We have found the Messiah (which translates as Christ).« 
42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, »You are Simon, son of John; you will be called Cephas« (which means Peter).« 

43 The next day, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, »Follow me.« 
44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, »We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the Prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph of Nazareth.« 
46 Nathanael answered him, »Can anything good come out of Nazareth?» Philip said to him, »Come and see.« 
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, »Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.« 
48 Nathanael said to him, »How do you know me?» Jesus replied, »Before Philip called you, when you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.« 
49 Nathanael answered him, »Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.« 
50 Jesus replied, »Because I told you, «I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 
51 And he added, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. 

Chapter 2

1 And on the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus was also invited to the wedding with his disciples.
3 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."» 
4 Jesus answered her, »Woman, what is this to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.« 
5 His mother said to the servants, »Do whatever he tells you.« 
6 Now there were six stone urns there for the Jewish ritual washings, each containing two or three measures.
7 Jesus said to them, »Fill these jars with water.» And they filled them to the top.
8 And he said to them, »Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast;» and they did so.
9 As soon as the master of the banquet had tasted the water that had been turned into wine (he did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom aside,
10 and said to him, »Everyone brings out the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the good until now.»
11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

13 Now the Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 He found in the temple the merchants of oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers sitting.
15 And having made a small whip out of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; he threw the money of the money changers on the ground, and overturned their tables.
16 And he said to those who sold doves, »Take these things away from here; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.« 
17 Then the disciples remembered that it was written: »Zeal for your house will consume me.« 

18 The Jews then spoke up and said to him, »What sign do you show us to prove your authority to do this?« 
19 Jesus answered them, »Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.« 
20 The Jews replied, »This temple has taken forty-six years to build, and you will raise it up in three days!« 
21 But he was talking about the temple of his body.
22 Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many seeing miracles that he did, they believed in his name.
24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all of them,
25 and that he did not need anyone to testify about man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Chapter 3

1 Now there was a man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, one of the leading men among the Jews.
2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, for no one else can do miracles that you do, if God is not with him. 
3 Jesus answered him, »Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.« 
4 Nicodemus said to him, »How can a man be born when he is already old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born again?« 
5 Jesus answered, »Truly, truly, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6 For that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be surprised at what I said to you: You must be born again.
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound; but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.« 
9 Nicodemus answered him, »How can this be?« 
10 Jesus said to him, »You are the teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!”

11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
12 If I tell you about things on earth and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things in heaven?
13 And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 So that everyone who believes in him [shall not perish, but] may have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe stands condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of God’s only Son.
19 Now this is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, lest his works should be condemned.
21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that what he has done has been done in God.« 

22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples to the country of Judea, and he stayed there with them, and he baptized.
23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there, and people were coming and being baptized,
24 because John had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Now a dispute arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew concerning purification.
26 And they came to John and said to him, »Teacher, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.« 
27 John answered, »A man can only take what has been given him from heaven.
28 You yourselves are witnesses that I said, »I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.« 
29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. And this joy of mine is now fully realized.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and so does his speech. He who comes from heaven is above all;
32 And what he has seen and heard, he testifies to; but no one accepts his testimony.
33 Whoever accepts his testimony confirms that God is truthful.
34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, because God does not him Do not give the Spirit in moderation.
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given everything into his hands.
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; but whoever does not believe in the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.« 

Chapter 4

1 When the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making more disciples and baptizing more than John,
2 — however, it was not Jesus himself who baptized, but his disciples, —
3 He left Judea and went again to Galilee.
4 Now, he had to go through Samaria.

5 So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from the journey, simply sat down by the well: it was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, »Give me a drink.« 
8 For his disciples had gone into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, »How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?» (for Jews do not associate with Samaritans).
10 Jesus answered him, »If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: where then can you get this living water?”
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?« 
13 Jesus answered him, »Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst again;
14 On the contrary, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.« 
15 The woman said to him, »Sir, give me this water, so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 Jesus told her, «Go, call your husband and come here.” 
17 The woman answered, »I have no husband.» Jesus said to her, »You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;
18 For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not yours; in this you have spoken truly.« 
19 The woman said, »Lord, I see that you are a prophet.
20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.« 
21 Jesus said, »Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is near and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; such are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.« 
25 The woman answered him, »I know that the Messiah (who is called Christ) is coming; when he comes, he will teach us all things.« 
26 Jesus said to him, »I am he, the one speaking to you.« 

27 At that moment his disciples arrived and were astonished to find him talking with a woman; yet none of them said, »What do you want?» or »Why are you talking with her?« 

28 Then the woman left her water jar, went into the town, and said to the people:
29 »Come and see a man who told me what I did; could this be the Christ?« 
30 They left the city and came to him.
31 During this time, his disciples urged him, saying, »Master, eat.« 
32 But he said to them, »I have food to eat that you know nothing about.« 
33 And the disciples said to one another, »Could someone have brought him something to eat?« 
34 Jesus said to them, »My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
35 Do you not yourselves say, “Four more months and then it will be harvest”? I tell you, open your eyes and see the fields! They are already white for harvest.
36 The reaper receives his wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
37 For here the saying applies: One is the sower and another the reaper.
38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you have entered into their labor.« 

39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the testimony of the woman, »He told me everything I ever did.« 
40 So the Samaritans came to him and begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 And a greater number believed in him because they heard him himself.
42 And they said to the woman, »Now we no longer believe because of what you said; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.« 

43 After these two days, Jesus left there and went to Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself had declared that a prophet is not honored in his own country.
45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival; for they too had gone to the festival.
46 So he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine.

Now, there was an officer of the king whose son was sick in Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son who was dying.
48 Jesus said to him, »Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.« 
49 The king's officer said to him, "Lord, come before my child dies."
50 »Go,” Jesus replied, “your child is full of life.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and went away.
51 As he was returning, his servants met him and told him that his child was alive.
52 He asked them at what time he had begun to feel better, and they told him, »Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.« 
53 The father recognized that this was the hour in which Jesus had said to him, »Your son is full of life,« and he and all his household believed.

54 This was the second miracle Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Chapter 5

1 After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and which has five porticoes.
3 Under these porticoes lay a great number of sick people, blind people, lame people and paralytics; [they were waiting for the water to boil.
4 For an angel of the Lord went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water; and whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever infirmity he had.
5 There was a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, »Do you want to get well?« 
7 The sick man answered him, »Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred, and while I am going, another steps down before me.« 
8 Jesus said to him, »Get up, take up your mat and walk.« 
9 And at once the man was healed; he took up his mat and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath day.

10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, »It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.« 
11 He answered them, »The one who healed me said to me, «Take up your mat and walk.’” 
12 They asked him, »Who is the man who told you, «Take up your mat and walk’?” 
13 But the one who had been healed did not know who it was; for Jesus had slipped away because of the crowd that was in that place.
14 Later, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, »See, you are well again. Sin no more, lest something worse happen to you.« 
15 This man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
16 That is why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath day.

17 But Jesus said to them, »My Father is always at work to this very day, and I too am working.« 
18 Whereupon the Jews sought even more earnestly to kill him, because, not content with violating the Sabbath, he also said that God was his father, making himself equal to God.

Jesus then spoke again and said to them:
19 »Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father doing; and whatever the Father does, the Son also does likewise.
20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he does; and he will show him greater works than these, which will astonish you.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whom he wills.
22 The Father himself judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 Truly, truly, I say unto you, he who hearth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and incureth not condemnation, but hath passed from death unto life.
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself;
27 and he also gave him authority to judge, because he is the Son of Man.
28 Do not be amazed at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice.
29 And those who have done good will come out to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to a resurrection of condemnation.
30 I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

31 If I am the one who testifies about myself, my testimony is not true.
32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.
33 You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth.
34 For me, it is not from a man that I receive testimony; but I say this so that you may be saved.
35 John was the lamp that burns and shines, but you n’you wanted that to rejoice for a moment in its light.
36 For I have a greater testimony than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to accomplish, these very works which I do, testify of me, that it is the Father who sent me.

37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You have never heard his voice, nor seen his face,
38 and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one he sent.
39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you will find eternal life;
40 But it is they who testify about me; and you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 It is not that I seek my glory from men;
42 but I know you, I know that you do not have the love of God within you.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; let another come in his own name, and you will receive him.
44 How can you believe, you who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Do not think that it is I who will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me also, because he wrote about me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?« 

Chapter 6

1 Jesus then went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee or of Tiberias.
2 And a large crowd followed him, because they saw miracles that he operated on those who were sick.
3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
4 Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.
5 Jesus, therefore, looking up and seeing a large crowd coming towards him, said to Philip, »Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?« 
6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he ought to do.
7 Philip replied, »Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each person to receive a piece.« 
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him:
9 »Here is a young man with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many people?« 
10 Jesus said, »Have them sit down.» Now there was much grass in that place. So they sat down, about five thousand in number.
11 Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; he also gave them two fish, as many as they wanted.
12 When they had all had their fill, he said to his disciples, »Gather the fragments that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.« 
13 They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces that were left over from the five barley loaves, after they had eaten.
14 When these men saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they said, »This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.« 
15 Knowing therefore that they were going to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

16 When evening came, the disciples went down to the seashore;
17 And getting into a boat, they crossed the sea towards Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
18 However, the sea, stirred up by a strong wind, was agitated.
19 When they had rowed about twenty-five to thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat; and they were afraid.
20 But he said to them, »It is I; do not be afraid.« 
21 So they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the place where they were going.

22 The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had left alone.
23 — Other boats, however, had arrived from Tiberias near the place where the Lord, after giving thanks, had given them food.
24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus.
25 And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, »Teacher, when did you come here?« 
26 Jesus answered them and said:

 »Truly, truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were satisfied.
27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.« 

28 They said to him, »What must we do to perform the works of God?« 
29 Jesus answered them, »This is the work God requires: that you believe in the one he has sent.« 

30 They said to him, »What sign then will you perform that we may see it and believe in you? What are your works?”
31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: «He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” 
32 Jesus answered them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.« 

34 So they said to him, »Lord, give us this bread always.« 
35 Jesus answered them, »I am the bread of life: whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
36 But, as I told you, you have seen me, and you do not believe.
37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away;
38 for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 But it is the will of him who sent me that I should lose none of those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.
40 For this is the will of my Father [who sent me], that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.« 

41 The Jews grumbled about him because he had said, »I am the living 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 can he say, «I have come down from heaven’?” 
43 Jesus answered them, »Do not grumble among yourselves.
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the Prophets: They will all be taught by God. Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
46 Not anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.
48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 This is the bread that came down from heaven, so that we may eat of it and not die.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the salvation of the world is my flesh.« 

52 Then the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, »How can this man give his flesh to eat?« 

53 Jesus said to them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever 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 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will also live because of me.
58 This is the bread that came down from heaven: there is none like it. your fathers who ate the windfall and died; but whoever eats this bread will live forever.« 

59 Jesus said these things while teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, »This is a hard saying; who can accept it?« 
61 Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, »Does this offend you?
62 And when you see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?...
63 The spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
64 But there are some among you who do not believe.» For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.
65 And he added, »This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted them by my Father.« 

66 From that time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67 Jesus then said to the Twelve, »Do you also want to leave?« 
68 Simon Peter answered him, »Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 And we have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.« 
70 Jesus answered them, »Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil.« 
71 He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who was to betray him, he, one of the Twelve.

Chapter 7

1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, not wanting to go into Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
2 Now the Jewish festival of Tabernacles was near.
3 So his brothers said to him, »Leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also may see the works that you are doing;
4 For no one does anything secretly if they want it to be seen. If you do these things, show yourselves to the world.« 
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Jesus said to them, »My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but it hates me, because I testify about it that its works are evil.
8 You go up to the feast; but I am not going, because my time has not yet come.« 
9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
10 But when his brothers had left, he himself also went up to the feast, not publicly, but secretly.

11 So the Jews were looking for him during the festival, saying, »Where is he?« 
12 And there was a great murmur among the crowd about him. Some were saying, »He is a good man.« “No,” said others, “he is deceiving the people.” 
13 However, no one spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.

14 Now it was already in the middle of the festival, when Jesus went up to the temple, and began to teach.
15 The Jews were astonished and said, »How does this man know the Scriptures, since he has not attended any schools?« 
16 Jesus answered them, »My teaching is not my own, but comes from him who sent me.
17 If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know whether my teaching is from God, or whether I am speaking on my own.
18 He who speaks of himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is no deceit in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you keeps the Law.
20 »Why are you trying to kill me?» The crowd replied, «You are possessed by a demon; who is trying to kill you?” 
21 Jesus said to them, »I have done one work, and are you all beside yourselves?
22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the Patriarchs), and you practice it on the Sabbath day.
23 If, in order not to violate the law of Moses, one circumcises on the Sabbath day, how is it that you are indignant with me, because on the Sabbath day I healed a man's whole body?
24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with justice.« 

25 Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, »Isn’t this the one they are trying to kill?
26 And there he is, speaking publicly without anyone saying a word to him. Would the leaders of the people really have recognized that he is the Christ?
27 This man, however, we know where he comes from; but when Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.« 
28 Jesus, teaching in the temple, therefore said aloud: »You know me and you know where I come from!… and yet I have not come on my own: but he who sent me is true: you do not know him;
29 I know him, because I am his, and he sent me.« 
30 So they sought to seize him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

31 But many among the people believed in him, and they said, »When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has done?« 

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus; then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent agents to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, »I am with you a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
34 You will seek me, but you will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.« 
35 Then the Jews said to one another, »Where will he go that we will not find him? Will he go to the Gentiles and teach them?”
36 What is the meaning of this saying that he said: «You will seek me but you will not find me, and where I am you cannot come”?« 

37 On the last day of the festival, which is its most solemn day, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, »If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.« 
39 He was saying this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive; for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40 Some in the crowd, who had heard these words, said, »This is truly the Prophet.« 
41 Others: "It is the Christ." — But, said the others, is it from Galilee that the Christ must come?
42 Does not Scripture say that it is from the lineage of David, and from the town of BethlehemWhere was David, that Christ was to come? 
43 This is how the people were divided about him.
44 Some wanted to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him.

45 So when the satellites returned to the Pontiffs and Pharisees, they said to them, »Why didn’t you bring him in?« 
46 The satellites replied: "No man ever spoke like this man."» 
47 The Pharisees replied to them, »Have you also been deceived?
48 Has anyone among the rulers of the people believed in him? Has anyone among the Pharisees?
49 But this populace, which does not know the Law, they are cursed!« 
50 Nicodemus, one of them, the one who had come to Jesus by night, said to them:
51 »Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him and knowing what he has done?« 
52 They answered him, »Are you also a Galilean? Consider carefully the Scriptures, And you will see that no prophet will come out of Galilee.« 

53 And they each returned to their own house.

Chapter 8

1 Jesus went up to the Mount of Olives;
2 But at daybreak he returned to the temple, and all the people came to him. And he sat down and taught them.

3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery, and having brought him forward,
4 They said to Jesus, »Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
5 Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us to stone such people. So what do you say?« 
6 They questioned him in this way to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. But Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
7 As they continued to question him, he stood up and said to them, »Let he who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.« 
8 And bending down again, he wrote on the ground.
9 When they heard this, [and felt themselves compelled by their conscience,] they withdrew one after another, the older men first, [then all the others,] so that Jesus was left alone with the woman who was in the middle.
10 Then Jesus stood up and, seeing no one but the woman, said to her, »Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you?« 
11 She answered, »No one, Lord.» Jesus said to her, »Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.« 

12 Jesus spoke to them again, saying, »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 are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not credible.« 
14 Jesus answered them, »Although I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
16 And if I judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am, and the Father who sent me.
17 It is written in your Law that the testimony of two men is to be believed.
18 Now I bear witness about myself, and the Father who sent me also bears witness about me.« 
19 So they said to him, »Where is your Father?» Jesus answered, »You do not know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.« 
20 Jesus spoke these words in the courtyard of the treasury, while he was teaching in the temple; and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

21 Jesus said to them again, »I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.« 
22 So the Jews said, »Is he going to kill himself, since he says, «Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 
23 And he said to them, »You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sin; for if you do not believe that I am the Messiah, "You will die in your sin."
25 »Who are you?» they asked him. Jesus answered them, »Just what I tell you.”.
26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn in you, but the one who sent me is truthful, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.« 
27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.
28 Jesus said to them, »When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just what my Father taught me.
29 And he who sent me is with me, and has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.»
30 As he said these things, many believed in him.

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, »If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples;
32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.« 
33 They answered him, »We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone; how can you say, «You shall become free’?” 
34 Jesus answered them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who gives himself over to sin is a slave to sin.
35 Now a slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains there forever.
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37 I know that you are children of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word does not penetrate you.
38 I tell you what I have seen in my Father’s house; and you do what you have seen in your father’s house.« 
39 They answered him, »Abraham is our father.» Jesus said to them, »If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God: this is not what Abraham did.
41 »You are doing the works of your father.» They said to him, «We are not children of fornication; we have one Father, who is God.” 
42 Jesus said to them, »If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here; and I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
43 Why do you not recognize my language? Because you cannot understand my speech.
44 You are descended from your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.
46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 The one who belongs to God hears the word of God; it is because you do not belong to God that you do not hear it.« 

48 The Jews answered him, »Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and possessed by a demon?« 
49 Jesus answered, »There is no demon in me, but I honor my Father, and you insult me.
50 As for me, I am not concerned about my glory: there is someone who takes care of it and who will do justice.
51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.« 
52 The Jews said to him, »Now we see that a demon is in you. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.’.
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died; who do you claim to be?« 
54 Jesus answered, »If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, the one you say is your God;
55 And yet you do not know him; but I know him; and if I said that I did not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word.
56 Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.« 
57 The Jews said to him, »You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham!« 
58 Jesus answered them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.« 

59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

Chapter 9

1 As he passed by, Jesus saw a man blind from birth.
2 »Teacher,« his disciples asked him, “did this man, or his parents, sin, that he was born blind?” 
3 Jesus answered, »Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
4 While it is day, I must do the works of him who sent me; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Having said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with his saliva, and then spread it on the blind man's eyes,
7 and said to him, »Go, wash in the pool of Siloam» (a word which translates as: Sent). So he went and washed, and returned home seeing clearly.

8 The neighbors, and those who had previously seen him begging, said, »Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?« 
9 Some answered, "It's him"; others, "No, but he looks like him." But he said, "It's me."» 
10 So they said to him, »How were your eyes opened?« 
11 He answered, »A man called Jesus made mud and put it on my eyes. He told me, ‘Go to the Pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received my sight.”
12 »Where is this man?» they asked him. He replied, «I don’t know.” 

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 Now it was on the Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the eyes of the blind man.
15 The Pharisees then asked him how he had received his sight, and he told them, »He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.« 
16 Some of the Pharisees said to this, »This man is not sent of God, since he does not observe the Sabbath.» Others said, »How can a sinner perform such wonders?» And there was a division among them.
17 So they said again to the blind man, »What do you say about him, that he opened your eyes?» He replied, »He is a prophet.« 

18 So the Jews would not believe that this man had been blind and had received his sight, until they had brought in the relatives of the one who had received his sight.
19 They asked them, »Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then can he see now?« 
20 His parents answered, »We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 But how he sees now we do not know, nor who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is old, he will speak for himself.« 
22 His parents spoke this way because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
23 That is why his parents said, »He is of advanced age; ask him.« 

24 The Pharisees brought in the man who had been blind a second time and said to him, »Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.« 
25 He replied, »Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; I only know that I was blind, and now I see.« 
26 They said to him, »What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?« 
27 He answered them, »I have already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?« 
28 Then they heaped insults upon him, and said, »You are his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.« 
30 This man answered them, »It is astonishing that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes.
31 We know that God does not answer the fishermen ; But if anyone honors him and does his will, he will grant it.
32 It has never been heard of anyone opening the eyes of a person born blind.
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.« 
34 They answered him, »You were born entirely in sin, and you dare to lecture us?» And they drove him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said to him, »Do you believe in the Son of Man?« 
36 He replied, »Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?« 
37 Jesus said to him, »You have seen him, and the one speaking to you is himself.»
38 "I believe, Lord," he said; and falling at his feet, he worshipped him.
39 Then Jesus said, »I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.« 
40 Some Pharisees who were with him said to him, »Are we also blind?« 
41 Jesus answered them, »If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, «We see,’ your sin remains.” 

Chapter 10

1 »Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep listen to his voice; he calls his sheep by name, and leads them to pasture.
4 When he has brought out all his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 They will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.« 

6 Jesus told them this allegory; but they did not understand what he was telling them.
7 Jesus said to them again, »Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the gate: if anyone enters through me, he will be saved; he will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13 The mercenary runs away because he is a mercenary and has no concern for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep, and my sheep know me,
15 as my Father knows me, and I know my Father, and I lay down my life for my sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one sheep pen and one shepherd.
17 That is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again.
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord; I have authority to lay it down, and authority to take it up again: this is the command I received from my Father.« 

19 This speech again caused a division among the Jews.
20 Several of them said, "He is possessed by a demon; he has lost his mind. Why are you listening to him?"» 
21 Others said, »These are not the words of a demon-possessed person; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?« 

22 The Feast of Dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem; it was winter;
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, under Solomon's Portico.
24 So the Jews surrounded him and said, »How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.« 
25 Jesus answered them, »I told you, and you did not me Do not believe: the works that I do in the name of my Father testify about me;
26 But you do not believe me, because you are not among my sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand;
29 My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
30 My father and I are one.« 

31 The Jews again picked up stones to stone him.
32 Jesus said to them, »I have done many good works in your sight, which came from my Father; for which of these works are you going to stone me?« 
33 The Jews answered him, »We are not stoning you for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, claim to be God.« 
34 Jesus answered them, »Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods?’”
35 If the Law calls those to whom the word of God came gods, and if Scripture cannot be broken,
36 How can you say to the one whom the Father set apart as holy and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming, because I said, “I am the Son of God”?
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.
38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.« 
39 Thereupon they again sought to seize him, but he escaped from their grasp.
40 He returned across the Jordan to the place where John had begun to baptize, and he stayed there.
41 And many came to him, saying, »John performed no miracles;
42 But everything he said about this man was true.» And many there believed in him.

Chapter 11

1 There was a sick man, Lazarus, from Bethany, a village of Married and of Martha, his sister.
2 — Mary is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.
3 The sisters sent word to Jesus: »Lord, the one you love is sick.« 
4 When Jesus heard this, he said, »This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.« 
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Married, and Lazarus.

6 So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days where he was.
7 Then he said to his disciples, »Let us return to Judea.« 
8 The disciples said to him, »Teacher, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you are going back there?« 
9 Jesus answered, »Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if he walks at night, he stumbles, because he lacks light.« 
11 He spoke thus, and added: »Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to wake him up.« 
12 His disciples said to him, »If he sleeps, he will get better.« 
13 But Jesus had spoken of his death, and they thought it was rest from sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, »Lazarus is dead;
15 And I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.« 
16 Then Thomas, called Didymus, said to the other disciples, »Let us also go, that we may die with him.« 

17 So Jesus came and found Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Married to console them about their brother.
20 As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, while Married stood seat at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, »Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.« 
23 Jesus said to him, »Your brother will rise again.”
24 “I know,” Martha replied, “that he will rise again at the resurrection, on the last day.« 
25 Jesus said to him, »I am the resurrection and life; whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live;
26 And whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
27 «Yes, Lord,” she said, “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.” 

28 When she had spoken thus, she went away and called in secret Married, His sister said, "The Master is here, and he is calling you."» 
29 As soon as she heard this, she quickly got up and went to him.
30 For Jesus had not yet entered the village; he had not left the place where Martha had met him.
31 The Jews who were with Married, And they comforted her, seeing her rise quickly and leave, and followed her, thinking: "She is going to the tomb to weep there."» 
32 When Married She arrived at the place where Jesus was, and seeing him, she fell at his feet and said to him, »Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.« 
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who were with her, he was deeply moved in spirit and gave himself over to his emotion.
34 And he said, »Where have you laid him?« “Lord,” they replied, “come and see.” 
35 And Jesus wept.
36 The Jews said, »See how he loved her!« 
37 But some of them said, »Could not he, who opened the eyes of a man born blind, have kept this man from dying?« 

38 Jesus, therefore, being deeply moved again, came to the tomb: it was a burial chamber, and a stone was laid upon it.
39 »Take away the stone,« Jesus said. Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, »Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.« 
40 Jesus said to him, »Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?« 
41 So they took away the stone; and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, »Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 For my part, I knew that you always hear me; but I said this for the benefit of the crowd standing around me, so that they may believe that it was you who sent me.« 
43 Having said this, he cried out in a loud voice, »Lazarus, come out!« 
44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, »Untie him, and let him go.« 

45 Many of the Jews who had come near Married and of Martha, and who had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the pontiffs and the Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin and said, »What shall we do? For this man is performing many miracles.
48 If we let him continue, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy our city and our nation.« 
49 One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, »You understand nothing about it;
50 You do not consider that it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.« 
51 He did not say this on his own; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation;
52 and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one body the children of God who are scattered abroad.
53 From that day on, they deliberated on how to kill him.
54 For this reason Jesus no longer appeared publicly among the Jews, but withdrew to the region near the desert, to a town called Ephrem, and there he stayed with his disciples.

55 However, the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up from that country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
56 They were looking for Jesus and were standing in the temple, saying to one another, »What do you think? Do you think he will not come to the festival?» Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might arrest him.

Chapter 12

1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, the dead man whom he had raised from the dead, was.
2 There, a supper was given for him, and Martha served. Now Lazarus was among those who were at the table with him.
3 Married, Having taken a pound of very precious perfume of pure nard, he anointed Jesus' feet with it and wiped them with his hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the one who was to betray him, said:
5. Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?» 
6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the purse, he used to steal what was put into it.
7 So Jesus said to her, »Leave her alone; she has kept this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!« 

9 A large number of Jews learned that Jesus was in Bethany, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death as well,
11 because many Jews were turning away on account of him and believing in Jesus.

12 The next day, a large crowd of people who had come for the festival, having heard that Jesus was going to Jerusalem,
13 took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, »Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!« 
14 Jesus, having found a colt, mounted it, as it is written:
15 »Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion, for behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.« 
16 — His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him, and that he had fulfilled them in his own eyes.
17 The crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead testified about him;
18 and it was also because she had learned that he had performed this miracle that the multitude had come to meet him.
19 So the Pharisees said to one another, »You see that you are gaining nothing; look, everyone is running after him.« 

20 Now there were some Gentiles among those who had gone up to worship at the festival.
21 They approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, »Lord, we would like to see Jesus.« 
22 Philip went and told Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
23 Jesus answered them, »The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,
25 He remains alone; but if he dies, he bears much fruit. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If anyone wants to be my servant, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.
27 Now my soul is troubled; and what shall I say?... Father, deliver me from this hour... But it is for this reason that I have come to this hour.
28 »Father, glorify your name.» And a voice came from heaven: «I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 

29 The crowd that was there and had heard it said, »It was thunder!»; others said, »An angel spoke to him.« 
30 Jesus said, »This voice was not spoken for my sake, but for yours.”.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now is the time for the prince of this world to be cast out.
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.« 
33 What he said, to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
34 The crowd answered him, »We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; how then can you say, «The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?” 
35 Jesus said to them, »The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.”.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.» Jesus said these things, and then went away and was out of their sight.

37 Although he had performed so many miracles in their presence, they did not believe in him:
38 so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying, »Lord, who has believed our word? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?« 
39 So they could not believe, because Isaiah also said:
40 »He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they may not see with their eyes, understand with their hearts, turn, and I heal them.« 
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw the glory of the Lord and spoke about him.
42 Many, however, even among the members of the Sanhedrin, believed in him; but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, for fear of being put out of the synagogue.
43 For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

44 Then Jesus raised his voice and said, »Whoever believes in me does not believe in me but in the one who sent me;
45 and he who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 I have come into the world as a light, so that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.
47 If anyone hears my word but does not keep it, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He who despises me and does not receive my word, he has his judge: it is the very word that I have spoken; it will judge him on the last day.
49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and what to teach.
50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I say, I say just as my Father taught me.« 

Chapter 13

1 Before the Passover festival, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.

2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him,
3 Jesus, knowing that his Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,
4 He got up from the table, put down his coat, and, having taken a cloth, he girded himself with it.
5 Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 So he came to Simon Peter, and Peter said to him, »Lord, are you going to wash my feet?« 
7 Jesus answered him, »What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will understand later.« 
8 Peter said to him, »No, you shall never wash my feet.» Jesus answered him, »If I do not wash you, you have no part with me.« 
9 Simon Peter said to him, »Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!« 
10 Jesus said to him, »He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you also are clean, though not all of you.« 
11 For he knew who it was who was going to betray him; therefore he said, »Not all of you are clean.« 

12 After he had washed their feet, and put on his cloak, he sat down again and said to them, »Do you understand what I have done to you?
13 You call me Teacher and Lord: and you say rightly, for that is what I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
17 If you know these things you are happy, provided you practice them.
18 I am not saying this about all of you; I know those whom I have chosen; but the Scripture must be fulfilled: He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
19 I am telling you now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may know who I am.
20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.« 

21 After Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and he declared emphatically, »Very truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.« 
22 The disciples looked at one another, not knowing of whom he was speaking.
23 Now one of them was lying on Jesus’ bosom; this was the one whom Jesus loved.
24 So Simon Peter signaled to him, saying, »Who is this man he is talking about?« 
25 The disciple leaned back against Jesus' bosom and said to him, "Lord, who is it?"» 
26 Jesus answered, »It is the one to whom I will give the dipped piece.» And having dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.
27 As soon as Judas had seized him, Satan entered into him; and Jesus said to him, »What you are going to do, do quickly.« 
28 None of those at the table understood why he was saying this to him.
29 Some thought that, since Judas had the money bag, Jesus meant to tell him, "Buy what's needed for the festival," or, "Give something to the poor."» 
30 Judas, having taken the piece of bread, hurried out. It was night.

31 When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, »Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him soon.
33 My little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews that they could not come where I am going, I tell you now as well.
34 I give you a new commandment: that you love one another; that as I have loved you, you also love one another.
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.« 

36 Simon Peter said to him, »Lord, where are you going?» Jesus answered, »Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow me later.”
37 «Lord,” Peter said to him, “why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 
38 Jesus answered him, »Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.« 

Chapter 14

1  »"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.".
2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you, for I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And when I have gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also;
4 And you know the way to where I'm going.« 

5 Thomas said to him, »Lord, we do not know where you are going; how then can we know the way?« 
6 Jesus said to him, »I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also… but now you do know him and have seen him.« 
8 Philip said to him, »Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.« 
9 Jesus answered him, »Have I been with you such a long time, and you still do not know me? Philip, whoever has seen me has seen the Father also. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; rather, it is the Father who dwells in me who does these works.
11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me.
12 Believe it at least because of these works.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these, because I am going to the Father,
13 and that whatever you ask the Father in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask me something on my behalf, I will do it.

15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to help you and be with you forever;
17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, for he dwells among you; and he will be in you.
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live, and you will live.
20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and manifest myself to them.« 
22 Judas, not Judas Iscariot, said to him, »Lord, why is it that you want to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?« 
23 Jesus answered him, »If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
24 Whoever does not love me will not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

25 I have told you these things while I am still with you.
26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
27 I'll leave you peace, I give you my peace; I do not give it as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 You heard me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you these things before they happen, so that when they do happen you may believe.
30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the Prince of this world is coming and he has no hold over me.
31 But so that the world may know that I love my Father and that I do what my Father has commanded me, rise, let us go from here.« 

Chapter 15

1 »I am the true vine, and the Father is the vinedresser.
2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he cuts off, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, and that you are my disciples.

9 As my Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business; but I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
17 This is my commandment: Love one another.

18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me first.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 But they will do all these things to you because of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would be without sin; but now their sin is without excuse.
23 He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else has done, they would be without sin; but now they have seen, and they hate me and my Father.
25 But this happened so that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled: they hated me without a cause.

26 When the Advocate, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—comes, he will testify about me.
27 And you too, you me You will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.« 

Chapter 16

1 "I have told you these things so that you will not be offended.
2 They will drive you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering God an acceptable sacrifice.
3 And they will act in this way, because they have not known my Father or me.
4 But I have told you this so that, when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about it.
5 I did not tell you about this from the beginning, because I was with you.

And now that I am going to the one who sent me, none of you asks me, "Where are you going?"» 
6 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
7 However, I tell you the truth: it is to your good that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
9 concerning sin, because they did not believe in me;
10 concerning justice, because I am going to the Father, and you will see me no more;
11 concerning the judgment, because the Prince of this world has [already] been judged.

12 I still have many things to say to you; but you cannot bear them now.
13 When the Advocate, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak whatever he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
14 He will glorify me, because he will receive what is mine and will declare it to you.
15 All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said he will receive what is mine and declare it to you.

16 In a little while you will no longer see me, and again in a little while you will see me, because I am going to my Father.« 

17 Some of his disciples said to one another, »What does he mean by saying, «In a little while you will no longer see me, and in a little while you will see me, because I am going to the Father’?” 
18 So they said, »What does this «a little while longer’ mean? We don’t know what it means.” 

19 Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, and he said to them, »Are you asking one another what I said: ‘A little while longer you will see me no more, and a little while longer you will see me.
20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will turn into joy.
21 A woman, when she is in labor, is in pain because her time has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers her pains, in joy that she has something about a man being born into the world.
22 So you also are now in sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
23 On that day you will no longer ask me anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Until now you have asked for nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

25 I told you these things in parables. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but I will speak to you openly about the Father.
26 On that day you will ask in my name, and I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from the Father.
28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.« 

29 His disciples said to him, »Look, you are speaking plainly and without using any figures of speech.
30 Now we see that you know everything, and that you do not need anyone to question you; therefore we believe that you came from God.« 
31 Jesus answered them, »Do you now believe…« 
32 The hour is coming, and is now here, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 I have told you these things, so that you may have peace in me. You have tribulations in the world; but take heart, I have overcome the world.

Chapter 17

1 After Jesus had said this, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, »Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you,
2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, so that to all those whom you have given him, he may give eternal life.
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I have glorified you on earth, I have finished the work that you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

6 I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me: and they have kept your word.
7 Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you;
8 For the words that you gave me, I gave them; and they accepted them, and they truly recognized that I came from you, and they believed that it was you who sent me.

9 It is for them that I pray. I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours:
10 for all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I am glorified in them.
11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, which you have given me, so that they may be one, even as we are one.
12 While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those you gave me, and not one of them has been lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
13 Now I am coming to you, and I make this prayer while I am still in the world, that they may have the fullness of my joy in themselves.
14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
15 I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I myself am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them in the truth: your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
19 And I sanctify myself for them, so that they too may be truly sanctified.

20 I am not praying for them alone, but also for those who, through their preaching, will believe in me,
21 so that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, so that they also may be in us, in order that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22 And I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one,
23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be perfectly one, and that the world may know that you sent me, and that you have loved them even as you have loved me.
24 Father, I want those whom you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may see the glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 Righteous Father, the world has not known you; but I have known you, and these have known that it is you who sent me.
26 And I have made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.« 

Chapter 18

1 After saying this, Jesus and his disciples went out beyond the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.
2 Judas, who betrayed him, also knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.
3 So having taken the cohort and satellites supplied by the Pontiffs and the Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns, torches and weapons.
4 Then Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, »Whom are you looking for?« 
5 They answered him, »Jesus of Nazareth.» He said to them, »I am Jesus of Nazareth.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was standing there with them.
6 So when Jesus said to them, »I am he,» they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 He asked them again, »Who are you looking for?» And they said, »Jesus of Nazareth.« 
8 Jesus answered, »I told you that I am he; if then you are looking for me, let these men go.« 
9 He said that., so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: »I have lost none of those you gave me.« 
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and striking the servant of the high priest, he cut off his right ear: this servant's name was Malchus.
11 But Jesus said to Peter, »Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?« 

12 Then the cohort, the tribune, and the Jewish satellites seized Jesus and bound him.

13 They first took him to Annas because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had given this advice to the Jews: »It is better for one man to die for the people.« 

15 Now Simon Peter followed Jesus, along with another disciple. This disciple, being known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest,
16 But Peter had remained outside the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
17 The servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, »Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?» He said, »I am not.« 
18 The servants and attendants were gathered around a fire, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves; Peter also stood with them, and was warming himself.

19 The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
20 Jesus answered him, »I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret.
21 Why do you question me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them; they know what I taught.« 
22 At these words, one of the satellites who was there struck Jesus with his hand, saying, »Is this how you answer the high priest?« 
23 Jesus answered him, »If I have spoken wrongly, show me what wrong I have said; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?« 
24 Annas had sent Jesus bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

25 Now Simon Peter was standing there, warming himself. They said to him, »Aren’t you also one of his disciples?» He denied it and said, »I am not.« 
26 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said to him, "Didn't I see you with him in the garden?"» 
27 Peter denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

28 They led Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium: it was morning. But they themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so as not to defile themselves and so that they could eat the Passover.
29 Pilate then went out to them and said, »What accusation do you bring against this man?« 
30 They replied, "If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."» 
31 Pilate said to them, »Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law.» The Jews answered him, »We are not permitted to put anyone to death.»
32 so that the word which Jesus had spoken might be fulfilled, when he indicated the kind of death by which he was going to die.

33 Pilate then entered the Praetorium and summoned Jesus, saying to him, »Are you the King of the Jews?« 
34 Jesus answered, »Do you say this of your own accord, or did others tell you this about me?« 
35 Pilate replied, »Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?« 
36 Jesus answered, »My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from the world.« 
37 Pilate said to him, »So you are a king?» Jesus answered, »You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I came into the world to testify to the truth: everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.« 
38 Pilate said to him, »What is truth?» Having said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, »As for me, I find no guilt in him.
39 But it is the custom that at the Passover festival I should deliver someone to you. Do you want me to deliver the King of the Jews to you?« 
40 Then they all cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

Chapter 19

1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him with a purple robe;
3 Then they came up to him and said, »Hail, King of the Jews!» and they struck him.
4 Pilate went out once more and said to the Jews, »Here I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no guilt in him.« 
5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the scarlet robe; and Pilate said to them, »Here is the man.« 
6 When the chief priests and their officials saw him, they cried out, »Crucify him! Crucify him!» Pilate said to them, »Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.« 
7 The Jews answered him, »We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.« 
8 When Pilate heard these words, he was even more frightened.
9 And going back into the praetorium, he said to Jesus, »Where are you from?» But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Pilate said to him, »Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have the power to set you free and the power to crucify you?« 
11 Jesus answered, »You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.« 

12 From that moment Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews shouted, »If you release him, you are no friend of Caesar; whoever claims to be king opposes Caesar.« 
13 Pilate, having heard these words, had Jesus led out, and he sat down on his judgment seat at the place called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.
14 — It was the day of Preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. — Pilate said to the Jews, »Here is your king.« 
15 But they began to shout, »Die! Die! Crucify him!» Pilate said to them, »Shall I crucify your king?» The chief priests answered, »We have no king but Caesar.« 
16 Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.

And they took Jesus and led him away.
17 Jesus, carrying his cross, came out of the city to the place called Calvary, in Hebrew Golgotha;
18 There they crucified him, and two others with him, one on either side, and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate also had an inscription made and fastened to the top of the cross; it read: »Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.« 
20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus had been crucified was near the city, and the inscription was in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
21 Now the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, »Do not write: «The King of the Jews,’ but that he himself said: ‘I am the King of the Jews.’” 
22 Pilate replied, »What I wrote, I wrote.« 

23 The soldiers, after crucifying Jesus, took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each of them. They took also his tunic: it was a seamless tunic, made of a single piece of fabric from top to bottom.
24 So they said to one another, »Let’s not tear it, but cast lots to see whose it will be,» so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: »They divided my garments among them, and for my robe they cast lots.» And so the soldiers did.

25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Married, wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, »Woman, behold your son!« 
27 Then he said to the disciple, »Here is your mother.» And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that everything had now been finished and the Scripture fulfilled, said, »I thirst.« 
29 There was a jar full of vinegar there; the soldiers They filled a sponge with it, and having fixed it to the end of a stem with hyssop, they brought it close to his mouth.
30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, »It is finished»; and bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.

31 Now, since it was Preparation Day, lest the bodies should remain on the cross during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath day was very solemn, the Jews asked Pilate that the legs of the crucified men be broken and that they be taken down.
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and also of the other who had been crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, seeing that he was already dead, they did not break his legs;
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with his spear, and at once blood and water flowed out.
35 And he who saw it testifies, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.
36 For these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: »Not one of his bones will be broken.« 
37 And it is written elsewhere: »They will look on the one they have pierced.« 

38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave his permission. So he came and took away the body of Jesus.
39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds.
40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the burial custom among the Jews.
41 Now in the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
42 It was there, because of the Jewish Preparation Day, that they laid Jesus, because the tomb was nearby.

Chapter 20

1 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early in the morning, before darkness had dissipated, and she saw the stone removed from the tomb.
2 So she ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, »They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.« 
3 Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went to the tomb.
4 They were both running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 And having bent down, he saw the linen cloths lying on the ground; but he did not go in.
6 Simon Peter, who was following him, also arrived and entered the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying there,
7 and the cloth that covered Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in another place.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; and he saw and believed:
9 because they did not yet understand the Scripture, according to which he must rise from the dead.
10 So the disciples returned home.

11 However Married stood near the tomb, outside, shedding tears; and weeping she bent down towards the tomb;
12 and she saw two angels dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.
13 And they said to her, »Woman, why are you weeping?» She said to them, »Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.« 
14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; and she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, »Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?» Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, »Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.« 
16 Jesus said to her, »Mary!» She turned around and said to him in Hebrew, »Rabboni!» which means Teacher.
17 Jesus said to her, »Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, «I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 
18 Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

19 On the evening of that same day, the first of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, »Peace be with you!« 
20 After he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord.
21 He said to them a second time, »Peace be with you!» As My The Father sent me, and I am sending you.« 
22 After he said this, he breathed on them and said to them, »Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 Those whose sins you forgive are forgiven; those whose sins you retain are retained.« 

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, »We have seen the Lord!» But he said to them, »Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and my hand into his side, I will not believe.« 

26 Eight days later, the disciples were still in the same place, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, »Peace be with you!« 
27 Then he said to Thomas, »Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put your hand here, and place it in my side; and stop doubting, and believe.« 
28 Thomas answered him, »My Lord and my God!« 
29 Jesus said to him, »Because you have seen me, [Thomas], you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.« 

30 Jesus performed many other miracles in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
31 But these were written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Chapter 21

1 After this, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he appeared in this way:
2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael, who was from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two others of his disciples were together.
3 Simon Peter said to them, »I am going fishing.» They said to him, »We will go with you.» So they went out and got into the boat, but they caught nothing that night.
4 When morning came, Jesus was found on the shore; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
5 And Jesus said to them, »Children, do you have nothing to eat?» — “No,” they replied.
6 He told them, »Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.» So they cast it, but they were not able to haul it in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, »It is the Lord!» Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, put on his outer garment and his belt (for he was naked) and threw himself into the sea.
8 The other disciples came with the boat (for they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits), dragging the net full of fish.
9 When they went ashore, they saw burning coals there, fish placed on top of them, and bread.
10 Jesus said to them, »Bring some of the fish you have just caught.« 
11 Simon-Pierre went up in the boat, and pulled ashore the net which was full of one hundred and fifty-three large fish; and although there were so many, the net did not break.
12 Jesus said to them, »Come and eat.» And none of the disciples dared to ask him, »Who are you?» because they knew it was the Lord.
13 Jesus came and, taking the bread, gave it to them; he did the same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time that Jesus had appeared to his disciples since he had risen from the dead.

15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, »Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?» He answered him, »Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.» Jesus said to him, »Feed my lambs.« 
16 He said to him a second time, »Simon, son of John, do you love me?» Peter answered him, »Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.» Jesus said to him, »Feed my lambs.« 
17 He said to him a third time, »Simon, son of John, do you love me?» Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him the third time, »Do you love me?» and he answered him, »Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.» Jesus said to him, »Feed my sheep.

18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.« 
19 — He said this, indicating by what death Peter was to glorify God. — And after saying this, he added: »Follow me.« 

20 Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved coming up behind him—the one who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the Last Supper and said to him, »Lord, who is this who is going to betray you?« 
21 So Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, »Lord, what will become of this man?« 
22 Jesus said to him, »If I want him to stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.« 
23 So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not told him that he would not die, but, »If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?« 

24 This is the same disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down; and we know that his testimony is true.

25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I do not suppose that even the whole world would have room for the books that would have to be written.