All language subtitles for The.Gospel.of.John.2003.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG_2_English

In the beginning
was the Word,

and the Word
was with God,

and the Word
was God.

He was with God
in the beginning.

Through Him
all things were made...

without Him, nothing
was made that has been made.

In Him was life,

and that life was the Light
of all mankind.

The Light shines
in the darkness,

and the darkness
has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God
whose name was John.

He came as a witness to testify concerning that Light,

so that through him
all might believe.

He himself
was not the Light;

he came only
as a witness to the Light.

The true Light
that gives light to everyone

was coming into the world.

- He was in the world,

and though the world
was made through Him,

the world did not
recognize Him.

He came to that
which was His own...

but His own
did not receive Him.

Yet to all
who did receive Him,

to those who believed
in His name,

He gave the right to become
children of God--

children born
not of natural descent,

nor of human decision
or a husband's will,

but born of God.

The Word became flesh

and made His dwelling
among us.

We have seen His glory,

the glory
of the one and only Son,

who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

John testified
concerning Him.

He cried out, saying,

"This is the One
I spoke about when I said,

'He who comes after me
has surpassed me

because He was
before me.'"

Out of His fullness
we have all received grace

in place of grace
already given.

For the law was given
through Moses;

grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ.

No one has ever
seen God,

but the one
and only Son,

who is Himself God

and is in the closest
relationship with the Father,

has made Him known.

Now this was John's
testimony

when the Jewish leaders
in Jerusalem

sent priests and Levites
to ask him who he was.

- He did not fail to confess,

but confessed freely,

"I am not the Messiah."

They asked him,
"Then, who are you?

Are you Elijah?"

He said, "I am not."

- "Are you the Prophet?"

He answered, "No."

Finally they said,
"Who are you?

Give us an answer
to take back to those
who sent us.

What do you say
about yourself?"

- John replied in the words
of Isaiah the prophet,

"I am the voice of one
calling in the wilderness..."

"'Make straight the way
for the Lord.'"

Now the Pharisees
who had been sent
questioned him,

"Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Messiah,

nor Elijah,
nor the Prophet?"

"I baptize with water,"
John replied,

"but among you stands One
you do not know.

He is the One
who comes after me,

the straps of whose sandals
I am not worthy to untie."

This all happened
at Bethany on the other side
of the Jordan,

- where John was baptizing.

The next day John saw
Jesus coming towards him

and said,
"Look, the Lamb of God,

who takes away
the sin of the world!"

"This is the One I meant
when I said,

'A Man who comes after me
has surpassed me

because He was before me.'

I myself
did not know Him,

but the reason
I came baptizing with water

was that He might be revealed
to Israel."

Then John
gave this testimony--

"I saw the Spirit
come down from heaven
as a dove

and remain on Him.
And I myself did not
know Him,

but the One who sent me
to baptize with water told me,

'The Man on whom you see
the Spirit come down
and remain

is the One who will baptize
with the Holy Spirit.'

I have seen and I testify

that this is God's
Chosen One."

The next day John
was there again with two
of his disciples.

When he saw Jesus
passing by, he said,

"Look,
the Lamb of God!"

When the two disciples
heard him say this,

they followed Jesus.

Turning 'round,
Jesus saw them following

and asked,
"What do you want?"

They said, "Rabbi"--
which means "Teacher"--

"where are you staying?"

"Come," He replied,
"and you will see."

So they went and saw
where He was staying,

and they spent that day
with Him.

It was about 4:00
in the afternoon.

Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother,

was one of the two
who heard what John had said

and who had
followed Jesus.

The first thing Andrew did
was to find his brother Simon

and tell him,
"We have found the Messiah"--

that is,
the Christ.

And he brought him
to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him
and said,

"You are Simon,
son of John.

You will be called
'Cephas,'"

which, when translated,
is "Peter."

The next day Jesus decided
to leave for Galilee.

Finding Philip,
He said to him,

"Follow Me."

Philip,
like Andrew and Peter,

was from the town
of Bethsaida.

Philip found Nathanael
and told him,

"We have found the One
Moses wrote about in the Law,

and about whom
the prophets also wrote--

Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph."

"Nazareth?

Can anything good
come from there?"
Nathanael asked.

"Come and see,"
said Philip.

When Jesus saw
Nathanael approaching,
He said of him,

"Here truly
is an Israelite

in whom there is
no deceit."

"How do You know me?"
Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered,
"I saw you

while you were still
under the fig tree before
Philip called you."

Then Nathanael declared,
"Rabbi, Youare the Son
of God;

You are
the king of Israel."

Jesus said,
"You believe because
I told you

I saw you
under the fig tree.

You will see greater things
than that."

He then added,
"Very truly I tell you,

you will see heaven open,
and the angels of God

ascending and descending
on the Son of Man."

On the third day,
a wedding took place

at Cana in Galilee.

Jesus' mother was there,
and Jesus and His disciples

had also been invited
to the wedding.

When the wine was gone,
Jesus' mother said to Him,

"They have no more wine."

"Woman, why do you
involve Me?" Jesus replied.

"My hour
has not yet come."

His mother said
to the servants,

"Do whatever
He tells you."

Nearby stood
six stone water jars,

the kind used by the Jews
for ceremonial washing,

each holding from 80
to 120 liters.

Jesus said
to the servants,

"Fill the jars
with water,"

so they filled them
to the brim.

Then He told them,
"Now draw some out

and take it to the master
of the banquet."

They did so...

...and the master
of the banquet

tasted the water
that had been turned
into wine.

He did not realize
where it had come from,

though the servants
who had drawn the water knew.

Then he called the bridegroom
aside and said,

"Everyone brings out
the choice wine first

and then the cheaper wine
after the guests have had
too much to drink;

but you have saved
the best till now."

What Jesus did here
in Cana of Galilee

was the first of the signs
through which He revealed
His glory;

and His disciples
believed in Him.

After this,
He went down to Capernaum

with His mother
and brothers and
His disciples.

There they stayed
for a few days.

When it was almost time
for the Jewish Passover,

Jesus went up
to Jerusalem.

In the temple courts

He found people selling
cattle, sheep and doves,

and others sitting
at tables exchanging money.

So He made a whip
out of cords,

and drove all
from the temple courts,

both sheep and cattle.

He scattered the coins
of the moneychangers

and overturned
their tables.

To those who sold doves
He said,

"Get these out of here!

Stop turning
My Father's house
into a market!"

His disciples remembered
that it is written,

"Zeal for your house
will consume me."

The Jews then
responded to Him,

"What sign can You show us
to prove Your authority

to do all this?"

Jesus answered them,

"Destroy this temple,

and I will raise it again
in three days."

They replied,
"It has taken 46 years

to build this temple,

and You are
going to raise it
in three days?"

But the temple He had
spoken of was His body.

After He was raised
from the dead,

His disciples recalled
what He had said.

Then they believed
the scripture

and the words
that Jesus had spoken.

Now while He was in Jerusalem
at the Passover Festival,

many people saw the signs
He was performing

and believed in His name.

But Jesus would not entrust
Himself to them,

for He knew all people.

He did not need any testimony
about mankind...

for He knew what was
in each person.

Now there was a Pharisee,
a man named Nicodemus

who was a member
of the Jewish ruling council.

He came to Jesus at night
and said,

"Rabbi, we know
that You are a teacher

who has come from God.

For no one could perform
the signs You are doing

if God were not
with Him."

Jesus replied,

"Very truly I tell you,

no one can see
the kingdom of God

unless they are
born again."

"How can someone be born
when they are old?"

Nicodemus asked.

"Surely they cannot enter
a second time

into their mother's womb
to be born!"

Jesus answered,

"Very truly I tell you,

no one can enter
the kingdom of God

unless they are born of water
and the Spirit.

- Flesh gives birth to flesh,

but the Spirit
gives birth to spirit.

You should not be surprised
at my saying,

'You must be born again.'

The wind blows
wherever it pleases.

You hear its sound,

but you cannot tell
where it comes from

or where it is going.

So it is with everyone
born of the Spirit."

"How can this be?"
Nicodemus asked.

"You are Israel's teacher,"
said Jesus,

"and do you not understand
these things?

Very truly I tell you,

we speak
of what we know,

and we testify
to what we have seen..."

"but still you people
do not accept our testimony."

"I have spoken to you
of earthly things

and you do not
believe;

how then will you believe
if I speak of heavenly
things?

No one has ever
gone into heaven

except the One
who came from heaven--
the Son of Man.

Just as Moses
lifted up the snake
in the wilderness,

so the Son of Man
must be lifted up,

that everyone who believes
may have eternal life
in Him."

"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.

For God did not send
His Son into the world

to condemn the world,

but to save the world
through Him.

Whoever believes in Him
is not condemned,

but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already...

because they have not
believed

in the name of God's
one and only Son."

"This is the verdict--

Light has come
into the world,

but people loved darkness
instead of light

because their deeds
were evil."

"Everyone who does evil
hates the light,

and will not
come into the light

for fear that their deeds
will be exposed.

But whoever lives
by the truth

comes into the light...

so that it may be
seen plainly

that what they have done
has been done in the
sight of God."

After this, Jesus
and His disciples

went out into
the Judean countryside,

where He spent
some time with them,
and baptized.

Now John also was baptizing
at Aenon near Salim,

because there was
plenty of water,

and people were coming
and being baptized.

This was before John
was put in prison.

An argument developed
between some of John's
disciples

and a certain Jew
over the matter of
ceremonial washing.

They came to John
and said to him,

"Rabbi, that man who was
with you on the other side
of the Jordan--

the one
you testified about--

look, He is baptizing,

and everyone
is going to Him."

To this, John replied,

"A person can receive
only what is given them
from heaven.

You yourselves
can testify that I said,

'I am not the Messiah
but am sent ahead of Him.'

The bride belongs
to the bridegroom.

The friend who attends
the bridegroom

waits and listens for him,
and is full of joy

when he hears
the bridegroom's voice.

That joy is mine,

and it is now complete.

He must become greater;

I must become less."

The One who comes from above
is above all;

the one who is from the earth
belongs to the earth,

and speaks as one
from the earth.

The One who comes
from heaven is above all.

He testifies to
what He has seen and heard,

but no one accepts
His testimony.

Whoever has accepted
it has certified that God
is truthful.

For the One
whom God has sent

speaks the words of God,

for God gives the Spirit
without limit.

The Father
loves the Son

and has placed everything
in His hands.

Whoever believes
in the Son has eternal life,

but whoever rejects
the Son will not see life,

for God's wrath
remains on them.

Now Jesus learned
that the Pharisees had heard

that He was gaining
and baptizing more disciples
than John--

although in fact it was not
Jesus who baptized,

but His disciples.

So He left Judea and went back
once more to Galilee.

Now He had to go through
Samaria.

So He came to a town
in Samaria called Sychar,

near the plot of ground
Jacob had given to his
son Joseph.

Jacob's well was there,

and Jesus, tired as He was
from the journey,

sat down by the well.

It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman
came to draw water,

Jesus said to her,
"Will you give Me a drink?"

His disciples had gone
into the town to buy food.

The Samaritan woman
said to Him,

"You are a Jew and
I am a Samaritan woman.

How can you ask me
for a drink?"

For Jews do not associate
with Samaritans.

Jesus answered her,

"If you knew
the gift of God

and who it is
that asks you for a drink,

you would have asked Him

and He would have given you
living water."

"Sir," the woman said,

"you have nothing to draw with
and the well is deep.

Where can you get
this 'living water'?

Are you greater
than our father Jacob,

who gave us the well
and drank from it himself,

as did also his sons
and his livestock?"

Jesus answered,

"Everyone
who drinks this water

will be thirsty again,

but whoever drinks the water
I give them

will never thirst."

"Indeed, the water
I give them

will become in them
a spring of water

welling up
to eternal life."

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."

He told her, "Go,

call your husband
and come back."

"I have no husband,"
she replied.

Jesus said to her,
"You are right

when you say
you have no husband.

The fact is, you have had
five husbands,

and the man you now have
is not your husband.

What you have just said
is quite true."

"Sir," the woman said,

"I can see that you
are a prophet.

Our ancestors worshipped
on this mountain,

but you Jews claim
that the place where we
must worship

is in Jerusalem."

"Woman," Jesus replied,

"believe Me,
a time is coming

when you will worship
the Father neither
on this mountain

- nor in Jerusalem."

"You Samaritans worship
what you do not know;

we worship
what wedo know,

for salvation
is from the Jews.

Yet a time is coming
and has now come

when the true worshippers
will worship the Father

in the Spirit
and in truth,

for they are
the kind of worshippers
the Father seeks.

God is spirit,

and His worshippers
must worship

in the Spirit
and in truth."

The woman said,

"I know that Messiah"--

called Christ--
"is coming.

When He comes,
He will explain
everything to us."

Then Jesus declared,

"I, the One
speaking to you,

I am He."

Just then,
His disciples returned

and were surprised to find Him
talking with a woman.

But no one asked,
"What do you want?"

or "Why are you
talking with her?"

Then,
leaving her water jar,

the woman went back to the town and said to the people,

"Come, see a man

who told me everything
I'd ever done.

Could this be
the Messiah?"

They came out of the town
and made their way
towards Him.

Meanwhile,
His disciples urged Him,

"Rabbi, eat something."

But He said to them,
"I have food to eat

that you know
nothing about."

Then His disciples
said to each other,

"Could someone
have brought Him food?"

- "My food," said Jesus,

"is to do the will
of Him who sent Me

and to finish His work.

Don't you have a saying,

'It's still four months
until harvest'?

I tell you,
open your eyes

and look at the fields!

They are ripe for harvest.

Even now the one who reaps
draws a wage

and harvests a crop
for eternal life,

so that the sower
and the reaper

may be glad together.

Thus the saying 'One sows
and another reaps' is true.

I sent you to reap
what you have not worked for.

Others have done
the hard work,

and you have
reaped the benefits
of their labor."

Many of the Samaritans
from that town believed in Him

because of
the woman's testimony,

"He told me everything
I've ever done."

So when the Samaritans
came to Him,

they urged Him
to stay with them,

and He stayed two days.

And because of His words
many more became believers.

They said to the woman,
"We no longer believe

just because of what
you said; now we have
heard for ourselves,

and we know
that this man really is

the Savior of the world."

After the two days
He left for Galilee.

Now Jesus Himself
had pointed out

that a prophet has no honor
in his own country.

When He arrived
in Galilee,

the Galileans
welcomed Him.

They had seen
all that He had done
in Jerusalem

at the Passover Festival,
for they also had been there.

Once more He visited Cana
in Galilee,

where He had turned
the water into wine.

And there was a certain
royal official

whose son lay ill
at Capernaum.

When this man heard
that Jesus had arrived
in Galilee from Judea,

he went to Him
and begged Him to come
and heal his son,

who was close to death.

"Unless you people
see signs and wonders,"

Jesus told him,

"you will never believe."

The royal official said,

"Sir, come down
before my child dies."

"Go," Jesus replied,

"your son will live."

The man took Jesus
at His word and departed.

While he was still
on the way,

his servants met him
with the news that his
boy was living.

When he inquired
as to the time when
his son got better,

they said to him,
"Yesterday,

at 1:00 in the afternoon,
the fever left him."

Then the father realized
that this was the exact time

at which Jesus had said to him, "Your sonwill live."

So he and his whole household
believed.

This was the second sign
Jesus performed

after coming from Judea
to Galilee.

Some time later,

Jesus went up
to Jerusalem

for one of the
Jewish festivals.

Now there is in Jerusalem
near the Sheep Gate

a pool, which in Aramaic
is called "Bethesda"

and which is surrounded
by five covered colonnades.

Here a great number
of disabled people
used to lie--

the blind, the lame,

paralyzed.

One who was there
had been an invalid

for 38 years.

- When Jesus saw him lying there

and learned that
he had been in this condition
for a long time,

He asked him,
"Do you want to get well?"

"Sir,"
the invalid replied,

"I have no one
to help me into the pool

when the water is stirred.

While I am trying
to get in,

someone else goes down
ahead of me."

Then Jesus said to him,

"Get up.

Pick up your mat
and walk."

At once
the man was cured;

he picked up his mat
and walked.

The day on which
this took place
was a Sabbath,

and so the Jewish leaders
said to the man who
had been healed,

"It is the Sabbath;
the law forbids you
to carry your mat."

But he replied,

"The man who made me well
said to me,

'Pick up your mat
and walk.'"

So they asked him,
"Who is this fellow

who told you
to pick it up and walk?"

The man who was healed
had no idea who it was,

for Jesus had slipped away
into the crowd that was there.

Later Jesus found him
at the temple

and said to him,
"See, you are well again.

Stop sinning
or something worse
may happen to you."

The man went away
and told the Jewish leaders

that it was Jesus
who had made him well.

So, because Jesus
was doing these things
on the Sabbath,

the Jewish leaders
began to persecute Him.

In His defense
Jesus said to them,

"My Father
is always at His work

to this very day,

and I, too,
am working."

For this reason
they tried all the more
to kill Him--

not only was He breaking
the Sabbath,

but He was even calling God
His own Father,

making Himself equal
with God.

Jesus gave them
this answer--

"Very truly I tell you,

the Son can do nothing
by Himself;

He can do only what
He sees His Father doing,

because whatever
the Father does,
the Son also does."

- "For the Father
loves the Son

and shows Him
all He does.

Yes...

and He will show Him
even greater works
than these,

so that you
will be amazed.

For just as the Father
raises the dead

and gives them life,

even so the Son
gives life to whom
He is pleased to give it."

"Moreover, the Father
judges no one,

but has entrusted
all judgment to the Son,

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.

Very truly I tell you,

whoever hears My word
and believes Him who
sent Me

has eternal life
and will not be judged

but has crossed over
from death to life.

Very truly I tell you,

a time is coming,
and has now come,

when the dead
will hear the voice
of the Son of God

and those who hear
will live.

For as the Father
has life in Himself,

so He has granted
the Son also to have
life in Himself.

And He has given Him
authority to judge

because He is
the Son of Man.

Do not be amazed
at this,

for a time is coming
when all who are
in their graves

will hear His voice
and come out,

those who have
done what is good
will rise to live,

and those who
have done what is evil

will rise
to be condemned.

By Myself,
I can do nothing;

I judge only as I hear,

and My judgment
is just...

for I seek
not to please Myself

- but Him who sent Me."

"If I testify
about Myself,

My testimony
is not true.

There is another
who testifies in My favor,

and I know that his
testimony about Meis true."

"You have sent to John

and he has testified
to the truth.

Not that I accept
human testimony;

but I mention it
that you may be saved."

"John was a lamp that burned
and gave light,

and you chose for a time
to enjoy his light.

I have testimony
weightier than that of John.

For the works
that the Father has given Me
to finish--

the very works
that I am doing--

testify that the Father
has sent Me.

And the Father
who sent Me

has Himself testified
concerning Me.

You have never
heard His voice nor
seen His form,

nor does His word
dwell in you,

for you do not believe
the One He sent.

You study the Scriptures
diligently

because you think that in them
you have eternal life.

These are the very Scriptures
that testify about Me,

yet you refuse to come to Me
to have life.

I do not accept glory
from human beings,

but I know you.

I know that you
do not have the love of God
in your hearts."

"I have come
in My Father's name,

and you do not
accept Me,

but if someone else
comes in his own name,

you will accept him."

- "How can you believe

since you accept glory
from one another

but do not seek the glory
that comes from the only God?

But do not think I will
accuse you before
the Father.

Your accuser is Moses,

on whom
your hopes are set.

If you believed Moses,

you would believe Me,

for he wrote
about Me.

But since you do not believe
what He wrote,

how are you going
to believe what I say?"

Some time after this,

Jesus crossed to the far shore
of the Sea of Galilee--

that is,
the Sea of Tiberias,

and a great crowd
of people followed Him

because they saw the signs
He had performed

by healing those
who were ill.

Then Jesus went up
on a mountainside

and sat down
with His disciples.

The Jewish Passover Festival
was near.

When Jesus looked up
and saw a great crowd
coming towards Him,

He said to Philip,

"Where shall we buy bread
for these people to eat?"

- He asked this only
to test him,

for He already had in mind
what He was going to do.

Philip answered Him,
"It would take more than
half a year's wages

to buy enough bread
for each one to have
a bite!"

Another of His disciples,
Andrew,

Simon Peter's brother,
spoke up,

"Here is a boy with
five small barley loaves

and two small fish,

but how far will they go
among so many?"

Jesus said,
"Make the people sit down."

There was plenty of grass
in that place,

and they sat down.

About 5,000 men
were there.

Jesus then took the loaves,
gave thanks...

and distributed to those
who were seated

as much
as they wanted.

He did the same
with the fish.

When they had
all had enough to eat,

He said
to His disciples,

"Gather the pieces
that are left over.

Let nothing be wasted."

So they gathered them
and filled 12 baskets

with the pieces
of the five barley loaves

left over by those
who had eaten.

After the people
saw the sign Jesus
performed,

they began to say,
"Surely this is the Prophet

who is to come
into the world."

Jesus, knowing
that they intended

to come and make Him
king by force,

withdrew again
to a mountain by Himself.

When evening came,

His disciples
went down to the lake,

where they got
into a boat

and set off across the lake
for Capernaum.

By now it was dark,

and Jesus had not yet
joined them.

A strong wind was blowing
and the waters grew rough.

When they had rowed
about three or four miles,

they saw Jesus
approaching the boat,

walking on the water;

- and they were frightened.

But He said to them,
"It is I; don't be afraid."

Then they were willing
to take Him into the boat...

...and immediately
the boat reached the shore

where they were
heading.

The next day,
the crowd

that had stayed
on the opposite shore
of the lake

realized that only one boat
had been there,

and that Jesus
had not entered it
with His disciples,

but that they had
gone away alone.

Then some boats
from Tiberias landed

near the place where
the people had eaten the bread

after the Lord
had given thanks.

Once the crowd realized

that neither Jesus
nor His disciples were there,

they got into the boats
and went to Capernaum

in search of Jesus.

When they found Him
on the other side
of the lake,

they asked Him, "Rabbi,
when did you get here?"

Jesus answered,
"Very truly I tell you,

you are looking for Me,

not because you saw
the signs I performed

but because
you ate the loaves
and had your fill.

Do not work for food
that spoils,

but for food that endures
to eternal life,

which the Son of Man
will give you.

For on Him
God the Father has placed

- His seal of approval."

Then they asked Him,
"What must we do

to do the works
God requires?"

Jesus answered,
"The work of God is this;

to believe in the One
He has sent."

So they asked Him,
"What sign then will You give

that we may see it
and believe You?

What will You do?

Our ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness;

as it is written:
'He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.'"

Jesus said to them,

"Very truly I tell you,

it is not Moses
who has given you
the bread from heaven,

but it is My Father
who gives you the true
bread from heaven."

"For the bread of God
is the bread that comes
down from heaven

and gives life
to the world."

"Sir," they said,

"always give us
this bread."

Then Jesus declared,

"I am the bread of life.

Whoever comes to Me
will never go hungry,

and whoever believes in Me
will never be thirsty."

- "But as I told you,

you have seen Me
and still you do not believe.

All those the Father
gives Me will come to Me,

and whoever comes to Me
I will never drive away.

For I have come down
from heaven

not to do My will

but to do the will
of Him who sent Me.

And this is the will
of Him who sent Me,

that I shall lose none
of all those He has given Me,

but raise them up
at the last day.

For my Father's will

is that everyone
who looks to the Son

and believes in Him
shall have eternal life,

and I will raise them up
at the last day."

At this, the Jews there
began to grumble about Him

because He said,
"I am the bread that
came down from heaven."

They said,
"Is this not Jesus,

the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother
we know?

How can He now say,
'I came down from heaven'?"

"Stop grumbling
among yourselves,"
Jesus answered.

"No one can come to Me
unless the Father who
sent Me draws them,

and I will raise them up
at the last day.

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.

No one has seen
the Father except the One
who is from God;

only He has seen
the Father.

Very truly I tell you,

the one who believes
has eternal life.

I am the bread of life.

Your ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness,

yet they died.

But here is the bread
that comes down from heaven,

which anyone may eat
and not die."

"I am the living bread
that came down from heaven.

Whoever eats this bread
will live forever."

"This bread is My flesh,

which I will give
for the life of the world."

Then the Jews
began to argue sharply
among themselves,

"How can this man give us
His flesh to eat?"

Jesus said to them,

- "Very truly I tell you,

unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Man

and drink His blood,
you have no life in you."

"Whoever eats My flesh
and drinks My blood

has eternal life,

and I will raise them up
at the last day.

For My flesh
is real food

and My blood
is real drink."

- "Whoever eats My flesh

and drinks My blood
remains in Me,

and I in them.

Just as the living Father
sent Me

and I live
because of the Father,

so the one
who feeds on Me will live...

because of Me.

This is the bread
that came down from heaven.

Your ancestors ate manna
and died,

but whoever feeds
on this bread will
live forever."

He said this while teaching
in the synagogue
in Capernaum.

On hearing it,
many of His disciples said,

"This is a hard teaching.
Who can accept it?"

Aware that His disciples
were grumbling about this,

Jesus said to them,
"Does this offend you?

Then what if you see
the Son of Man ascend

to where He was before?

The Spirit gives life;
the flesh counts for nothing.

The words
I have spoken to you--

they are full of the Spirit
and life.

Yet there are some of you
who do not believe."

For Jesus had known
from the beginning

which of them did not believe
and who would betray Him.

He went on to say,

"This is why I told you
that no one can come to Me

unless the Father
has enabled them."

From this time,
many of His disciples
turned back

and no longer
followed Him.

- "You do not want
to leave, too, do you?"

Jesus asked the Twelve.

Simon Peter answered Him,

"Lord,
to whom shall we go?

You have the words
of eternal life.

We have come to believe
and to know

that You are
the Holy One of God."

Then Jesus replied,

"Have I not chosen you,
the Twelve?

Yet one of you
is a devil!"

He meant Judas,
the son of Simon Iscariot,

who, though one
of the Twelve,

was later to betray Him.

After this,
Jesus went around in Galilee.

He did not want to go about
in Judea

because
the Jewish leaders there

were looking for a way
to kill Him.

But when the Jewish Festival
of Tabernacles was near,

Jesus' brothers
said to Him,

"Leave Galilee
and go to Judea,

so that your disciples there
may see the works you do.

No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.

Since you are doing
these things,

show yourself
to the world."

For even His own brothers
did not believe in Him.

Therefore Jesus told them,

"My time
is not yet here.

For you,
any time will do.

The world cannot hate you,
but it hates Me

because I testify
that its works are evil."

- "You go to the festival.

I am not going up
to this festival,

because my time
has not yet fully come."

After He had said this,
He stayed in Galilee.

- However, after His brothers

had left for the festival,
He went also,

not publicly,
but in secret.

Now at the festival
the Jewish leaders were
watching for Jesus

and asking,
"Where is He?"

Among the crowds
there was widespread
whispering about Him.

Some said,
"He is a good man."

Others replied,
"No, He deceives the people."

But no one would say anything
publicly about Him

for fear of the leaders.

Not until halfway
through the festival

did Jesus go up
to the temple courts

and begin to teach.

- The Jews there were amazed
and asked,

"How did this man
get such learning

without having
been taught?"

Jesus answered,

"My teaching
is not My own.

It comes from the One
who sent Me.

Anyone who chooses to do
the will of God

will find out whether
My teaching comes from God

or whether I speak
on My own."

"Whoever speaks
on their own

does so to gain
personal glory,

but he who seeks the glory
of the one who sent him

is a man of truth--
there is nothing false
about him."

"Has not Moses given you
the law?

Yet not one of you
keeps the law."

"Why are you
trying to kill Me?"

"You are demon-possessed,"
the crowd answered.

"Who is trying
to kill You?"

Jesus said to them,
"I did one miracle..."

- "and you are all amazed.

Yet, because Moses
gave you circumcision"--

though actually
it did not come from Moses,

but from the patriarchs--

"you circumcise a boy
on the Sabbath.

Now if a boy can be
circumcised on the Sabbath

so that the law of Moses
may not be broken,

why are you angry with Me

for healing a man's whole body
on the Sabbath?

Stop judging
by mere appearances,

but instead,
judge correctly."

At that point,
some of the people
of Jerusalem began to ask,

"Isn't this the man
they are trying to kill?

Here He is,
speaking publicly,

and they are not
saying a word to Him.

Have the authorities
really concluded

that He is the Messiah?

But we know
where this man is from;

when the Messiah comes,

no one will know
where He is from."

Then Jesus, still teaching
in the temple courts,

cried out,
"Yes, you know Me,

and you know
where I am from.

I am not here
on My own authority,

but He who sent Me
is true.

You do not know Him,
but I know Him

because I am from Him
and He sent Me."

At this, they tried
to seize Him,

but no one
laid a hand on Him,

because His hour
had not yet come.

Still, many in the crowd
believed in Him.

They said,
"When the Messiah comes,

will He perform more signs
than this man?"

The Pharisees heard
the crowd whispering
such things about Him.

Then the chief priests
and the Pharisees

sent temple guards
to arrest Him.

Jesus said, "I am with you
only for a short time,

and then I am going
to the One who sent Me.

You will look for Me,
but you will not find Me;

and where I am,
you cannot come."

The Jews said
to one another,

"Where does this man
intend to go

that we cannot
find Him?

Will He go
where our people live
scattered among the Greeks,

and teach the Greeks?"

"What did He mean
when He said,

'You will look for Me,
but you will not find Me,'

and 'Where I am,
you cannot come'?"

On the last and greatest day
of the festival,

Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice,

"Let anyone
who is thirsty

come to Me and drink.

Whoever believes in Me,
as Scripture has said,

rivers of living water
will flow from within them."

By this,
He meant the Spirit,

whom those who believed in Him
were later to receive.

Up to that time, the Spirit
had not been given,

since Jesus had not yet
been glorified.

On hearing His words,
some of the people said,

"Surely this man
is the Prophet."

Others said,
"Heis the Messiah."

Still others asked,

"How can the Messiah
come from Galilee?

Does not Scripture say
that the Messiah will come

from David's descendants

and from Bethlehem,
the town where David lived?"

Thus the people were divided
because of Jesus.

Some wanted to seize Him,

but no one laid a hand
on Him.

Finally the temple guards
went back

to the chief priests
and the Pharisees,

who asked them,
"Why didn't you
bring Him in?"

"No one ever spoke
the way this man does,"

the guards replied.

"You mean He has
deceived youalso?"

the Pharisees retorted.

"Have any of the rulers
or of the Pharisees
believed in Him?

No! But this mob
that knows nothing
of the law,

there is a curse
on them."

Nicodemus, who had
gone to Jesus earlier

and who was one
of their own number, asked,

"Does our law
condemn a man

without first
hearing him

to find out
what he has been doing?"

They replied,
"Are you from Galilee, too?

Look into it,
and you'll find

that a prophet does not
come out of Galilee."

Then they all went home,

but Jesus went to
the Mount of Olives.

At dawn He appeared again
in the temple courts,

where all the people
gathered 'round Him,

and He sat down
to teach them.

The teachers of the law
and the Pharisees

brought in a woman
caught in adultery.

They made her stand
before the group

and said to Jesus,
"Teacher,

this woman was caught
in the act of adultery."

"In the Law,
Moses commanded us
to stone such women.

Now what do you say?"

They were using
this question as a trap,

in order to have a basis
for accusing Him.

But Jesus bent down...

and started to write
on the ground with His finger.

When they kept on
questioning Him,

He straightened up...

and said to them,

"Let any one of you
who is without sin

be the first
to throw a stone at her."

Again He stooped down
and wrote on the ground.

At this,

those who heard
began to go away
one at a time...

the older ones first...

until only Jesus was left,
with the woman still
standing there.

Jesus straightened up
and asked her,

"Woman, where are they?

Has no one
condemned you?"

"No one, sir," she said.

"Then neither
do I condemn you,"
Jesus declared.

"Go now...

and leave
your life of sin."

When Jesus spoke again
to the people,

He said, "I am
the light of the world.

Whoever follows Me
will never walk in darkness,

but will have
the light of life."

The Pharisees
challenged Him,

"Here You are, appearing
as Your own witness."

- "Your testimony
is not valid."

Jesus answered,
"Even if I testify
on My own behalf,

My testimonyis valid..."

"for I know
where I came from

and where I am going.

But you have no idea
where I come from

or where I am going.
You judge by human standards.

I pass judgment
on no one.

But if I do judge,
my decisions are true,

because I am not alone.
I stand with the Father,
who sent Me."

- "In your own Law,
it is written

that the testimony
of two witnesses is true.

I am one who testifies
for Myself;

my other witness is the Father, who sent Me."

Then they asked Him,
"Where is Your father?"

"You do not know Me
or My Father,"

Jesus replied.

"If you knew Me,
you would know My
Father also."

He spoke these words while
teaching in the temple courts

near the place
where the offerings were put.

Yet no one seized Him,

because His hour
had not yet come.

Once more
Jesus said to them,

"I am going away,
and you will look for Me,

and you will die
in your sin.

Where I go,
you cannot come."

This made the Jews ask,
"Will He kill Himself?

Is that why He says,

'Where I go,
you cannot come'?"

But He continued,
"You are from below,
I am from above.

You are of this world,
I am not of this world.

I told you that you
would die in your sins;

if you do not believe
that I am He,

you will indeed die
in your sins."

"Who are You?"
they asked.

"Just what
I have been telling you
from the beginning,"

Jesus replied.

"I have much to say
in judgment of you.

But He who sent Me
is trustworthy,

and what I have heard
from Him

I tell the world."

They did not understand
that He was telling them
about His Father.

- So Jesus said,

"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

but speak just what the Father
has taught me.

The One who sent Me
is with Me.

He has not
left Me alone,

for I always do
what pleases Him."

Even as He spoke,
many believed in Him.

To the Jews
who had believed Him,

Jesus said, "If you hold
to My teaching,

you are really
My disciples.

Then you will know
the truth,

and the truth
will set you free."

They answered Him,

"We are Abraham's
descendants

and have never
been slaves of anyone.

How can You say that we
shall be set free?"

Jesus replied,
"Very truly I tell you,

everyone who sins
is a slave to sin.

Now a slave has no permanent
place in the family,

but a son belongs to it
forever.

So if the Son sets you free,
you will be free indeed."

"I know you are Abraham's
descendants.

Yet you are looking
for a way to kill Me,

because you have no room
for My word.

I am telling you
what I have seen in
the Father's presence,

and you are doing what you
have heard from your father."

"Abrahamis our father,"
they answered.

"If you were Abraham's
children," said Jesus,

"then you would do
what Abraham did.

As it is, you are looking
for a way to kill Me,

a man who has told you
the truth that I heard
from God.

Abraham did not do
such things.

You are doing the works
of your own father."

"We are not
illegitimate children,"
they protested.

"The only Father we have
is God Himself."

Jesus said to them,
"If God were your Father,

you would love Me,

for I have come here
from God."

"I have not come on My own,
God sent Me.

Why is My language
not clear to you?

Because you are unable
to hear what I say."

"You belong
to your father...

the devil..."

"and you want to carry out
your father's desires.

He was a murderer
from the beginning,

not holding to the truth,
for there is no truth in him.

When he lies, he speaks
his native language,

for heis a liar
and the father of lies."

"Yet because I tell the truth,
you do not believe Me!"

"Can any of you prove Me
guilty of sin?"

"If I am telling the truth,
why don't you believe Me?

Whoever belongs to God
hears what God says.

The reason you do not hear
is that you do not belong
to God."

The Jews answered Him,
"Aren't we right in saying

that you are a Samaritan
and demon-possessed?"

"I am not possessed
by a demon," said Jesus,

"but I honor My Father
and you dishonor Me.

I am not seeking glory
for Myself,

but there is One who seeks it,
and He is the judge.

Very truly I tell you,
whoever obeys My word

will never see death."

At this, they exclaimed,

"Now we know that You are
demon-possessed!

Abraham died
and so did the prophets..."

"yet You say
that whoever obeys Your word

will never taste death?

Are You greater
than our father Abraham?

He died,
and so did the prophets.

Who do You think
You are?"

Jesus replied,

"If I glorify Myself,
My glory means nothing.

My Father, whom you claim
as your God,

is the one
who glorifies Me.

Though you do not know Him,
I know Him.

If I said I did not,
I would be a liar like you,

but Ido know Him
and obey his word.

Your father Abraham
rejoiced at the thought

of seeing My day.
He saw it and was glad."

"You are not
yet 50 years old,"
they said to Him,

"and You have seen
Abraham?"

"Very truly I tell you,"
Jesus answered,

"before Abraham was born,
I am!"

- At this,

they picked up stones
to stone Him,

but Jesus hid Himself,
slipping away from the
temple grounds.

As He went along,

He saw a man
blind from birth.

His disciples asked Him,
"Rabbi, who sinned--

this man or his parents--
that he was born blind?"

"Neither this man
nor his parents sinned,"
said Jesus,

"but this happened
so that the works of God

might be displayed
in him.

As long as it is day,

we must do the works
of Him who sent Me.

Night is coming,
when no one can work.

While I am in the world,
I am the light of the world."

After saying this,
He spat on the ground,

made some mud
with the saliva,

and put it
on the man's eyes.

"Go," He told him,

"wash in the Pool
of Siloam."

This word means "Sent."

So the man went
and washed...

...and came home seeing.

His neighbors
and those who had
formerly seen him begging

asked, "Isn't this
the same man

who used to sit
and beg?"

- Some claimed that he was.

Others said, "No,
he only looks like him."

But he himself insisted,
"I am the man."

"How then were your eyes
opened?" they asked.

He replied,
"The man they call Jesus

made some mud
and put it on my eyes.

He told me to go to Siloam
and wash.

So I went and washed,
and then I could see."

"Where is this man?"
they asked him.

"I don't know,"
he said.

They brought to the Pharisees
the man who had been blind.

Now the day on which Jesus
had made the mud

and opened the man's eyes
was a Sabbath.

Therefore the Pharisees
also asked him

how he had received
his sight.

"He put mud on my eyes,"
the man replied,

"and I washed,
and now I see."

Some of the Pharisees
said,

"This man is not from God,
for He does not keep
the Sabbath."

But others asked,
"How can a sinner perform
such signs?"

So they were divided.

Then they turned again
to the blind man,

"What have you to say
about Him?

It was your eyes
He opened."

The man replied,
"He is a prophet."

They still did not believe
that he had been blind

and had received
his sight

until they sent
for the man's parents.

"Is this your son?"
they asked.

"Is this the one you say
was born blind?

How is it
that now he can see?"

"We know he is our son,"
the parents answered,

"and we know
he was born blind.

But how he can see now,
or who opened his eyes,

we don't know.
Ask him.

He is of age;
he will speak for himself."

His parents said this
because they were afraid
of the Jewish leaders,

who already had decided
that anyone who acknowledged

that Jesus
was the Messiah

would be put out
of the synagogue.

That was why
his parents said,

- "He is of age; ask him."

A second time they summoned
the man who had been blind.

"Give glory to God by telling
the truth," they said.

"We know this man
is a sinner."

He replied, "Whether He is
a sinner or not,

I don't know.
One thing I do know.

Iwas blind
but now I see!"

Then they asked him,
"What did He do to you?

How did He open
your eyes?"

He answered,
"I have told you already

and you did not listen.

Why do you want
to hear it again?

Do you want to become
His disciples, too?"

Then they hurled insults
at him and said,

"You are this fellow's
disciple!

We are disciples of Moses!

We know that God
spoke to Moses,

but as for this fellow,

we don't even know
where He comes from."

The man answered,
"Now that is remarkable!

You don't know
where He comes from,

yet He opened my eyes.

We know that God
does not listen to sinners.

He listens to the godly person
who does His will.

Nobody has ever heard
of opening the eyes of
a man born blind.

If this man were not from God,
He could do nothing."

To this, they replied,
"You were steeped in sin
at birth.

How dare you
lecture us!"

And they threw him out.

Jesus heard that they had
thrown him out,

and when He found him,
He said,

"Do you believe
in the Son of Man?"

- "Who is He, sir?"
the man asked,

"so that I may
believe in Him."

Jesus said,
"You have now seen Him;

in fact, He is the one
speaking with you."

Then the man said,

"Lord, I believe,"

and he worshipped Him.

Jesus said, "For judgment
I have come into this world,

so that the blind
will see

and those who see
will become blind."

Some Pharisees
who were with Him

heard Him say this
and asked,

"What?
Are we blind, too?"

Jesus said,
"If you were blind,

you would not be guilty
of sin;

but now that you claim
you can see,

your guilt remains."

"Very truly I tell you,
Pharisees,

anyone who does not enter
the sheepfold by the gate,

but climbs in
by some other way,

is a thief
and a robber.

The one who enters
by the gate

is the shepherd
of the sheep.

The gatekeeper
opens the gate for him,

and the sheep
listen to his voice.

He calls his own sheep
by name

and leads them out.

When he has brought out
all his own,

he goes on ahead of them,

and his sheep follow him
because they know his voice.

But they will never
follow a stranger;

in fact, they will
run away from him

because they do not recognize
a stranger's voice."

Jesus used
this figure of speech,

but the Pharisees
did not understand

what He was telling them.
Therefore Jesus said again,

"Very truly I tell you,

I am the gate
for the sheep.

All who have come before Me
are thieves and robbers,

but the sheep have not
listened to them.

I am the gate;

whoever enters through Me
will be saved.

They will come in
and go out,

and find pasture.

The thief comes
only to steal and kill
and destroy.

I have come that
they may have life,

and have it
to the full."

"I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep.

The hired hand
is not the shepherd

and does not own
the sheep.

So when he sees
the wolf coming,

he abandons the sheep
and runs away.

Then the wolf attacks
the flock and scatters it.

The man runs away
because he is a hired hand

and cares nothing
for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd--

I know My sheep
and My sheep know Me--

just as the Father knows Me
and I know the Father

and I lay down My life
for the sheep.

I have other
sheep that are not
of this sheepfold.

I must bring them also.

They, too, will listen
to My voice,

and there shall be one flock
and one shepherd.

The reason my Father
loves Me

is that I lay down
My life

only to take it up again.

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 command I received
from My Father."

The Jews who heard
these words were
again divided.

Many of them said,
"He is demon-possessed

and raving mad.
Why listen to Him?"

But others said,
"These are not the sayings

of a man possessed
by a demon.

Can a demon open the eyes
of the blind?"

Then came the Festival
of Dedication at Jerusalem.

It was winter, and Jesus
was in the temple courts

walking in Solomon's
Colonnade.

The Jews who were there
gathered 'round Him, saying,

"How long will You keep us
in suspense?

If You are the Messiah,
tell us plainly."

Jesus answered,
"I did tell you,

but you do not believe.

The works I do
in my Father's name
testify about Me,

but you do not believe
because you are not my sheep.

My sheep listen to My voice;
I know them,

and they follow Me.

I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish.

No one will snatch them
out of my hand."

- "My Father,

who has given them to Me,
is greater than all.

No one can snatch them
out of My Father's hand.

I and the Father
are one."

Again His Jewish
opponents picked up
stones to stone Him,

but Jesus said to them,

"I have shown you many
good works from the Father.

For which of these
do you stone Me?"

"We are not stoning You
for any good work,"
they replied,

"but for blasphemy,
because You, a mere man,

claim to be God."

Jesus answered them,

"Is it not written
in your Law,

'I have said
you are "gods"'?

If He called them 'gods,'
to whom the word
of God came--

and Scripture cannot be set
aside--

what about the One
whom the Father set apart

as His very own
and sent into the world?

- Why then do you accuse me
of blasphemy

because I said,
'I am God's Son'?

Do not believe Me
unless I do the works
of My Father.

But if I do them,
even though you do not
believe Me,

believe the works,

that you may know
and understand

that the Father is in Me,
and I in the Father."

Again they tried
to seize Him,

but He escaped
their grasp.

Then Jesus went back
across the Jordan

to the place where John
had been baptizing

in the early days.

There He stayed,
and many people
came to Him.

They said, "Though John
never performed a sign,

all that John said
about this man was true."

And in that place,
many believed in Jesus.

Now a man named Lazarus
was ill.

He was from Bethany,
the village of Mary and
her sister Martha.

This Mary, whose brother
Lazarus now lay ill,

was the same one
who poured perfume
on the Lord

and wiped His feet
with her hair.

So the sisters
sent word to Jesus,

- "Lord, the one You love
is ill."

When He heard this,
Jesus said,

"This illness will not end
in death.

No,
it is for God's glory

so that God's Son
may be glorified through it."

Now Jesus loved Martha
and her sister and Lazarus.

So when He heard
that Lazarus was ill,

He stayed where He was
two more days,

and then He said
to His disciples,

"Let us go back
to Judea."

"But, Rabbi," they said,

"a short while ago
the Jews there tried
to stone You,

and yet
You are going back?"

Jesus answered,
"Are there not 12 hours
of daylight?

Anyone who walks
in the daytime

will not stumble,
for they see by this
world's light."

"It is when
a person walks at night
that they stumble,

for they have no light."

After He had said this,
He went on to tell them,

"Our friend Lazarus
has fallen asleep,

but I am going there
to wake him up."

His disciples replied,
"Lord,

if he sleeps,
he will get better."

Jesus had been speaking
of His death,

but His disciples thought
He meant natural sleep.

- So then He told them plainly,

"Lazarus is dead,

and for your sake
I am glad I was not there,

so that you may believe.

But let us go to him."

Then Thomas--
also known as Didymus--

said to the rest
of the disciples,

"Let us also go,
that we may die with Him."

On His arrival,
Jesus found

that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

Now Bethany was
less than two miles
from Jerusalem,

and many Jews had come
to Martha and Mary

to comfort them in the loss
of their brother.

When Martha heard that Jesus
was coming,

she went out
to meet Him,

but Mary
stayed at home.

"Lord,"
Martha said to Jesus,

"if You had been here,
my brother would not
have died.

But I know that even now
God will give You

whatever you ask."

Jesus said to her,

"Your brother
will rise again."

Martha answered,
"I know he will
rise again,

in the Resurrection
at the last day."

Jesus said to her,

"I am the Resurrection
and the life.

The one who believes in Me
will live,

even though they die;

and whoever lives
by believing in Me

will never die.

Do you believe this?"

"Yes, Lord,"
she replied,

"I believe that you are
the Messiah,

the Son of God,
who is to come into
the world."

After she had said this,

she went back and called
her sister Mary aside.

"The Teacher is here,"
she said,

"and is asking for you."

- When Mary
heard this,

she got up quickly
and went to Him.

Now Jesus had not yet
entered the village,

but was still at the place
where Martha had met Him.

When the Jews who had been
with Mary in the house,

comforting her,
noticed how quickly

she got up and went out,
they followed her,

supposing she was going
to the tomb to mourn there.

When Mary reached
the place where Jesus was
and saw Him,

she fell at His feet
and said,

- "Lord, if You had been here,

my brother would not
have died."

When Jesus
saw her weeping,

and the Jews who had
come along with her
also weeping,

He was deeply moved
in spirit, and troubled.

"Where have you laid him?"
He asked.

"Come and see, Lord,"
they replied.

Jesus wept.

Then the Jews said,
"See how He loved him!"

But some of them said,

"Could not He who opened
the eyes of the blind man

have kept this man
from dying?"

Jesus, once more
deeply moved,

came to the tomb.

It was a cave with a stone
laid across the entrance.

"Take away the stone,"
He said.

"But, Lord," said Martha,
the sister of the dead man,

"by this time,
there is a bad odor,

for he has been there
four days."

- Then Jesus said,

"Did I not tell you
that if you believe,

you will see
the glory of God?"

So they took away
the stone.

Then Jesus looked up
and said,

"Father, I thank You
that You have heard Me.

I knew that You always
hear Me,

but I said this
for the benefit of
the people standing here,

that they may believe
that You sent Me."

When He had said this,

Jesus called out
in a loud voice,

"Lazarus, come out!"

The dead man came out,

his hands and feet wrapped
with strips of linen,

and a cloth
'round his face.

Jesus said to them,
"Take off the grave clothes

and let him go."

Therefore many of the Jews
who had come to visit Mary,

and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in Him.

But some of them
went to the Pharisees

and told them
what Jesus had done.

Then the chief priests
and the Pharisees

called a meeting
of the Sanhedrin.

"What are we accomplishing?"
they asked.

"Here is this man
performing many signs.

If we let Him go on
like this,

everyone will believe
in Him,

and then the Romans
will come and take away

both our temple
and our nation."

Then one of them,
named Caiaphas,

who was high priest
that year, spoke up,

"You know nothing at all!
You do not realize

that it is better
for you that one man
die for the people

than that
the whole nation perish."

- He did not say this
on his own,

but as high priest that year
he prophesied

that Jesus would die
for the Jewish nation,

and not only
for that nation

but also for the scattered
children of God,

to bring them together
and make them one.

So from that day on
they plotted to take
His life.

Therefore Jesus no longer
moved about publicly

among the people
of Judea.

Instead, He withdrew
to a region near
the wilderness,

to a village
called Ephraim,

where He stayed
with His disciples.

When it was almost time
for the Jewish Passover,

many went up from the country
to Jerusalem

for their ceremonial cleansing
before the Passover.

They kept looking
for Jesus,

and as they stood
in the temple courts

they asked one another,
"What do you think?

Isn't He coming
to the festival at all?"

But the chief priests
and the Pharisees had
given orders

that anyone who found out
where Jesus was

should report it
so that they might
arrest Him.

Six days
before the Passover,

Jesus came to Bethany,
where Lazarus lived,

whom Jesus had raised
from the dead.

Here a dinner was given
in Jesus' honor.

Martha served,
while Lazarus was
among those

reclining at the table
with Him.

Then Mary took about
half a liter of pure nard,

an expensive perfume;

she poured it
on Jesus' feet

and wiped His feet
with her hair.

And the house
was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.

But one of His disciples,
Judas Iscariot,

who was later to betray Him,
objected.

"Why wasn't
this perfume sold

and the money
given to the poor?

It was worth
a year's wages."

He did not say this
because he cared
about the poor

but because he was
a thief;

as keeper
of the money bag,

he used to help himself
to what was put into it.

"Leave her alone,"
Jesus replied.

"It was intended
that she should save
this perfume

for the day
of My burial.

You will always have
the poor among you,

but you will not always
have Me."

Meanwhile, a large crowd
of Jews found out

that Jesus was there
and came,

not only because of Him,

but also to see Lazarus,
whom He had raised
from the dead.

So the chief priests
made plans

to kill Lazarus as well,

for on account of him,
many of the Jews

were going over to Jesus
and believing in Him.

The next day,
the great crowd that had
come for the festival

heard that Jesus
was on His way
to Jerusalem.

They took palm branches
and went out to meet Him,

- shouting, "Hosanna!"

"Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord!"

"Blessed
is the King of Israel!"

Jesus found a young donkey
and sat on it.

As it is written:

"Do not be afraid,
Daughter Zion;

see, your King
is coming,

seated
on a donkey's colt."

At first, His disciples
did not understand
all this.

Only after Jesus
was glorified

did they realize
that these things had been
written about Him

and that these things
had been done to Him.

Now the crowd
that was with Him

when He called Lazarus
from the tomb

and raised him
from the dead

continued to spread
the word.

Many people,
because they had heard

that He had performed
this sign,

went out to meet Him.

So the Pharisees said
to one another,

"See, this is getting us
nowhere.

Look how the whole world
has gone after Him!"

Now there were some Greeks
among those

who went up to worship
at the festival.

They came to Philip,
who was from Bethsaida
in Galilee,

with a request.

"Sir," they said,
"we would like
to see Jesus."

Philip went to tell
Andrew;

Andrew and Philip,
in turn, told Jesus.

Jesus replied,

"The hour has come
for the Son of Man
to be glorified.

Very truly I tell you,

unless a grain of wheat
falls to the ground
and dies,

it remains
only a single seed.

But if it dies,
it produces many seeds.

Anyone who loves their life
will lose it,

while anyone who hates
their life in this world

will keep it
for eternal life.

Whoever serves Me
must follow Me;

and where I am,
My servant also will be.

My Father will honor
the one who serves Me.

Now My soul is troubled,
and what shall I say?

'Father, save Me
from this hour'?

No. It was for
this very reason

I came to this hour.

Father,
glorify Your name!"

Then a voice
came from heaven...

"I have glorified it,
and will glorify it again."

The crowd that was there
and heard it

said it had thundered.

Others said an angel
had spoken to Him.

Jesus said,
"This voice was
for your benefit, not Mine.

Now is the time for judgment
on this world;

now the prince of this world
will be driven out.

And I, when I am lifted up
from the earth,

will draw all people
to Myself."

He said this
to show the kind of death
He was going to die.

The crowd spoke up,
"We have heard from the Law

that the Messiah
will remain forever,

so how can you say,
'The Son of Man must be
lifted up'?

Who is this
'Son of Man'?"

Then Jesus told them,

"You are going to have
the light just a little
while longer.

Walk while you have
the light, before darkness
overtakes you.

Whoever walks in the dark
does not know where they
are going.

Believe in the light
while you have the light,

so that you may become
children of light."

When He had finished
speaking,

Jesus left
and hid Himself from them.

- Even after Jesus
had performed

so many signs
in their presence,

they still would not
believe in Him.

This was to fulfill the word
of Isaiah the prophet:

"Lord, who has believed
our message

and to whom has the Arm
of the Lord been revealed?"

For this reason
they could not believe,

because, as Isaiah says
elsewhere:

"He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,

so they can neither see
with their eyes,

nor understand
with their hearts,

nor turn--
and I would heal them."

Isaiah said this
because he saw Jesus' glory

and spoke about Him.

Yet at the same time,

many even among the leaders
believed in Him.

But because
of the Pharisees

they would not openly
acknowledge their faith

for fear they
would be put out
of the synagogue;

for they loved human praise
more than praise from God.

Then Jesus cried out...

- "Whoever believes in Me

does not believe
in Me only..."

- "but in the One who sent Me."

"The one who looks at Me

is seeing the One
who sent Me."

"I have come into the world
as a light,

so that no one
who believes in Me

should stay
in darkness.

If anyone
hears My words

but does not keep them,
I do not judge that person.

For I did not come
to judge the world,

but to save the world.

There is a judge
for the one who rejects Me

and does not accept
my words;

the very words
I have spoken

will condemn them
at the last day."

"For I did not speak
on My own,

but the Father who sent Me
commanded Me to say

all that I have spoken."

"I know that His command
leads to eternal life.

So whatever I say

is just what the Father
has told Me to say."

It was just before
the Passover Festival.

Jesus knew
that the hour had come

for Him to leave this world
and go to the Father.

Having loved His own
who were in the world,

He loved them
to the end.

The evening meal
was in progress,

and the devil had already
prompted Judas,

the son of Simon Iscariot,
to betray Jesus.

Jesus knew that
the Father had put all things
under His power,

and that He had
come from God and was
returning to God;

so He got up from the meal,
took off His outer clothing,

and wrapped a towel
'round His waist.

After that,
He poured water
into a basin...

and began to wash
His disciples' feet,

drying them with the towel
that was wrapped 'round Him.

He came to Simon Peter,

who said to Him,
"Lord,

are You going to wash
my feet?"

Jesus replied,

"You do not realize now
what I am doing,

but later
you will understand."

"No," said Peter,
"You shall never wash
my feet."

Jesus answered,
"Unless I wash you,

you have no part
with Me."

"Then, Lord,"
Simon Peter replied,

"not just my feet,

but my hands and my head
as well!"

Jesus answered,

"Those who have had
a bath

need only to wash
their feet.

Their whole body is clean.

Andyou are clean,

though not every one
of you."

For He knew who was
going to betray Him,

and that was why
He said

"not every one"
was clean.

When He had finished
washing their feet,

He put on his clothes
and returned to His place.

"Do you understand
what I have done for you?"
He asked them.

- "You call Me 'Teacher'

and 'Lord,'

and rightly so,
for that is what I am.

Now that I,
your Lord and Teacher,

have washed your feet,
you also should wash

one another's feet.

I have set you
an example

that you should do
as I have done foryou.

Very truly I tell you,

no servant is greater
than his master,

nor is a messenger greater
than the one who sent him.

Now that you know
these things,

you will be blessed
if you do them."

"I am not referring
to all of you;

I know those
I have chosen.

But this is to fulfill
this passage of Scripture--

'He who shared my bread
has turned against me.'

I am telling you now
before it happens,

so that
when it does happen

you will believe
that I am who I am.

Very truly I tell you,

whoever accepts
anyone I send accepts Me;

and whoever accepts Me
accepts the one who sent Me."

After he had said this,

Jesus was troubled
in spirit

and testified,
"Very truly I tell you,

one of you
is going to betray Me."

His disciples
stared at one another,

at a loss to know
which of them He meant.

One of them,
the disciple whom Jesus loved,

was reclining
next to Him.

Simon Peter motioned
to this disciple and said,

"Ask Him
which one He means."

Leaning back against Jesus,
he asked Him,

"Lord, who is it?"

Jesus answered,
"It is the one

to whom I will give
this piece of bread

when I have dipped it
in the dish."

Then, dipping
the piece of bread...

He gave it to Judas,
the son of Simon Iscariot.

As soon as Judas
took the bread,

Satan entered into him.

So Jesus told him,

"What you are about to do,
do quickly."

But no one at the meal
understood

why Jesus said this
to him.

Since Judas had charge
of the money,

some thought Jesus
was telling him

to buy what was needed
for the festival,

or to give something
to the poor.

As soon as Judas
had taken the bread,

he went out.
And it was night.

When he was gone,
Jesus said,

"Now the Son of Man
is glorified

and God is glorified
in Him."

"If God is glorified
in Him,

God will glorify the Son
in Himself,

and will glorify Him
at once.

My children,
I will be with you

only a little longer."

- "You will look
for Me,

and just as I told the Jews,
so I tell you now...

where I am going,
you cannot come.

A new command
I give you--

love one another.

As I have loved you,
so you must love one another."

"By this, everyone will know
that you are My disciples,

if you love one another."

Simon Peter asked Him,

"Lord,
where are You going?"

Jesus replied,
"Where I am going,

you cannot follow now,
but you will follow later."

Peter asked, "Lord,
why can't I follow Younow?

I will lay down my life
for You."

Then Jesus answered,

"Will you really
lay down your life for Me?

Very truly I tell you,
before the cock crows,

you will disown Me
three times."

"Do not let your hearts
be troubled.

You believe in God;

believe also in Me.

My Father's house
has many rooms;

if that were not so,

would I have told you
that I am going there

to prepare a place
for you?

And if I go and prepare
a place for you,

I will come back,

and take you
to be with Me

that you also may be
where I am.

You know the way to the place
where I am going."

Thomas said to Him,
"Lord,

wedon't know
where You are going,

so how can we know
the way?"

Jesus answered,

"I am the way

and the truth
and the life.

No one
comes to the Father

except through Me.

If you really know Me,

you will know My Father
as well.

From now on,
you do know Him

and have seen Him."

Philip said,
"Lord, show us the Father

and that will be
enough for us."

Jesus answered,

"Don't you know Me,
Philip,

even after I have been
among you such a long time?

Anyone who has seen me

has seen the Father.

How can you say,
'Show us the Father'?

Don't you believe
that I am in the Father,

and that the Father
is in Me?

The words I say to you,
I do not speak on My own
authority.

Rather, it is the Father,
livingin Me,

who is doing His work.

Believe Me when I say

that I am in the Father
and the Father is in Me;

or at least believe

on the evidence
of the works themselves.

Very truly I tell you,

whoever believes in Me

will do the works
I have been doing,

and they will do
even greater things
than these,

because I am going
to the Father.

And I will do
whatever you ask
in My name,

so that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.

You may ask Me
for anything in My name,

and I will do it."

"If you love Me,
keep My commands."

"And I will ask the Father,

and He will give you
another advocate

to help you and be with you
forever--

the Spirit of truth.

The world
cannot accept him,

because it neither sees him
nor knows him.

Butyou know him,

for he lives with you
and will be in you.

I will not leave you
as orphans;

Iwill come to you."

"Before long, the world
will not see Me anymore,

but you will see Me.

Because I live,
you also will live.

On that day you will realize
that I am in My Father,

and you are in Me,

and I am in you.

Whoever has My commands
and keeps them

is the one
who loves Me.

The one who loves Me
will be loved by My Father,

and I, too,
will love them

and show Myself
to them."

Then Judas--
not Judas Iscariot-- said,

"But, Lord, why do You intend
to show Yourself to us

and not to the world?"

Jesus replied,
"Anyone who loves Me

will obey My teaching.

My Father will love them,

and We will come to them

and make Our home
with them.

Anyone who does not love Me
will not obey My teaching."

"These words you hear
are not My own;

they belong to the Father
who sent Me.

All this I have spoken
while still with you.

But the Advocate,
the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send
in My name,

will teach you all things

and will remind you

of everything
I have said to you.

Peace I leave with you;

My peace I give you.

I do not give to you
as the world gives.

Do not let your hearts
be troubled

and do not be afraid."

"You heard Me say,
'I am going away

and am coming back
to you.'

If you loved Me,
you would be glad

that I am going
to the Father,

for the Father
is greater than I.

I have told you now
before it happens,

so that when it does happen
you will believe.

I will not say
much more to you,

for the prince
of this world is coming.

He has no hold over Me,

but he comes
so that the world may learn

that I love the Father

and do exactly
what My Father has
commanded Me.

Come now; let us leave."

"I am the true vine,

and My Father
is the gardener."

"He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit...

while every branch that does
bear fruit, He prunes

so that it will be
even more fruitful.

You are already clean

because of the word
I have spoken to you."

"Remain in Me,

as I also
remain in you.

No branch can bear fruit
by itself;

it must remain
in the vine.

Neither can you bear fruit
unless you remain in Me.

I am the vine;
you are the branches.

If you remain in Me
and I in you,

you will bear
much fruit.

Apart from Me,
you can do nothing."

"If you do not
remain in Me,

you are like a branch
that is thrown away
and withers;

such branches
are picked up,

thrown into the fire
and burned.

If you remain in Me
and My words remain in you,

ask whatever you wish,
and it will be done for you.

This is
to My Father's glory,

that you bear much fruit,

showing yourselves
to be My disciples.

As the Father has loved Me,
so have I loved you.

Now remain in My love.

If you keep My commands,

you will remain
in My love,

just as I have kept
My Father's commands

and remain in His love.

I have told you this
so that My joy may be in you

and that your joy
may be complete."

"My command is this--

love each other
as I have loved you.

Greater love
has no one than this--

to lay down one's life
for one's friends.

You are My friends
if you do what I command.

I no longer call you
'servants,'

because a servant
does not know his master's
business.

Instead, I have called you
'friends,'

for everything that I learned
from My Father

I have made known to you."

"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.

This is My command--

love each other."

"If the world hates you,

keep in mind
that it hated Me first.

If you belonged
to the world,

it would love you
as its own.

As it is, you do not belong
to the world,

but I have chosen you
out of the world.

That is why the world
hates you."

"Remember what I told you--

'A servant is not greater
than his master.'

If they persecuted Me,

they will
persecute you also.

If they obeyed
My teaching,

they will
obey yours also.

They will treat you this way
because of My name,

for they do not know
the One who sent Me.

If I had not come
and spoken to them,

they would not be guilty
of sin;

but now they have no excuse
for their sin."

"Whoever hates Me
hates My Father as well.

If I had not done
among them the works
no one else did,

they would not be guilty
of sin.

As it is, they have seen,

and yet they have hated
both Me and My Father.

But this is to fulfill
what is written in their Law:

'They hated me
without reason.'

When the Advocate comes,

whom I will send to you
from the Father--

the Spirit of truth
who goes out from the Father--

he will testify
about Me.

And you also
must testify,

for you have been with Me
from the beginning.

All this I have told you

so that you will not
fall away.

They will put you out
of the synagogue;

in fact,
the time is coming

when anyone who kills you
will think

they are offering
a service to God.

They will do such things

because they have not known
the Father or Me.

I have told you this,
so that when their time comes

you will remember
that I warned you about them.

I did not tell you this
from the beginning

because I was with you,

but now I am going to Him
who sent Me.

None of you asks Me,
'Where are you going?'

Rather, you are filled
with grief

because I have said
these things.

But very truly
I tell you,

it is for your good
that I am going away."

- "Unless I go away,

the Advocate
will not come to you.

But if I go,
I will send him to you.

When he comes,
he will prove the world

to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:

about sin, because people
do not believe in Me;

about righteousness,
because I am going
to the Father,

where you can see Me
no longer;

and about judgment,

because the prince
of this world

now stands condemned."

"I have much more
to say to you,

more than you can
now bear.

But when he,
the Spirit of truth, comes,

he will guide you
into all the truth.

He will not speak
on his own;

he will speak
only what he hears,

and he will tell you
what is yet to come."

" He will glorify Me
because it is from Me

that he will receive
what he will make known
to you.

All that belongs
to the Father is Mine."

"That is why I said
the Spirit will receive
from Me

what he will make known
to you."

Jesus went on to say,

"In a little while
you will see Me no more,

then after a little while,

youwill see Me."

At this, some of His disciples
said to one another,

"What does He mean
by saying,

'In a little while
you will see Me no more,

and then after a little while
youwill see Me,'

and 'because I am going
to the Father'?"

They kept asking,
"What does He mean
by 'a little while'?

We don't understand
what He is saying."

Jesus saw that they wanted
to ask Him about this,

so He said to them,

"Are you asking one another
what I meant

when I said, 'In a little while you will see Me no more,

and then after a little while
you will see Me'?

Very truly I tell you,

you will weep and mourn
while the world rejoices.

You will grieve,

but your grief
will turn to joy.

A woman giving birth
to a child has pain

because her time
has come;

but when her baby
is born

she forgets the anguish

because of her joy that a child is born into the world.

So with you.
Now is your time of grief,

but I will see you again
and you will rejoice,

and no one
will take away your joy.

In that day,
you will no longer
ask Me anything.

Very truly I tell you,

My Father will give you
whatever you ask
in My name.

Until now,
you have not asked
for anything in My name.

Ask and you
will receive...

and your joy
will be complete.

Though I have been speaking
figuratively,

a time is coming
when I will no longer use
this kind of language

but will tell you plainly
about My Father.

In that day,
you will ask in My name.

I am not saying
that I will ask the Father
on your behalf.

No, the Father Himself
loves you

because you have loved me

and have believed
that I came from God.

I came from the Father
and entered the world;

now I am leaving
the world and going back
to the Father."

Then Jesus' disciples said,

"Now You are speaking clearly
and without figures of speech.

Now we can see
that You know all things

and that You do not
even need to have anyone
ask You questions.

This makes us believe
that You came from God."

"Do younow believe?"
Jesus replied.

"A time is coming,
and in fact, has come,

when you will be scattered,
each to your own home.

You will leave Me
all alone.

Yet I am not alone,
for My Father is with me.

I have told you
these things,

so that in Me
you may have peace.

In this world,
you will have trouble.

But take heart!
I have overcome the world."

After Jesus said this,

He looked towards heaven
and prayed,

"Father,
the hour has come.

Glorify Your Son, that
Your Son may glorify You.

For You granted Him authority
over all people

that He might give
eternal life

to all those
You have given Him.

Now this is eternal life--

that they know You,
the only true God,

and Jesus Christ,
whom You have sent.

I have brought You glory
on earth

by finishing the work
You gave me to do.

And now, Father..."

- "glorify Me in Your presence

with the glory I had with You
before the world began.

I have revealed You
to those

whom You gave Me
out of the world.

They were Yours;
You gave them to Me

and they have obeyed
Your word.

Now they know that everything
You have given Me

comes from You.

For I gave them the words
You gave Me

and they accepted them.

They knew with certainty
that I came from You,

and they believed
that You sent Me.

I pray for them.

I am not praying
for the world,

but for those
You have given Me,

for they are Yours.

All I have is Yours,

and all You have
is Mine.

And glory has come to Me
through them.

I will remain in the world
no longer,

but they are still
in the world,

and I am coming to You.

Holy Father, protect them
by the power of Your name,

the name You gave Me..."

"...so that they may be one
as We are one.

While I was with them,
I protected them

and kept them safe
by that name You gave me.

None has been lost--

except the one doomed
to destruction

so that Scripture
would be fulfilled."

"I am coming to You now,
but I say these things

while I am still
in the world,

so that they may have
the full measure

of My joy within them.

I have given them
Your word

and the world
has hated them,

for they are not
of the world

any more than I am
of the world.

My prayer is not
that You take them
out of the world

but that You protect them
from the evil one.

They are not
of the world,

even asI
am not of it.

Sanctify them
by the truth.

Your word is truth.

As You sent me
into the world,

I have sent them
into the world.

For them
I sanctify Myself,

that they, too,
may be truly sanctified.

My prayer
is not for them alone.

I pray also for those
who will believe in Me

through their message--

that all of them may be
one, Father,

just as You are in Me
and I am in You.

May they also be in Us

so that the world may believe
that You have sent me.

I have given them the glory
that You gave me,

that they may be one
as We are one--

I in them
and You in Me

so that they may be brought
to complete unity.

Then the world will know
that You sent me

and have loved them
even as You have loved Me.

Father, I want those
You have given Me

to be with Me
where I am,

and to see My glory,

the glory You have given Me
because You loved Me

before the creation
of the world.

Righteous Father,

though the world
does not know You,

I know You,

and they know
that You have sent me.

I have made You known
to them,

and will continue
to make You known

in order that the love
You have for Me

may be in them

and that I Myself
may be in them."

When He had finished
praying,

Jesus left
with His disciples

and crossed
the Kidron Valley.

On the other side
there was a garden,

and He and his disciples
went into it.

Now, Judas,
who betrayed Him,
knew the place,

because Jesus
had often met there
with His disciples.

So Judas came
to the garden,

guiding a detachment
of soldiers and some officials

from the chief priests
and the Pharisees.

They were carrying torches,
lanterns and weapons.

Jesus, knowing all that was
going to happen to Him,

went out and asked them,

- "Who is it you want?"

"Jesus of Nazareth,"
they replied.

"I am He,"
Jesus said.

And Judas the traitor
was standing there
with them.

- When Jesus said, "I am He,"

they drew back
and fell to the ground.

Again He asked them,
"Who is it you want?"

"Jesus of Nazareth,"
they said.

Jesus answered,

"I told you
that I am He.

If you are looking
for Me,

- then let these men go."

This happened
so that the words

He had spoken would be
fulfilled--

"I have not lost
one of those You gave Me."

Then Simon Peter,
who had a sword,

- drew it...

and struck
the high priest's servant,

cutting off
his right ear.

The servant's name
was Malchus.

- Jesus commanded Peter,

"Put your sword away!

Shall I not drink the cup
the Father has given Me?"

Then the detachment
of soldiers

with its commander
and the Jewish officials
arrested Jesus.

They bound Him
and brought Him first
to Annas,

who was the father-in-law
of Caiaphas,

the high priest
that year.

Caiaphas was the
one who had advised
the Jewish leaders

that it would be good if one man died for the people.

Simon Peter
and another disciple
were following Jesus.

Because this disciple
was known to the high priest,

he went with Jesus into
the high priest's courtyard,

but Peter had to wait
outside at the door.

The other disciple, who was
known to the high priest,

came back, spoke to the
servant girl on duty there

and brought Peter in.

"You aren't one of this man's
disciples too, are you?"

she asked Peter.

He replied,
"I am not."

It was cold,

and the servants
and officials

stood 'round a fire
they had made to keep warm.

Peter also was standing
with them,

warming himself.

Meanwhile, the high priest
questioned Jesus

about His disciples
and His teaching.

"I have spoken openly
to the world," Jesus replied.

"I always taught in synagogues
or at the temple,

where all the Jews
come together.

I said nothing in secret.

Why question Me?

Ask those who heard Me.

Surely they know
what I said."

When Jesus said this,

one of the officials
nearby

slapped him in the face.

"Is this the way
You answer the high priest?"
he demanded.

"If I said something wrong,"
Jesus replied,

"testify
as to what is wrong.

But if I spoke the truth,

why did you strike Me?"

Then Annas sent Him bound
to Caiaphas,

the high priest.

Meanwhile, Simon Peter
was still standing there

warming himself.
So they asked him,

"You aren't one of His
disciples, too, are you?"

He denied it, saying,
"I am not."

One of the high priest's
servants,

a relative of the man
whose ear Peter had cut off,
challenged him,

"Didn't I see you with Him
in the garden?"

Again,
Peter denied it...

and at that moment
a cock began to crow.

Then the Jewish leaders
took Jesus from Caiaphas...

to the palace
of the Roman governor.

By now,
it was early morning,

and to avoid
ceremonial uncleanness

they did not enter
the palace,

because they wanted to be able
to eat the Passover.

So Pilate came out to them
and asked,

"What charges are you bringing
against this man?"

"If He were not a criminal,"
they replied,

"we would not have
handed Him over to you."

Pilate said,
"Take Him yourselves

and judge Him
by your own law."

"But we have no right
to execute anyone,"

they objected.

This took place to fulfill
what Jesus had said

about the kind of death
He was going to die.

Pilate then went back
inside the palace,

summoned Jesus
and asked Him,

"Are you
the King of the Jews?"

"Is that your own idea,"
Jesus asked,

"or did others
talk to you about Me?"

"Am I a Jew?"
Pilate replied.

"Your own people
and chief priests handed
You over to me.

What is it
You have done?"

Jesus said, "My kingdom
is not of this world.

If it were,
My servants would fight

to prevent My arrest
by the Jewish leaders."

"But now My kingdom
is from another place."

"Youare a king, then!"
said Pilate.

Jesus answered,

"You say
that I am a king.

In fact,
the reason I was born
and came into the world

is to testify
to the truth.

Everyone on the side of truth
listens to Me."

- "What is truth?"
retorted Pilate.

- With this, he went out again

to the Jews gathered there
and said,

"I find no basis
for a charge against Him.

But it is your custom
for me to release to you

one prisoner at the time
of the Passover.

Do you want me to release
'the King of the Jews'?"

- They shouted back,
"No, not him!

Give us Barabbas!"

Now Barabbas had taken part
in an uprising.

Then Pilate took Jesus
and had Him flogged.

The soldiers twisted together
a crown of thorns

- and put it on His head.

They clothed Him
in a purple robe

and went up to Him
again and again, saying,

- "Hail, King of the Jews!"

And they slapped Him
in the face.

Once more Pilate came out

and said to the Jews
gathered there,

"Look, I am bringing Him
out to you

to let you know
that I find no basis

for a charge
against Him."

When Jesus came out
wearing the crown of thorns

and the purple robe,
Pilate said to them,

"Here is the man!"

As soon
as the chief priests

and the officials
saw him,

they shouted,

"Crucify! Crucify!"

But Pilate answered,

"You take Him
and crucify Him.

As for me, I find no basis
for a charge against Him."

The Jewish leaders
insisted,

"We have a law,

and according to that law
He must die,

because He claimed to be
the Son of God."

When Pilate heard this,
he was even more afraid,

and he went back
inside the palace.

"Where do You come from?"
he asked Jesus.

But Jesus gave him
no answer.

"Do You refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said.

"Don't you realize
I have power either
to free You

or to crucify You?"

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."

From then on,
Pilate tried to set
Jesus free.

- But the Jewish leaders
kept shouting,

"If you let this man go,
you are no friend
of Caesar.

Anyone who claims
to be a king opposes Caesar."

When Pilate heard this,

he brought Jesus out

and sat down
on the judge's seat

at a place known
as the Stone Pavement,

which in Aramaic
is "Gabbatha."

It was the day of Preparation
of the Passover.

It was about noon.

"Here is your king,"
Pilate said to the Jews.

But they shouted,
"Take him away!

Take Him away!
Crucify Him!"

"Shall I crucify your king?"
Pilate asked.

"We have no king
but Caesar,"

the chief priests
answered.

Finally...

Pilate handed Him
over to them...

to be crucified.

So the soldiers
took charge of Jesus.

- Carrying his own cross...

he went out to the place
of the Skull,

which in Aramaic
is called "Golgotha."

There they crucified him,

and with him,
two others--

one on each side
and Jesus in the middle.

Pilate had a notice
prepared

and fastened
to the cross.

It read,
"Jesus of Nazareth,

the King of the Jews."

Many of the Jews
read this sign,

for the place
where Jesus was crucified
was near the city,

and the sign was written
in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

The chief priests of the Jews
protested to Pilate,

"Do not write
'The King of the Jews,'

but that this man
claimed to be king
of the Jews."

Pilate answered,

"What I have written,
I have written."

When the soldiers
crucified Jesus,

they took His clothes,
dividing them into
four shares,

one for each of them,

with the undergarment
remaining.

This garment was seamless,

woven in one piece
from top to bottom.

"Let's not tear it,"
they said to one another.

"Let's decide by lot
who will get it."

This happened
that the Scripture
might be fulfilled

that said, "They divided
My clothes among them

and cast lots
for My garment."

So this is
what the soldiers did.

Near the cross of Jesus
stood His mother,

His mother's sister, Mary,
the wife of Clopas,

and Mary Magdalene.

When Jesus
saw His mother there,

and the disciple
whom He loved standing
nearby,

He said to her,
"Woman, here is your son..."

and to the disciple,

"Here is your mother."

From that time on,

this disciple took her
into his home.

Later, knowing that everything
had now been finished,

and so that Scripture
would be fulfilled,

Jesus said...

- "I am thirsty."

A jar of wine vinegar
was there,

so they soaked a sponge
in it,

put the sponge on a stalk
of the hyssop plant,

and lifted it
to Jesus' lips.

When He had received
the drink,

Jesus said...

"It is finished."

With that, He bowed His head
and gave up His spirit.

Now it was the day
of Preparation,

and the next day was to be
a special Sabbath.

Because the Jewish leaders
did not want the bodies

left on the crosses
during the Sabbath,

they asked Pilate
to have the legs broken

and the bodies taken down.

The soldiers therefore came
and broke the legs

of the first man
who had been crucified
with Jesus,

and then
those of the other.

But when they came to Jesus
and found that He was
already dead,

they did not
break His legs.

Instead,
one of the soldiers

pierced Jesus' side
with a spear,

bringing a sudden flow
of blood and water.

The man who saw it
has given testimony,

and his testimony
is true.

He knows
that he tells the truth,

and he testifies
so that you also may believe.

These things happened
so that the Scripture
would be fulfilled--

"Not one of His bones
will be broken,"

and, as another
Scripture says,

"They will look on the One
they have pierced."

Later,
Joseph of Arimathea

asked Pilate
for the body of Jesus.

Now Joseph
was a disciple of Jesus,

but secretly,
because he feared
the Jewish leaders.

With Pilate's permission,
he came and took
the body away.

He was accompanied
by Nicodemus,

the man who earlier
had visited Jesus at night.

Nicodemus brought a mixture
of myrrh and aloes,

about 75 pounds.

Taking Jesus' body,

the two of them wrapped it,
with the spices,

in strips of linen.

This was in accordance
with Jewish burial custom.

At the place where Jesus
was crucified,

there was a garden,

and in the garden
a new tomb,

in which no one
had ever been laid.

Because it was the Jewish day
of Preparation

and since the tomb
was nearby,

they laid Jesus there.

Early on the first day
of the week,

while it was
still dark,

Mary Magdalene
went to the tomb

and saw that the stone
had been removed from
the entrance.

So she came running
to Simon Peter

and the other disciple,
the one Jesus loved,

and said, "They have taken
the Lord out of the tomb,

and we don't know
where they have put him!"

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

Both were running,

but the other disciple
outran Peter

and reached
the tomb first.

He bent over
and looked in

at the strips of linen
lying there,

but did not go in.

Then Simon Peter
came along behind him

and went
straight into the tomb.

He saw the strips of linen
lying there,

as well as the cloth
that had been wrapped
around Jesus' head.

The cloth was still lying
in its place,

separate from the linen.

Finally,
the other disciple,

who had reached
the tomb first,

also went inside.

He saw and believed.

They still did not understand
from Scripture

that Jesus had to rise
from the dead.

Then the disciples went back
to where they were staying.

Now Mary stood
outside the tomb crying.

As she wept, she bent over
to look into the tomb

and saw two angels
in white,

seated where Jesus' body
had been,

one at the head
and the other at the foot.

They asked her,
"Woman, why are you crying?"

"They have taken
my Lord away," she said,

"and I don't know
where they have put Him."

At this, she turned 'round
and saw Jesus standing there,

but she did not realize
that itwas Jesus.

He asked her,
"Woman, why are you crying?

Who is it
you are looking for?"

Thinking He was the gardener,
she said,

"Sir, if you have
carried him away,

tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him."

Jesus said to her,
"Mary."

She turned towards Him

and cried out in Aramaic,

"Rabboni!"

which means "Teacher."

Jesus said,
"Do not hold on to Me,

for I have not yet ascended
to the Father.

Go instead to My brothers
and tell them,

'I am ascending to My Father
and your Father,

to My God and your God.'"

Mary Magdalene
went to the disciples
with the news.

"I have seen the Lord!"

And she told them
that He had said these
things to her.

On the evening
of that first day of the week,

when the disciples
were together,

with the doors locked
for fear of the Jewish
leaders...

Jesus came
and stood among them...

and said,
"Peace be with you."

After He said this,

He showed them His hands
and side.

The disciples
were overjoyed

when they saw the Lord.

Again Jesus said,

"Peace be with you.

As the Father
has sent Me,

I am sending you."

And with that,
He breathed on them and said,

"Receive
the Holy Spirit.

If you forgive
anyone's sins,

their sins
are forgiven.

If you do not forgive them,
they are not forgiven."

Now Thomas,
also known as Didymus,

one of the Twelve,

was not with the disciples
when Jesus came.

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 put my hand
into his side,

I will not believe."

A week later, His disciples
were in the house again,

and Thomas
was with them.

- Though the doors were locked,

Jesus came
and stood among them

and said,
"Peace be with you."

Then He said to Thomas,

"Put your finger here.

See My hands.

Reach out your hand
and put it into My side.

Stop doubting
and believe."

Thomas said to him,

"My Lord and my God!"

Then Jesus told him,

"Because you have seen Me,
you have believed;

blessed are those
who have not seen,

and yet have believed."

Jesus performed
many other signs

in the presence
of His disciples,

which are not recorded
in this book.

But these are written
that you may believe

that Jesus
is the Messiah,

the Son of God,

and that by believing,

you may have life
in His name.

Afterwards, Jesus appeared
again to His disciples,

by the Sea of Galilee.

It happened this way--

Simon Peter,

Thomas-- also
known as Didymus--

Nathanael from Cana
in Galilee,

the sons of Zebedee,

and two other disciples
were together.

"I'm going out to fish,"
Simon Peter told them,

and they said,
"We'll go with you."

So they went out
and got into the boat,

but that night
they caught nothing.

Early in the morning,

Jesus stood
on the shore,

but the disciples did not
realize that itwas Jesus.

He called out to them,

"Friends,
haven't you any fish?"

"No," they answered.

He said, "Throw your net
on the right side of the boat

and you will find some."

When they did,
they were unable
to haul the net in

because of the large
number of fish.

Then the disciple
whom Jesus loved

said to Peter,

"It is the Lord!"

As soon as Simon Peter
heard him say,

"It is the Lord,"

he wrapped his outer garment
'round him--

for he had taken it off--
and jumped into the water.

The other disciples
followed in the boat,

towing the net
full of fish,

for they were not far
from shore,

about a hundred meters.

When they landed, they saw
a fire of burning coals there

with fish on it,
and some bread.

Jesus said to them,

"Bring some of the fish
you have just caught."

So Simon Peter
climbed back into the boat

and dragged the net
ashore.

It was full
of large fish, 153,

but even with so many,
the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them,
"Come and have breakfast."

None of the disciples
dared ask Him,

"Who are you?"

They knew
it was the Lord.

Jesus came,
took the bread

and gave it to them,
and did the same
with the fish.

This was now
the third time

Jesus appeared
to His disciples

after He was raised
from the dead.

When they had
finished eating,

Jesus said
to Simon Peter,

- "Simon, son of John..."

"do you love Me
more than these?"

"Yes, Lord," he said,
"You know that I love You."

Jesus said,
"Feed My lambs."

Again, Jesus said,
"Simon, son of John,

do you love Me?"

He answered,
"Yes, Lord,

You know
that I love You."

Jesus said,
"Take care of My sheep."

The third time
He said to him,

"Simon, son of John,

do you love Me?"

Peter was hurt because Jesus
asked him the third time,

"Do you love Me?"

He said, "Lord,

You know all things;

You know
that I love You."

Jesus said,

"Feed My sheep.

Very truly I tell you,
when you were younger

you dressed yourself
and went whereyou wanted...

but when you are old,
you will stretch out
your hands,

and someone else
will dress you

and lead you where
you donot want to go."

Jesus said this to indicate
the kind of death

by which
Peter would glorify God.

Then He said to him,
"Follow Me."

Peter turned and saw
that the disciple
whom Jesus loved

was following them.
This was the one

who had leaned back
against Jesus at the supper

and had said, "Lord,
who is going to betray You?"

When Peter saw him,
he asked,

"Lord, what about him?"

Jesus answered,

"If I want him to remain alive
until I return,

what is that to you?
You must followMe."

Because of this,

the rumor spread
among the believers

that this disciple
would not die.

But Jesus did not say
that he would not die;

He only said,

"If I want him
to remain alive
until I return,

what is that
to you?"

This is the disciple
who testifies to these things

and who wrote them down.

We know that his testimony
is true.

Jesus did many other things
as well.

If every one of them
were written down,

I suppose that
even the whole world
would not have room

for the books
that would be written.