ACCORDING TO JOHN
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1 ¶ In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 ¶ And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that
Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world
knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 ¶ John bare witness of him,
and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is
preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is
in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 ¶ And this is the record of
John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art
thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the
Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then?
Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered,
No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer
to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make
straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then,
if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there
standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose
shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in
Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 ¶ The next day John seeth
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is
preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to
Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from
heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water,
the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and
remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two
of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of
God!
37 ¶ And the two disciples
heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to
say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see.
They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about
the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We
have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And
when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son
of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A
stone.
43 ¶ The day following Jesus
would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him,
of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the
son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered
and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto
him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because
I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see
greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
1 ¶ And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of
Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 And both Jesus
was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when they
wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith
unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour
is not yet come.
5 His mother saith
unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 And there were
set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the
Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots
with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And he saith
unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of
the feast. And they bare it.
9 When the ruler
of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it
was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast
called the bridegroom,
10 And saith unto
him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have
well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until
now.
11 This beginning
of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and
his disciples believed on him.
12 ¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many
days.
13 And the Jews'
passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen
and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he
had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the
sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the
tables;
16 And said unto
them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not
my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his
disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me
up.
18 Then answered
the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou
doest these things?
19 Jesus answered
and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days
I will raise it up.
20 Then said the
Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up
in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore
he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto
them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the
feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
24 But Jesus did
not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25 And needed not
that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
1 ¶ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came
to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with
him.
3 Jesus answered
and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith
unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I
said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every
one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus
answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered
and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know,
and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down
from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth
truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are
wrought in God.
22 ¶ After these things came Jesus and his disciples into
the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also
was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and
they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was
not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose
a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came
unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to
whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered
and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath
the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth
and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my
joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must
increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh
from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of
the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he
hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath
received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom
God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by
measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given
all things into his hand.
36 He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son
shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
1 ¶ When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had
heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea,
and departed again into Galilee.
4 ¶ And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he
to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's
well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on
the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto
her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his
disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the
woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of
me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the
Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered
and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman
saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from
whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou
greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof
himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered
and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
everlasting life.
15 The woman
saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither
to draw.
16 Jesus saith
unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered
and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is
not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman
saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where
men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in
this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for
salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman
saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is
come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith
unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 ¶ And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that
he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest
thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her
way into the city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a
man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30 Then they went
out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean
while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said
unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said
the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith
unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent
me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are
yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto
life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another
reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other
men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for
the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40 So when the
Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them:
and he abode there two days.
41 And many more
believed because of his own word;
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not
because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is
indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 ¶ Now after two days he departed thence, and went into
Galilee.
44 For Jesus
himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
45 Then when he
was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things
that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
46 So Jesus came
again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a
certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that
Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him
that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
48 Then said
Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down
ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith
unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the
man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51 And as he was
now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired
he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday
at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 So the father
knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole
house.
54 This is again
the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
1 ¶ After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at
Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue
Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a
great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the
moving of the water.
4 For an angel
went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of
whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain
man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw
him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto
him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no
man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith
unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately
the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day
was the sabbath.
10 The Jews
therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful
for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered
them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked
they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that
was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a
multitude being in that place.
14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse
thing come unto thee.
15 The man
departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore
did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these
things on the sabbath day.
17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the
Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath,
but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered
Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for
what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things
that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may
marvel.
21 For as the Father
raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he
will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the
Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent
him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now
is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear
shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to
the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his
voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my
judgment is just; because I seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
31 ¶ If I bear witness of myself,
my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that
the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say,
that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and
a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works
which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear
witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne
witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that
ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he
wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?
1 ¶ After these things Jesus went over the sea of
Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great
multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that
were diseased.
3 And Jesus went
up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the
passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 When Jesus then
lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto
Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he
said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad
here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they
among so many?
10 And Jesus
said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much
grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took
the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and
the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as
they would.
12 When they were
filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they
gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the
five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the
miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come
into the world.
15 ¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come
and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain
himself alone.
16 And when even
was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered
into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and
Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose
by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 So when they
had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on
the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20 But he saith
unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received him into the
ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22 ¶ The day following, when the people which stood on
the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that
one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his
disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23 (Howbeit there
came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread,
after that the Lord had given thanks:)
24 When the
people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also
took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they
had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest
thou hither?
26 Jesus answered
them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek
me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and
were filled.
27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat
which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you:
for him hath God the Father sealed.
28 ¶ Then said they unto
him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered
and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 They said
therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe
thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our fathers
did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to
eat.
32 Then Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses
gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread
from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and
giveth life unto the world.
34 Then said they
unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the
will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all
which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at
the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one
which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I
will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then
murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came
down from heaven?
43 Jesus
therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught
of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of
God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath
everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat
manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man
may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews
therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh
to eat?
53 Then Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my
flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father:
so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live
for ever.
59 These things
said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 ¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard
this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When Jesus
knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he
was before?
63 It is the spirit
that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus
knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray
him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me,
except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time
many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then said
Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal
life.
69 And we believe
and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He spake of
Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being
one of the twelve.
1 ¶ After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews'
feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 His brethren
therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples
also may see the works that thou doest.
4 For there is no
man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly.
If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5 For neither did
his brethren believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said
unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is
alway ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it
hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast;
for my time is not yet full come.
9 When he had
said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his
brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as
it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews
sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And there was
much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good
man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
13 Howbeit no man
spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 ¶ Now about the midst
of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Jews
marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered
them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that
sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he
that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness
is in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth
the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The people
answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it
is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the
law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a
man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
25 Then said some
of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26 But, lo, he
speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that
this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit we
know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he
is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught,
saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I
am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought
to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of
the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more
miracles than these which this man hath done?
32 The Pharisees
heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees
and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then said
Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and
then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am,
thither ye cannot come.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither
will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner of
saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where
I am, thither ye cannot come?
37 ¶ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him
come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of
his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this
spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Many of the
people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the
Prophet.
41 Others said,
This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ
cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was a
division among the people because of him.
44 And some of
them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The officers
answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then answered
them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have any of
the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are
cursed.
50 Nicodemus
saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
51 Doth our law
judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
52 They answered
and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of
Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And every man
went unto his own house.