CHAPTERS 15-21
JOHN#15
1 ¶ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and
every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and
is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned.
7 If ye abide in me,
and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples.
9 ¶ As the Father hath loved me,
so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even
as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain
in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have
loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends,
if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth
not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 ¶ If the world hate you, ye
know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute
you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21
But all these things will they do
unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:
but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man
did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my
Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 ¶ But when the Comforter is
come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,
which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me
from the beginning.
1 ¶ These things have I spoken
unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time
cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not
known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall
come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto
you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you
asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath
filled your heart.
7 ¶ Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you
that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no
more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14
He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I,
that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 ¶ A little while, and ye shall
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the
Father.
17 Then said some
of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said
therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while?
we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew
that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye
shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament,
but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall
be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is
in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is
delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man
is born into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 ¶ And in that day ye shall ask
me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father
in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time
cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you
plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you,
that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me,
and have believed that I came out from God.
28 ¶ I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world:
again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples
said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure
that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by
this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered
them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be
scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.
1 ¶ These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to
heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy
Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should
give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work
which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with
the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6 ¶ I have manifested thy name
unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou
gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known
that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me;
and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee,
and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which
thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them.
11 ¶ And now I am no more in the
world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as
we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:
those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the
world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them
thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,
but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 ¶ Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent
them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might
be sanctified through the truth.
20 ¶ Neither pray I for these
alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be
one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in
us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in
one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them,
as thou hast loved me.
24 ¶ Father, I will that they also,
whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have
known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
1 ¶ When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with
his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he
entered, and his disciples.
2 And Judas also,
which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with
his disciples.
3 Judas then,
having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and
Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus
therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said
unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered
him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
6 As soon then as
he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus answered,
I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9 That the saying
might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost
none.
10 Then Simon
Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off
his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 Then said
Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the
cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12 Then the band
and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13 ¶ And led him away to Annas first; for he was father
in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
15 And Simon
Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto
the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood
at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto
the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17 Then saith the
damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?
He saith, I am not.
18 And the
servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was
cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed
himself.
19 The high
priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20 Jesus answered
him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the
synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret
have I said nothing.
21 Why askest thou me? ask
them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
22 And when he
had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm
of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
23 Jesus answered
him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the
evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24 Now Annas had
sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25 And Simon
Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also
one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
26 One of the
servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith,
Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
27 Peter then
denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
28 ¶ Then led they Jesus
from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves
went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they
might eat the passover.
29 Pilate then
went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
30 They answered
and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him
up unto thee.
31 Then said
Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews
therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
32 That the
saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he
should die.
33 Then Pilate
entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art
thou the King of the Jews?
34 Jesus answered
him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others
tell it thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own
nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
36 Jesus
answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my
kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
37 Pilate
therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
38 Pilate saith
unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the
Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39 But ye have a
custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore
that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40 Then cried
they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
1 ¶ Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers
platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple
robe,
3 And said, Hail,
King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate
therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to
you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus
forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto
them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief
priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him,
crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find
no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by
our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate
therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again
into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave
him no answer.
10 Then saith
Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power
to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against
me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto
thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from
thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If
thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a
king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate
therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the
judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew,
Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover,
and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried
out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I
crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 ¶ Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing
his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called
in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they
crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the
midst.
19 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title
then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to
the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the
Jews.
22 Pilate
answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the
soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four
parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without
seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said
therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it
shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my
raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things
therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there
stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith
unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he
to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her
unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things
were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was
set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it
upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus
therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is
finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 ¶ The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation,
that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath
day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that
they might be taken away.
32 Then came the
soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified
with him.
33 But when they
came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the
soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and
water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his
record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these
things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall
not be broken.
37 And again
another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 ¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a
disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he
might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came
therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came
also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a
mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they
the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner
of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the
place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new
sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid
they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre
was nigh at hand.
1 ¶ The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene
early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away
from the sepulchre.
2 Then she
runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus
loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre,
and we know not where they have laid him.
3 Peter therefore
went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4 So they ran
both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the
sepulchre.
5 And he stooping
down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh
Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen
clothes lie,
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not
lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8 Then went in
also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and
believed.
9 For as yet they
knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10 Then the
disciples went away again unto their own home.
11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and
as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels
in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw
Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus saith
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She,
supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus saith
unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith
unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17 Jesus saith
unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto
them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene
came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken
these things unto her.
19 ¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had
so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples
glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I
you.
22 And when he
had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and
whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24 But Thomas,
one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other
disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto
them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger
into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not
believe.
26 ¶ And after eight days again his disciples were
within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood
in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then saith he
to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not
faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My
Lord and my God.
29 Jesus saith
unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30 And many other
signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written
in this book:
31 But these are
written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and
that believing ye might have life through his name.
1 ¶ After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the
disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
2 There were together
Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and
the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter
saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They
went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught
nothing.
4 But when the
morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that
it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus
saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat?
They answered him, No.
6 And he said
unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship,
and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to
draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved
saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the
Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast
himself into the sea.
8 And the other
disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it
were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
9 As soon then as
they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon,
and bread.
10 Jesus saith
unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter
went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty
and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus saith
unto them, Come and dine. And none of the
disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then
cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He
saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to
him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He
saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto
him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou
me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest
thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that
I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou
girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be
old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry
thee whither thou wouldest not.
19 This spake he,
signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he
saith unto him, Follow me.
20 ¶ Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom
Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said,
Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and
what shall this man do?
22 Jesus saith
unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is
that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this
saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus
said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee?
24 This is the
disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know
that his testimony is true.
25 And there are
also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written
every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that
should be written. Amen.