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Words of Christ in Red


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and returned to Jerusalem, andfound the eleven and those whowere with them gathered together,34 saying, The Lord is risenindeed, and ahas appeared to Si-mon!35 And they told about the thingsthat had happened on the road, andhow He was 1known to them in thebreaking of bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

36 aNow as they said these things,Jesus Himself stood in the midst ofthem, and said to them, Peace toyou.37 But they were terrified andfrightened, and supposed they hadseen aa spirit.38 And He said to them, Why are

you troubled? And why do doubtsarise in your hearts?39 Behold My hands and My feet,that it is I Myself. aHandle Me andsee, for a bspirit does not have fleshand bones as you see I have.40 1When He had said this, Heshowed them His hands and Hisfeet.41 But while they still did notbelieve afor joy, and marveled, Hesaid to them, bHave you any foodhere?

42 So they gave Him a piece of abroiled fish 1and some honeycomb.43 aAnd He took it and ate in theirpresence.

The Scriptures Opened

44 Then He said to them, aThesearethe words which I spoke to youwhile I was still with you, that all

things must be fulfilled which werewritten in the Law of Moses and theProphets and the Psalms concern-ing Me.45 And aHe opened their under-standing, that they might compre-hend the Scriptures.46 Then He said to them, aThus it

is written, 1and thus it was neces-sary for the Christ to suffer and torise from the dead the third day,47 and that repentance and are-mission of sins should be preachedin His name bto all nations, begin-ning at Jerusalem.48 And ayou are witnesses of thesethings.49 aBehold, I send the Promise ofMy Father upon you; but tarry in thecity 1of Jerusalem until you areendued with power from on high.

The Ascension

50 And He led them out aas far asBethany, and He lifted up His handsand blessed them.51 aNow it came to pass, while Heblessed them, that He was partedfrom them and carried up intoheaven.52 aAnd they worshiped Him, andreturned to Jerusalem with greatjoy,53 and were continually ain thetemple 1praising and blessing God.2Amen.

49 aJoel 2:28 1NU omits of Jerusalem50 aActs 1:12 51 aPs. 68:18; Mark 16:1952 aMatt. 28:9 53 aActs 2:46 1NU omitspraising and 2NU omitsAmen.

34 a1 Cor. 15:5

35 1recognized

36 aMark16:14

37 aMark 6:49

39 aJohn 20:20,27 b[1 Cor.15:50]

40 1Someprinted NewTestamentsomit v. 40. Itis found innearly all Gr.mss.

41 aGen. 45:26bJohn 21:5

42 1NU omitsand somehoneycomb

43 aActs10:3941

44 aMatt.16:21; 17:22;20:18

45 aActs 16:14

46 aActs 17:31NU that theChrist shouldsuffer and rise

47 aActs 5:31;10:43; 13:38;26:18 b[Jer.31:34]

48 a[Acts 1:8]

The Gospel According to

JOHN

JUST as a coin has two sides, both valid, so Jesus Christ has two natures, bothvalid. Luke presents Christ in His humanity as the Son of Man; John portraysHim in His deity as the Son of God. Johns purpose is crystal clear: to set forthChrist in His deity in order to spark believing faith in his readers. Johns gospel is

topical, not primarily chronological, and it revolves around seven miracles andseven I am statements of Christ.

Following an extended eyewitness description of the Upper Room meal and dis-course, John records events leading up to the Resurrection, the final climacticproof that Jesus is who He claims to bethe Son of God.

The title of the Fourth Gospel follows the same format as the titles of the syn-optic Gospels: Kata Ioannen, According to John. As with the others, the wordGospel was added later.Ioannes is derived from the Hebrew name Johanan,

Yahweh Has Been Gracious.


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The Eternal Word

IN the beginningawas the Word,

and the bWord was cwith God, andthe Word was dGod.2 aHe was in the beginning withGod.3 aAll things were made through

Him, and without Him nothing wasmade that was made.4 aIn Him was life, and bthe lifewas the light of men.5 And athe light shines in thedarkness, and the darkness did not1comprehend it.

Johns Witness: The True Light

6 There was a aman sent fromGod, whose name was John.7 This man came for a awitness, tobear witness of the Light, that all

through him might bbelieve.8 He was not that Light, but wassentto bear witness of that aLight.9 aThat1 was the true Light whichgives light to every man coming intothe world.10 He was in the world, and theworld was made through Him, andathe world did not know Him.11 aHe came to His 1own, and His2own did not receive Him.12 But aas many as received Him,to them He gave the 1right to be-

come children of God, to those whobelieve in His name:13 awho were born, not of blood,nor of the will of the flesh, nor of thewill of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh

14 aAnd the Word bbecame cfleshand dwelt among us, and dwe beheldHis glory, the glory as of the onlybegotten of the Father, efull of graceand truth.15 aJohn bore witness of Him andcried out, saying, This was He ofwhom I said, bHe who comes afterme 1is preferred before me, cfor Hewas before me. 16 1And of His afullness we have allreceived, and grace for grace.17 For athe law was given throughMoses, but bgrace and ctruth camethrough Jesus Christ.18 aNo one has seen God at anytime. bThe only begotten 1Son, whois in the bosom of the Father, He hasdeclared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness

19 Now this is athe testimony ofJohn, when the Jews sent priestsand Levites from Jerusalem to askhim, Who are you?20 aHe confessed, and did not deny,but confessed, I am not the Christ.21 And they asked him, Whatthen? Are you Elijah? He said, Iam not. Are you athe Prophet?And he answered, No.

22 Then they said to him, Who are

you, that we may give an answer tothose who sent us? What do you sayabout yourself?23 He said: aI am

bThe voice of one crying in thewilderness:

Make straight the way of theLORD,

as the prophet Isaiah said.24 Now those who were sent werefrom the Pharisees.25 And they asked him, saying,Why then do you baptize if you arenot the Christ, nor Elijah, nor theProphet?26 John answered them, saying, aIbaptize with water, bbut there standsOne among you whom you do notknow.

27 aIt is He who, coming after me,1is preferred before me, whose san-dal strap I am not worthy to loose.28 These things were done ain1Bethabara beyond the Jordan,where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God

29 The next day John saw Jesuscoming toward him, and said, Be-hold! aThe Lamb of God bwho takesaway the sin of the world!

30 This is He of whom I said,After me comes a Man who 1is pre-ferred before me, for He was beforeme.31 I did not know Him; but that Heshould be revealed to Israel, athere-fore I came baptizing with water.32 aAnd John bore witness, say-ing, I saw the Spirit descendingfrom heaven like a dove, and Heremained upon Him.33 I did not know Him, but Hewho sent me to baptize with watersaid to me, Upon whom you seethe Spirit descending, and remain-ing on Him, athis is He who bap-tizes with the Holy Spirit.34 And I have seen and testifiedthat this is the aSon of God.

The First Disciples

35 Again, the next day, John stoodwith two of his disciples.36 And looking at Jesus as Hewalked, he said, aBehold the Lambof God!

37 The two disciples heard himspeak, and they afollowed Jesus.38 Then Jesus turned, and seeingthem following, said to them, Whatdo you seek? They said to Him,Rabbi (which is to say, whentranslated, Teacher), where are Youstaying?39 He said to them, Come andsee. They came and saw where Hewas staying, and remained withHim that day (now it was about thetenth hour).

40 One of the two who heard John

CHAPTER 1

1 a1 John 1:1bRev. 19:13c[John 17:5]d[1 John 5:20]

2 aGen. 1:1

3 a[Col. 1:16,17]

4 a[1 John

5:11]b

John8:12; 9:5;12:46

5 a[John 3:19]1Or overcome

6 aMatt.3:117

7 aJohn3:2536;5:3335b[John 3:16]

8 aIs. 9:2; 49:6

9 aIs. 49:6 1OrThat was thetrue Lightwhich, com-

ing into theworld, giveslight to everyman.

10 aHeb. 1:2

11 a[Is. 53:3;Luke 19:14]1His own

things or do-main 2Hisown people

12 aGal. 3:261authority

13 a[1 Pet.1:23]

14 aRev. 19:13bGal. 4:4cHeb. 2:11dIs. 40:5e[John 8:32;14:6; 18:37]

15 aJohn 3:32b[Matt. 3:11]c[Col. 1:17]1ranks higherthan I

16 a[Col. 1:19;2:9] 1NU For

17 a[Ex. 20:1]b[Rom. 5:21;6:14] c[John8:32; 14:6;18:37]18 aEx. 33:20b1 John 4:91NU God

19 aJohn 5:33

20 aLuke 3:15

21 aDeut.18:15, 18

23 aMatt. 3:3bIs. 40:3

26 aMatt. 3:11bMal. 3:1

27 aActs 19:41ranks higherthan I

28 aJudg. 7:241NU, MBethany

29 aRev. 5:614b[1 Pet. 2:24]

30 1rankshigher than I

31 aMatt. 3:6

32 aMark 1:10

33 aIs. 42:1;61:1; Matt.3:11

34 aJohn 11:27

36 aJohn 1:29

37 aMatt. 4:20,

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speak, and followed Him, was aAn-drew, Simon Peters brother.41 He first found his own brotherSimon, and said to him, We havefound the 1Messiah (which is trans-lated, the Christ).42 And he brought him to Jesus.Now when Jesus looked at him, Hesaid, You are Simon the son of1Jonah. aYou shall be called Cephas(which is translated, 2A Stone).

Philip and Nathanael

43 The following day Jesus wantedto go to Galilee, and He foundaPhilip and said to him, Follow Me.44 Now aPhilip was from Beth-saida, the city of Andrew and Peter.45 Philip found aNathanael andsaid to him, We have found Him of

whomb

Moses in the law, and alsothe cprophets, wroteJesus dof Naz-areth, the eson of Joseph.46 And Nathanael said to him,aCan anything good come out ofNazareth? Philip said to him,Come and see.47 Jesus saw Nathanael comingtoward Him, and said of him, Be-hold, aan Israelite indeed, in whomis no deceit!48 Nathanael said to Him, How doYou know me? Jesus answered and

said to him, Before Philip calledyou, when you were under the figtree, I saw you.49 Nathanael answered and said toHim, Rabbi, aYou are the Son ofGod! You are bthe King of Israel!50 Jesus answered and said to him,Because I said to you, I saw youunder the fig tree, do you believe?You will see greater things thanthese.51 And He said to him, Mostassuredly, I say to you, ahereafter1

you shall see heaven open, and theangels of God ascending and des-cending upon the Son of Man.

Water Turned to Wine

2 On the third day there was aawedding in bCana of Galilee,and the cmother of Jesus was there.2 Now both Jesus and His disci-ples were invited to the wedding.3 And when they ran out of wine,the mother of Jesus said to Him,They have no wine.

4 Jesus said to her, a

Woman,bwhat does your concern have to dowith Me? cMy hour has not yetcome.5 His mother said to the servants,Whatever He says to you, do it.6 Now there were set there sixwaterpots of stone, aaccording tothe manner of purification of theJews, containing twenty or thirtygallons apiece.7 Jesus said to them, Fill thewaterpots with water. And they

filled them up to the brim.

8 And He said to them, Drawsome out now, and take itto the mas-ter of the feast. And they took it.9 When the master of the feast hadtasted athe water that was madewine, and did not know where itcame from (but the servants who haddrawn the water knew), the masterof the feast called the bridegroom.10 And he said to him, Every manat the beginning sets out the goodwine, and when the guests havewell drunk, then the inferior. Youhave kept the good wine until now!11 This abeginning of signs Jesusdid in Cana of Galilee, band 1mani-fested His glory; and His disciplesbelieved in Him.12 After this He went down to aCa-pernaum, He, His mother, bHis br-others, and His disciples; and theydid not stay there many days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 aNow the Passover of the Jewswas at hand, and Jesus went up toJerusalem.14 aAnd He found in the templethose who sold oxen and sheep anddoves, and the money changers1doing business.15 When He had made a whip ofcords, He drove them all out of the

temple, with the sheep and theoxen, and poured out the changersmoney and overturned the tables.16 And He said to those who solddoves, Take these things away! Donot make aMy Fathers house ahouse of merchandise!17 Then His disciples rememberedthat it was written, aZeal for Yourhouse1has eaten Me up.18 So the Jews answered and saidto Him, aWhat sign do You show tous, since You do these things?

19 Jesus answered and said tothem, aDestroy this temple, and inthree days I will raise it up.20 Then the Jews said, It hastaken forty-six years to build thistemple, and will You raise it up inthree days?21 But He was speaking aof thetemple of His body.22 Therefore, when He had risenfrom the dead, aHis disciples remem-bered that He had said this 1to them;and they believed the Scripture and

the word which Jesus had said.

The Discerner of Hearts

23 Now when He was in Jerusalemat the Passover, during the feast,many believed in His name whenthey saw the asigns which He did.24 But Jesus did not commit Him-self to them, because He aknew allmen,25 and had no need that anyoneshould testify of man, for aHe knew

what was in man.

40 aMatt. 4:18

41 1Lit.Anoint-ed One

42 aMatt. 16:181NUJohn 2Gr.Petros, usu-ally trans-

latedPeter

43 aJohn 6:5;12:21, 22;14:8, 9

44 aJohn 12:21

45 aJohn 21:2bLuke 24:27c[Zech. 6:12]d[Matt. 2:23]eLuke 3:23

46 aJohn 7:41,42, 52

47 aPs. 32:2;73:1

49 aMatt. 14:33bMatt. 21:5

51 aGen. 28:121NU omitshereafter

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1 a[Heb. 13:4]bJohn 4:46cJohn 19:25

4 aJohn 19:26b2 Sam. 16:10cJohn 7:6, 8,30; 8:20

6 a[Mark 7:3]

9 aJohn 4:46

11 aJohn 4:54b[John 1:14]1revealed

12 aMatt. 4:13bMatt. 12:46;

13:55

13 aDeut.16:16

14 aMal. 3:1;Mark 11:15,17 1Lit.sitting

16 aLuke 2:49

17 aPs. 69:91NU, M willeat

18 aMatt. 12:38

19 aMatt.26:61; 27:40

21 a[1 Cor.3:16; 6:19]

22 aLuke 24:81NU, M omitto them

23 a[Acts 2:22]

24 aRev. 2:23

25a

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The New Birth

3 There was a man of the Phar-isees named Nicodemus, a rulerof the Jews.2 aThis man came to Jesus by nightand said to Him, Rabbi, we knowthat You are a teacher come from

God; for bno one can do these signsthat You do unless cGod is with him.3 Jesus answered and said to him,Most assuredly, I say to you, aun-less one is born 1again, he cannotsee the kingdom of God.4 Nicodemus said to Him, Howcan a man be born when he is old?Can he enter a second time into hismothers womb and be born?5 Jesus answered, Most as-suredly, I say to you, aunless one isborn of water and the Spirit, he can-

not enter the kingdom of God.6 That which is born of the fleshis aflesh, and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit.7 Do not marvel that I said toyou, You must be born again.8 aThe wind blows where itwishes, and you hear the sound of it,but cannot tell where it comes fromand where it goes. So is everyonewho is born of the Spirit.9 Nicodemus answered and saidto Him,aHow can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said to him,Are you the teacher of Israel, anddo not know these things?11 aMost assuredly, I say to you,We speak what We know and testifywhat We have seen, and byou do notreceive Our witness.12 If I have told you earthly thingsand you do not believe, how will youbelieve if I tell you heavenly things?13 aNo one has ascended to heavenbut He who came down from heaven,that is, the Son of Man 1who is in

heaven.14 aAnd as Moses lifted up the ser-pent in the wilderness, even sobmust the Son of Man be lifted up,15 that whoever abelieves in Himshould 1not perish but bhave eternallife.16 aFor God so loved the worldthat He gave His only begottenbSon, that whoever believes in Himshould not perish but have everlast-ing life.17 aFor God did not send His Son

into the world to condemn theworld, but that the world throughHim might be saved.18 aHe who believes in Him is notcondemned; but he who does notbelieve is condemned already, be-cause he has not believed in thename of the only begotten Son ofGod.19 And this is the condemnation,athat the light has come into theworld, and men loved darknessrather than light, because their

deeds were evil.

20 For aeveryone practicing evilhates the light and does not come tothe light, lest his deeds should beexposed.21 But he who does the truthcomes to the light, that his deedsmay be clearly seen, that they havebeen adone in God.

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After these things Jesus and Hisdisciples came into the land ofJudea, and there He remained withthem aand baptized.23 Now John also was baptizing inAenon near aSalim, because therewas much water there. bAnd theycame and were baptized.24 For aJohn had not yet beenthrown into prison.

25 Then there arose a dispute be-tween some of Johns disciples andthe Jews about purification.26 And they came to John and saidto him, Rabbi,He who was with youbeyond the Jordan, ato whom youhave testifiedbehold, He is baptiz-ing, and all bare coming to Him!27 John answered and said, aAman can receive nothing unless ithas been given to him from heaven.28 You yourselves bear me wit-ness, that I said, aI am not the

Christ, but,b

I have been sent beforeHim.29 aHe who has the bride is thebridegroom; but bthe friend of thebridegroom, who stands and hearshim, rejoices greatly because of thebridegrooms voice. Therefore thisjoy of mine is fulfilled.30 aHe must increase, but I mustdecrease.31 aHe who comes from above bisabove all; che who is of the earth isearthly and speaks of the earth. dHewho comes from heaven is above all.32 And awhat He has seen andheard, that He testifies; and no onereceives His testimony.33 He who has received His testi-mony ahas certified that God is true.34 aFor He whom God has sentspeaks the words of God, for Goddoes not give the Spirit bby measure.35 aThe Father loves the Son, andhas given all things into His hand.36 aHe who believes in the Sonhas everlasting life; and he whodoes not believe the Son shall notsee life, but the bwrath of Godabides on him.

A Samaritan Woman Meets HerMessiah

4 Therefore, when the Lord knewthat the Pharisees had heardthat Jesus made and abaptized moredisciples than John2 (though Jesus Himself did notbaptize, but His disciples),3 He left Judea and departed

again to Galilee.

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2 aJohn 7:50;19:39 bJohn9:16, 33 c[Acts10:38]

3 a[1 Pet. 1:23]1Orfromabove

5

a

[Acts 2:38]6 a1 Cor. 15:50

8 aEccl. 11:5

9 aJohn 6:52,60

11 a[Matt.11:27] bJohn3:32; 8:14

13 aEph. 4:91NU omitswho is inheaven

14 aNum. 21:9bJohn 8:28;

12:34; 19:18

15 aJohn 6:47bJohn 3:361NU omitsnot perish but

16 aRom. 5:8b[Is. 9:6]

17 aLuke 9:56

18 aJohn 5:24;6:40, 47; 20:31

19 a[John 1:4,911]

20 aEph. 5:11,

1321 a1 Cor.15:10

22 aJohn 4:1, 2

23 a1 Sam. 9:4bMatt. 3:5, 6

24 aMatt. 4:12;14:3

26 aJohn 1:7,15, 27, 34bMark 2:2;3:10; 5:24

27 a1 Cor. 3:5,6; 4:7

28 aJohn1:1927 bMal.3:1

29 a[2 Cor.11:2] bSong5:1

30 a[Is. 9:7]

31 aJohn 3:13;8:23 bMatt.28:18 c1 Cor.15:47 dJohn6:33

32 aJohn 3:11;15:15

33 a1 John5:10

34 aDeut.18:18; John7:16 bJohn1:16

35 a[Heb. 2:8]

36 aJohn 3:16,17; 6:47bRom. 1:18

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4 But He needed to go throughSamaria.5 So He came to a city of Samariawhich is called Sychar, near the plotof ground that aJacob bgave to hisson Joseph.6 Now Jacobs well was there.Jesus therefore, being wearied fromHis journey, sat thus by the well. Itwas about the sixth hour.7 A woman of Samaria came todraw water. Jesus said to her, GiveMe a drink.8 For His disciples had gone awayinto the city to buy food.9 Then the woman of Samariasaid to Him, How is it that You,being a Jew, ask a drink from me, aSamaritan woman? For aJews haveno dealings with bSamaritans.10 Jesus answered and said to her,If you knew the agift of God, andwho it is who says to you, Give Mea drink, you would have asked Him,and He would have given you bliv-ing water.11 The woman said to Him, Sir,You have nothing to draw with, andthe well is deep. Where then do Youget that living water?12 Are You greater than our fatherJacob, who gave us the well, anddrank from it himself, as well as hissons and his livestock?13 Jesus answered and said to her,Whoever drinks of this water willthirst again,14 but awhoever drinks of thewater that I shall give him will neverthirst. But the water that I shall givehim bwill become in him a fountainof water springing up into everlast-ing life.15 aThe woman said to Him, Sir,give me this water, that I may notthirst, nor come here to draw.

16 Jesus said to her, Go, call yourhusband, and come here.17 The woman answered and said,I have no husband. Jesus said toher, You have well said, I have nohusband,18 for you have had five hus-bands, and the one whom you nowhave is not your husband; in thatyou spoke truly.19 The woman said to Him, Sir, aIperceive that You are a prophet.20 Our fathers worshiped on athis

mountain, and you Jews say that inbJerusalem is the place where oneought to worship.21 Jesus said to her, Woman, be-lieve Me, the hour is coming awhenyou will neither on this mountain,nor in Jerusalem, worship the Fa-ther.22 You worship awhat you do notknow; we know what we worship,for bsalvation is of the Jews.23 But the hour is coming, andnow is, when the true worshipers

willa

worship the Father inb

spirit

cand truth; for the Father is seekingsuch to worship Him.24 aGod is Spirit, and those whoworship Him must worship in spiritand truth.25 The woman said to Him, Iknow that Messiah ais coming(who is called Christ). When Hecomes, bHe will tell us all things.26 Jesus said to her, aI who speakto you am He.

The Whitened Harvest

27 And at this point His disciplescame, and they marveled that Hetalked with a woman; yet no onesaid, What do You seek? or, Whyare You talking with her?28 The woman then left her water-pot, went her way into the city, andsaid to the men,

29 Come, see a Man awho told meall things that I ever did. Could thisbe the Christ?30 Then they went out of the cityand came to Him.31 In the meantime His disciplesurged Him, saying, Rabbi, eat.32 But He said to them, I have foodto eat of which you do not know.33 Therefore the disciples said toone another, Has anyone broughtHim anythingto eat?34 Jesus said to them, aMy food is

to do the will of Him who sent Me,and to bfinish His work.35 Do you not say, There are stillfour months and then comes atheharvest? Behold, I say to you, lift upyour eyes and look at the fields, bforthey are already white for harvest!36 aAnd he who reaps receiveswages, and gathers fruit for eternallife, that bboth he who sows and hewho reaps may rejoice together.37 For in this the saying is true:aOne sows and another reaps.

38 I sent you to reap that for whichyou have not labored; aothers havelabored, and you have entered intotheir labors.

The Savior of the World

39 And many of the Samaritans ofthat city believed in Him abecause ofthe word of the woman who testi-fied, He told me all that I everdid.40 So when the Samaritans hadcome to Him, they urged Him to staywith them; and He stayed there two

days.41 And many more believed be-cause of His own aword.42 Then they said to the woman,Now we believe, not because ofwhat you said, for awe ourselveshave heard Him and we know thatthis is indeed 1the Christ, the Saviorof the world.

Welcome at Galilee

43 Now after the two days Hedeparted from there and went to

Galilee.

5 aGen. 33:19;Josh. 24:32bGen. 48:22;Josh. 4:12

9 aActs 10:28b2 Kin. 17:24;Matt. 10:5, 6;Luke 9:52;10:33; 17:16;

John 8:48

10 a[Rom.5:15] bIs. 12:3;44:3; Jer. 2:13;Zech. 13:1;14:8; John7:38

14 a[John 6:35,58] bJohn7:37, 38

15 aJohn 6:34,35; 17:2, 3;[Rom. 6:23;1 John 5:20]

19 aMatt.21:11; Luke7:16, 39;24:19; John6:14; 7:40;9:17

20 aGen. 12:68; 33:18, 20;Judg. 9:7bDeut. 12:5,11; 1 Kin. 9:3;2 Chr. 7:12;Ps. 122:19

21 a[Mal. 1:11];1 Tim. 2:8

22 a[2 Kin.17:2841] b[Is.2:3; Luke24:47; Rom.3:1; 9:4, 5]

23 aMatt.18:20; [Heb.13:1014]bPhil. 3:3c[John 1:17]

24 a2 Cor. 3:17

25 aDeut. 18:15bJohn 4:29, 39

26 aDan. 9:25;Matt. 26:63,64; Mark14:61, 62

29 aJohn 4:25

34 aPs. 40:7, 8;Heb. 10:9 bJob23:12; [John6:38; 17:4;19:30]

35 aGen. 8:22bMatt. 9:37;Luke 10:2

36

a

Dan. 12:3;Rom. 6:22b1 Thess. 2:19

37 a1 Cor.3:59

38 aJer. 44:4;[1 Pet. 1:12]

39 aJohn 4:29

41 aLuke 4:32;[John 6:63]

42 aJohn 17:8;1 John 4:141NU omits the

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44 For aJesus Himself testified thata prophet has no honor in his owncountry.45 So when He came to Galilee, theGalileans received Him, ahavingseen all the things He did in Jerusa-lem at the feast; bfor they also hadgone to the feast.

A Noblemans Son Healed

46 So Jesus came again to Cana ofGalilee awhere He had made thewater wine. And there was a certain1nobleman whose son was sick atCapernaum.47 When he heard that Jesus hadcome out of Judea into Galilee, hewent to Him and implored Him tocome down and heal his son, for hewas at the point of death.

48 Then Jesus said to him,a

Unlessyou people see signs and wonders,you will by no means believe.49 The nobleman said to Him, Sir,come down before my child dies!50 Jesus said to him, Go your way;your son lives. So the man believedthe word that Jesus spoke to him,and he went his way.51 And as he was now going down,his servants met him and told him,saying, Your son lives!52 Then he inquired of them thehour when he got better. And theysaid to him, Yesterday at the sev-enth hour the fever left him.53 So the father knew that it was atthe same hour in which Jesus saidto him, Your son lives. And hehimself believed, and his wholehousehold.54 This again is the second signJesus did when He had come out ofJudea into Galilee.

A Man Healed at the Pool ofBethesda

5 Afterathis there was a feast of

the Jews, and Jesus bwent up toJerusalem.2 Now there is in Jerusalem abythe Sheep Gate a pool, which iscalled in Hebrew, 1Bethesda, havingfive porches.3 In these lay a great multitude ofsick people, blind, lame, 1paralyzed,2waiting for the moving of the water.4 For an angel went down at a cer-tain time into the pool and stirred

up the water; then whoever steppedin first, after the stirring of thewater, was made well of whateverdisease he had.5 Now a certain man was therewho had an infirmity thirty-eightyears.6 When Jesus saw him lyingthere, and knew that he already hadbeen in that condition a long time,He said to him, Do you want to bemade well?7 The sick man answered Him,

Sir, I have no man to put me into

the pool when the water is stirredup; but while I am coming, anothersteps down before me.8 Jesus said to him, aRise, takeup your bed and walk.9 And immediately the man wasmade well, took up his bed, andwalked. And athat day was the Sab-bath.10 The Jews therefore said to himwho was cured, It is the Sabbath;ait is not lawful for you to carry yourbed.11 He answered them, He whomade me well said to me, Take upyour bed and walk. 12 Then they asked him, Who isthe Man who said to you, Take upyour bed and walk?13 But the one who was ahealed didnot know who it was, for Jesus had

withdrawn, a multitude being inthat place.14 Afterward Jesus found him inthe temple, and said to him, See,you have been made well. aSin nomore, lest a worse thing come uponyou.15 The man departed and told theJews that it was Jesus who hadmade him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

16 For this reason the Jews aperse-cuted Jesus, 1and sought to kill Him,because He had done these thingson the Sabbath.17 But Jesus answered them,aMyFather has been working until now,and I have been working.18 Therefore the Jews asought allthe more to kill Him, because He notonly broke the Sabbath, but alsosaid that God was His Father, bmak-ing Himself equal with God.19 Then Jesus answered and saidto them, Most assuredly, I say toyou, athe Son can do nothing ofHimself, but what He sees theFather do; for whatever He does, theSon also does in like manner.20 For athe Father loves the Son,and bshows Him all things that HeHimself does; and He will show Himgreater works than these, that youmay marvel.21 For as the Father raises thedead and gives life to them,aeven sothe Son gives life to whom He will.22 For the Father judges no one,but ahas committed all judgment tothe Son,23 that all should honor the Sonjust as they honor the Father. aHewho does not honor the Son doesnot honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through theSon

24 Most assuredly, I say to you, ahewho hears My word and believes inHim who sent Me has everlasting

life, and shall not come into judg-

44 aMatt. 13:57

45 aJohn 2:13,23; 3:2 bDeut.16:16

46 aJohn 2:1,11 1royal offi-cial

48 a1 Cor. 1:22

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1 aDeut. 16:16bJohn 2:13

2 aNeh. 3:1,32; 12:39 1NU

Bethzatha

3 1withered2NU omits therest of v. 3and all of v. 4.

8 aLuke 5:24

9 aJohn 9:14

10 aJer. 17:21,

22

13 aLuke13:14; 22:51

14 aJohn 8:11

16 aJohn 8:37;10:39 1NUomits andsought to killHim

17 a[John 9:4;17:4]

18 aJohn 7:1,19 bJohn10:30

19 aJohn 5:30;6:38; 8:28;12:49; 14:10

20 aMatt. 3:17b

[Matt. 11:27]

21 a[John11:25]

22 a[Acts17:31]

23 a1 John2:23

24 aJohn 3:16,

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ment, bbut has passed from deathinto life.25 Most assuredly, I say to you,the hour is coming, and now is,when athe dead will hear the voiceof the Son of God; and those whohear will live.26 For aas the Father has life inHimself, so He has granted the Sonto have blife in Himself,27 and ahas given Him authorityto execute judgment also, bbecauseHe is the Son of Man.28 Do not marvel at this; for thehour is coming in which all who arein the graves will ahear His voice29 aand come forthbthose whohave done good, to the resurrectionof life, and those who have doneevil, to the resurrection of condem-nation.30 aI can of Myself do nothing.As Ihear, I judge; and My judgment isrighteous, because bI do not seek Myown will but the will of the Fatherwho sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

31 aIf I bear witness of Myself, Mywitness is not 1true.32 aThere is another who bearswitness of Me, and I know that thewitness which He witnesses of Me is

true.33 You have sent to John, aand hehas borne witness to the truth.34 Yet I do not receive testimonyfrom man, but I say these things thatyou may be saved.35 He was the burning and ashin-ing lamp, and byou were willing fora time to rejoice in his light.36 But aI have a greater witnessthan Johns; for bthe works which theFather has given Me to finishthevery cworks that I dobear witness

of Me, that the Father has sent Me.37 And the Father Himself, whosent Me, ahas testified of Me. Youhave neither heard His voice at anytime,bnor seen His form.38 But you do not have His wordabiding in you, because whom Hesent, Him you do not believe.39 aYou search the Scriptures, forin them you think you have eternallife; and bthese are they which tes-tify of Me.40 aBut you are not willing to

come to Me that you may have life.41 aI do not receive honor frommen.42 But I know you, that you do nothave the love of God in you.43 I have come in My Fathersname, and you do not receive Me; ifanother comes in his own name,him you will receive.44 aHow can you believe, who re-ceive honor from one another, anddo not seek bthe honor that comesfrom the only God?

45 Do not think that I shall accuse

you to the Father; athere is one whoaccuses youMoses, in whom youtrust.46 For if you believed Moses, youwould believe Me; afor he wroteabout Me.47 But if you ado not believe hiswritings, how will you believe Mywords?

Feeding the Five Thousand

6 Afterathese things Jesus went

over the Sea of Galilee, which isthe Sea of bTiberias.2 Then a great multitude followedHim, because they saw His signswhich He performed on those whowere adiseased.1

3 And Jesus went up on themountain, and there He sat with His

disciples.4 aNow the Passover, a feast of theJews, was near.5 aThen Jesus lifted up His eyes,and seeing a great multitude com-ing toward Him, He said to bPhilip,Where shall we buy bread, thatthese may eat?6 But this He said to test him, forHe Himself knew what He would do.7 Philip answered Him, aTwohundred denarii worth of bread isnot sufficient for them, that everyone of them may have a little.8 One of His disciples, aAndrew,Simon Peters brother, said to Him,9 There is a lad here who has fivebarley loaves and two small fish,abut what are they among so many?10 Then Jesus said, Make the peo-ple sit down. Now there was muchgrass in the place. So the men satdown, in number about five thou-sand.11 And Jesus took the loaves, andwhen He had given thanks He dis-tributed them 1to the disciples, andthe disciples to those sitting down;and likewise of the fish, as much asthey wanted.12 So when they were filled, Hesaid to His disciples, Gather up thefragments that remain, so that noth-ing is lost.13 Therefore they gathered themup, and filled twelve baskets withthe fragments of the five barleyloaves which were left over by thosewho had eaten.14 Then those men, when they hadseen the sign that Jesus did, said,This is truly athe Prophet who is tocome into the world.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

15 Therefore when Jesus perceivedthat they were about to come andtake Him by force to make Himaking, He departed again to themountain by Himself alone.16 aNow when evening came, Hisdisciples went down to the sea,

17 got into the boat, and went over

24 b[1 John3:14]

25 a[Col. 2:13]

26 aPs. 36:9b1 Cor. 15:45

27 a[Acts10:42; 17:31]b

Dan. 7:13

28 a[1 Thess.4:1517]

29 aIs. 26:19bDan. 12:2

30 aJohn 5:19bMatt. 26:39

31 aJohn 8:141valid as testi-mony

32 a[Matt.3:17]

33 a[John 1:15,19, 27, 32]

35 a2 Pet. 1:19bMark 6:20

36 a1 John 5:9bJohn 3:2;10:25; 17:4cJohn 9:16;10:38

37 aMatt. 3:17b1 John 4:12

39 aIs. 8:20;34:16 bLuke

24:27

40 a[John 1:11;3:19]

41 a1 Thess.2:6

44 aJohn 12:43b[Rom. 2:29]

45 aRom. 2:12

46 aDeut.18:15, 18

47 aLuke

16:29, 31

CHAPTER 6

1 aMark 6:32bJohn 6:23;21:1

2 aMatt. 4:23;8:16; 9:35;14:36; 15:30;19:2 1sick

4 aDeut. 16:1

5 aMatt. 14:14bJohn 1:43

7 aNum. 11:21,22

8 aJohn 1:40

9 a2 Kin. 4:43

11 1NU omitsto the disci-ples, and thedisciples

14 aGen. 49:10

15 a[John18:36]

16a

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the sea toward Capernaum. And itwas already dark, and Jesus had notcome to them.18 Then the sea arose because agreat wind was blowing.19 So when they had rowed about1three or four miles, they saw Jesuswalking on the sea and drawingnear the boat; and they were aafraid.20 But He said to them, aIt is I; donot be afraid.21 Then they willingly receivedHim into the boat, and immediatelythe boat was at the land where theywere going.

The Bread from Heaven

22 On the following day, when thepeople who were standing on theother side of the sea saw that there

was no other boat there, except1

thatone 2which His disciples had entered,and that Jesus had not entered theboat with His disciples, but His disci-ples had gone away alone23 however, other boats came fromTiberias, near the place where theyate bread after the Lord had giventhanks24 when the people therefore sawthat Jesus was not there, nor Hisdisciples, they also got into boatsand came to Capernaum, aseeking

Jesus.25 And when they found Him on theother side of the sea, they said to Him,Rabbi, when did You come here?26 Jesus answered them and said,Most assuredly, I say to you, youseek Me, not because you saw thesigns, but because you ate of theloaves and were filled.27 aDo not labor for the food whichperishes, but bfor the food whichendures to everlasting life, which theSon of Man will give you, cbecause

God the Father has set His seal onHim.28 Then they said to Him, Whatshall we do, that we may work theworks of God?29 Jesus answered and said tothem, aThis is the work of God, thatyou believe in Him whom He sent.30 Therefore they said to Him,aWhat sign will You perform then,that we may see it and believe You?What work will You do?31 aOur fathers ate the manna in

the desert; as it is written, b

He gavethem bread from heaven to eat.32 Then Jesus said to them, Mostassuredly, I say to you, Moses didnot give you the bread from heaven,but aMy Father gives you the truebread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is He whocomes down from heaven and giveslife to the world.34 aThen they said to Him, Lord,give us this bread always.35 And Jesus said to them, aI am

the bread of life. b

He who comes to

Me shall never hunger, and he whobelieves in Me shall never cthirst.36 aBut I said to you that you haveseen Me and yet bdo not believe.37 aAll that the Father gives Me willcome to Me, and bthe one who comes

to Me I will 1by no means cast out.38 For I have come down fromheaven, anot to do My own will, bbutthe will of Him who sent Me.39 This is the will of the Fatherwho sent Me, athat of all He hasgiven Me I should lose nothing, butshould raise it up at the last day.40 And this is the will of Him whosent Me, athat everyone who sees

the Son and believes in Him mayhave everlasting life; and I will raisehim up at the last day.

Rejected by His Own

41 The Jews then 1complainedabout Him, because He said, I amthe bread which came down fromheaven.42 And they said, aIs not this Je-sus, the son of Joseph, whose fatherand mother we know? How is itthen that He says, I have comedown from heaven?43 Jesus therefore answered andsaid to them, 1Do not murmuramong yourselves.

44 a

No one can come to Me unlessthe Father who sent Me bdraws him;and I will raise him up at the lastday.45 It is written in the prophets,aAnd they shall all be taught byGod.bTherefore everyone who 1hasheard and learned from the Fathercomes to Me.46 aNot that anyone has seen theFather, bexcept He who is from God;He has seen the Father.47 Most assuredly, I say to you,a

he who believes1

in Me has ever-lasting life.48 aI am the bread of life.49 aYour fathers ate the manna inthe wilderness, and are dead.50 aThis is the bread which comesdown from heaven, that one may eatof it and not die.51 I am the living bread awhichcame down from heaven. If anyoneeats of this bread, he will live for-ever; and bthe bread that I shall giveis My flesh, which I shall give for

the life of the world.52 The Jews therefore aquarreledamong themselves, saying, Howcan this Man give us His flesh toeat?53 Then Jesus said to them, Mostassuredly, I say to you, unless ayoueat the flesh of the Son of Man anddrink His blood, you have no life inyou.54 aWhoever eats My flesh anddrinks My blood has eternal life,and I will raise him up at the last

day.

19 aMatt. 17:61Lit. 25 or 30stadia

20 aIs. 43:1, 2

22 1NU omitsthat 2NUomits whichHis disciples

had entered

24 aLuke 4:42

27 aMatt. 6:19bJohn 4:14cActs 2:22

29 a[1 John3:23]

30 aMatt.12:38; 16:1

31 aEx. 16:15bEx. 16:4, 15;Neh. 9:15; Ps.78:24

32 aJohn 3:13,16

34 aJohn 4:15

35 aJohn 6:48,58 bJohn4:14; 7:37cIs. 55:1, 2

36 aJohn 6:26,64; 15:24bJohn 10:26

37 aJohn 6:45b2 Tim. 2:191certainly not


39 aJohn10:28; 17:12;18:9

40 aJohn 3:15,16; 4:14; 6:27,47, 54

41 1grumbled

42 aMatt. 13:55

43 1Stopgrumbling

44 aSong 1:4b[Phil. 1:29;2:12, 13]

45 aIs. 54:13bJohn 6:371M hears andhas learned

46 aJohn 1:18bMatt. 11:27

47 a[John 3:16,18] 1NU omitsin Me

48

a

John 6:33,35

49 aJohn 6:31,58

50 aJohn 6:51,58

51 aJohn 3:13bHeb. 10:5

52 aJohn 7:43;9:16; 10:19

53 aMatt. 26:26

54 aJohn 4:14;

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55 For My flesh is 1food indeed,and My blood is 2drink indeed.56 He who eats My flesh anddrinks My blood aabides in Me, andI in him.57 As the living Father sent Me,and I live because of the Father, sohe who feeds on Me will live be-cause of Me.58 aThis is the bread which camedown from heavennot bas yourfathers ate the manna, and are dead.He who eats this bread will live for-ever.59 These things He said in the syn-agogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

60 aTherefore many of His disci-ples, when they heard this, said,

This is a 1hard saying; who can un-derstand it?61 When Jesus knew in Himselfthat His disciples 1complainedabout this, He said to them, Doesthis 2offend you?62 aWhatthen if you should see theSon of Man ascend where He wasbefore?63 aIt is the Spirit who gives life;the bflesh profits nothing. Thecwords that I speak to you are spirit,and they are life.

64 But athere are some of you whodo not believe. For bJesus knewfrom the beginning who they werewho did not believe, and who wouldbetray Him.65 And He said, Therefore aI havesaid to you that no one can come toMe unless it has been granted to himby My Father.66 aFrom that time many of His dis-ciples went 1back and walked withHim no more.67 Then Jesus said to the twelve,

Do you also want to go away?68 But Simon Peter answered Him,Lord, to whom shall we go? Youhave athe words of eternal life.69 aAlso we have come to believeand know that You are the 1Christ,the Son of the living God.70 Jesus answered them, aDid Inot choose you, the twelve, band oneof you is a devil?71 He spoke of aJudas Iscariot, theson of Simon, for it was he whowould bbetray Him, being one of the

twelve.

JesusBrothers Disbelieve

7 After these things Jesus walkedin Galilee; for He did not wantto walk in Judea,abecause the 1Jewssought to kill Him.2 aNow the Jews Feast of Taber-nacles was at hand.3 aHis brothers therefore said toHim, Depart from here and go intoJudea, that Your disciples also may

see the works that You are doing.

4 For no one does anything insecret while he himself seeks to beknown openly. If You do thesethings, show Yourself to the world.5 For aeven His bbrothers did notbelieve in Him.6 Then Jesus said to them, aMytime has not yet come, but your timeis always ready.7 aThe world cannot hate you,but it hates Me bbecause I testify ofit that its works are evil.8 You go up to this feast. I am not1yet going up to this feast, afor Mytime has not yet fully come.9 When He had said these thingsto them, He remained in Galilee.

The Heavenly Scholar

10 But when His brothers had gone

up, then He also went up to thefeast, not openly, but as it were insecret.11 Then athe Jews sought Him atthe feast, and said, Where is He?12 And athere was much complain-ing among the people concerningHim. bSome said, He is good; oth-ers said, No, on the contrary, Hedeceives the people.13 However, no one spoke openlyof Him afor fear of the Jews.14 Now about the middle of the

feast Jesus went up into the templeand ataught.15 aAnd the Jews marveled, saying,How does this Man know letters,having never studied?16 1Jesus answered them and said,aMy doctrine is not Mine, but Hiswho sent Me.17 aIf anyone wills to do His will,he shall know concerning the doc-trine, whether it is from God orwhetherI speak on My own author-ity.

18 a

He who speaks from himselfseeks his own glory; but He whobseeks the glory of the One who sentHim is true, and cno unrighteous-ness is in Him.19 aDid not Moses give you thelaw, yet none of you keeps the law?bWhy do you seek to kill Me?20 The people answered and said,aYou have a demon.Who is seekingto kill You?21 Jesus answered and said tothem, I did one work, and you all

marvel.22 aMoses therefore gave you cir-cumcision (not that it is from Moses,bbut from the fathers), and you cir-cumcise a man on the Sabbath.23 If a man receives circumcisionon the Sabbath, so that the law ofMoses should not be broken, areyou angry with Me because aI madea man completely well on the Sab-bath?24 aDo not judge according toappearance, but judge with righ-

teous judgment.

55 1NU truefood 2NU truedrink

56 a[1 John3:24; 4:15, 16]

58 aJohn6:4951 bEx.16:1435

60 aJohn 6:661difficult

61 1grumbled2make youstumble

62 aActs 1:9;2:32, 33

63 a2 Cor. 3:6bJohn 3:6c[John 6:68;14:24]

64 aJohn 6:36bJohn 2:24,25; 13:11

65 aJohn 6:37,

44, 4566 aLuke 9:621Or away; lit.to the back

68 aActs 5:20

69 aLuke 9:201NU Holy Oneof God.

70 aLuke 6:13b[John 13:27]

71 aJohn 12:4;13:2, 26 bMatt.26:1416

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1 aJohn 5:18;7:19, 25; 8:37,40 1The rulingauthorities

2 aLev. 23:34

3 aMatt. 12:46

5 aPs. 69:8;Mic. 7:6bMark 3:21

6 aJohn 2:4;8:20

7 a[John15:19] bJohn3:19

8 aJohn 8:201NU omits yet

11 aJohn 11:56

12 aJohn 9:16;10:19 bLuke7:16

13 a[John 9:22;12:42; 19:38]

14 aPs. 22:22;Mark 6:34

15 aMatt. 13:54

16 aJohn 3:111NU, M So Je-sus

17 aJohn 3:21;8:43

18 aJohn 5:41bJohn 8:50c[2 Cor. 5:21]

19 aDeut. 33:4bMatt. 12:14

20 aJohn 8:48,52

22 aLev. 12:3bGen. 17:914

23 aJohn 5:8,9, 16

24a

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Could This Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from Jeru-salem said, Is this not He whomthey seek to akill?26 But look! He speaks boldly, andthey say nothing to Him. aDo therulers know indeed that this is 1truly

the Christ?27 aHowever, we know where thisMan is from; but when the Christcomes, no one knows where He isfrom.28 Then Jesus cried out, as Hetaught in the temple, saying, aYouboth know Me, and you know whereI am from; and bI have not come ofMyself, but He who sent Me cis true,dwhom you do not know.29 1But aI know Him, for I am fromHim, and He sent Me.

30 Therefore athey sought to takeHim; but bno one laid a hand on Him,because His hour had not yet come.31 And amany of the people be-lieved in Him, and said, When theChrist comes, will He do more signsthan these which this Man hasdone?

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

32 The Pharisees heard the crowdmurmuring these things concerningHim, and the Pharisees and the chief

priests sent officers to take Him.33 Then Jesus said 1to them, aIshall be with you a little whilelonger, and then I bgo to Him whosent Me.34 You awill seek Me and not findMe, and where I am you bcannotcome.35 Then the Jews said amongthemselves, Where does He intendto go that we shall not find Him?Does He intend to go to athe Disper-sion among the Greeks and teach

the Greeks?36 What is this thing that He said,You will seek Me and not find Me,and where I am you cannot come?

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 aOn the last day, that great dayof the feast, Jesus stood and criedout, saying, bIf anyone thirsts, lethim come to Me and drink.38 aHe who believes in Me, as theScripture has said, bout of his heartwill flow rivers of living water.39 aBut this He spoke concerningthe Spirit, whom those 1believing inHim would receive; for the 2HolySpirit was not yet given, becauseJesus was not yet bglorified.

Who Is He?

40 Therefore 1many from thecrowd, when they heard this saying,said, Truly this is athe Prophet.41 Others said, This is atheChrist. But some said, Will the

Christ come out of Galilee?

42 aHas not the Scripture said thatthe Christ comes from the seed ofDavid and from the town of Bethle-hem, bwhere David was?43 So athere was a division amongthe people because of Him.44 Now asome of them wanted totake Him, but no one laid hands onHim.

Rejected by the Authorities

45 Then the officers came to thechief priests and Pharisees, whosaid to them, Why have you notbrought Him?46 The officers answered, aNoman ever spoke like this Man!47 Then the Pharisees answeredthem, Are you also deceived?48 Have any of the rulers or the

Pharisees believed in Him?49 But this crowd that does notknow the law is accursed.50 Nicodemus a(he who came to1Jesus 2by night, being one of them)said to them,51 aDoes our law judge a man be-fore it hears him and knows what heis doing?52 They answered and said to him,Are you also from Galilee? Searchand look, for ano prophet 1hasarisen out of Galilee.

An Adulteress Faces the Light ofthe World

53 1And everyone went to his ownhouse.

8 But Jesus went to the Mount ofOlives.2 Now 1early in the morning Hecame again into the temple, and allthe people came to Him; and He satdown and ataught them.3 Then the scribes and Phariseesbrought to Him a woman caught in

adultery. And when they had set herin the midst,4 they said to Him, Teacher, 1thiswoman was caught in aadultery, inthe very act.5 aNow 1Moses, in the law, com-manded us 2that such should bestoned. But what do You 3say?6 This they said, testing Him, thatthey amight have something ofwhich to accuse Him. But Jesusstooped down and wrote on theground with His finger, 1as though

He did not hear.7 So when they continued askingHim, He 1raised Himself up and saidto them, aHe who is without sinamong you, let him throw a stone ather first.8 And again He stooped downand wrote on the ground.9 Then those who heard it, abeing1

convicted by their conscience, went

7 aDeut. 17:7 1M He looked up 9 aRom. 2:221NU,M omit being convicted by their con-

science

25 aMatt.21:38; 26:4

26 aJohn 7:481NU omitstruly

27 aLuke 4:22

28 aJohn 8:14bJohn 5:43cRom. 3:4dJohn 1:18;8:55

29 aMatt. 11:271NU, M omitBut

30 aMark11:18 bJohn7:32, 44; 8:20;10:39

31 aMatt. 12:23

33 aJohn 13:33b[1 Pet. 3:22]1NU, M omitto them

34a

Hos. 5:6b[Matt. 5:20]

35 aJames 1:1

37 aLev. 23:36b[Is. 55:1]

38 aDeut. 8:15bIs. 12:3;43:20; 44:3;55:1

39 aIs. 44:3bJohn 12:16;13:31; 17:51NU who be-lieved 2NUomits Holy

40 aDeut.18:15, 18 1NUsome

41 aJohn 4:42;6:69

42 aMic. 5:2b1 Sam.16:1, 4

43 aJohn 7:12

44 aJohn 7:30

46 aLuke 4:22

50 aJohn 3:1, 2;19:39 1Lit. Him2NU before

51 aDeut. 1:16,17; 19:15

52 a[Is. 9:1, 2]1NU is to rise

53 1NU brack-ets 7:53

through 8:11as not in theoriginal text.They are pres-ent in over 900mss. of John.

CHAPTER 8

2 aJohn 8:20;

18:20 1M veryearly

4 aEx. 20:14 1Mwe found thiswoman

5 aLev. 20:101M in our law

Moses com-manded 2NU,M to stonesuch 3M addsabout her

6 aMatt. 22:151NU,M omitas though He

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out one by one, beginning with theoldest even to the last. And Jesuswas left alone, and the womanstanding in the midst.10 When Jesus had raised Himselfup 1and saw no one but the woman,He said to her, Woman, where arethose accusers 2of yours? Has noone condemned you?11 She said, No one, Lord. AndJesus said to her, aNeither do I con-demn you; go 1and bsin no more.12 Then Jesus spoke to them again,saying, aI am the light of the world.He who bfollows Me shall not walk indarkness, but have the light of life.

Jesus Defends His Self-Witness

13 The Pharisees therefore said toHim, aYou bear witness of Yourself;

Your witness is not1

true.14 Jesus answered and said to them,Even if I bear witness of Myself, Mywitness is true, for I know where Icame from and where I am going; butayou do not know where I come fromand where I am going.15 aYou judge according to theflesh; bI judge no one.16 And yet if I do judge, My judg-ment is true; for aI am not alone, butI am with the Father who sent Me.17 aIt is also written in your lawthat the testimony of two men istrue.18 I am One who bears witness ofMyself, and athe Father who sent Mebears witness of Me.19 Then they said to Him, Whereis Your Father? Jesus answered,aYou know neither Me nor MyFather. bIf you had known Me, youwould have known My Father also.20 These words Jesus spoke in athe

treasury, as He taught in the temple;and bno one laid hands on Him, forcHis hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

21 Then Jesus said to them again,I am going away, and ayou will seekMe, and bwill die in your sin.WhereI go you cannot come.22 So the Jews said, Will He killHimself, because He says, Where Igo you cannot come?23 And He said to them, aYou arefrom beneath; I am from above.bYou are of this world; I am not of

this world.24 aTherefore I said to you thatyou will die in your sins; bfor if youdo not believe that I am He, you willdie in your sins.25 Then they said to Him, Whoare You? And Jesus said to them,Just what I ahave been saying toyou from the beginning.26 I have many things to say andto judge concerning you, but aHewho sent Me is true; and bI speak tothe world those things which I

heard from Him.

27 They did not understand that Hespoke to them of the Father.28 Then Jesus said to them, Whenyou alift1 up the Son of Man, bthenyou will know that I am He, andcthat I do nothing of Myself; but dasMy Father taught Me, I speak thesethings.29 And aHe who sent Me is withMe. bThe Father has not left Mealone, cfor I always do those thingsthat please Him.30 As He spoke these words, amanybelieved in Him.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Jewswho believed Him, If you aabide inMy word, you are My disciples in-deed.

32 And you shall know the atruth,and bthe truth shall make you free.33 They answered Him, aWe areAbrahams descendants, and havenever been in bondage to anyone.How canYou say, You will be madefree?34 Jesus answered them, Mostassuredly, I say to you, awhoevercommits sin is a slave of sin.35 And aa slave does not abide inthe house forever, but a son abidesforever.

36 aTherefore if the Son makesyou free, you shall be free indeed.

Abrahams Seed and Satans

37 I know that you are Abrahamsdescendants, but ayou seek to killMe, because My word has no placein you.38 aI speak what I have seen withMy Father, and you do what youhave 1seen with your father.39 They answered and said to Him,aAbraham is our father. Jesus saidto them, bIf you were Abrahamschildren, you would do the works ofAbraham.40 aBut now you seek to kill Me, aMan who has told you the truthbwhich I heard from God. Abrahamdid not do this.41 You do the deeds of yourfather. Then they said to Him, Wewere not born of fornication; awehave one FatherGod.42 Jesus said to them, aIf God

were your Father, you would loveMe, for bI proceeded forth and camefrom God; cnor have I come ofMyself, but He sent Me.43 aWhy do you not understandMy speech? Because you are notable to listen to My word.44 aYou are of your father thedevil, and the bdesires of your fatheryou want to cdo. He was a murdererfrom the beginning, and ddoes notstand in the truth, because there isno truth in him. When he speaks a

lie, he speaks from his own re-

10 1NU omitsand saw noone but thewoman; M Hesaw her andsaid, 2NU, Momit of yours

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from now on

12 aJohn 1:4;9:5; 12:35b1 Thess.5:5

13 aJohn 5:311valid as testi-mony

14 aJohn 7:28;9:29

15 aJohn 7:24b[John 3:17;12:47; 18:36]

16 aJohn 16:32

17 aDeut. 17:6;19:15

18 aJohn 5:37

19 aJohn 16:3bJohn 14:7

20 aMark 12:41,43 bJohn 2:4;7:30 cJohn 7:8

21 aJohn 7:34;13:33 bJohn8:24

23 aJohn 3:31b1 John 4:5

24 aJohn 8:21b[Mark 16:16]

25 aJohn 4:26

26 aJohn 7:28bJohn 3:32;15:15

28 aJohn 3:14;12:32; 19:18b[Rom. 1:4]cJohn 5:19, 30dJohn 3:111Crucify

29 aJohn 14:10bJohn 8:16;16:32 cJohn4:34; 5:30;6:38

30 aJohn 7:31;10:42; 11:45

31 a[John14:15, 23]

32 a[John 1:14,17; 14:6]b[Rom. 6:14,18, 22]

33 a[Matt. 3:9]

34 a2 Pet. 2:19

35 aGal. 4:30

36 aGal. 5:1

37 aJohn 7:19

38 a[John 3:32;5:19, 30;14:10, 24] 1NU

heard from39 aMatt. 3:9b[Rom. 2:28]


41 aIs. 63:16

42 a1 John 5:1bJohn 16:27;17:8, 25 cGal.4:4

43 a[John 7:17]

44 aMatt. 13:38b1 John 2:16,17 c[1 John3:810, 15]d

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sources, for he is a liar and the fa-ther of it.45 But because I tell the truth, youdo not believe Me.46 Which of you convicts Me ofsin? And if I tell the truth, why doyou not believe Me?47 aHe who is of God hears Godswords; therefore you do not hear,because you are not of God.

Before Abraham Was, I AM

48 Then the Jews answered andsaid to Him, Do we not say rightlythat You are a Samaritan and ahavea demon?49 Jesus answered, I do not have ademon; but I honor My Father, andayou dishonor Me.50 And aI do not seek My own

glory; there is One who seeks andjudges.51 Most assuredly, I say to you, aifanyone keeps My word he shallnever see death.52 Then the Jews said to Him, Nowwe know that You ahave a demon!bAbraham is dead, and the prophets;and You say, If anyone keeps Myword he shall never taste death.53 Are You greater than our fatherAbraham, who is dead? And theprophets are dead. aWho do You

make Yourself out to be?54 Jesus answered, aIf I honorMyself, My honor is nothing. bIt isMy Father who honors Me, of whomyou say that He is 1your God.55 Yet ayou have not known Him,but I know Him. And if I say, I donot know Him, I shall be a liar likeyou; but I do know Him and bkeepHis word.56 Your father Abraham arejoicedto see My day, band he saw it andwas glad.57 Then the Jews said to Him, Youare not yet fifty years old, and haveYou seen Abraham?58 Jesus said to them, Most as-suredly, I say to you, abefore Abra-ham was, bI AM.59 Then athey took up stones tothrow at Him; but Jesus hid Himselfand went out of the temple, bgoing1

through the midst of them, and sopassed by.

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

9 Now as Jesus passed by, He sawa man who was blind from birth.2 And His disciples asked Him,saying, Rabbi, awho sinned, thisman or his parents, that he was bornblind?3 Jesus answered, Neither thisman nor his parents sinned, abutthat the works of God should berevealed in him.4 aI1 must work the works of Himwho sent Me while it is bday; thenight is coming when no one can

work.

5 As long as I am in the world, aIam the light of the world.6 When He had said these things,aHe spat on the ground and madeclay with the saliva; and He anointedthe eyes of the blind man with theclay.7 And He said to him, Go, washain the pool of Siloam (which istranslated, Sent). So bhe went andwashed, and came back seeing.8 Therefore the neighbors andthose who previously had seen thathe was 1blind said, Is not this hewho sat and begged?9 Some said, This is he. Otherssaid, 1He is like him. He said, I amhe.10 Therefore they said to him,How were your eyes opened?11 He answered and said, aA Mancalled Jesus made clay and anointedmy eyes and said to me, Go to 1thepool of Siloam and wash. So I wentand washed, and I received sight.12 Then they said to him, Where isHe? He said, I do not know.

The Pharisees Excommunicate theHealed Man

13 They brought him who formerlywas blind to the Pharisees.14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus

made the clay and opened his eyes.15 Then the Pharisees also askedhim again how he had received hissight. He said to them, He put clayon my eyes,and I washed, and I see.16 Therefore some of the Phariseessaid, This Man is not from God,because He does not 1keep the Sab-bath. Others said, aHow can a manwho is a sinner do such signs? Andbthere was a division among them.17 They said to the blind managain, What do you say about Him

because He opened your eyes? Hesaid, aHe is a prophet.18 But the Jews did not believe con-cerning him, that he had been blindand received his sight, until theycalled the parents of him who hadreceived his sight.19 And they asked them, saying, Isthis your son, who you say was bornblind? How then does he now see?20 His parents answered them andsaid, We know that this is our son,and that he was born blind;

21 but by what means he now seeswe do not know, or who opened hiseyes we do not know. He is of age;ask him. He will speak for himself.22 His parents said these thingsbecause athey feared the Jews, forthe Jews had agreed already that ifanyone confessed that He wasChrist, he bwould be put out of thesynagogue.23 Therefore his parents said, Heis of age; ask him.24 So they again called the man

who was blind, and said to him,

47 aLuke 8:15;John 10:26;1 John 4:6

48 aJohn 7:20;10:20

49 aJohn 5:41

50 aJohn 5:41;7:18; [Phil.

2:68]51 aJohn 5:24;11:26

52 aJohn 7:20;10:20 bZech.1:5; Heb.11:13

53 aJohn 10:33;19:7

54 aJohn 5:31,32 bJohn 5:41;Acts 3:131NU, M our

55 aJohn 7:28,

29b

[John15:10]

56 aLuke 10:24bMatt. 13:17;Heb. 11:13

58 aMic. 5:2;John 17:5;Heb. 7:3; Rev.22:13 bEx.3:14; Is. 43:13;John 17:5, 24;Col. 1:17; Rev.1:8

59 aJohn 10:31;11:8 bLuke

4:30; John10:39 1NUomits the restof v. 59.

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2 aLuke 13:2;John 9:34;Acts 28:4

3 aJohn 11:4

4 a[John 4:34;5:19, 36; 17:4]bJohn 11:9,10; 12:35; Gal.

6:10 1NU We

5 a[John 1:5, 9;3:19; 8:12;12:35, 46]

6 aMark 7:33;8:23

7 aNeh. 3:15;Is. 8:6; Luke13:4; John9:11 b2 Kin.5:14

8 1NU a beg-gar

9 1NU No,

but he is likehim.

11 aJohn 9:6, 71NU omits thepool of

16 aJohn 3:2;9:33 bJohn7:12, 43; 10:191observe

17 a[John 4:19;6:14]

22 aJohn 7:13;12:42; 19:38;Acts 5:13b

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aGive God the glory! bWe know thatthis Man is a sinner.25 He answered and said, Wheth-er He is a sinner or not I do notknow. One thing I know: thatthough I was blind, now I see.26 Then they said to him again,What did He do to you? How did

He open your eyes?27 He answered them, I told youalready, and you did not listen. Whydo you want to hear it again? Do youalso want to become His disciples?28 Then they reviled him and said,You are His disciple, but we areMoses disciples.29 We know that God aspoke tobMoses; as forthisfellow,cwe do notknow where He is from.30 The man answered and said tothem, aWhy, this is a marvelous

thing, that you do not know where Heis from; yet He has opened my eyes!31 Now we know that aGod doesnot hear sinners; but if anyone is aworshiper of God and does His will,He hears him.32 Since the world began it hasbeen unheard of that anyoneopened the eyes of one who wasborn blind.33 aIf this Man were not fromGod, He could do nothing.34 They answered and said to him,aYou were completely born in sins,and are you teaching us? And they1cast him out.

True Vision and True Blindness

35 Jesus heard that they had casthim out; and when He had afoundhim, He said to him, Do you bbe-lieve in cthe Son of 1God?36 He answered and said, Who isHe, Lord, that I may believe inHim?37 And Jesus said to him, Youhave both seen Him and ait is Hewho is talking with you.38 Then he said, Lord, I believe!And he aworshiped Him.39 And Jesus said, aFor judgment Ihave come into this world, bthatthose who do not see may see, andthat those who see may be madeblind.40 Then some of the Pharisees whowere with Him heard these words,aand said to Him, Are we blindalso?41 Jesus said to them,aIf you wereblind, you would have no sin; butnow you say, We see. Thereforeyour sin remains.

Jesus the True Shepherd

10 Most assuredly, I say to you,he who does not enter thesheepfold by the door, but climbs upsome other way, the same is a thiefand a robber.2 But he who enters by the door

is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the doorkeeper opens,and the sheep hear his voice; and hecalls his own sheep by aname andleads them out.4 And when he brings out hisown sheep, he goes before them;and the sheep follow him, for theyknow his voice.5 Yet they will by no means fol-low a astranger, but will flee fromhim, for they do not know the voiceof strangers.6 Jesus used this illustration, butthey did not understand the thingswhich He spoke to them.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

7 Then Jesus said to them again,Most assuredly, I say to you, I amthe door of the sheep.

8 All who ever came 1before Meare thieves and robbers, but thesheep did not hear them.9 aI am the door. If anyone entersby Me, he will be saved, and will goin and out and find pasture.10 The thief does not come exceptto steal, and to kill, and to destroy. Ihave come that they may have life,and that they may have it moreabundantly.11 aI am the good shepherd. Thegood shepherd gives His life for the

sheep.12 But a 1hireling, he who is notthe shepherd, one who does not ownthe sheep, sees the wolf coming andaleaves the sheep and flees; and thewolf catches the sheep and scattersthem.13 The hireling flees because he isa hireling and does not care aboutthe sheep.14 I am the good shepherd; and aIknow My sheep, and bam known byMy own.

15 aAs the Father knows Me, evenso I know the Father; band I laydown My life for the sheep.16 And aother sheep I have whichare not of this fold; them also I mustbring, and they will hear My voice;band there will be one flock and oneshepherd.17 Therefore My Father aloves Me,bbecause I lay down My life that Imay take it again.18 No one takes it from Me, but Ilay it down of Myself. I ahave powerto lay it down, and I have power totake it again.bThis command I havereceived from My Father.19 Therefore athere was a divisionagain among the Jews because ofthese sayings.20 And many of them said, aHehas a demon and is 1mad. Why doyou listen to Him?21 Others said, These are not thewords of one who has a demon.aCan a demon bopen the eyes of the

blind?

24 aJosh. 7:19bJohn 9:16

29 aNum. 12:68 b[John 5:4547] cJohn 7:27,28; 8:14

30 aJohn 3:10

31 aZech. 7:13

33 aJohn 3:2;9:16

34 aJohn 9:21Excommuni-cated him

35 aJohn 5:14bJohn 1:7;16:31 cMatt.14:33; 16:161NUMan

37 aJohn 4:26

38 aMatt. 8:2

39 a[John 3:17;5:22, 27;12:47] bMatt.13:13; 15:14

40 a[Rom.2:19]

41 aJohn15:22, 24

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3 aJohn 20:16

5 a[2 Cor.11:1315]

8 1M omits be-fore Me

9 a[Eph. 2:18]

11 aIs. 40:11

12 aZech.

11:16, 171hired man

14 a2 Tim. 2:19b2 Tim. 1:12

15 aMatt. 11:27b[John 15:13;19:30]

16 aIs. 42:6;56:8 bEph.2:1318

17 aJohn 5:20b[Heb. 2:9]

18 a[John 2:19;5:26] b[John6:38; 14:31;17:4; Acts2:24, 32]

19 aJohn 7:43;9:16

20 aJohn 7:201insane

21 a[Ex. 4:11]bJohn 9:6, 7,

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The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

22 Now it was the Feast of Dedica-tion in Jerusalem, and it was winter.23 And Jesus walked in the temple,ain Solomons porch.24 Then the Jews surrounded Himand said to Him, How long do You

keep us in1

doubt? If You are theChrist, tell us plainly.25 Jesus answered them, I toldyou, and you do not believe. aTheworks that I do in My Fathersname, they bbear witness of Me.26 But ayou do not believe, be-cause you are not of My sheep, 1as Isaid to you.27 aMy sheep hear My voice, and Iknow them, and they follow Me.28 And I give them eternal life, andthey shall never perish; neither shall

anyone snatch them out of My hand.29 aMy Father, bwho has giventhemto Me, is greater than all; andno one is able to snatch them out ofMy Fathers hand.30 aI and My Father are one.

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

31 Then athe Jews took up stonesagain to stone Him.32 Jesus answered them, Manygood works I have shown you fromMy Father. For which of those works

do you stone Me?33 The Jews answered Him, say-ing, For a good work we do notstone You, but for ablasphemy, andbecause You, being a Man, bmakeYourself God.34 Jesus answered them, Is it notwritten in your law, aI said,You aregods ?35 If He called them gods, atowhom the word of God came (andthe Scripture bcannot be broken),36 do you say of Him awhom the

Father sanctified andb

sent into theworld, You are blaspheming, cbe-cause I said, I am dthe Son of God?37 aIf I do not do the works of MyFather, do not believe Me;38 but if I do, though you do notbelieve Me, abelieve the works, thatyou may know and 1believe bthat theFather is in Me, and I in Him.39 aTherefore they sought again toseize Him, but He escaped out oftheir hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

40 And He went away again be-yond the Jordan to the place awhereJohn was baptizing at first, andthere He stayed.41 Then many came to Him andsaid, John performed no sign, abutall the things that John spoke aboutthis Man were true.42 And many believed in Him there.

The Death of Lazarus

11

Now a certain man was sick,

Lazarus of Bethany, the

town of aMary and her sister Martha.2 aIt was that Mary who anointedthe Lord with fragrant oil and wipedHis feet with her hair, whosebrother Lazarus was sick.3 Therefore the sisters sent toHim, saying, Lord, behold, hewhom You love is sick.4 When Jesus heard that, He said,This sickness is not unto death, butfor the glory of God, that the Son ofGod may be glorified through it.5 Now Jesus loved Martha andher sister and Lazarus.6 So, when He heard that he wassick, aHe stayed two more days inthe place where He was.7 Then after this He said to thedisciples, Let us go to Judea again.8 The disciples said to Him,Rabbi,lately the Jews sought to astone You,and are You going there again?9 Jesus answered, Are there nottwelve hours in the day? aIf anyonewalks in the day, he does not stum-ble, because he sees the blight of thisworld.10 But aif one walks in the night,he stumbles, because the light is notin him.11 These things He said, and afterthat He said to them, Our friendLazarus asleeps, but I go that I maywake him up.12 Then His disciples said, Lord, ifhe sleeps he will get well.13 However, Jesus spoke of hisdeath, but they thought that He wasspeaking about taking rest in sleep.14 Then Jesus said to them plainly,Lazarus is dead.15 And I am glad for your sakesthat I was not there, that you maybelieve. Nevertheless let us go tohim.16 Then aThomas, who is called theTwin, said to his fellow disciples,Let us also go, that we may die withHim.

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 So when Jesus came, He foundthat he had already been in thetomb four days.18 Now Bethany was near Jeru-salem, about 1two miles away.19 And many of the Jews hadjoined the women around Marthaand Mary, to comfort them concern-

ing their brother.20 Then Martha, as soon as sheheard that Jesus was coming, wentand met Him, but Mary was sittingin the house.21 Now Martha said to Jesus,Lord, if You had been here, mybrother would not have died.22 But even now I know thatawhatever You ask of God, God willgive You.23 Jesus said to her, Your brotherwill rise again.

24 Martha said to Him, a

I know

23 aActs 3:11;5:12

24 1Suspense

25 aJohn 5:36;10:38 bMatt.11:4

26 a[John 8:47]1NU omits asI said to you

27 aJohn 10:4,14

29 aJohn 14:28b[John 17:2, 6,12, 24]

30 aJohn17:11, 2124

31 aJohn 8:59


34 aPs. 82:6

35 aMatt. 5:17,18 b1 Pet. 1:25

36 aJohn 6:27bJohn 3:17cJohn 5:17, 18dLuke 1:35

37 aJohn

10:25; 15:24

38 aJohn 5:36bJohn 14:10,11 1NU under-stand

39 aJohn 7:30,44

40 aJohn 1:28

41 a[John 1:29,36; 3:2836;5:33]

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1 aLuke 10:38,39

2 aMatt. 26:7

6 aJohn 10:40

8 aJohn 8:59;10:31

9 aJohn 9:4;12:35 bIs. 9:2

10 aJohn 12:35

11 aMatt. 9:24

16 aJohn 14:5;20:2628

18 1Lit. 15 sta-dia

22 a[John 9:31;11:41]

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that he will rise again in the resur-rection at the last day.25 Jesus said to her, I am athe res-urrection and the life. bHe whobelieves in Me, though he may cdie,he shall live.26 And whoever lives and believesin Me shall never die. Do you be-

lieve this?27 She said to Him, Yes, Lord, aIbelieve that You are the Christ, theSon of God, who is to come into theworld.

Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy

28 And when she had said thesethings, she went her way and se-cretly called Mary her sister, saying,The Teacher has come and is call-ing for you.

29 As soon as she heard that, shearose quickly and came to Him.30 Now Jesus had not yet comeinto the town, but 1was in the placewhere Martha met Him.31 aThen the Jews who were withher in the house, and comfortingher, when they saw that Mary roseup quickly and went out, followedher, 1saying, She is going to thetomb to weep there.32 Then, when Mary came whereJesus was, and saw Him, she afelldown at His feet, saying to Him,bLord, if You had been here, mybrother would not have died.33 Therefore, when Jesus saw herweeping, and the Jews who camewith her weeping, He groaned in thespirit and was troubled.34 And He said, Where have youlaid him? They said to Him, Lord,come and see.35 aJesus wept.36 Then the Jews said, See howHe loved him!37 And some of them said, Couldnot this Man, awho opened the eyes ofthe blind, also have kept this manfrom dying?

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

38 Then Jesus, again groaning inHimself, came to the tomb. It was acave, and a astone lay against it.39 Jesus said, Take away thestone. Martha, the sister of himwho was dead, said to Him, Lord,by this time there is a stench, for he

has been dead four days.40 Jesus said to her, Did I not sayto you that if you would believe youwould asee the glory of God?41 Then they took away the stone1from the place where the dead manwas lying. And Jesus lifted up Hiseyes and said, Father, I thank Youthat You have heard Me.42 And I know that You alwayshear Me, but abecause of the peoplewho are standing by I said this,thatthey may believe that You sent Me.

43 Now when He had said these

things, He cried with a loud voice,Lazarus, come forth!44 And he who had died came outbound hand and foot with agrave-clothes, and bhis face was wrappedwith a cloth. Jesus said to them,Loose him, and let him go.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 Then many of the Jews who hadcome to Mary, aand had seen thethings Jesus did, believed in Him.46 But some of them went away tothe Pharisees and atold them thethings Jesus did.47 aThen the chief priests and thePharisees gathered a council andsaid, bWhat shall we do? For thisMan works many signs.48 If we let Him alone like this,

everyone will believe in Him, andthe Romans will come and takeaway both our place and nation.49 And one of them, aCaiaphas,being high priest that year, said tothem, You know nothing at all,50 anor do you consider that it isexpedient for 1us that one manshould die for the people, and notthat the whole nation should perish.51 Now this he did not say on hisown authority; but being high priestthat year he prophesied that Jesuswould die for the nation,52 and anot for that nation only, butbalso that He would gather togetherin one the children of God who werescattered abroad.53 Then, from that day on, theyplotted to aput Him to death.54 aTherefore Jesus no longerwalked openly among the Jews, butwent from there into the countrynear the wilderness, to a city calledbEphraim, and there remained withHis disciples.55 aAnd the Passover of the Jewswas near, and many went from thecountry up to Jerusalem before thePassover, to bpurify themselves.56 aThen they sought Jesus, andspoke among themselves as theystood in the temple, What do youthinkthat He will not come to thefeast?57 Now both the chief priests andthe Pharisees had given a com-mand, that if anyone knew whereHe was, he should report it, thatthey might aseize Him.

The Anointing at Bethany

12 Then, six days before thePassover, Jesus came to Beth-any, awhere Lazarus was 1who hadbeen dead, whom He had raisedfrom the dead.2 aThere they made Him a supper;and Martha served, but Lazarus wasone of those who sat at the tablewith Him.3 Then aMary took a pound of very

costly oil ofb

spikenard, anointed the

25 aJohn 5:21;6:39, 40, 44b1 John 5:10c1 Cor. 15:22

27 aMatt. 16:16

30 1NU wasstill

31 aJohn11:19, 33 1NUsupposingthat she wasgoing

32 aRev. 1:17bJohn 11:21

35 aLuke 19:41

37 aJohn 9:6, 7

38 aMatt.27:60, 66

40 a[John 11:4,23]

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42 aJohn12:30; 17:21


45 aJohn 2:23;10:42; 12:11,18

46 aJohn 5:15

47 aPs. 2:2bActs 4:16

49 aLuke 3:2

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52

a

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53 aMatt. 26:4

54 aJohn 4:1,3; 7:1 b2 Chr.13:19

55 aJohn 2:13;5:1; 6:4 bNum.9:10, 13; 31:19,20

56 aJohn 7:11

57 aMatt.26:1416

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2 aMark 14:3;Luke 10:3841

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feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet withher hair. And the house was filledwith the fragrance of the oil.4 But one of His disciples, aJudasIscariot, Simons son, who wouldbetray Him, said,5 Why was this fragrant oil notsold for 1three hundred denarii andgiven to the poor?6 This he said, not that he caredfor the poor, but because he was athief, and ahad the money box; andhe used to take what was put in it.7 But Jesus said, Let her alone;1she has kept this for the day of Myburial.8 For athe poor you have withyou always, but Me you do not havealways.

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 Now a great many of the Jewsknew that He was there; and theycame, not for Jesus sake only, butthat they might also see Lazarus,awhom He had raised from thedead.10 aBut the chief priests plotted toput Lazarus to death also,11 abecause on account of himmany of the Jews went away andbelieved in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry12 aThe next day a great multitudethat had come to the feast, whenthey heard that Jesus was coming toJerusalem,13 took branches of palm trees andwent out to meet Him, and cried out:

Hosanna!aBlessedis He who comes in the

name of the LORD!The King of Israel!

14 aThen Jesus, when He hadfound a young donkey, sat on it; as itis written:

15 Feara not, daughter of Zion;Behold, your King is coming,Sitting on a donkeys colt.

16 aHis disciples did not under-stand these things at first; bbutwhen Jesus was glorified, cthen theyremembered that these things werewritten about Him and that theyhad done these things to Him.17 Therefore the people, who werewith Him when He called Lazarusout of his tomb and raised him fromthe dead, bore witness.18 aFor this reason the people alsomet Him, because they heard thatHe had done this sign.19 The Pharisees therefore saidamong themselves, aYou see thatyou are accomplishing nothing.Look, the world has gone after

Him!

The Fruitful Grain of Wheat

20 Now there awere certain Greeksamong those bwho came up to wor-ship at the feast.21 Then they came to Philip, awhowas from Bethsaida of Galilee, andasked him, saying, Sir, we wish to

see Jesus.22 Philip came and told Andrew,and in turn Andrew and Philip toldJesus.23 But Jesus answered them, say-ing, aThe hour has come that theSon of Man should be glorified.24 Most assuredly, I say to you,aunless a grain of wheat falls into theground and dies, it remains alone;but if it dies, it produces much 1grain.25 aHe who loves his life will loseit, and he who hates his life in this

world will keep it for eternal life.26 If anyone serves Me, let himafollow Me; and bwhere I am, thereMy servant will be also. If anyoneserves Me, himMy Father will honor.

Jesus Predicts His Death on theCross

27 aNow My soul is troubled, andwhat shall I say? Father, save Mefrom this hour? bBut for this pur-pose I came to this hour.28 Father, glorify Your name.aThen a voice came from heaven,saying, I have both glorified it andwill glorify it again.29 Therefore the people who stoodby and heard it said that it had thun-dered. Others said, An angel hasspoken to Him.30 Jesus answered and said, aThisvoice did not come because of Me,but for your sake.31 Now is the judgment of thisworld; now athe ruler of this worldwill be cast out.32 And I, aif I am 1lifted up from

the earth, will draw ball peoples toMyself.33 aThis He said, signifying bywhat death He would die.34 The people answered Him, aWehave heard from the law that theChrist remains forever; and how canYou say, The Son of Man must belifted up? Who is this Son of Man?35 Then Jesus said to them, A littlewhile longer athe light is with you.bWalk while you have the light, lestdarkness overtake you; che whowalks in darkness does not knowwhere he is going.36 While you have the light, be-lieve in the light, that you may be-come asons of light. These thingsJesus spoke, and departed, and bwashidden from them.

Who Has Believed Our Report?

37 But although He had done somany asigns before them, they did

not believe in Him,

4 aJohn 13:26

5 1About oneyears wagesfor a worker

6 aJohn 13:29

7 1NU thatshe may keep

8 aMark 14:7

9 aJohn 11:43,44

10 aLuke 16:31

11 aJohn11:45; 12:18

12 aMatt.21:49

13 aPs. 118:25,26

14 aMatt. 21:7

15 aIs. 40:9;Zech. 9:9

16 aLuke 18:34bJohn 7:39;12:23 c[John14:26]

18 aJohn 12:11

19 aJohn11:47, 48

20

a

Acts 17:4b1 Kin. 8:41,42

21 aJohn 1:43,44; 14:811

23 aJohn 13:32

24 a1 Cor.15:36 1Lit.

fruit

25 aMark 8:35

26 a[Matt.16:24] bJohn14:3; 17:24

27 a[Matt.26:38, 39]bLuke 22:53

28 aMatt. 3:17;17:5

30 aJohn 11:42

31 a[2 Cor. 4:4]

32 aJohn 3:14;8:28 b[Rom.5:18] 1Cruci-

fied

33 aJohn18:32; 21:19

34 aMic. 4:7

35 a[John 1:9;7:33; 8:12]bEph. 5:8c[1 John2:911]

36 aLuke 16:8bJohn 8:59

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JOHN 12:38 948

38 that the word of Isaiah theprophet might be fulfilled, which hespoke:

aLord, who has believed ourreport?

And to whom has the arm ofthe LORDbeen revealed?

39 Therefore they could not be-lieve, because Isaiah said again:

40 Hea has blinded their eyes andhardened their hearts,

bLest they should see withtheireyes,

Lest they should understandwiththeirhearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.

41 aThese things Isaiah said 1when

he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

Walk in the Light

42 Nevertheless even among therulers many believed in Him, butabecause of the Pharisees they didnot confess Him, lest they should beput out of the synagogue;43 afor they loved the praise of menmore than the praise of God.44 Then Jesus cried out and said,aHe who believes in Me, bbelievesnot in Me cbut in Him who sent Me.45 And ahe who sees Me sees Himwho sent Me.46 aI have come as a light into theworld, that whoever believes in Meshould not abide in darkness.47 And if anyone hears My wordsand does not 1believe, aI do not judgehim; for bI did not come to judge theworld but to save the world.48 aHe who rejects Me, and doesnot receive My words,has that whichjudges himbthe word that I havespoken will judge him in the last day.49 For aI have not spoken on Myown authority; but the Father whosent Me gave Me a command, bwhatI should say and what I shouldspeak.50 And I know that His commandis everlasting life. Therefore, what-ever I speak, just as the Father hastold Me, so I aspeak.

Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet

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Now abefore the Feast of the

Passover, when Jesus knewthat bHis hour had come that Heshould depart from this world to theFather, having loved His own whowere in the world, He cloved them tothe end.2 And 1supper being ended, athedevil having already put it into theheart of Judas Iscariot, Simons son,to betray Him,3 Jesus, knowing athat the Fatherhad given all things into His hands,and that He bhad come from God

andc

was going to God,

4 arose from supper and laid asideHis garments, took a towel andgirded Himself.5 After that, He poured water intoa basin and began to wash the disci-ples feet, and to wipe them with thetowel with which He was girded.6 Then He came to Simon Peter.And Peter said to Him, aLord, areYou washing my feet?7 Jesus answered and said to him,What I am doing you ado not un-derstand now, bbut you will knowafter this.8 Peter said to Him, You shallnever wash my feet! Jesus an-swered him, aIf I do not wash you,you have no part with Me.9 Simon Peter said to Him, Lord,not my feet only, but also my handsand my head!10 Jesus said to him, He who isbathed needs only to wash his feet,but is completely clean; and ayouare clean, but not all of you.11 For aHe knew who would betrayHim; therefore He said, You are notall clean.12 So when He had washed theirfeet, taken His garments, and satdown again, He said to them, Doyou 1know what I have done to you?13 aYou call Me Teacher and Lord,and you say well, for so I am.14 aIf I then, your Lord andTeacher, have washed your feet,byou also ought to wash one anoth-ers feet.15 For aI have given you an exam-ple, that you should do as I havedone to you.16 aMost assuredly, I say to you, aservant is not greater than his mas-ter; nor is he who is sent greaterthan he who sent him.17 aIf you know these things,blessed are you if you do them.

Jesus Identifies His Betrayer

18 I do not speak concerning all ofyou. I know whom I have chosen;but that the aScripture may be ful-filled, bHe who eats 1bread with Mehas lifted up his heel against Me.19 aNow I tell you before it comes,that when it does come to pass, youmay believe that I am He.20 aMost assuredly, I say to you,he who receives whomever I send

receives Me; and he who receivesMe receives Him who sent Me.21 aWhen Je

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