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