^6:1After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias. ^6:2And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill. ^6:3Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples. ^6:4Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. ^6:5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people? ^6:6This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do. ^6:7Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little. ^6:8One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus, ^6:9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number? ^6:10Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand. ^6:11Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of. ^6:12And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted. ^6:13So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough. ^6:14And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world. ^6:15Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself. ^6:16When evening came the disciples went down to the sea; ^6:17And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them. ^6:18The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing. ^6:19After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear. ^6:20But he said to them, It is I, have no fear. ^6:21Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going. ^6:22The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves. ^6:23Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise. ^6:24So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus. ^6:25And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here? ^6:26Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough. ^6:27Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark. ^6:28Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God? ^6:29Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent. ^6:30So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do? ^6:31Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven. ^6:32Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ^6:33The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world. ^6:34Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever! ^6:35And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink. ^6:36But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith. ^6:37Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me. ^6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me. ^6:39And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. ^6:40This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day. ^6:41Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven. ^6:42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven? ^6:43Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another. ^6:44No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day. ^6:45The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me. ^6:46Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father. ^6:47Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life. ^6:48I am the bread of life. ^6:49Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead. ^6:50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death. ^6:51I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. ^6:52Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food? ^6:53Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you. ^6:54He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day. ^6:55My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. ^6:56He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him. ^6:57As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me. ^6:58This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever. ^6:59Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum. ^6:60Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching? ^6:61When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble? ^6:62What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before? ^6:63The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life. ^6:64But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him. ^6:65And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father. ^6:66Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him. ^6:67So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away? ^6:68Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; ^6:69And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God. ^6:70Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One? ^6:71He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Jesus--one of the twelve.

^7:1After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death. ^7:2But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near. ^7:3So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do. ^7:4Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men. ^7:5For even his brothers had no belief in him. ^7:6Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you. ^7:7It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil. ^7:8Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come. ^7:9Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee. ^7:10But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret. ^7:11At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he? ^7:12And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas. ^7:13But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews. ^7:14Now in the middle of the feast Jesus went up to the Temple and was teaching. ^7:15Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school. ^7:16Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me. ^7:17If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself. ^7:18The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him. ^7:19Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death? ^7:20The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death? ^7:21This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it. ^7:22Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision. ^7:23If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? ^7:24Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness. ^7:25Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired? ^7:26And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ? ^7:27However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from. ^7:28Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him. ^7:29I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me. ^7:30Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come. ^7:31And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done? ^7:32This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him. ^7:33Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me. ^7:34You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come. ^7:35So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks? ^7:36What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come? ^7:37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him. ^7:38He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water. ^7:39This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come. ^7:40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. ^7:41Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee? ^7:42Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was? ^7:43So there was a division among the people because of him. ^7:44And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him. ^7:45Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you? ^7:46The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man. ^7:47Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? ^7:48Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? ^7:49But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed. ^7:50Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them, ^7:51Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done? ^7:52This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee. ^7:53[And every man went to his house;

^8:1But Jesus went to the Mountain of Olives. ^8:2And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them. ^8:3Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation; ^8:4And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation. ^8:5Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it? ^8:6They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger. ^8:7But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her. ^8:8And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor. ^8:9And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him. ^8:10Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you? ^8:11And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.] ^8:12Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life. ^8:13So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true. ^8:14Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going. ^8:15You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man. ^8:16Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me. ^8:17Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true. ^8:18I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me. ^8:19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father. ^8:20Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come. ^8:21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going. ^8:22So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come? ^8:23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world. ^8:24For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins. ^8:25Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first. ^8:26I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world. ^8:27They did not see that his words were about the Father. ^8:28So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching. ^8:29He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him. ^8:30When he said this a number came to have faith in him. ^8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; ^8:32And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free. ^8:33They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free? ^8:34And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin. ^8:35Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does. ^8:36If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free. ^8:37I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you. ^8:38I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house. ^8:39In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did. ^8:40But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that. ^8:41You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God. ^8:42Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me. ^8:43Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching. ^8:44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false. ^8:45But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me. ^8:46Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me? ^8:47He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God. ^8:48The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit? ^8:49And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me. ^8:50I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge. ^8:51Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death. ^8:52The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death. ^8:53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are? ^8:54Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God. ^8:55You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word. ^8:56Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad. ^8:57Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham? ^8:58Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am. ^8:59So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

^9:1And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth. ^9:2And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth? ^9:3Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him. ^9:4While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done. ^9:5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ^9:6Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes, ^9:7And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see. ^9:8Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people? ^9:9Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. ^9:10So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open? ^9:11His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see. ^9:12And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge. ^9:13They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind. ^9:14Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath. ^9:15So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see. ^9:16Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them. ^9:17Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. ^9:18Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open, ^9:19And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see? ^9:20In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth: ^9:21But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself. ^9:22They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue. ^9:23That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him. ^9:24So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner. ^9:25He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see. ^9:26Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes? ^9:27His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples? ^9:28And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. ^9:29We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from. ^9:30The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes. ^9:31We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open. ^9:32In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open. ^9:33If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything. ^9:34Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue. ^9:35It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man? ^9:36He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him. ^9:37Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you. ^9:38And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship. ^9:39And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. ^9:40These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind? ^9:41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

^10:1Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw. ^10:2He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep. ^10:3The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out. ^10:4When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice. ^10:5They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them. ^10:6In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them. ^10:7So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ^10:8All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them. ^10:9I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food. ^10:10The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure. ^10:11I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep. ^10:12He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions: ^10:13Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep. ^10:14I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me, ^10:15Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep. ^10:16And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper. ^10:17For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again. ^10:18No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father. ^10:19There was a division again among the Jews because of these words. ^10:20And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him? ^10:21Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see? ^10:22Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter; ^10:23And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way. ^10:24Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly. ^10:25Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me. ^10:26But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep. ^10:27My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: ^10:28And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. ^10:29That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. ^10:30I and my Father are one. ^10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him. ^10:32Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me? ^10:33This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God. ^10:34In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods? ^10:35If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken), ^10:36Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son? ^10:37If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me; ^10:38But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. ^10:39Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them. ^10:40And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time. ^10:41And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true. ^10:42And a number came to have faith in him there.

^11:1Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. ^11:2(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.) ^11:3So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill. ^11:4When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it. ^11:5Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ^11:6So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days. ^11:7Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. ^11:8The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again? ^11:9Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world. ^11:10But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him. ^11:11These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep. ^11:12Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well. ^11:13Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep. ^11:14Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead. ^11:15And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him. ^11:16Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death. ^11:17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before. ^11:18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away; ^11:19And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother. ^11:20When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house. ^11:21Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead. ^11:22But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you. ^11:23Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again. ^11:24Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day. ^11:25Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; ^11:26And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith? ^11:27She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world. ^11:28And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you. ^11:29And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him. ^11:30Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him. ^11:31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there. ^11:32When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead. ^11:33And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled, ^11:34And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord. ^11:35And Jesus himself was weeping. ^11:36So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! ^11:37But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death? ^11:38So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening. ^11:39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days. ^11:40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God? ^11:41So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me. ^11:42I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me. ^11:43Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! ^11:44And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go. ^11:45Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him. ^11:46But some of them went to the Pharisees with the news of what Jesus had done. ^11:47Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs. ^11:48If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation. ^11:49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything; ^11:50You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction. ^11:51He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation; ^11:52And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world. ^11:53And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death. ^11:54So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples. ^11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover. ^11:56They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast? ^11:57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

^12:1Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead. ^12:2So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table. ^12:3Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume. ^12:4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said, ^12:5Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor? ^12:6(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.) ^12:7Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death. ^12:8The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever. ^12:9Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life. ^12:10Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death; ^12:11For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus. ^12:12The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ^12:13Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! ^12:14And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say, ^12:15Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass. ^12:16(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.) ^12:17Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it. ^12:18And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign. ^12:19Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him. ^12:20Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast: ^12:21They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus. ^12:22Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus. ^12:23And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come. ^12:24Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit. ^12:25He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever. ^12:26If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour. ^12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour. ^12:28Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again. ^12:29Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him. ^12:30Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you. ^12:31Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out. ^12:32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me. ^12:33(This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.) ^12:34Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? ^12:35Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going. ^12:36In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them. ^12:37But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him: ^12:38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled? ^12:39For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again, ^12:40He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well. ^12:41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.) ^12:42However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue: ^12:43For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God. ^12:44Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me. ^12:45And he who sees me, sees him who sent me. ^12:46I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark. ^12:47And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world. ^12:48He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day. ^12:49For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it. ^12:50And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

^13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end. ^13:2So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him, ^13:3Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God, ^13:4Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him. ^13:5Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him. ^13:6So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you? ^13:7And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come. ^13:8Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me. ^13:9Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head. ^13:10Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you. ^13:11(He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.) ^13:12Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you? ^13:13You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am. ^13:14If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean. ^13:15I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you. ^13:16Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him. ^13:17If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them. ^13:18I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me. ^13:19From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he. ^13:20Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me. ^13:21When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me. ^13:22Then the eyes of the disciples were turned on one another, in doubt as to whom he had in mind. ^13:23There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast. ^13:24Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about? ^13:25He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it? ^13:26This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ^13:27And when Judas took the bread Satan went into him. Then Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you have to do. ^13:28Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him. ^13:29Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor. ^13:30So Judas, having taken the bit of bread, straight away went out: and it was night. ^13:31Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him. ^13:32If God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now. ^13:33My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come. ^13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another. ^13:35By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. ^13:36Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later. ^13:37Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you. ^13:38Jesus said in answer, Will you give up your life for me? Truly I say to you, Before the cry of the cock you will have said three times that you are not my disciple.

^14:1Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me. ^14:2In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you? ^14:3And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am. ^14:4And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it. ^14:5Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way? ^14:6Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me. ^14:7If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him. ^14:8Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more. ^14:9Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father? ^14:10Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works. ^14:11Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do. ^14:12Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father. ^14:13And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son. ^14:14If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it. ^14:15If you have love for me, you will keep my laws. ^14:16And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever, ^14:17Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you. ^14:18I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you. ^14:19A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living. ^14:20At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you. ^14:21He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him. ^14:22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world? ^14:23Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him. ^14:24He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me. ^14:25I have said all this to you while I am still with you. ^14:26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you. ^14:27May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear. ^14:28Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I. ^14:29And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith. ^14:30After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me; ^14:31But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

^15:1I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. ^15:2He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit. ^15:3You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you. ^15:4Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me. ^15:5I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing. ^15:6If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned. ^15:7If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you. ^15:8Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples. ^15:9Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love. ^15:10If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love. ^15:11I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete. ^15:12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you. ^15:13Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends. ^15:14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do. ^15:15No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me. ^15:16You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you. ^15:17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another. ^15:18If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. ^15:19If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world. ^15:20Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours. ^15:21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me. ^15:22If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin. ^15:23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father. ^15:24If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father. ^15:25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause. ^15:26When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me; ^15:27And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

^16:1I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt. ^16:2They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure. ^16:3They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me. ^16:4I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you. ^16:5But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going? ^16:6But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things. ^16:7But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. ^16:8And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged: ^16:9Of sin, because they have not faith in me; ^16:10Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more; ^16:11Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged. ^16:12I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. ^16:13However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come. ^16:14He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you. ^16:15Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you. ^16:16After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me. ^16:17So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father? ^16:18So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us. ^16:19Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? ^16:20Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. ^16:21When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world. ^16:22So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy. ^16:23And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name. ^16:24Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy. ^16:25All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly. ^16:26In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you, ^16:27For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God. ^16:28I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father. ^16:29His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language. ^16:30Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God. ^16:31Jesus made answer, Have you faith now? ^16:32See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me. ^16:33I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

^17:1Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you: ^17:2Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him. ^17:3And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ. ^17:4I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do. ^17:5And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was. ^17:6I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words. ^17:7Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you: ^17:8Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me. ^17:9My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours ^17:10(All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them. ^17:11And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one. ^17:12While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true. ^17:13And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them. ^17:14I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ^17:15My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One. ^17:16They are not of the world any more than I am of the world. ^17:17Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word. ^17:18Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ^17:19And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy. ^17:20My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word; ^17:21May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me. ^17:22And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one; ^17:23I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you. ^17:24Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being. ^17:25Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me; ^17:26And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

^18:1When Jesus had said these words he went out with his disciples over the stream Kedron to a garden, into which he went with his disciples. ^18:2And Judas, who was false to him, had knowledge of the place because Jesus went there frequently with his disciples. ^18:3So Judas, getting a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lights and with arms. ^18:4Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for? ^18:5Their answer was, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said, I am he. And Judas, who was false to him, was there at their side. ^18:6And when he said to them, I am he, they went back, falling to the earth. ^18:7So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene. ^18:8Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away. ^18:9(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.) ^18:10Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. ^18:11Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me? ^18:12Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him. ^18:13They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was the high priest that year. ^18:14It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people. ^18:15And Simon Peter went after Jesus with another disciple. Now that disciple was a friend of the high priest and he went in with Jesus into the house of the high priest; ^18:16But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a friend of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in. ^18:17Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not. ^18:18Now the servants and the police had made a fire of coals because it was cold; they were warming themselves in front of it and Peter was there with them, warming himself. ^18:19Then the high priest put questions to Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. ^18:20Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly. ^18:21Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said. ^18:22When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest? ^18:23Jesus said in answer, If I have said anything evil, give witness to the evil: but if I said what is true, why do you give me blows? ^18:24Then Annas sent him chained to Caiaphas, the high priest. ^18:25But Simon Peter was still there warming himself by the fire. They said to him, Are you not one of his disciples? He said, No, I am not. ^18:26One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden? ^18:27Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry. ^18:28So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover. ^18:29So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man? ^18:30They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you. ^18:31Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death. ^18:32(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.) ^18:33Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? ^18:34Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me? ^18:35Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done? ^18:36Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here. ^18:37Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice. ^18:38Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him. ^18:39But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free? ^18:40Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.

^19:1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords. ^19:2And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. ^19:3And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands. ^19:4And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him. ^19:5Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man! ^19:6So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him. ^19:7And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God. ^19:8When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater; ^19:9And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer. ^19:10Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross? ^19:11Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin. ^19:12Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar. ^19:13So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor. ^19:14(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King! ^19:15Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar. ^19:16So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away; ^19:17And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha): ^19:18Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle. ^19:19And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ^19:20The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek. ^19:21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews. ^19:22But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed. ^19:23And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth. ^19:24So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did. ^19:25Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. ^19:26So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son! ^19:27Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house. ^19:28After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water. ^19:29Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth. ^19:30So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit. ^19:31Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. ^19:32So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus: ^19:33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken; ^19:34But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water. ^19:35And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief. ^19:36These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken. ^19:37And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears. ^19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body. ^19:39And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds. ^19:40Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest. ^19:41Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put. ^19:42So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

^20:1Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it. ^20:2Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him. ^20:3So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead. ^20:4They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock; ^20:5And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in, ^20:6Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth, ^20:7And the cloth, which had been round his head, not with the linen bands but rolled up in a place by itself. ^20:8Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him. ^20:9For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead. ^20:10So then the disciples went away again to their houses. ^20:11But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole, ^20:12She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet. ^20:13They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him. ^20:14And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus. ^20:15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away. ^20:16Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master). ^20:17Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. ^20:18Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her. ^20:19At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you! ^20:20And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ^20:21And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you. ^20:22And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you: ^20:23Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins. ^20:24Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ^20:25So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief. ^20:26And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you! ^20:27Then he said to Thomas, Put out your finger, and see my hands; and put your hand here into my side: and be no longer in doubt but have belief. ^20:28And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God! ^20:29Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me! ^20:30A number of other signs Jesus did before his disciples which are not recorded in this book: ^20:31But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

^21:1After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way. ^21:2Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together. ^21:3Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish. ^21:4Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus). ^21:5So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No. ^21:6And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish. ^21:7So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea. ^21:8And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish. ^21:9When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread. ^21:10Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken. ^21:11So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken. ^21:12Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord. ^21:13Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way. ^21:14Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead. ^21:15Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. ^21:16Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. ^21:17He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food. ^21:18Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go. ^21:19Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me. ^21:20Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you? ^21:21Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man? ^21:22Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me. ^21:23So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? ^21:24This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true. ^21:25And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.

Acts

^1:1I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first, ^1:2Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection: ^1:3And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God: ^1:4And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge: ^1:5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time. ^1:6So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel? ^1:7And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control. ^1:8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. ^1:9And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud. ^1:10And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing, ^1:11And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. ^1:12Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. ^1:13And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James. ^1:14And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. ^1:15And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said, ^1:16My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus, ^1:17For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work. ^1:18(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there. ^1:19And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.) ^1:20For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another. ^1:21For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ^1:22Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death. ^1:23And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias. ^1:24And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you, ^1:25To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place. ^1:26And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

^2:1And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place. ^2:2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it. ^2:3And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them. ^2:4And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power. ^2:5Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven. ^2:6And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language. ^2:7And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans? ^2:8And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth? ^2:9Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, ^2:10In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews, ^2:11Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God. ^2:12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this? ^2:13But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine. ^2:14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words. ^2:15For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day; ^2:16But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel; ^2:17And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams: ^2:18And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets. ^2:19And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke: ^2:20The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory: ^2:21And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation. ^2:22Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge, ^2:23Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men: ^2:24But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it. ^2:25For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved: ^2:26And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope: ^2:27For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction. ^2:28You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face. ^2:29My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today. ^2:30But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king, ^2:31He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction. ^2:32This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses. ^2:33And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of. ^2:34For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, ^2:35Till I put all those who are against you under your feet. ^2:36For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ. ^2:37Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do? ^2:38And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you. ^2:39For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God. ^2:40And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation. ^2:41Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day. ^2:42And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer. ^2:43But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles. ^2:44And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common; ^2:45And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need. ^2:46And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts, ^2:47Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

^3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer; ^3:2And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple; ^3:3He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them. ^3:4And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us. ^3:5And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them. ^3:6But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet. ^3:7And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong, ^3:8And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God. ^3:9And all the people saw him walking and praising God: ^3:10And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place. ^3:11And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder. ^3:12And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs? ^3:13The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free. ^3:14But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you, ^3:15And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses. ^3:16And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all. ^3:17And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge. ^3:18But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way. ^3:19So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord; ^3:20And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus: ^3:21Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times. ^3:22For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you. ^3:23And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people. ^3:24And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days. ^3:25You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth. ^3:26To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.