^15:1Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him. ^15:2And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them. ^15:3And he made a story for them, saying, ^15:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is? ^15:5And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy. ^15:6And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away. ^15:7I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart. ^15:8Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it? ^15:9And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me. ^15:10Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing. ^15:11And he said, A certain man had two sons: ^15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them. ^15:13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living. ^15:14And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need. ^15:15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food. ^15:16And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything. ^15:17But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food! ^15:18I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: ^15:19I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. ^15:20And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss. ^15:21And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son. ^15:22But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet: ^15:23And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. ^15:24For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy. ^15:25Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears. ^15:26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be. ^15:27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely. ^15:28But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in. ^15:29But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends: ^15:30But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him. ^15:31And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours. ^15:32But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

^16:1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods. ^16:2And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property. ^16:3And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets. ^16:4I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses. ^16:5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord? ^16:6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty. ^16:7Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty. ^16:8And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light. ^16:9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places. ^16:10He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great. ^16:11If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth? ^16:12And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours? ^16:13No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth. ^16:14And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him. ^16:15And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God. ^16:16The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force. ^16:17But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out. ^16:18Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her. ^16:19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. ^16:20And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, ^16:21Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. ^16:22And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. ^16:23And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. ^16:24And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. ^16:25But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain. ^16:26And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us. ^16:27And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house; ^16:28For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain. ^16:29But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say. ^16:30And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed. ^16:31And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

^17:1And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come. ^17:2It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones. ^17:3Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness. ^17:4And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness. ^17:5And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater. ^17:6And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done. ^17:7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal, ^17:8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours? ^17:9Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered? ^17:10In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do. ^17:11And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee. ^17:12And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance, ^17:13Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. ^17:14And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean. ^17:15And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; ^17:16And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. ^17:17And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine? ^17:18Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land? ^17:19And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well. ^17:20And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation: ^17:21And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you. ^17:22And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it. ^17:23And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them. ^17:24For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes. ^17:25But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation. ^17:26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man. ^17:27They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction. ^17:28In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building; ^17:29But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all. ^17:30So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man. ^17:31On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house. ^17:32Keep in mind Lot's wife. ^17:33If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it. ^17:34I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go. ^17:35Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go. ^17:36[] ^17:37And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

^18:1And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired; ^18:2Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man: ^18:3And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong. ^18:4And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man, ^18:5Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming. ^18:6And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge. ^18:7And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it? ^18:8I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth? ^18:9And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others: ^18:10Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer. ^18:11The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer. ^18:12Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have. ^18:13The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. ^18:14I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high. ^18:15And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them ^18:16But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ^18:17Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all. ^18:18And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? ^18:19And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God. ^18:20You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother. ^18:21And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy. ^18:22And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me. ^18:23But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth. ^18:24And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God! ^18:25It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God. ^18:26And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation? ^18:27But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God. ^18:28And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you. ^18:29And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God, ^18:30Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life. ^18:31And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man. ^18:32For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame: ^18:33And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life. ^18:34But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it. ^18:35And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by. ^18:36And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this? ^18:37And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by. ^18:38And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. ^18:39And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me. ^18:40And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him, ^18:41What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again. ^18:42And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well. ^18:43And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

^19:1And he went into Jericho, and when he was going through it, ^19:2A man, named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax-farmer, and a man of wealth, ^19:3Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man. ^19:4And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way. ^19:5And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today. ^19:6And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy. ^19:7And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner. ^19:8And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much. ^19:9And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham. ^19:10For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour. ^19:11And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away. ^19:12So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back. ^19:13And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come. ^19:14But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler. ^19:15And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done. ^19:16And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds. ^19:17And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns. ^19:18And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds. ^19:19And he said, You will be ruler over five towns. ^19:20And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth; ^19:21Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed. ^19:22He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed; ^19:23Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest? ^19:24And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten. ^19:25And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds. ^19:26And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ^19:27And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me. ^19:28And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem. ^19:29And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, ^19:30Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him. ^19:31And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him. ^19:32And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said. ^19:33And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass? ^19:34And they said, The Lord has need of him. ^19:35And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him. ^19:36And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him. ^19:37And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen; ^19:38Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest. ^19:39And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet. ^19:40And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out. ^19:41And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, ^19:42Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them. ^19:43For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, ^19:44And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy. ^19:45And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there, ^19:46Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves. ^19:47And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death; ^19:48But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

^20:1And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news, ^20:2That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority. ^20:3And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer: ^20:4The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men? ^20:5And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him? ^20:6But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet. ^20:7And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from. ^20:8And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things. ^20:9And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time. ^20:10And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing. ^20:11And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing. ^20:12And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out. ^20:13And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him. ^20:14But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours. ^20:15And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen? ^20:16He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so. ^20:17But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building? ^20:18Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust. ^20:19And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them. ^20:20And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler. ^20:21And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: ^20:22Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not? ^20:23But he saw through their trick and said to them, ^20:24Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's. ^20:25And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. ^20:26And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing. ^20:27And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him, ^20:28Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother. ^20:29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children; ^20:30And the second; ^20:31And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end. ^20:32And last of all, the woman came to her end. ^20:33When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her. ^20:34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives; ^20:35But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married; ^20:36And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead. ^20:37But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ^20:38Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him. ^20:39And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well. ^20:40And they had fear of putting any more questions to him. ^20:41And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David? ^20:42For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand, ^20:43Till I put under your feet all those who are against you. ^20:44David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it possible for him to be his son? ^20:45And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, ^20:46Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts; ^20:47Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

^21:1And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box. ^21:2And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing. ^21:3And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them: ^21:4For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living. ^21:5And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said, ^21:6As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down. ^21:7And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place? ^21:8And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them. ^21:9And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now. ^21:10Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom: ^21:11There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven. ^21:12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name. ^21:13And it will be turned to a witness for you. ^21:14So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give: ^21:15For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong. ^21:16But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. ^21:17And you will be hated by all men, because of me. ^21:18But not a hair of your head will come to destruction. ^21:19By going through all these things, you will keep your lives. ^21:20But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near. ^21:21Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in. ^21:22For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect. ^21:23It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people. ^21:24And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete. ^21:25And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves; ^21:26Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved. ^21:27And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. ^21:28But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near. ^21:29And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees; ^21:30When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming. ^21:31In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near. ^21:32Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete. ^21:33Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end. ^21:34But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net: ^21:35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth. ^21:36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man. ^21:37And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest. ^21:38And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

^22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover. ^22:2And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people. ^22:3And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. ^22:4And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them. ^22:5And they were glad, and undertook to give him money. ^22:6And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present. ^22:7And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death. ^22:8And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it. ^22:9And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready? ^22:10And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes. ^22:11And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples? ^22:12And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready. ^22:13And they went, and it was as he had said: and they made the Passover ready. ^22:14And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him. ^22:15And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death; ^22:16For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God. ^22:17And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves; ^22:18For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come. ^22:19And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me. ^22:20And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you. ^22:21But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at the table. ^22:22For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up. ^22:23And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing. ^22:24And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest. ^22:25And he said, The kings of the Gentiles are lords over them, and those who have authority are given names of honour. ^22:26But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant. ^22:27For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant. ^22:28But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles; ^22:29And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me, ^22:30So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ^22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested: ^22:32But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong. ^22:33And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death. ^22:34And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. ^22:35And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing. ^22:36And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword. ^22:37For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end. ^22:38And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough. ^22:39And he came out, and went, as his way was, to the Mountain of Olives, and the disciples went with him. ^22:40And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test. ^22:41And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said, ^22:42Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done. ^22:43And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength. ^22:44And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth. ^22:45And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow. ^22:46And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test. ^22:47And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss. ^22:48But Jesus said to him, Judas, will you be false to the Son of man with a kiss? ^22:49And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords? ^22:50And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. ^22:51But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well. ^22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks? ^22:53When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power. ^22:54And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the house of the high priest. But Peter went after them at a distance. ^22:55And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them. ^22:56And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him. ^22:57But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no knowledge of him. ^22:58And after a little time, another saw him and said, You are one of them; and he said, Man, I am not. ^22:59And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean. ^22:60And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock. ^22:61And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times. ^22:62And he went out, weeping bitterly. ^22:63And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows. ^22:64And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow? ^22:65And they said a number of other evil things against him. ^22:66And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying, ^22:67If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief; ^22:68And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer. ^22:69But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. ^22:70And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am. ^22:71And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

^23:1And they all went and took him before Pilate. ^23:2And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king. ^23:3And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so. ^23:4And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong. ^23:5But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place. ^23:6But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean? ^23:7And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time. ^23:8Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him. ^23:9And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing. ^23:10And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently. ^23:11And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate. ^23:12And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another. ^23:13And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, ^23:14You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him: ^23:15And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death. ^23:16And so I will give him punishment and let him go. ^23:17[] ^23:18But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free. ^23:19Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life. ^23:20And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free. ^23:21But crying out they said, To the cross with him! ^23:22And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go. ^23:23But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way. ^23:24And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect. ^23:25And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure. ^23:26And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus. ^23:27And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him. ^23:28But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children. ^23:29For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. ^23:30And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us. ^23:31For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry? ^23:32And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death. ^23:33And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left. ^23:34And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance. ^23:35And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection. ^23:36And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine, ^23:37And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free. ^23:38And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ^23:39And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this. ^23:40But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment, ^23:41And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong. ^23:42And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom. ^23:43And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise. ^23:44And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour; ^23:45The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two. ^23:46And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit. ^23:47And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man. ^23:48And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief. ^23:49And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things. ^23:50Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man ^23:51(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God: ^23:52This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus. ^23:53And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it. ^23:54Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on. ^23:55And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest; ^23:56And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

^24:1But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready. ^24:2And they saw that the stone had been rolled away. ^24:3And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there. ^24:4And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them: ^24:5And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ^24:6He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying, ^24:7The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life. ^24:8And his words came back into their minds, ^24:9And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others. ^24:10Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles. ^24:11But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them. ^24:12But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place. ^24:13And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ^24:14And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place. ^24:15And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them. ^24:16But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him. ^24:17And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go? ^24:18Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time? ^24:19And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people: ^24:20And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross. ^24:21But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place; ^24:22And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put, ^24:23And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living. ^24:24And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see. ^24:25And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. ^24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory? ^24:27And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself. ^24:28And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on; ^24:29But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them. ^24:30And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them. ^24:31And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view. ^24:32And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings? ^24:33And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together. ^24:34And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him. ^24:35And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him. ^24:36And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you! ^24:37But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit. ^24:38And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt? ^24:39See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have. ^24:40And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet. ^24:41And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here? ^24:42And they gave him a bit of cooked fish. ^24:43And before their eyes he took a meal. ^24:44And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect. ^24:45Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds. ^24:46And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day; ^24:47And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name. ^24:48You are witnesses of these things. ^24:49And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you. ^24:50And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing. ^24:51And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven. ^24:52And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy. ^24:53And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.

John

^1:1From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. ^1:2This Word was from the first in relation with God. ^1:3All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was. ^1:4What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men. ^1:5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark. ^1:6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ^1:7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him. ^1:8He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light. ^1:9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world. ^1:10He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him. ^1:11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts. ^1:12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name: ^1:13Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire. ^1:14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace. ^1:15John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me. ^1:16From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace. ^1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ. ^1:18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is. ^1:19And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you? ^1:20He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ. ^1:21And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not. ^1:22So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself? ^1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. ^1:24Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees. ^1:25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet? ^1:26John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge; ^1:27It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes. ^1:28These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism. ^1:29The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ^1:30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me. ^1:31I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel. ^1:32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him. ^1:33I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit. ^1:34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God. ^1:35The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples; ^1:36And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God! ^1:37Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus. ^1:38And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living? ^1:39He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day. ^1:40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus. ^1:41Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). ^1:42And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter). ^1:43The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple. ^1:44Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from. ^1:45Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. ^1:46Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. ^1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false. ^1:48Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you. ^1:49Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel! ^1:50In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these. ^1:51And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

^2:1On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there: ^2:2And Jesus with his disciples came as guests. ^2:3When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. ^2:4Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come. ^2:5His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it. ^2:6Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews. ^2:7Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top. ^2:8Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him. ^2:9After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man, ^2:10And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now. ^2:11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him. ^2:12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days. ^2:13The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ^2:14And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats: ^2:15And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables; ^2:16And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market. ^2:17And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house. ^2:18Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things? ^2:19And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days. ^2:20The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days! ^2:21But his words were about that holy building which was his body. ^2:22So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said. ^2:23Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did. ^2:24But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all. ^2:25He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

^3:1Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews. ^3:2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him. ^3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God. ^3:4Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again? ^3:5Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God. ^3:6That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit. ^3:7Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth. ^3:8The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit. ^3:9And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be? ^3:10And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things? ^3:11Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true. ^3:12If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven? ^3:13And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man. ^3:14As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up: ^3:15So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life. ^3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life. ^3:17God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him. ^3:18The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God. ^3:19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. ^3:20The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen. ^3:21But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God. ^3:22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism. ^3:23Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism. ^3:24For at this time John had not been put into prison. ^3:25Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing. ^3:26And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him. ^3:27And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven. ^3:28You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ. ^3:29He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete. ^3:30He has to become greater while I become less. ^3:31He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all. ^3:32He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true. ^3:33He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true. ^3:34For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure. ^3:35The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands. ^3:36He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

^4:1Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism ^4:2(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself), ^4:3He went out of Judaea into Galilee again. ^4:4And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria. ^4:5So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph: ^4:6Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ^4:7A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water. ^4:8For his disciples had gone to the town to get food. ^4:9The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria. ^4:10In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water. ^4:11The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water? ^4:12Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle? ^4:13Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again: ^4:14But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life. ^4:15The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it. ^4:16Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him. ^4:17In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband: ^4:18You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said. ^4:19The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet. ^4:20Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem. ^4:21Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. ^4:22You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews. ^4:23But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father. ^4:24God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit. ^4:25The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us. ^4:26Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he. ^4:27At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her? ^4:28Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people, ^4:29Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ? ^4:30So they went out of the town and came to him. ^4:31While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food. ^4:32But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge. ^4:33So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food? ^4:34Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete. ^4:35You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. ^4:36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together. ^4:37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain. ^4:38I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward. ^4:39Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did. ^4:40So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days. ^4:41And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said. ^4:42And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world. ^4:43And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee. ^4:44For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth. ^4:45So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast. ^4:46So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum. ^4:47When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well. ^4:48Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders. ^4:49The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead. ^4:50And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away. ^4:51And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living. ^4:52So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour. ^4:53It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family. ^4:54Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

^5:1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ^5:2Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways. ^5:3In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies. ^5:4[] ^5:5One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. ^5:6When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well? ^5:7The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me. ^5:8Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go. ^5:9And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath. ^5:10So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed. ^5:11He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go. ^5:12Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go? ^5:13Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place. ^5:14After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you. ^5:15The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ^5:16And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. ^5:17But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working. ^5:18For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God. ^5:19So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way. ^5:20For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder. ^5:21In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it. ^5:22The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son; ^5:23So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. ^5:24Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life. ^5:25Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life. ^5:26For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. ^5:27And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man. ^5:28Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, ^5:29And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged. ^5:30Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me. ^5:31If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true. ^5:32There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true. ^5:33You sent to John and he gave true witness. ^5:34But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation. ^5:35He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light. ^5:36But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me. ^5:37And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen. ^5:38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent. ^5:39You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me. ^5:40And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life. ^5:41I do not take honour from men; ^5:42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts. ^5:43I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval. ^5:44How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God? ^5:45Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes. ^5:46If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me. ^5:47If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

^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.