CHAPTER 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things
were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth
in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent
from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that
Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true
Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in
the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and
cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred
before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received,
and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth
came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And
this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem
to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed,
I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias?
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them
that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said
the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou
be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them,
saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know
not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's
latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which
is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but
that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing
with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending
from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not:
but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he
which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that
this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two
of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold
the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed
Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,
What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They
came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about
the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed
him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother
Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted,
the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him,
he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which
is by interpretation, A stone.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth
into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now
Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth
Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law,
and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And
Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael
saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him,
Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw
thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son
of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels
of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
CHAPTER 2
1 And the third day
there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when
they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is
not yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith
unto you, do it.
6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after
the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins
apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and
bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9 When the ruler
of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence
it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the
feast called the bridegroom,
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning
doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is
worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of
miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and
his disciples believed on him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum,
he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued
there not many days.
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem.
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep
and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a
scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep,
and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my
Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered
that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then
answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing
that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews,
Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up
in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore
he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this
unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had
said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,
many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
24
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
CHAPTER 3
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou
art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest,
except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which
is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not
tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born
of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things
be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak
that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended
up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which
is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not
is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land
of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also
was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there:
and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi,
he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold,
the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said,
A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves
bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before
him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must
increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all:
he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh
from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth;
and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony
hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth
not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
CHAPTER 4
1
When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized
not, but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of
Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob
gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore,
being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the
sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith
unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the
city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?
for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and
said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith
to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would
have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that
living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us
the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a
well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto
him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The
woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast
well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he
whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where
men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship
the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for
salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him,
I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will
tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am
he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with
the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with
her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city,
and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that
ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30 Then they went out of the city,
and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying,
Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know
not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought
him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of
him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet
four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal:
that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And
herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent
you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye
are entered into their labours.
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city
believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me
all that ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they
besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41 And many more believed because of his own word;
42 And said unto the
woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 Now
after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
44 For Jesus
himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
45
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen
all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went
unto the feast.
46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made
the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went
unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for
he was at the point of death.
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see
signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto him,
Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy
son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him,
and he went his way.
51 And as he was now going down, his servants met
him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired he of them
the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the
seventh hour the fever left him.
53 So the father knew that it was at the
same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself
believed, and his whole house.
54 This is again the second miracle that
Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
CHAPTER 5
1 After this there
was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is
at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue
Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent
folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was
made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there,
which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie,
and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him,
Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no
man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise,
take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and
took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 The
Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is
not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made
me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked
they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself
away, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in
the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more,
lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews
that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews
persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things
on the sabbath day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto,
and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because
he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,
making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what
he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth
the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all
things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these,
that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth
no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should
honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the
Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I
say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath
he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority
to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at
this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall
hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto
the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection
of damnation.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge:
and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of
the Father which hath sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness
is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know
that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John,
and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from
man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning
and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of
me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath
sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any
time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for
whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in
them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive
not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God
in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another
shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe,
which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh
from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there
is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed
Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe
not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
CHAPTER 6
1 After these things Jesus
went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great
multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them
that were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto
him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples,
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which
hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so
many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass
in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And
Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the
disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of
the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto
his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with
the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto
them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle
that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into
the world.
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take
him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself
alone.
16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the
sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.
And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose
by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about five
and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing
nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20 But he saith unto them, It
is I; be not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received him into the ship:
and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22 The day
following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that
there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were
entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that
his disciples were gone away alone;
23 (Howbeit there came other boats
from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the
Lord had given thanks:)
24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was
not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they had found him on the other side of
the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered
them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye
saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him
hath God the Father sealed.
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do,
that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 They
said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and
believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not
that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us
this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that
cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never
thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe
not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh
to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to
do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the
Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should
lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this
is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and
believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the
last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread
which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son
of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith,
I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father
which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every
man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto
me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God,
he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers
did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which
cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I
am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread,
he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which
I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among
themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh
of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise
him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth
in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by
the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is
that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna,
and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These
things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore
of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying;
who can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured
at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall
see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe
not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and
who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that
no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal
life.
69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son
of the living God.
70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve,
and one of you is a devil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:
for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
CHAPTER 7
1 After
these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because
the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at
hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into
Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4 For
there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to
be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said unto them,
My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7 The world cannot
hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof
are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast:
for my time is not yet full come.
9 When he had said these words unto them,
he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then
went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And there
was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is
a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
13 Howbeit no
man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the midst of
the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Jews marvelled,
saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered
them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any
man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God,
or whether I speak of myself.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his
own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true,
and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and
yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The people
answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses,
but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If
a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should
not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole
on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment.
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this
he, whom they seek to kill?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say
nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man
knoweth whence he is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying,
Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but
he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I know him: for I am
from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no
man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of
the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more
miracles than these which this man hath done?
32 The Pharisees heard that
the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the
chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then said Jesus unto them,
Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot
come.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that
we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles,
and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner of saying is this that he said,
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot
come?
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He
that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which
they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Many of the people therefore,
when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41 Others
said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was a division
among the people because of him.
44 And some of them would have taken him;
but no man laid hands on him.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests
and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then answered
them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have any of the rulers or
of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people who knoweth not the
law are cursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by
night, being one of them,)
51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth?
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou
also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And every man went unto his own house.
CHAPTER 8
1 Jesus went unto the mount
of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and
all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the
scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when
they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was
taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting
him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with
his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when
they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that
is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again
he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the
eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing
in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the
woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man
condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither
do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto
them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13 The Pharisees therefore
said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
14
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my
record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot
tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge
no man.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone,
but I and the Father that sent me.
17 It is also written in your law, that
the testimony of two men is true.
18 I am one that bear witness of myself,
and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
19 Then said they unto
him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father:
if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words
spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid
hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto
them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither
I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because
he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are
from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 Then said they
unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said
unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge
of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things
which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them
of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself;
but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent
me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things
that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed,
and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth
sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house
for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed;
but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak
that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen
with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father.
Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works
of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds
of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we
have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father,
ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I
of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even
because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth
me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that
is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are
not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well
that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have
not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek
not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then
said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead,
and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?
and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered,
If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth
me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but
I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto
you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced
to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto
him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
CHAPTER 9
1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or
his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this
man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest
in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with
the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is
by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came
seeing.
8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him
that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some said,
This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10 Therefore
said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said,
A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto
me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received
sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was
the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then
again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said
unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16 Therefore
said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not
the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?
And there was a division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man again,
What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a
prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been
blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that
had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son,
who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered
them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his
eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews
had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should
be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age;
ask him.
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto
him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He answered
and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that,
whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did
he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told
you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will
ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art
his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto
Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered
and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from
whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God
heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his
will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not heard that any
man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not
of God, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast
altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said
unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said,
Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him,
Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he
said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment
I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they
which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were
with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus
said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say,
We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
CHAPTER 10
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some
other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in
by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth;
and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth
them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,
and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will
they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that
ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling,
and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming,
and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth
the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth
not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am
known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father:
and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice;
and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father
love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No
man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for
these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad;
why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath
a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem
the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in
the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him,
and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ,
tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not:
the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But
ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater
than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30
I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone
him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered
him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because
that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is
it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them
gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not
the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe
not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father
is in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but
he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into
the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 And many
resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John
spake of this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
CHAPTER 11
1 Now
a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her
sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment,
and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore
his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but
for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard
therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where
he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea
again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to
stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there
not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not,
because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the
night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things
said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;
but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples,
Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death:
but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then
said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your
sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let
us go unto him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his
fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when
Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And
many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their
brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto
Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But
I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it
thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha
saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the
last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ,
the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had
so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The
Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she
arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the
town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which
were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she
rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave
to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him,
she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and
the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and
was troubled.
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him,
Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how
he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened
the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was
a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time
he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her,
Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see
the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where
the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank
thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always:
but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe
that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with
a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth,
bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with
a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many
of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did,
believed on him.
46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees,
and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests
and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and
the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 And
one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto
them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for
us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish
not.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year,
he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 And not for that
nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children
of God that were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they took
counsel together for to put him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no
more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness,
into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country
up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then sought
they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple,
What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief
priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew
where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
CHAPTER 12
1 Then Jesus
six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had
been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper;
and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with
him.
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house
was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples,
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this
ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he
said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had
the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone:
against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8 For the poor always
ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews
therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only,
but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
11
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on
Jesus.
12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when
they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm
trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King
of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
14 And Jesus, when he had
found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter
of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
16 These things
understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified,
then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they
had done these things unto him.
17 The people therefore that was with
him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead,
bare record.
18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they
heard that he had done this miracle.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among
themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone
after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to
worship at the feast:
21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
22
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of
man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn
of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and
he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also
my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
27 Now
is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour:
but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and
will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard
it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30 Jesus
answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world
be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men unto me.
33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
34
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth
for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this
Son of man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light
with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for
he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye
have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These
things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
37 But
though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on
him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which
he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of
the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that
Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart;
that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart,
and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias,
when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 Nevertheless among the chief
rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not
confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
43 For they
loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 Jesus cried and
said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent
me.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46 I am come a
light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in
darkness.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him
not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He that
rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the
word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
49
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me
a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know
that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even
as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
CHAPTER 13
1 Now before the feast of the
passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out
of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world,
he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having
now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that
he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid
aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that
he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and
to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he
to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou
shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my
feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands
and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save
to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all
clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments,
and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If
I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash
one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should
do as I have done to you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant
is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that
sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against
me.
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye
may believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth
whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified,
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus
loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who
it should be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith
unto him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall
give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave
it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entered
into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now
no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
29 For
some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto
him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he
should give something to the poor.
30 He then having received the sop
went immediately out: and it was night.
31 Therefore, when he was gone
out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in
him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself,
and shall straightway glorify him.
33 Little children, yet a little while
I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go,
ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give unto
you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another.
36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither
goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now;
but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why
cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
38 Jesus
answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
CHAPTER 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where
I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye
know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and
how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known
me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him,
and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time
with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath
seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest
thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I
speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me,
he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father
in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do
also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name,
I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will
pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall
know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath
my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth
me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself
to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered
and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear
is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken
unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as
the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and
come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I
go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have
told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might
believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of
this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know
that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I
do. Arise, let us go hence.
CHAPTER 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away:
and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth
more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye
bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved
me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments,
ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments,
and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth
I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:
but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father
I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love
one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before
it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own:
but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto
you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me,
they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep
yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's
sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and
spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their
sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done
among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but
now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh
to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They
hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness,
because ye have been with me from the beginning.
CHAPTER 16
1 These things have I
spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you
out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will
think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto
you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things
have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told
you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because
I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of
you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things
unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness,
because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because
the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto
you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,
is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things
to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore
said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A little
while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see
me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among
themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because
I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith,
A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they
were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves
of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye
shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail
hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of
the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born
into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs:
but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but
I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in
my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed
that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His
disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that
any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh,
yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall
leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world.
CHAPTER 17
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and
said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify
thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give
eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal,
that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work
which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with
thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of
the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy
word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given
me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest
me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them:
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they
are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified
in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world,
and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou
hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 While I was with them
in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept,
and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might
be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the
world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have
given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not
of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify
them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into
the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their
sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world
may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest
me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the
world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast
loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be
with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given
me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous
Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have
known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name,
and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in
them, and I in them.
CHAPTER 18
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth
with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which
he entered, and his disciples.
2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew
the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
3 Judas
then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and
Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus
therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and
said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood
with them.
6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went
backward, and fell to the ground.
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek
ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus answered, I have told you
that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9 That the
saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have
I lost none.
10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the
high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was
Malchus.
11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath:
the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12 Then the
band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which
was the high priest that same year.
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the
people.
15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple:
that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into
the palace of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the door without.
Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest,
and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17 Then saith
the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's
disciples? He saith, I am not.
18 And the servants and officers stood
there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves:
and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
19 The high priest then
asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him,
I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple,
whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
21
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them:
behold, they know what I said.
22 And when he had thus spoken, one of
the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying,
Answerest thou the high priest so?
23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken
evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24 Now
Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25 And Simon Peter
stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also
one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
26 One of the
servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith,
Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
27 Peter then denied again:
and immediately the cock crew.
28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto
the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into
the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the
passover.
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation
bring ye against this man?
30 They answered and said unto him, If he were
not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31 Then
said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.
The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man
to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,
signifying what death he should die.
33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment
hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the
Jews?
34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did
others tell it thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation
and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this
world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the
Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
37 Pilate therefore said unto
him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I
should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth
my voice.
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said
this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him
no fault at all.
39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you
one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of
the Jews?
40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas.
Now Barabbas was a robber.
CHAPTER 19
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged
him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews!
and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again,
and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that
I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of
thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and
crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have
a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of
God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him,
Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify
thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest
have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore
he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth
Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let
this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king
speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is
called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation
of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold
your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests
answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore
unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And
he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull,
which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and
two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And
Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS
OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the
Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it
was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests
of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said,
I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have
written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat:
now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They
said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They
parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These
things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of
Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and
Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple
standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour
that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing
that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled,
saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they
filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because
it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross
on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate
that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other
which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw
that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth
that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done,
that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they
pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away
the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took
the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first
came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it
in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden
a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus
therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh
at hand.
CHAPTER 20
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when
it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from
the sepulchre.
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the
other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away
the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the
sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun
Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stooping down, and looking
in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon
Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes
lie,
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen
clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8 Then went in also
that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from
the dead.
10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped
down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting,
the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain.
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have
laid him.
14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and
saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus saith unto
her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be
the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me
where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus saith unto
her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say,
Master.
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended
to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my
Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene
came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken
these things unto her.
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,
Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his
hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath
sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed
on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain,
they are retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was
not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said unto
him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in
his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the
nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26 And after
eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came
Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto
you.
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not
faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My
LORD and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen
me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
believed.
30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his
disciples, which are not written in this book:
31 But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing ye might have life through his name.
CHAPTER 21
1 After these things Jesus
shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this
wise shewed he himself.
2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas
called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee,
and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a
fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered
into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
4 But when
the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew
not that it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye
any meat? They answered him, No.
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net
on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and
now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore
that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when
Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him,
(for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
8 And the other
disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as
it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
9 As soon then
as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
thereon, and bread.
10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which
ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full
of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so
many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.
And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was
the Lord.
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and
fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself
to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
15 So when they
had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me
more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.
He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He
saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter
was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And
he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
18 Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou
wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands,
and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
19
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he
had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
20 Then Peter, turning
about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on
his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
22
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to
thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren,
that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall
not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these
things: and we know that his testimony is true.
25 And there are also
many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every
one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that
should be written. Amen.