John 1-4
The Deity of Jesus Christ
aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and the Word was cwith God, and dthe Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 aIn Him was life, and the life was bthe Light of men. 5 aAnd the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
The Witness of John the Baptist
6 There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was aJohn. 7 He came aas a witness, to bear witness about the Light, bso that all might believe through him. 8 aHe was not the Light, but he came to bear witness about the Light.
9 There was athe true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone. 10 He was in the world, and athe world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to what was His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become achildren of God, even bto those who believe in His name, 13 awho were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Became Flesh
14 And athe Word bbecame flesh, and cdwelt among us, and dwe beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of egrace and ftruth. 15 John *abore witness about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘bHe who comes after me has been ahead of me, cfor He existed before me.’” 16 For of His afullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For athe Law was given through Moses; bgrace and ctruth came through Jesus Christ. 18 aNo one has seen God at any time; bthe only begotten God who is cin the bosom of the Father, dHe has explained Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness
19 And this is athe witness of John, when bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “aI am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you aElijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you bthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 Therefore, they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am aa voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor athe Prophet?” 26 John answered them, saying, “aI baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27 This One is aHe who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the bstrap of His sandal.” 28 These things took place in Bethany abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the next day, he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, athe Lamb of God who btakes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘aAfter me comes a man who has been ahead of me, bfor He existed before me.’ 31 I did not know Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing with water.” 32 And John abore witness saying, “bI have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He abided on Him. 33 And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, athis is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I myself have seen, and have borne witness that this is athe Son of God.”
Behold, the Lamb of God
35 aOn the next day, John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, athe Lamb of God!” 37 And the two disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus. 38 And when Jesus turned and noticed them following, He *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” 39 He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day. It was about the tenth hour. 40 aOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the aMessiah” (which translated means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. When Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of aJohn; you shall be called bCephas” (which is translated cPeter).
43 aOn the next day, He desired to go into bGalilee, and He *found cPhilip. And Jesus *said to him, “dFollow Me.” 44 Now aPhilip was from bBethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 aPhilip *found bNathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom cMoses in the Law and also cthe Prophets wrote—Jesus of dNazareth, ethe son of Joseph.” 46 And Nathanael said to him, “aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?” bPhilip *said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said about him, “Behold, truly an aIsraelite in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael *said to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered Him, “aRabbi, You are bthe Son of God; You are the cKing of Israel.” 50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see athe heavens opened and bthe angels of God ascending and descending on cthe Son of Man.”
The Wedding at Cana
And on athe third day there was a wedding in bCana of Galilee, and the cmother of Jesus was there; 2 and both Jesus and His adisciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus *said to her, “aWoman, bwhat do I have to do with you? cMy hour has not yet come.” 5 His amother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” 6 Now there were six stone water jars set there afor the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each. 7 Jesus *said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him. 9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water awhich had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, 10 and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ahave drunk freely, then the inferior wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this in Cana of aGalilee as the beginning of His bsigns, and manifested His cglory, and His disciples believed in Him.
12 After this He went down to aCapernaum, He and His bmother and His bbrothers and His cdisciples; and they stayed there a few days.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 aAnd the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus bwent up to Jerusalem. 14 aAnd He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; 16 and to those who were selling athe doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making bMy Father’s house a place of business.” 17 His adisciples remembered that it was written, “bZeal for Your house will consume me.” 18 aThe Jews then said to Him, “bWhat sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “aDestroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 aThe Jews then said, “It took bforty-six years to build this sanctuary, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about athe sanctuary of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His adisciples bremembered that He said this; and they believed cthe Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at athe Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, bwhen they saw His signs which He was doing. 24 But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for aHe knew all men, 25 and because He had no need that anyone bear witness concerning man, afor He Himself knew what was in man.
You Must Be Born Again
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named aNicodemus, a bruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “aRabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these bsigns that You do unless cGod is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one ais born again he cannot see bthe kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of awater and the Spirit he cannot enter into bthe kingdom of God. 6 aThat which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 aThe wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you athe teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, awe speak of what we know and bbear witness of what we have seen, and byou do not accept our witness. 12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 aAnd no one has ascended into heaven, but bHe who descended from heaven, cthe Son of Man. 14 And as aMoses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must bthe Son of Man cbe lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will ain Him have eternal life.
16 “For God so aloved the world, that He bgave His conly begotten Son, that whoever dbelieves in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God adid not send the Son into the world bto judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 aHe who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of bthe only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that athe Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for btheir deeds were evil. 20 aFor everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed. 21 But he who apractices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been done by God.”
John the Baptist’s Last Witness
22 After these things Jesus and His adisciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and bbaptizing. 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized— 24 for aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 Therefore there arose a debate between John’s disciples and a Jew about apurification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “aRabbi, He who was with you bbeyond the Jordan, to whom you chave borne witness, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” 27 John answered and said, “aA man can receive nothing unless it bhas been given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘aI am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is athe bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this bjoy of mine has been made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “aHe who comes from above is above all, bhe who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. aHe who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has seen and heard, of that He abears witness; and ano one receives His witness. 33 He who has received His witness ahas set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For He whom God has asent speaks the words of God; bfor He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 aThe Father loves the Son and bhas given all things into His hand. 36 He who abelieves in the Son has eternal life; but he who bdoes not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Jesus Goes to Galilee
Therefore when aJesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and bbaptizing more disciples than John 2 (although aJesus Himself was not baptizing, but His bdisciples were), 3 He left aJudea and went away bagain into Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through aSamaria. 5 So He *came to a city of aSamaria called Sychar, near bthe field that cJacob gave to his son Joseph; 6 and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
7 A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His adisciples had gone away into bthe city to buy food. 9 Therefore the aSamaritan woman *said to Him, “How do You, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (For bJews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you aliving water.” 11 She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then do You get that aliving water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who agave us this well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him awill never thirst—ever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to beternal life.”
15 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, agive me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come back here to draw.” 16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I see that You are aa prophet. 20 aOur fathers worshiped on bthis mountain, and you people say that cin Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, aan hour is coming when bneither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 aYou worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for bsalvation is from the Jews. 23 But aan hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father bin spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship ain spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that aMessiah is coming (bHe who is called Christ); when He comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “aI who speak to you am He.”
27 And at this point His adisciples came, and they were marveling that He was speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and *said to the men, 29 “Come, see a man awho told me all the things that I have done; bis this not the Christ?” 30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “aRabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the adisciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to ado the will of Him who sent Me and to bfinish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white afor harvest. 36 Even now he who reaps is receiving awages and is gathering bfruit for clife eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true, ‘aOne sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
Many Samaritans Believe
39 From athat city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, “bHe told me all the things that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His word; 42 and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is truly athe Savior of the world.”
43 And after athe two days He went from there into Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself bore witness that aa prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, ahaving seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.
Jesus Heals a Royal Official’s Son
46 Then He came again to aCana of Galilee bwhere He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at cCapernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come aout of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was about to die. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see asigns and awonders, you will never believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “aGo; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way. 51 And while he was still going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was alive. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and ahis whole household. 54 This is again a asecond sign that Jesus did when He had bcome out of Judea into Galilee.
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