Part 2

No man hath ascended up to heaven except He that came down from heaven, the Son of man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up so that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world, through Him, might be saved. 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.

This is the condemnation: light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. Every one that doeth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be shown that they are wrought in God.

After these things Jesus and His disciples went into the land of Judaea. There He tarried with them and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim because there was much water there, so many people came and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison.

A question arose between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. They went to John and said, Rabbi, He that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, He baptizeth and all men come to Him.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said I am not the Christ but that I am sent before Him. 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. He must increase, but I must decrease.

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. All that He hath seen and heard He testifieth and no one receiveth His testimony. He that hath received His testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God because God giveth unto Him the Spirit without limit. The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth not on the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him.

4. When the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus Himself baptized not, but His disciples) He left Judaea and departed again into Galilee. He needed to go through Samaria. There He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, which is near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat down on the well. It was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

She said unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, a woman of Samaria? The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans? 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.

The woman saith unto Him, Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with and the well is deep. From whence hast Thou that living water? Art Thou greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. The water that I give him shall be a well of water springing up in him into everlasting life. The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water that I thirst not and never have to come hither to draw it. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband.

Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband for thou hast had five husbands. He whom thou now hast is not thy husband. In that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when ye shall, neither worship the Father in this mountain nor at Jerusalem. Ye worship ye know not what. We know what we worship because salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and is now, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth because the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit. They that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto Him, I know that a messias cometh which is called Christ. When He is come He will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He. At this time His disciples came and they marvelled that He talked with the woman. Yet no man said, What seekest Thou? or, Why talkest Thou with her?

The woman then left her waterpot and went her way. In the city she saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all the things that I ever did. Is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city and came unto Him.

In the meanwhile His disciples prayed Him, saying, Master, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought Him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will of Him that sent me and to complete His work. 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. They are all ready to harvest. He that reapeth now receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life eternal so that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth and another reapeth. I sent you to reap where ye bestowed no labour. Other men laboured and ye are entered into their labours.

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him for the saying of the woman who testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto Him, they besought Him to tarry with them. And He abode there two days. Many more believed because of His own word. They said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying but because we have heard Him ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

Now after two days He departed from there and went into Galilee. Jesus Himself testified that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. When He come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received Him after having seen all the things that He did at Jerusalem at the feast because they also were at the feast. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee where He turned the water into wine.

Now there was a certain nobleman at Capernaum, whose son was sick. When he heard that Jesus left Judea and was in Galilee, he went to Him and besought Him to come down and heal his son who was near death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come before my child dies.

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way. Thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him and he went his way. As he was going along his servants met him saying, Thy son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when the son began to mend. They said, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth. And he believed, and his whole house believed. This is the second miracle that Jesus did when He was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

5. After this there was a feast of the Jews. Jesus went up to Jerusalem. At Jerusalem, by the sheep market, there is a pool with five porches and, in Hebrew, is called Bethesda. On these porches lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, who wait for the moving of the water. For, at a certain season, an angel went down into the pool and stirred the water. Whoever first stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

A certain man was there which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been such a long time in that condition, He saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered, Sir, I have no man, when the water is stirred, to put me into the pool. Before I come another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed and walk. Immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. This was on the sabbath day.

The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day. It is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk. Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed and walk? And he that was healed knew not who it was because Jesus had conveyed Himself away from the multitude gathered in that place.

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. The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus. They sought to slay Him because He had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, my Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him because He not only had broken the sabbath but He said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself except what He seeth the Father do, for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son and showeth Him all things that He Himself doeth. And He will show Him greater works than these that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. This is so 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.

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 pass from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God. They that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in Himself so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. And He hath given Him authority to execute judgment also because He is the Son of man.

Marvel not at this because the hour is coming in which all that are in graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth. They that have done good go unto the resurrection of life. They that have done evil go unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man. I say these things that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light and ye were willing, for a season, to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than that of John, for the works which the Father hath given me to complete are the same works that I do. Witness that the Father hath sent me. 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. Ye have not His word abiding in you because whom He hath sent ye believe not.

Search the scriptures. In them ye think ye have eternal life. They are that which testify of me. Yet ye will not come to me that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men but I know you that have not the love of God in you. 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. How can ye believe when ye receive honour one of another and seek not the honour that cometh only from God? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is already one that accuseth you: Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses ye would have believed me because he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words?

6. After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed Him because they saw the miracles which He did on those who were diseased. Jesus went up into a mountain and there He sat with His disciples. The passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus saw a great company come unto Him, He saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? This He said to test Philip because Jesus Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for every one to take a little. One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto Him, There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes. But what are they among so many?