/1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.  In him was life; and
the life was the light of men.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.  There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.  The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men
through him might believe.  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light.  That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world.  He was in the world, and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.  He came unto his own, and his own received him
not.  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: Which were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  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.

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.  And of his
fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.  For the law was given by
Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.  No man hath seen God at any
time; the only begotten Son,
 which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.  And this is the
record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask
him, Who art thou?  And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not
the Christ.  And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am
not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.  Then said they unto him, Who
art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of
thyself?  He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make
straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.  And they which were
sent were of the Pharisees.  And they asked him, and said unto him, Why
baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that
prophet?  John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth
one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred
before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.  These things were
done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.  The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world.  This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man
which is preferred before me: for he was before me.  And I knew him not: but
that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with
water.  And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven
like a dove, and it abode upon him.  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.  And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking
upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!  And the two
disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.  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?  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.  One of the two which
heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.  He
first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.  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.  The day
following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith
unto him, Follow me.  Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and
Peter.  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.  And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to
him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
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.  Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;
thou art the King of Israel.  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.  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.

/2 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother
of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the
marriage.  And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They
have no wine.  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine
hour is not yet come.  His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith
unto you, do it.  And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the
manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up
to the brim.  And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor
of the feast. And they bare it.  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, 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.  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren,
and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.  And the Jews'
passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple
those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
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; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things
hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.  And his disciples
remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us,
seeing that thou doest these things?  Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.  Then said the
Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it
up in three days?  But he spake of the temple of his body.  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.  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.  But Jesus did not commit
himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should
testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

/3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 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.  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.
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?  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.  That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Marvel not that I said
unto thee, Ye must be born again.  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.  Nicodemus answered and
said unto him, How can these things be?  Jesus answered and said unto him, Art
thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?  Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye
receive not our witness.  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe
not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?  And no man hath
ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man
which is in heaven.  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 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.  And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
should be reproved.  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his
deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and
there he tarried with them, and baptized.  And John also was baptizing in
Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and
were baptized.  For John was not yet cast into prison.  Then there arose a
question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.  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.  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except 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.  And what he hath seen and heard,
that he testifieth; and no man 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: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto
him.  The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.  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.