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that God was his Father, making himself A. D. 31. equal with God.

19 Then answered Jesus, and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The

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

Son can do nothing by himself, but what Matt. 25.46. are they which testify of me.

he seeth the Father do: for whatever things he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

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40 And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

41 I receive not honor 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

21 For as the Father raiseth the dead, Matt. 3. 17. come in his own name, him ye will reand reviveth them; even so the Son reviveth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment to the Son:

23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.

fc. 1. 7.

& Matt. 3. 17.

24 Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and & 17.5. shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.

25 Verily, verily, I say to 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 him- Deut. 4. 12. self, 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 which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

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29 And shall come forth; they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

30 can of my own self do nothing: as I hear,judge: and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent

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33 Ye sent to John, and he testified to the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye may be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 T But I have greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same

i c. 12. 43.

* Gen. 3. 15.
Deut. 18.15.

Lev. 23. 5.
Deut. 16. 1.

ceive.

44 How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor 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 concerning me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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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 performed on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went upon 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 to him, he saith to 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 penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them make take a little:

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him,

9 There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but. & Matt. 14.14. what are they among so many?

10 And Jesus said, Make the men i 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

works that I do, bear testimony concern-1 or, recline. to the disciples, and the disciples to them

ing me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath borne testimony concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding

that were set down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.

12 When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain, that nothing may be lost.

13 Therefore they gathered them, and

filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.

A. D. 32.

14 Then those men, when they had Matt. 14.23. seen the miracle that Jesus performed, said, This is truly 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 Matt. 3. 17. again to a mountain himself alone.

16 And when evening had now come, his disciples went down to the sea,

17 And entered into a boat, and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had 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 to the boat: and they were afraid.

20 But he saith to them, It is I; be not afraid.

21 Then they willingly received him into the boat: and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

22 T The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save that one into which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples had gone away alone;

23 (Yet there came other boats from Tiberias nigh to the place where they ate bread, after the Lord had given thanks :)

24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied.

27 Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: a for him hath God the Father sealed.

1 John 3.23.

Ex. 16. 15. Num. 11. 7.

Ps. 78. 25.

Matt.13.55.

i Is. 54. 13.

28 Then said they to him, What shall we do, that we may work the works of Jer. 31. 34. God?

29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

30 They said therefore to him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, & He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father Matt. 11.27. giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he whol

cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

34 Then said they to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

35 And Jesus said to 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 to 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 reject.

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that

sent me.

39 And this is the Father's will who 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 who 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 to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father who 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 from God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned from the Father, cometh to me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, & save he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

47 Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man shall 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 contended among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

54 Whoever 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 food 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 ate manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 59 These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

A. D. 32.

2or, scandalize, or, cause you to stumble.

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to c. 3. 13. them, Doth this 2 offend you?

62 What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

63 It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to 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 he was that would betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.

66¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus to 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 spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for it was he that was to betray him, being one of the twelve.

CHAP. VII.

it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.

8 Go ye up to this feast: I go not yet to this feast, for my time is not yet full

come.

9 When he had said these words to them, he abode still in Galilee.

10 ¶ But when his brethren had gone up, then he went also to 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, No; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Yet, no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.

14 ¶ Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and

m Matt.16.16. taught.

15 And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man 1 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 a Lev. 23.34. know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

b c. 8. 20.

1 or, learning.

c Ex. 24. 3.

d c. 5. 18.

1 Jesus reproveth the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen 10 goeth up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles: 14 teacheth in the temple. 40 Divers opinions of him among the people. 45 The Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not, and chide with Lev. 12. 3. Nicodemus for taking his part.

AFTER these things Jesus walked in

18 He that speaketh from 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 demon: who goeth about to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

22 Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.

23 If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, 2 that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 25 Then said some of them of Jerusa

Galilee: for he would not walk in ƒ Gen. 17.10. lem, Is not this he whom they seek to

Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

2 a Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

3 His brethren therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, 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 doest these things, show thyself to the world.

5 (For neither did his brethren believe in him.)

6 Then Jesus said to them, My time

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26 But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

27 But we know this man, whence he is: whereas 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

is not yet come: but your time is always Deut. 1. 16. no man laid hands on him, because his

ready.

7 The world cannot hate you; but me

hour was not yet come,

31 And many of the people believed

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35 Then said the Jews among them- 15. selves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the 3 Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

36 What manner of saying is this that

Isa. 44. 3.
Joel 2. 28.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery: and when they had set her in the midst,

4 They say to him, 1 Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very

act.

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5 & Now Moses in the law commanded he said, Ye will seek me, and will not" Matt. 2. 5. us, that such should be stoned; but what find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

sayest thou?

6 This they said, 2 tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jemultitude.sus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

37 In the last day, that great day of 4 Gr. A the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to 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 he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ.

c. 3. 2.

Deut. 17.8,
&c. and
19. 15.

7 So when they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to 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 who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had raised himself,

But some said, Will Christ come out of 1 or, teacher. and saw none but the woman, he said to Galilee?

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sers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord.

And Je

Lev. 20. 10. sus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

2 or, to try.

12 Then Jesus spoke again to 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 to him, Thou testifiest concerning thyself; thy testimony is not true.

14 Jesus answered and said to them, Deut. 17. 7. d Though I testify concerning myself, yet my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

c. 1. 5. &

48 Have any of the rulers, or of the 9.5. Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this 4 people who know not the law are cursed.

50 Nicodemus saith to them, (" he that) came to Jesus by night, being one of them)

51 Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?

dc. 5. 31.

52 They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, e Deut. 17.6. and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no Matt. 18. 16. prophet.

53 And every man went to his own

house.

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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 to them, I am going away, and ye will seek me, and will 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 to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

24 I said therefore to you, that ye will die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye will die in your sins.

25 Then said they to him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith to them, Even the same that I said to 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 from him.

27 They understood not that he spoke to them concerning the Father.

28 Then said Jesus to 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 spoke these words, many believed on him.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

33 They answered him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth for

ever.

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 I know that ye are Abraham's offspring; 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 to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

A. D. 32.

Rom. 6.20. 2 Pet. 2. 19.

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 3 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 convicteth me of sin? And if I speak 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 to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

50 And I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52 Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never taste death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, 81 John 3.8. my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God:

3 or, from his own will or dis position.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man 1 John 4. 6. that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like 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 to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?"

58 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then they took 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.

CHAP. IX.

1 The man that was born blind restored to sight: 13 He is brought to the Pharisees: 16 They are offended at it, and 34 excommunicate him: 35 but he is received by Jesus, and confesseth him. 39 Who they are whom Christ enlighteneth.

AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man

who was blind from his birth.

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who sinned, 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.

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