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John 1:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)

   1In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was already with God in the beginning.
     3 Everything came into existence through him. Not one thing that exists was made without him.
     4 He was the source of life, and that life was the light for humanity.
    5The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.

John 1:9-18 (GOD'S WORD)

    9The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world came into existence through him. Yet, the world didn’t recognize him. 11He went to his own people, and his own people didn’t accept him. 12However, he gave the right to become God’s children to everyone who believed in him. 13These are people who haven’t been born in a physical way—from a human impulse or from a husband’s desire to have a child . Their birth was from God.
   14The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness and truth.15(John declared the truth about him when he said loudly, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’ ”)
    16Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is. 17The Teachings were given through Moses, but kindness and truth came into existence through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known.

John 1:29-36 (GOD'S WORD)

    29John saw Jesus coming toward him the next day and said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 30 He is the one I spoke about when I said, 'A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.' 31 I didn't know who he was. However, I came to baptize with water to show him to the people of Isreal."
    32John said, "I saw the Spirit come down as a dove from heaven and stay on him. 33I didn't know who he was. But God, who sent me to baptize with water, told me, 'When you see the Spirit come down and stay on someone, you'll know that person is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34I have seen this and have declared that this is the Son of God."
    35The next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36John saw Jesus walk by. John said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God."




































John 1:44-51 (GOD'S WORD)

44(Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.)
     45Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the man whom Moses wrote about in his teachings and whom the prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from the city of Nazareth."
    46Nathanael said to Philip, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
      Philip told him, "Come and see!"
    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and remarked, "Here is a true Israelite who is sincere."
    48Nathanael asked Jesus, "How do you know anything about me?"
      Jesus answered him, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you."
    49Nathanael said to Jesus, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
    50Jesus replied, "You believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that." 51 Jesus said to Nathanael, "I can guarantee this truth: You will see the sky open and God's angels going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

John 2:13-25 (GOD'S WORD)

    13 The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there. 15He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard. He dumped the moneychangers’ coins and knocked over their tables.
    16He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”
    17His disciples remembered that Scripture said, “Devotion for your house will consume me.”
    18The Jews reacted by asking Jesus, “What miracle can you show us to justify what you’re doing?”
    19Jesus replied, “Tear down this temple, and I’ll rebuild it in three days.”
    20The Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple. Do you really think you’re going to rebuild it in three days?”
    21But the temple Jesus spoke about was his own body. 22After he came back to life, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and this statement that Jesus had made.23While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles that he performed. 24Jesus, however, was wary of these believers. He understood people 25and didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature. He knew what people were really like.

John 3:3-36 (GOD'S WORD)

    3Jesus replied to Nicodemus, "I can guarantee this truth: No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."
    4Nicodemus asked him, “How can anyone be born when he’s an old man? He can’t go back inside his mother a second time to be born, can he?”
    5Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual. 7Don’t be surprised when I tell you that all of you must be born from above. 8The windb blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you don’t
know where the wind comes from or where it’s going. That’s the way it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
    9Nicodemus replied, “How can that be?”
    10Jesus told Nicodemus, “You’re a well-known teacher of Israel. Can’t you understand this? 11I can guarantee this truth: We know what we’re talking about, and we confirm what we’ve seen. Yet, you don’t accept our message.
    12If you don’t believe me when I tell you about things on earth, how will you believe me when I tell you about things in heaven? 13No one has gone to heaven except the Son of Man, who came from heaven.
    14“As Moses lifted up the snake bon a polen in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up. 15Then everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”
    16God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.17 God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world. 18Those who believe in him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned because they don’t believe in God’s only Son.
    19This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.
    20People who do what is wrong hate the light and don’t come to the light. They don’t want their actions to be exposed. 21But people who do what is true come to the light so that the things they do for God may be clearly seen.
    22Later, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people. 23John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized, 24since John had not yet been put in prison.)
    25Some of John’s disciples had an argument with a Jew about purification ceremonies. 26So they went to John and asked him, “Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he’s baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
    27John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven. 28You are witnesses that I said, ‘I’m not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’
    29“The groom is the person to whom the bride belongs. The best man, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed when the groom speaks. This is the joy that I feel. 30He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance.
    31“The person who comes from above is superior to everyone. I, a person from the earth, know nothing but what is on earth, and that’s all I can talk about. The person who comes from heaven is superior to everyone 32and tells what he has seen and heard. Yet, no one accepts what he says. 33I have accepted what that person said, and I have affirmed that God is truthful. 34The man whom God has sent speaks God’s message. After all, God gives him the Spirit without limit. 35The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power. 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, he will see God’s constant anger.”
















































John 4:7-38 (GOD'S WORD)

    7 A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.” 8(His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)
    9The Samaritan woman asked him, “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (Jews, of course, don’t associate with Samaritans.)
    10Jesus replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”
    11The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have anything to use to get water, and the well is deep. So where are you going to get this living water? 12You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”
    13Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again. 14But those who drink the water that I will give them will never become thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give them will become in them a spring that gushes up to eternal life.”
    15The woman told Jesus, “Sir, give me this water! Then I won’t get thirsty or have to come here to get water.”
    16 Jesus told her, "Go to your husband, and bring him here."
    17 The woman replied, "I don't have a husband."
         Jesus told her, "You're right when you say that you don't have a husband. 18You've had five husbands, and the man you have now isn't your husband. You've told the truth."
    19 The woman said to Jesus, "I see that you're a prophet! 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that people must worship in Jerusalem."
    21Jesus told her, "Believe me. A time is coming when you Samaritans won't be worshiping the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22You don't know what you're worshiping. We {Jews} know what we're worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. 24 God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
    25The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything.” (Messiah is the one called Christ.)
    26Jesus told her, “I am he, and I am speaking to you now."
    27At that time his disciples returned. They were surprised that he was talking to a woman. But none of them asked him, "What do you want from her?" or "Why are you talking to her?"
    28Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people, 29"Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I've ever done. Could he be the Messiah?" 30The people left the city and went to meet Jesus.
    31Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, have something to eat."
    32Jesus told them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."
    33The disciples asked each other, "Did someone bring him something to eat?"
    34Jesus told them, "My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.
    35"Don't you say, 'In four more months the harvest will be here'? I'm telling you to look and see that the fields are ready to be harvested. 36The person who harvests the crop is already getting paid. He is gathering grain for eternal life. So the person who plants the grain and the person who harvests it are happy together. 37In this respect the saying is true: 'One person plants, and another person harvests.' 38I have sent you to harvest a crop you have not worked for. Other people have done the hard work, and you have followed them in their work."














































John 4:46-54 (GOD'S WORD)

   46Jesus returned to the city of Cana in Galilee, where he had changed water into wine. A government official was in Cana. His son was sick in Capernaum. 47The official heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee. So he went to Jesus and asked him to go to Capernaum with him to heal his son who was about to die.
   48Jesus told the official, "If people don't see miracles and amazing things, they won't believe."
   49The official said to him, "Sir, come with me before my little boy dies."
   50Jesus told him, " Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and left.
   51While the official was on his way to Capernaum, his servants met him and told him that his boy was alive.52The official asked them at what time his son got better. His servants told him, "The fever left him yesterday evening at seven o'clock." 53 Then the boy's father realized that it was the same time that Jesus had told him, "Your son will live," So the official and his entire family became believers.
   54This was the second miracle that Jesus performed after he had come back from Judea to Galilee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
























 

John 5:17-47 (GOD'S WORD)


    17Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working right now, and so am I.”
    18His reply made the Jews more intent on killing him. Not only did he break the laws about the day of worship, but also he made himself equal to God when he said repeatedly that God was his Father.
    19Jesus said to the Jews, “I can guarantee this truth: The Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing. Indeed, the Son does exactly what the Father does.                 20The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. The Father will show him even greater things to do than these things so that you will be amazed. 21In the same way that the Father brings back the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to anyone he chooses.22"The Father doesn't judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son. 23 so that everyone will honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.  24 I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won't be judged because they have already passed from death to life.
    25"I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming (and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live. 26The Father is the source of life, and he has enabled the Son to be the source of life too.
    27"He has also given the Son authority to pass judgment because he is the Son of Man. 28Don't be surprised at what I've just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice, 29 and they will come out of their tombs. Those who have done good will come back to life and live. But those who have done evil will come back to life and will be judged.
    30I can’t do anything on my own. As I listen bto the Fathern , I make my judgments. My judgments are right because I don’t try to do what I want but what the one who sent me wants.
    31“If I testify on my own behalf, what I say isn’t true. 32Someone else testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true. 33You sent people to John bthe Baptizern , and he testified to the truth. 34But I don’t depend on human testimony. I’m telling you this to save you. 35John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of his light. 36But I
have something that testifies more favorably on my behalf than John’s testimony. The tasks that the Father gave me to carry out, these tasks which I perform, testify on my behalf. They prove that the Father has sent me. 37The Father who sent me testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice, and you have never seen his form. 38So you don’t have the Father’s message within
you, because you don’t believe in the person he has sent. 39You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in
them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf. 40Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get [eternal] life.
    41“I don’t accept praise from humans. 42But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God. 43I have come with the authority my Father has given me, but you don’t accept me. If someone else comes with his own authority, you will accept him. 44How can you believe when you accept each other’s praise and don’t look for the praise that comes from the only God?
    45“Don’t think that I will accuse you in the presence of the Father. Moses, the one you trust, is already accusing you. 46If you really believed Moses, you would believe me. Moses wrote about me.         47If you don’t believe what Moses wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 























 

John 6:1-40 (GOD'S WORD)

     1 Jesus later crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or the Sea of Tiberias).2A large crowd followed him because they saw the miracles that he performed for the sick. 3Jesus went up a mountain and sat with his disciples. 4The time for the Jewish Passover festival was near.
    5As Jesus saw a large crowd coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6Jesus asked this question to test him but already knew what to do.
    7Philip answered, “We would need about a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each of them to have a piece.”
    8One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s brother, told him, 9“A boy who has five loaves of barley bread and two small fish is here. But they won’t go very far for so many people.”
    10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” The people had plenty of grass to sit on. (There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.)
    11Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same thing with the fish. All the people ate as much as they wanted.
    12When the people were full, Jesus told his disciples, “Gather the leftover pieces so that nothing will be wasted.” 13The disciples gathered the leftover pieces of bread and filled twelve baskets.
    14When the people saw the miracle Jesus performed, they said, “This man is certainly the prophet who is to come into the world.” 15Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned to the mountain by himself.
    16When evening came, his disciples went to the sea. 17They got into a boat and started to cross the sea to the city of Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18A strong wind started to blow and stir up the sea.
    19After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they became terrified.
    20Jesus told them, “It’s me. Don’t be afraid!”
    21So they were willing to help Jesus into the boat. Immediately, the boat reached the shore where they were going.22On the next day the people were still on the other side of the sea. They
noticed that only one boat was there and that Jesus had not stepped into that boat with his disciples. The disciples had gone away without him. 23Other boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks. 24When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to the city of Capernaum
to look for Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
    26Jesus replied to them, “I can guarantee this truth: You’re not looking for me because you saw miracles. You are looking for me because you ate as much of those loaves as you wanted. 27Don’t work for food that spoils. Instead, work for the food that lasts into eternal life. This is the food the Son of Man will give you. After all, the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”
    28The people asked Jesus, “What does God want us to do?”
    29Jesus replied to them, “God wants to do something for you so that you believe in the one whom he has sent.”
    30The people asked him, “What miracle are you going to perform so that we can see it and believe in you? What are you going to do? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. Scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
    32Jesus said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33God’s bread is the man who comes from heaven and gives life to the world.”
    34They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time.”
    35Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty. 36I’ve told you that you have seen me. However, you don’t believe in me. 37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me. 38I haven’t come from heaven to do what I want to do. I’ve come
to do what the one who sent me wants me to do. 39The one who sent me doesn’t want me to lose any of those he gave me. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day. 40My Father wants all those who see the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day.”
 







































 

John 6:48-71 (GOD'S WORD)

     48 "I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert and died. 50This is the bread that comes from heaven so that whoever eats it won't die. 51I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh."
    52The Jews began to quarrel with each other. They said, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
    53Jesus told them, "I can guarantee this truth: If you don't eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have the source of life in you. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will bring them back to life on the last day. 55My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them. 57The Father who has life sent me, and I live because of the Father. So those who feed on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came from heaven. It is not like the bread your ancestors ate. They eventually died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."59Jesus said this while he was teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum. 60When many of Jesus’ disciples heard him, they said, “What he says is hard to accept. Who wants to listen to him anymore?”
    61Jesus was aware that his disciples were criticizing his message. So Jesus asked them, “Did what I say make you lose faith? 62What if you see the Son of Man go where he was before? 63Life is spiritual. Your physical existence doesn’t contribute to that life. The words that I have spoken to you are spiritual. They are life. 64But some of you don’t believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning
those who wouldn’t believe and the one who would betray him. 65So he added, “That is why I told you that people cannot come to me unless the Father provides the way.”
    66Jesus’ speech made many of his disciples go back to the lives they had led before they followed Jesus. 67So Jesus asked the twelve apostles, “Do you want to leave me too?”
    68Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, to what person could we go? Your words give eternal life. 69Besides, we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
    70Jesus replied, “I chose all twelve of you. Yet, one of you is a devil.” 71Jesus meant Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. Judas, who was one of the twelve apostles, would later betray Jesus.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 












 

John 7:1-7 (GOD'S WORD)

   1Jesus later traveled throughout Galilee. He didn't want to travel in Judea because Jews there wanted to kill him.
   2The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near.3 So Jesus' brothers told him, "Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you're doing. 4No one does things secretly when he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, you should let the world see you." 5Even his brothers didn't believe in him.
   6Jesus told them, "Now is not the right time for me to go. Any time is right for you. 7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil. 8Go to the festival. I'm not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













 

John 7:16-18 (GOD'S WORD)

 16Jesus responded to them, "What I teach doesn't come from me but from the one who sent me. 17 Those who want to follow the will of God will know if what I teach is from God or if I teach my own thoughts. 18 Those who speak their own thoughts are looking for their own glory. But the man who wants to bring glory to the one who sent him is a true teacher and doesn't have dishonest motives.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
























 

John 7:37-52 (GOD'S WORD)

      37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus was standing bin the temple courtyardn . He said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty must come to me to drink. 38As Scripture says, ‘Streams of living water will flow from deep within the person who believes in me.’ ” 39Jesus said this about the Spirit, whom his believers would receive. The Spirit was not yet evident, as it would be after Jesus had been glorified.
    40After some of the crowd heard Jesus say these words, they said, “This man is certainly the prophet.” 41Other people said, “This man is the Messiah.” Still other people asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42Doesn’t Scripture say that the Messiah will come from the descendants of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David lived?” 43So the people were divided because of Jesus. 44Some of them wanted to arrest him, but they couldn’t.
    45When the temple guards returned, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?”
    46The temple guards answered, “No human has ever spoken like this man.”
    47The Pharisees asked the temple guards, “Have you been deceived too?
    48Has any ruler or any Pharisee believed in him? 49This crowd is cursed because it doesn’t know Moses’ Teachings.”
    50One of those Pharisees was Nicodemus, who had previously visited Jesus. Nicodemus asked them, 51“Do Moses’ Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person’s side of the story? We can’t judge a person without finding out what that person has done.”
    52They asked Nicodemus, “Are you saying this because you’re from Galilee? Study bthe Scripturesn , and you’ll see that no prophet comes from Galilee.” 
 
 
 
 
 
 




































John 8:12-47 (GOD'S WORD)

      12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.”
    13The Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony isn’t true.”
    14Jesus replied to them, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is true because I know where I came from and where I’m going. However, you don’t know where I came from or where I’m going. 15You judge the way humans do. I don’t judge anyone. 16Even if I do judge, my judgment is valid because I don’t make it on my own. I make my judgment with the Father who sent me. 17Your own teachings say that the testimony of two people is true. 18I testify on my own behalf, and so does the Father who sent me.”
    19The Pharisees asked him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”
    20Jesus spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury area of the temple courtyard. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.21Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I’m going away, and you’ll look for me. But you will die because of your sin. You can’t go where I’m going.”
    22Then the Jews asked, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says, ‘You can’t go where I’m going’?”
    23Jesus said to them, “You’re from below. I’m from above. You’re from this world. I’m not from this world. 24For this reason I told you that you’ll die because of your sins. If you don’t believe that I am the one, you’ll die because of your sins.”
    25The Jews asked him, “Who did you say you are?” Jesus told them, “I am whom I said I was from the beginning. 26I have a lot I could say about you and a lot I could condemn you for. But the one who sent me is true. So I tell the world exactly what he has told me.” 27(The Jews didn’t know that he was talking to them about the Father.)     28So Jesus told them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you’ll know that I am the one and that I can’t do anything on my own. Instead, I speak as the Father taught me. 29Besides, the one who sent me is with me. He hasn’t left me by myself. I always do what pleases him.”
    30As Jesus was saying this, many people believed in him.31So Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples. 32You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
    33They replied to Jesus, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and we’ve never been anyone’s slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?”
    34Jesus answered them, “I can guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin. 35A slave doesn’t live in the home forever, but a son does.
    36So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. 37I know that you’re Abraham’s descendants. However, you want to kill me because you don’t like what I’m saying. 38What I’m saying is what I have seen in my Father’s presence. But you do what you’ve heard from your father.”
    39The Jews replied to Jesus, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus told them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did. 40I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn’t have done that. 41You’re doing what your father does.” The Jews said to Jesus, “We’re not illegitimate children. God is our only Father.”
    42Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I’m here, and I came from God. I didn’t come on my own. Instead, God sent me. 43Why don’t you understand the language I use? Is it because you can’t understand the words I use? 44You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies. 45So you don’t believe me because I tell the truth. 46Can any of you convict me of committing a sin? If I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47The person who belongs to God understands what God says. You don’t understand because you don’t belong to God.”













































 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 























John 8:31-59 (GOD'S WORD)

    31So Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
    33They replied  to Jesus, "We are Abraham's decendants, and we've never been anyone's slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?"
    34Jesus answered them, "I can guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin. 35A slave doesn't live in a home forever, but a son does. 36So if the son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. 37I know that you're Abraham's descendants. However, you want to kill me because you don't like what I'm saying. 38What I'm saying is what I have seen in my Father's presence. But you do what you've heard from your father."
    39The Jews replied to Jesus, "Abraham is our father." Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. 40I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn't have done that. 41You're doing what your father does."
    The Jews said to Jesus, "We're not illegitmate children. God is our only Father."
    42 Jesus told them, "If God were your Father,  you would love me. After all, I'm here, and I came from God. I didn't come on my own. Instead, God sent me. 43Why don't you understand the language I use? Is it because you can't understand the words I use? 44You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn't know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he's doing what comes naturally to him. He's a liar and the father of lies. 45So you don't believe me because I tell the truth. 46Can any of you convict me of committing a sin? If I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me? 47The person who belongs to God understands what God says. You don't understand because you don't belong to God.
    48The Jews replied to Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say that you’re a Samaritan and that you’re possessed by a demon?”
    49Jesus answered, “I’m not possessed. I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.
    50I don’t want my own glory. But there is someone who wants it, and he is the judge. 51I can guarantee this truth: Whoever obeys what I say will never see death.”
    52The Jews told Jesus, “Now we know that you’re possessed by a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, ‘Whoever does what I say will never taste death.’  53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets have also died. Who do you think you are?”
    54Jesus said, “If I bring glory to myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is the one who gives me glory, and you say that he is your God. 55Yet, you haven’t known him. However, I know him. If I would say that I didn’t know him, I would be a liar like all of you. But I do know him, and I do what he says. 56Your father Abraham was pleased to see that my day was coming. He saw it and was happy.”
    57The Jews said to Jesus, “You’re not even fifty years old. How could you have seen Abraham?”
    58Jesus told them, “I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am.”
    59Then some of the Jews picked up stones to throw at Jesus. However, Jesus was concealed, and he left the temple courtyard.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 











 














John 10:1-42 (GOD'S WORD)

    1 "I can guarantee this truth: The person who doesn't enter the sheep pen through the gate but climbs in somewhere else is a thief or a robber. 2But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them out of the pen. 4After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They won't follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don't recognize his voice." 6 Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn't understand what he meant.
    7Jesus emphasized, "I can guarantee this truth: I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before I did were thieves or robbers. However, the sheep didn't respond to them. 9 I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food. 10A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.
    11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. 12A hired hand isn't a shepherd and doesn't own the sheep. When he sees a wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and quickly runs away. So the wolf drags the sheep away and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand is concerned about what he's going to get paid and not about the sheep.
    14"I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep as the Father knows me. My sheep know me as I know the Father. 15 So I give my life for my sheep. 16I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. 17The Father loves me because I give my life in order to take it back again. 18No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again. This is what my Father ordered me to do."
    19The Jews were divided because of what Jesus said. 20Many of them said, “He’s possessed by a demon! He’s crazy! Why do you listen to him?” 21Others said, “No one talks like this if he’s possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?”
    22The Festival of the Dedication of the Temple took place in Jerusalem during the winter. 23Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard.
    24The Jews surrounded him. They asked him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
    25Jesus answered them, “I’ve told you, but you don’t believe me. The things that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf. 26However, you don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. 27My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me, 28and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear them away from me. 29My Father, who gave
them to me, is greater than everyone else, and no one can tear them away from my Father. 30The Father and I are one.”
    31The Jews had again brought some rocks to stone Jesus to death. 32Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good things that come from the Father.
For which of these good things do you want to stone me to death?”
    33The Jews answered Jesus, “We’re going to stone you to death, not for any good things you’ve done, but for dishonoring God. You claim to be God, although you’re only a man.”
    34Jesus said to them, “Don’t your Scriptures say, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?
    35The Scriptures cannot be discredited. So if God calls people gods (and they are the people to whom he gave the Scriptures), 36why do you say that I’m dishonoring God because I said, ‘I’m the Son of God’? God set me apart for this holy purpose and has sent me into the world. 37If I’m not doing the things my Father does, don’t believe me. 38But if I’m doing those things and you refuse to
believe me, then at least believe the things that I’m doing. Then you will know and recognize that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
    39The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them. 40He went back across the Jordan River and stayed in the place where John first baptized people.
    41Many people went to Jesus. They said, “John didn’t perform any miracles, but everything John said about this man is true.” 42Many people there believed in Jesus.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

























 

John 11:25-26 (GOD'S WORD)

    25Jesus said to her, “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die. 26Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?”  
 
 













 



























John 11:38-44 (GOD'S WORD)

   38Deeply moved again, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone covering the entrance. 39Jesus said, "Take the stone away."
      Martha, the dead man's sister, told Jesus, "Lord, there must already be a stench. He's been dead for four days."
   40Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see God's glory?"
41So the stone was moved away from the entrance of the tomb.
      Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. 42 I've known that you always hear me. However, I've said this so that the crowd standing around me will believe that you sent me." 43 After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, "Lazarus, come out!"
   44The dead man came out. Strips of cloth were wound around his feet and hands, and his face was wrapped with a handkerchief. Jesus told them, "Free Lazarus, and let him go."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


















 

John 12:12-13 (GOD'S WORD)

   12  On the next day the large crowd that had come to the Passover festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13So they took palm branches and went to meet him. They were shouting,
        “Hosanna!
            Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!” 
 
 
 












 






















John 12:21-38 (GOD'S WORD)

    "20Some Greeks were among those who came to worship during the Passover festival. 21They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, “Sir, we would like to meet Jesus.” 22Philip told Andrew, and they told Jesus.
    23Jesus replied to them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24I can guarantee this truth: A single grain of wheat doesn’t produce
anything unless it is planted in the ground and dies. If it dies, it will produce a lot of grain. 25Those who love their lives will destroy them, and those who hate their lives in this world will guard them for everlasting life. 26Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them. 27I am too deeply troubled now to know how to express my feelings. Should I say, `Father, save me from this time {of suffering}'? No! I came for this time of suffering.28 Father, give glory to your name."    A voice from heaven said, "I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again."
   29The crowd standing there heard the voice and said that it had thundered. Others in the crowd said that an angel had talked to him. 30 Jesus replied, "That voice wasn't for my benefit but for yours.
    31 "This world is being judged now. The ruler of this world will be thrown out now. 32 When I have been lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people toward me." 33By saying this, he indicated how he was going to die.
   34The crowd responded to him, We have heard from the Scriptures that the Messiah will remain here forever. So how can you say, `The Son of Man must be lifted up from the earth'? Who is this `Son of Man'?"
    35Jesus answered the crowd, "The light will still be with you for a little while. Walk while you have light so that darkness won't defeat you. Those who walk in the dark don't know where they're going. 36While you have the light, believe in the light so that you will become people whose lives show the light."
    After Jesus had said this, he was concealed as he left. 37Altough they had seen Jesus perform so many miracles, they wouldn't believe in him. 38 In this way the words of the prophet Isaiah came true:
       "Lord, who has believed our message?
           To whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













 

John 13:21-30 (GOD'S WORD)

   21After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled. He declared, "I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me!"
   22The disciples began looking at each other and wondering which one of them Jesus meant.
   23One disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, was near him at the table. 24 Simon Peter motioned to that disciple and said, "Ask Jesus who he's talking about!"
   25Leaning close to Jesus, that disciple asked, "Lord, who is it?"
   26Jesus answered, "He's the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I've dipped it in the sauce." So Jesus dipped the bread and gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.
   27Then, after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered him. So Jesus told him, "Hurry! Do what you have to do."28 No one at the table knew why Jesus said this to him. 29Judas had the moneybag. So some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.
   30Judas took the piece of bread and immediately went outside. It was night.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

















 

 

John 14:1-24 (GOD'S WORD)

    1 "Don't be troubled. Believe in God, and believe in me. 2My Father's house has many rooms. If that were not true, would I have told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you?3 If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going."
   5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you're going. So how can we know the way?"
   6Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me. 7 If you have known me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him [through me] and have seen him [in me]." 

    8Philip said to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us.”
    9Jesus replied, “I have been with all of you for a long time. Don’t you know me yet, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? What I’m telling you doesn’t come from me. The Father, who lives in me, does what he wants. 11Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of the things I do.
    12“I can guarantee this truth: Those who believe in me will do the things that I am doing. They will do even greater things because I am going to the Father. 13I will do anything you ask the Father in my name so that the Father will be given glory because of the Son. 14If you ask me to do something, I will do it.
    15“If you love me, you will obey my commandments. 16I will ask the Father,  and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. 17That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

    18 "I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. 19In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me.  You will live because I live. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you. 21 Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father's love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them."
    22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, "Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?

    23Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will do what I say, My Father will love them, and we will go to them, and make our home with them. 24 A person who doesn't love me doesn't do what I say. I don't make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.




































John 14:15-31 (GOD'S WORD)

   15“If you love me, you will obey my commandments. 16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. 17That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.
    18“I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. 19In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live.20On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you. 21Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.”
    22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
    23Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them. 24A
person who doesn’t love me doesn’t do what I say. I don’t make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.25"I have told you this while I'm still with you. 26However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.
   27 "I'm leaving you peace. I'm giving you my peace. I don't give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don't be troubled or cowardly. 28You heard me tell you, 'I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
   29"I'm telling you this now before it happens. When it does happen, you will believe.  30The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he's coming so I won't talk with you much longer. 31 However, I want the world to know that I love the Father and that I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do. Get up! We have to leave."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 












 

John 15:1-27 (GOD'S WORD)

  1 Then Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father takes care of the vineyard. 2He removes every one of my branches that doesn’t produce
fruit. He also prunes every branch that does produce fruit to make it produce more fruit.
    3“You are already cleana because of what I have told you. 4Live in me, and I will live in you. A branch cannot produce any fruit by itself. It has to stay
attached to the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit unless you live in me.
  5"I am the vine. You are the branches. Those who live in me while I live in them will produce a lot of fruit. But you can't produce anything without me. 6Whoever doesn't live in me is thrown away like a branch and dries up. Branches like this are gathered, thrown into a fire, and burned. 7If you live in me and what I say lives in you, then ask for anything you want, and it will be yours. 8 You give glory to my Father when you produce a lot of fruit and therefore show that you are my disciples.
  9"I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love. 10If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father's commandments, and in that way I live in his love 11I have told you this so that you will be as joyful as I am, and your joy will be complete. 12 Love each other as I have loved you. This is what I'm commanding you to do. 13 The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends. 14You are my friends if you obey my commandments. 15I don’t call you servants anymore, friends because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father. 16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you. I have appointed you to go, to produce fruit that will last, and to ask the Father in my name to give you whatever you ask for. 17Love each other. This is what I’m commanding you to do.18“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me before it hated you. 19If you had anything in common with the world, the world would love you as one
of its own. But you don’t have anything in common with the world. I chose you from the world, and that’s why the world hates you. 20Remember what I told you: ‘A servant isn’t greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they did what I said, they will also do what you say.
    21Indeed, they will do all this to you because you are committed to me, since they don’t know the one who sent me. 22If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. 23The person who hates me also hates my Father. 24If I hadn’t done among them what no one else has done, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have
seen and hated both me and my Father. 25In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’
    26“The helper whom I will send to you from the Father will come. This helper, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, will declare the truth about me. 27You will declare the truth, too, because you have been with me from the beginning.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 















 

John 16:7-33 (GOD'S WORD)

    7However, I am telling you the truth: It's good for you that I'm going away. If I don't go away, the helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 He will come to convict the world of sin, to show the world what has God's approval, and to convince the world that God judges it. 9 He will convict the world of sin, because people don't believe in me. 10He will show the world what has God's approval, because I'm going to the Father and you won't see me anymore. 11 He will convince the world that God judges it, because the ruler of this world has been judge.
    12“I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much for you now.
    13When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth. He won’t speak on his own. He will speak what he hears and will tell you about things to come. 14He will give me glory, because he will tell you what I say.
    15Everything the Father says is also what I say. That is why I said, ‘He will take what I say and tell it to you.’
    16“In a little while you won’t see me anymore. Then in a little while you will see me again.”
    17Some of his disciples said to each other, “What does he mean? He tells us that in a little while we won’t see him. Then he tells us that in a little while we will see him again and that he’s going to the Father.” 18So they were asking each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”
    19Jesus knew they wanted to ask him something. So he said to them, “Are you trying to figure out among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you won’t see me, and in a little while you will see me again’? 20I can guarantee this truth: You will cry because you are sad, but the world will be happy. You will feel pain, but your pain will turn to happiness. 21A woman has
pain when her time to give birth comes. But after the child is born, she doesn’t remember the pain anymore because she’s happy that a child has been brought into the world.
    22“Now you’re in a painful situation. But I will see you again. Then you will be happy, and no one will take that happiness away from you. 23When that day comes, you won’t ask me any more questions. I can guarantee this truth: If you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you. 24So far you haven’t asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive so that you
can be completely happy.
    25“I have used examples to illustrate these things. The time is coming when I won’t use examples to speak to you. Rather, I will speak to you about the Father in plain words. 26When that day comes, you will ask for what you want in my name. I’m telling you that I won’t have to ask the Father for you. 27The Father loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came
from God. 28I left the Father and came into the world. Again, [as I’ve said,] I’m going to leave the world and go back to the Father.”
    29His disciples said, “Now you’re talking in plain words and not using examples.
    30Now we know that you know everything. You don’t need to wait for questions to be asked. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God.”
    31Jesus replied to them, “Now you believe. 32The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go your own way and leave me all alone. Yet, I’m not all alone, because the Father is with me. 33I’ve told you this so that my peace will be with you. In the world you’ll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 















 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 























 

 
 
 
 














 





















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













 

John 17:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)

    1After saying this, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the time is here. Give your Son glory so that your Son can give you glory. 2 After all, you've given him authority over all humanity so that he can give eternal life to all those you gave to him. 3 This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.4On earth I have given you glory by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5Now, Father, give me glory in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
































John 17:6-19 (GOD'S WORD)

    6“I made your name known to the people you gave me. They are from this world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They did what you told them. 7Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you, 8because I gave them the message that you gave me. They have accepted this message, and they know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
    9“I pray for them. I’m not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours. 10Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine. I have been given glory by the people you have given me. 11I won’t be in the world much longer, but they are in the world, and I’m coming back to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me, so that their unity may be like ours. 12While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me. I watched over them, and none of them, except one person, became lost. So Scripture came true.
    13“But now, {Father,} I’m coming back to you. I say these things while I’m still in the world so that they will have the same joy that I have. 14I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. 15I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one. 16They don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
    17“Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth. 18I have sent them into the world the same way you sent me into the world. 19I’m dedicating myself to this holy work I’m doing for them so that they, too, will use the truth to be holy.











































 

John 17:20-26 (GOD'S WORD)

    20 “I’m not praying only for them. I’m also praying for those who will believe in me through their message. 21I pray that all of these people continue to have unity in the way that you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they may be united with us so that the world will believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me. I did this so that they are united in the same way we are. 23I am in them, and you are in me. So they are completely united. In this way the world knows that you have sent me and that you have loved them in the same way you have loved me.
    24“Father, I want those you have given to me to be with me, to be where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made. 25Righteous Father, the world didn’t know you. Yet, I knew you, and these disciples have known that you sent me. 26I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love you have for me will be in them and I will be in them.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 











 






















John 18:19-37 (GOD'S WORD)

     19The chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings.
    20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly for everyone to hear. I have always taught in synagogues or in the temple courtyard, where all the Jews gather. I haven’t said anything in secret. 21Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. They know what I’ve said.”
    22When Jesus said this, one of the guards standing near Jesus slapped his face and said, “Is that how you answer the chief priest?”
    23Jesus replied to him, “If I’ve said anything wrong, tell me what it was. But if I’ve told the truth, why do you hit me?”
    24Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas, the chief priest. Jesus was still tied up.
PETER DENIES JESUS AGAIN— Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54b-62
    25Simon Peter continued to stand and warm himself by the fire. Some men asked him, “Aren’t you, too, one of his disciples?” Peter denied it by saying, “No, I’m not!”
    26One of the chief priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked him, “Didn’t I see you with Jesus in the garden?”
    27Peter again denied it, and just then a rooster crowed.
PILATE QUESTIONS JESUS— Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-4
    28Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean,a since they wanted to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked,
“What accusation are you making against this man?”
    30The Jews answered Pilate, “If he weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”
    31Pilate told the Jews, “Take him, and try him by your law.” The Jews answered him, “We’re not allowed to execute anyone.” 32In this
way what Jesus had predicted about how he would die came true.
    33Pilate went back into the palace, called for Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
    34Jesus replied, “Did you think of that yourself, or did others tell you about me? "35Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
    36Jesus answered, “My kingdom doesn’t belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. My kingdom doesn’t have its origin on earth. ”
37Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?"
   Jesus replied, "You're correct in saying that I'm a king. I have been born and have come into the world for this reason: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me."

John 19:13, 17, and 20 (GOD'S WORD)

   13 When Pilate heard what they said, he took Jesus outside and sat on the judge’s seat in a place called Stone Pavement. (In Hebrew it is called Gabbatha.)
17He carried his own cross and went out {of the city} to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called Golgotha.)
20Many Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

John 19:28-37 (GOD'S WORD)

   28After this, when Jesus knew that everything had now been finished, he said, “I’m thirsty.” He said this so that Scripture could finally be concluded.
    29A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth.
    30After Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and died.31Since it was Friday and the next day was an especially important day of worship, the Jews didn't want the bodies to stay on the crosses. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and their bodies removed.
32 The soldiers broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus.
   33When the soldiers came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs. 34However, one of the soldiers stabbed Jesus' side with his spear, and blood and water immediately came out. 35The one who saw this is an eyewitness. What he says is true, and he know that he is telling the truth so that you, too, will believe.
   36This happened so that the Scripture would come true: "None of his bones will be broken." 37Another Scripture passage says, "They will look at the person whom they have stabbed."

John 20:11-31 (GOD'S WORD)

   11Mary, however, stood there and cried as she looked at the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked inside.12She saw two angels in white clothes. They were sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying. One angel was where Jesus’ head had been, and the other was where his feet had been. 13The angels asked her why she was crying. Mary told them, “They have removed my Lord, and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”
    14After she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. However, she didn’t know that it was Jesus. 15Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”16Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
        Mary turned around and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This word means “teacher.”)
    17Jesus told her, “Don’t hold on to me. I have not yet gone to the Father. But go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
    18Mary from Magdala went to the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord.” She also told them what he had said to her.
JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES—Luke 24:36-48
    19That Sunday evening, the disciples were together behind locked doors
because they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you!” 20When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were glad to see the Lord.
    21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” 22After he had said this, he breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23Whenever you forgive sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you don’t forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
JESUS APPEARS TO THOMAS
    24Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, who was called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. 25The other disciples told him, “We’ve seen the
Lord.” Thomas told them, “I refuse to believe this unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my fingers into them, and put my hand into his side."
   26A week later Jesus' disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then Jesus said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Take your hand, and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
   28Thomas responded to Jesus, "My Lord and my God!"
   29Jesus said to Thomas, "You believe because you've seen me. Blessed are those that who haven't seen me but believe."
   30Jesus performed many other miracles that his disciples saw. Those miracles are not written in this book. 31But these miracles have been  written so that you believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God, and so that you will have life by believing in him.

John 21:15-23 (GOD'S WORD)

   15After they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the other disciples do?”
Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my lambs.”
    16Jesus asked him again, a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus told him, “Take care of my sheep.”
    17Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love
me?” So Peter said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep. 18I can guarantee this truth: When you were young, you would get ready to go where you wanted. But when you’re old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will get you ready to take you where you don’t want to go.” 19Jesus said this to show by what kind of death Peter would bring glory to God. After saying this, Jesus told Peter, “Follow me!” 20Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved. That disciple was following them. He was the one who leaned against Jesus' chest at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray you?" 21When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"
   22Jesus said to Peter, "If I want him to live until I come again, how does that concern you? Follow me!" 23So a rumor that that disciple wouldn't die spread among Jesus' followers. But Jesus didn't say that he wouldn't die. What Jesus said was, "If I want him to live until I come again, how does that concern you?"

John 21:24-25 (GOD'S WORD)

   24This disciple was an eyewitness of these things and wrote them down. We know that what he says is true.
   25Jesus also did many other things. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the world wouldn't have enough room for the books that would be written.