The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Part 21

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with G.o.d, and the Word was G.o.d. (2)The same was in the beginning with G.o.d. (3)All things were made by him[1:3]; and without him was nothing made that has been made.

(4)In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (5)And the light s.h.i.+nes in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

(6)There was a man sent from G.o.d, whose name was John. (7)The same came for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe. (8)He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of the light. (9)There was the true light, which lights every man that comes into the world. (10)He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (11)He came to his own, and his own received him not. (12)But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of G.o.d, to those who believe on his name; (13)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of G.o.d.

(14)And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us[1:14]; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

(15)John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was before me[1:15]. (16)Because out of his fullness we all received, and grace for grace. (17)For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (18)No one has ever seen G.o.d; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

(19)And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? (20)And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. (21)And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. (22)They said therefore to him: Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? (23)He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

(24)And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. (25)And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? (26)John answered them, saying: I immerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know not; (27)he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

(28)These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

(29)On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the Lamb of G.o.d, that takes away the sin of the world! (30)This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me[1:30]. (31)And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.

(32)And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him. (33)And I knew him not; but he who sent me to immerse in water, the same said to me: Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, the same is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. (34)And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of G.o.d.

(35)Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples; (36)and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of G.o.d! (37)And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. (38)And Jesus turning, and beholding them following, says to them: What seek ye? They said to him: Rabbi (which interpreted means, Teacher), where dost thou abide? (39)He says to them: Come, and ye shall see. They came and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

(40)Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard it from John, and followed him. (41)He first finds his brother Simon, and says to him: We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted, Christ. (42)And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, beholding him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted, Peter[1:42].

(43)On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee. And he finds Philip; and Jesus says to him: Follow me. (44)Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. (45)Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets wrote, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. (46)And Nathanael said to him: Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him: Come and see. (47)Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

(48)Nathanael says to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. (49)Nathanael answered: Rabbi; thou art the Son of G.o.d, thou art the King of Israel. (50)Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these. (51)And he says to him: Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth[1:51] ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of G.o.d ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

II.

AND on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. (2)And Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3)And wine having failed, the mother of Jesus says to him: They have no wine. (4)Jesus says to her: Woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come. (5)His mother says to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do it. (6)Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the Jewish custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins[2:6] apiece. (7)Jesus says to them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. (8)And he says to them: Draw out now, and bear to the ruler of the feast. And they bore it. (9)When the ruler of the feast tasted the water that was made wine (and he knew not whence it was, but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom, (10)and says to him: Every man sets forth the good wine first; and when they have drunk freely, then that which is worse.

Thou hast kept the good wine until now. (11)This beginning of the signs Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

(12)After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; and they abode there not many days.

(13)And the pa.s.sover of the Jews was at hand; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (14)And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting. (15)And having made a scourge of small cords, he drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; (16)and to those who sold doves he said: Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. (17)And his disciples remembered that it is written: for thy house consumes me.

(18)The Jews therefore answered and said to him: What sign dost thou show to us, seeing that thou doest these things? (19)Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. (20)Therefore said the Jews: Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? (21)But he said it of the temple of his body. (22)When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus spoke.

(23)And when he was in Jerusalem at the pa.s.sover, on the feast-day, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.

(24)But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, (25)and had no need that any one should testify of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

III.

THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. (2)The same came to him by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from G.o.d; for no one can do these signs which thou doest, except G.o.d be with him.

(3)Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born again[3:3], he can not see the kingdom of G.o.d.

(4)Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

(5)Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of G.o.d.

(6)That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (7)Marvel not that I said to thee: Ye must be born again.

(8)The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it comes, and whither it goes. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.

(9)Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be?

(10)Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou the teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? (11)Verily, verily, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony. (12)If I told you the earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you the heavenly things? (13)And no one has ascended up into heaven, but he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. (14)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; (15)that every one who believes on him may have everlasting life. (16)For G.o.d so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have everlasting life. (17)For G.o.d sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (18)He that believes on him is not judged; but he that believes not has already been judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of G.o.d. (19)And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. (20)For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

(21)But he that does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in G.o.d.

(22)After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he remained with them, and immersed. (23)And John also was immersing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were immersed. (24)For John was not yet cast into prison.

(25)There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification. (26)And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he immerses, and all come to him.

(27)John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. (28)Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him. (29)He that has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.

This my joy therefore is made full. (30)He must increase, but I must decrease. (31)He that comes from above is above all; he that is from the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; he that comes from heaven is above all. (32)And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and his testimony no one receives. (33)He that received his testimony has set his seal, That G.o.d is true. (34)For he whom G.o.d sent forth speaks the words of G.o.d; for he gives not[3:34] the Spirit by measure. (35)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. (36)He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of G.o.d abides on him.

IV.

WHEN therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard, that Jesus made and immersed more disciples than John (2)(though Jesus himself immersed not, but his disciples), (3)he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. (4)And he must go through Samaria. (5)He comes therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar[4:5], near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6)And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

(7)There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus, says to her: Give me to drink. (8)For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. (9)The Samaritan woman therefore says to him: How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, being a Samaritan woman? For Jews do not a.s.sociate with Samaritans. (10)Jesus answered and said to her: If thou knewest the gift of G.o.d, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (11)The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou the living water. (12)Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? (13)Jesus answered and said to her: Every one that drinks of this water shall thirst again. (14)But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life. (15)The woman says to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

(16)Jesus says to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (17)The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus says to her: Thou saidst well, I have no husband. (18)For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That thou hast spoken truly.

(19)The woman says to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

(20)Our fathers wors.h.i.+ped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to wors.h.i.+p. (21)Jesus says to her: Woman, believe me, an hour is coming, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem wors.h.i.+p the Father. (22)Ye wors.h.i.+p that which ye know not; we wors.h.i.+p that which we know; because salvation is of the Jews. (23)But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true wors.h.i.+pers shall wors.h.i.+p the Father in spirit and in truth; for such the Father seeks to wors.h.i.+p him. (24)G.o.d is spirit; and they that wors.h.i.+p him, must wors.h.i.+p in spirit and in truth.

(25)The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes (who is called Christ); when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26)Jesus says to her: I that speak to thee am he. (27)And upon this came his disciples; and they marveled that he talked with the woman[4:27]. Yet no one said: What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? (28)The woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city; and she says to the men: (29)Come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did. Is this the Christ? (30)Then they went out of the city, and came to him.

(31)In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying: Master, eat.

(32)But he said to them: I have food to eat that ye know not of.

(33)Therefore said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought him aught to eat? (34)Jesus says to them: My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work. (35)Do ye not say, that there are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white for harvest. (36)And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. (37)And herein is the true saying: One sows, and another reaps. (38)I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.

(39)And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, who testified: He told me all that ever I did.

(40)When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to remain with them. And he remained there two days. (41)And far more believed because of his word; (42)and said to the woman: We no longer believe because of thy saying; for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is in truth the Savior of the world.

(43)And after the two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

(44)For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

(45)When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast. (46)So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.

And there was a certain n.o.bleman, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.

(47)He, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was about to die. (48)Jesus therefore said to him: Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. (49)The n.o.bleman says to him: Sir, come down ere my child die. (50)Jesus says to him: Go thy way; thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. (51)And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and brought word saying: Thy child lives. (52)He inquired of them, therefore, the hour when he began to amend. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

(53)The father knew, therefore, that it was in the same hour in which Jesus said to him: Thy son lives. And he himself believed, and his whole house. (54)This second sign Jesus wrought, when he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.