promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.

And he led them out even towards Bethany, and 50 lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to 51 pass, while blessing them, he parted from them. And 52 they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were 53 continually in the temple, praising God.

ACCORDING TO JOHN.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was CH. I. with God, and the Word was God. The same was in 2 the beginning with God. All things were made through 3 him; and without him did not even one thing come into existence, which is come into existence. In him is 4 life; and the life was the light of men. And the light 5 shines in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name 6 was John; the same came for witness, to bear witness 7 of the Light, that all might believe through him. He 8 was not the Light, but came to bear witness of the Light. The true Light, which lightens every man, was 9 coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world 10 was made through him, and the world knew him not. He 11 came unto his own home, and his own people received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he 12 authority to become children of God, to them that believe in his name, who were begotten, not of bloods, nor of 13 the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, 14 and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John bears 15 witness of him, and has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is come to be before

16 me, for he was before me. For out of his fulness we all 17 received, even grace for grace; for the law was given

through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus 18 Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

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And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed and denied not; and confessed, I am 21 not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? He says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? 22 And he answered, Nay. They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that 23 sent us; what sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am a

voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the 24 way of the Lord, as spake Isaiah the prophet. And they 25 had been sent from the Pharisees; and they asked him

and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou 26 art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? John

answered them, saying, I baptize in water: there stands 27 one among you whom ye know not, he that 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 baptizing.

29 The next day he sees Jesus coming unto him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of 30 the world. This is he of whom I said, After me comes a

man that has advanced before me, for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to 32 Israel, therefore I came baptizing in water. And John bore

witness, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove 33 out of heaven, and it abode upon him. And I knew him

not; but he that sent me to baptize in water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, he it is that baptizes in 34 the Holy Spirit. And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

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The next day John was standing again, and two 36 of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus walking,

he says, Behold the Lamb of God! The two disciples 37 heard him speaking, and followed Jesus. And Jesus turned, 38 and beheld them following, and says unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where abidest thou? He 39 says unto them, Come and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode, and abode with him that day it was about the tenth hour. One of the 40 two who heard it from John and them that followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first finds his own 41 brother Simon, and says unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, Christ. He brought 42 him to Jesus. Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon the son of John; thou shalt be called Kephas, which is interpreted, Peter.

The next day he desired to go forth into Galilee, and 43 finds Philip. And Jesus says unto him, Follow me. Now 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, out of the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip finds Nathanael and says unto him, We 45 have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing 46 be out of Nazareth? Philip says unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and he says 47 of him, Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile! Nathanael says unto him, Whence knowest thou me? 48 Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; 49 thou art King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto 50 him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And he says unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto 51 you, ye will see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

CH.

AND the third day there was a marriage feast in Cana II. of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and 2 Jesus also was called, and his disciples, to the marriage

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3 feast. And they had no marriage-feast was spent.

wine, because the wine of the Then the mother of Jesus says Jesus says unto her, Woman,

4 unto him, There is no wine. what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother says unto the attendants, Whatsoever he says 6 unto you, do it. Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the Jews' custom of purification, containing two 7 or three firkins apiece. Jesus says unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the 8 brim. And he says unto them, Draw out now, and bear 9 unto the ruler of the feast. And they bore it. But when the ruler of the feast tasted the water that had been made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the attendants who had drawn the water knew ;) the ruler of the feast 10 calls the bridegroom and says unto him, Every man puts the good wine first; and when they have become drunk, that which is worse; thou hast kept the good 11 wine until now. This beginning of the signs made Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested his glory; and his 12 disciples believed on him. After this he went down to

Capernaum, himself, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and they abode there not many days. 13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus 14 went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those

selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money15 changers sitting: and having made a scourge of small cords, he cast them all out of the temple, both the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and 16 overthrew the tables, and said unto them selling the doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's 17 house an house of merchandise. His disciples remembered

that it is written, Zeal for thine house consumes me. 18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these 19 things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this 20 temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and 21 wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he was speaking

of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised 22 from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and believed the scripture and the word which Jesus spake.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, at the 23 feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he was doing; but Jesus himself did not trust him- 24 self to them, because he knew all men, and because he 25 needed not that any one should bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

CH.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nico- II. demus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to him by 2 night and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come from God a teacher; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered 3 and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says unto him, How can a man be born when 4 he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 5 unto thee, except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. That which has 6 been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 7 thee, ye must be born from above. The wind blows where 8 it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it comes and whither it goes: so is every one that has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered 9 and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus 10 answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto 11 thee, we speak that which we know, and bear witness to that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness. If I told you the earthly things and ye believe not, how 12 will ye believe if I tell you the heavenly things? And no one 13 has ascended into the heaven, but he that came down from the heaven, the Son of man who is in the heaven. even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so

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