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Gospel of John

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the

Word was God.

John 1:2

The same was in the beginning with God.

John 1:3

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made

that was made.

John 1:4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it

not.

John 1:6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:7

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all

men through him might believe.

John 1:8

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

John 1:9

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into

the world.

John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world

knew him not.

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons

of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:13

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of

the will of man, but of God.

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his

glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of

grace and truth.

John 1:15

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I

spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was

before me.

John 1:16

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus

Christ.

John 1:18

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in

the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 1:19

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and

Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

John 1:20

And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

John 1:21

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am

not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

John 1:22

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to

them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:23

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make

straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

John 1:24

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

John 1:25

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if

thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

John 1:26

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth

one among you, whom ye know not;

John 1:27

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's

latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

John 1:28

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was

baptizing.

John 1:29

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the

Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1:30

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred

before me: for he was before me.

John 1:31

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel,

therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John 1:32

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven

like a dove, and it abode upon him.

John 1:33

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the

same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,

and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy

Ghost.

John 1:34

And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

John 1:35

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

John 1:36

And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

John 1:37

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

John 1:38

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What

seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being

interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

John 1:39

He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt,

and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

John 1:40

One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew,

Simon Peter's brother.

John 1:41

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have

found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou

art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by

interpretation, A stone.

John 1:43

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth

Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

John 1:44

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of

whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of

Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 1:46

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of

Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an

Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

John 1:48

Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and

said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under

the fig tree, I saw thee.

John 1:49

Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of

God; thou art the King of Israel.

John 1:50

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw

thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater

things than these.

John 1:51

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye

shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending

upon the Son of man.

John 2:1

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the

mother of Jesus was there:

John 2:2

And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

John 2:3

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They

have no wine.

John 2:4

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour

is not yet come.

John 2:5

His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do

it.

John 2:6

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of

the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

John 2:7

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled

them up to the brim.

John 2:8

And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of

the feast. And they bare it.

John 2:9

When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,

and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water

knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

John 2:10

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good

wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but

thou hast kept the good wine until now.

John 2:11

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and

manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his

brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

John 2:13

And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

John 2:14

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and

the changers of money sitting:

John 2:15

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out

of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the

changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

John 2:16

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not

my Father's house an house of merchandise.

John 2:17

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine

house hath eaten me up.

John 2:18

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto

us, seeing that thou doest these things?

John 2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three

days I will raise it up.

John 2:20

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,

and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

John 2:21

But he spake of the temple of his body.

John 2:22

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered

that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and

the word which Jesus had said.

John 2:23

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many

believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

John 2:24

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

John 2:25

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was

in man.

John 3:1

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the

Jews:

John 3:2

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know

that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these

miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:4

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can

he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born

of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of

the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:7

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound

thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:

so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

John 3:10

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and

knowest not these things?

John 3:11

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and

testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

John 3:12

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye

believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

John 3:13

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from

heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must

the Son of man be lifted up:

John 3:15

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal

life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that

whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting

life.

John 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but

that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:18

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not

is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the

only begotten Son of God.

John 3:19

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and

men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the

light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

John 3:21

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be

made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

John 3:22

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of

Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

John 3:23

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was

much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

John 3:24

For John was not yet cast into prison.

John 3:25

Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the

Jews about purifying.

John 3:26

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with

thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same

baptizeth, and all men come to him.

John 3:27

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given

him from heaven.

John 3:28

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but

that I am sent before him.

John 3:29

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the

bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because

of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 3:31

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is

earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is

above all.

John 3:32

And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man

receiveth his testimony.

John 3:33

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is

true.

John 3:34

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth

not the Spirit by measure unto him.

John 3:35

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

John 3:36

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that

believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God

abideth on him.

John 4:1

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus

made and baptized more disciples than John,

John 4:2

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

John 4:3

He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

John 4:4

And he must needs go through Samaria.

John 4:5

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to

the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:6

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his

journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

John 4:7

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,

Give me to drink.

John 4:8

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

John 4:9

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being

a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews

have no dealings with the Samaritans.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God,

and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest

have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 4:11

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and

the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

John 4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and

drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

John 4:13

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water

shall thirst again:

John 4:14

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never

thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of

water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:15

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,

neither come hither to draw.

John 4:16

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

John 4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her,

Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

John 4:18

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy

husband: in that saidst thou truly.

John 4:19

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

John 4:20

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in

Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

John 4:21

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye

shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the

Father.

John 4:22

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation

is of the Jews.

John 4:23

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall

worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh

such to worship him.

John 4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit

and in truth.

John 4:25

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called

Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

John 4:26

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

John 4:27

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with

the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou

with her?

John 4:28

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and

saith to the men,

John 4:29

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not

this the Christ?

John 4:30

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

John 4:31

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

John 4:32

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

John 4:33

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him

ought to eat?

John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,

and to finish his work.

John 4:35

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?

behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;

for they are white already to harvest.

John 4:36

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life

eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice

together.

John 4:37

And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

John 4:38

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men

laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

John 4:39

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the

saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

John 4:40

So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he

would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

John 4:41

And many more believed because of his own word;

John 4:42

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying:

for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the

Christ, the Saviour of the world.

John 4:43

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

John 4:44

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own

country.

John 4:45

Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,

having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for

they also went unto the feast.

John 4:46

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water

wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at

Capernaum.

John 4:47

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went

unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son:

for he was at the point of death.

John 4:48

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will

not believe.

John 4:49

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

John 4:50

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man

believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

John 4:51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him,

saying, Thy son liveth.

John 4:52

Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they

said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John 4:53

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus

said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole

house.

John 4:54

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out

of Judaea into Galilee.

John 5:1

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem.

John 5:2

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called

in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:3

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,

withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

John 5:4

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and

troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the

water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

John 5:5

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight

years.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in

that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

John 5:7

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is

troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another

steppeth down before me.

John 5:8

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

John 5:9

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and

walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

John 5:10

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath

day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 5:11

He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take

up thy bed, and walk.

John 5:12

Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up

thy bed, and walk?

John 5:13

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed

himself away, a multitude being in that place.

John 5:14

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold,

thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 5:15

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made

him whole.

John 5:16

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him,

because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

John 5:18

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only

had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making

himself equal with God.

John 5:19

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father

do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son

likewise.

John 5:20

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that

himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye

may marvel.

John 5:21

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so

the Son quickeneth whom he will.

John 5:22

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto

the Son:

John 5:23

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.

He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath

sent him.

John 5:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and

believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not

come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 5:25

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when

the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear

shall live.

John 5:26

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son

to have life in himself;

John 5:27

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is

the Son of man.

John 5:28

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are

in the graves shall hear his voice,

John 5:29

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection

of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of

damnation.

John 5:30

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my

judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of

the Father which hath sent me.

John 5:31

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

John 5:32

There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the

witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

John 5:33

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

John 5:34

But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye

might be saved.

John 5:35

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a

season to rejoice in his light.

John 5:36

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the

Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear

witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:37

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.

Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

John 5:38

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him

ye believe not.

John 5:39

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and

they are they which testify of me.

John 5:40

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

John 5:41

I receive not honour from men.

John 5:42

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

John 5:43

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another

shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

John 5:44

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not

the honour that cometh from God only?

John 5:45

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that

accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

John 5:46

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of

me.

John 5:47

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