A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Part 14

(22)The next day the mult.i.tude who stayed on the other side of the sea, when they saw that there was no little vessel there, except the one into which his disciples went, and that Jesus went not with his disciples in the vessel, but that his disciples went away alone; (23)(but now little vessels had come from Tiberias near to the spot where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks:) (24)then when the mult.i.tude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also went into the vessels, and came to Capernaum, in search of Jesus. (25)And when they found him on the other side the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? (26)Jesus replied to them and said, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. (27)Labour not for the meat which is perishable, but for that meat which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for him hath the Father sealed, even G.o.d. (28)Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we may work the works of G.o.d? (29)Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of G.o.d, that ye should believe on him whom he hath sent. (30)Then said they to him, What miracle therefore dost thou, that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work? (31)Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness; as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat." (32)Then said Jesus unto them, Verily, verily, I tell you, It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven. (33)For he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world, is the bread of G.o.d. (34)Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. (35)Then said Jesus to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst more. (36)But I have told you, That though ye have seen me, yet ye have not believed.

(37)Every individual which the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out. (38)For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. (39)Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, That every thing which he hath given me I should not be deprived of it, but raise it up at the last day. (40)And this is the will of him that sent me, That every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day.

(41)Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. (42)And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I came down from heaven? (43)Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves. (44)No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. (45)It is written in the prophets, And "they shall all be taught of G.o.d." Every one therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to me. (46)Not that any man hath seen the Father, except he that is with G.o.d, he hath seen the Father. (47)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. (48)I am the bread of life. (49)Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are dead. (50)This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die. (51)I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

(52)Then the Jews contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? (53)Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves. (54)He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day. (55)For my flesh truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink. (56)He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. (57)As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by me.

(58)This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live to eternity.

(59)These things he spake in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

(60)Many therefore of his disciples, who heard him, said, Difficult is this discourse, who is able to fathom it? (61)Then Jesus, conscious in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this discourse, said unto them, Doth this stumble you? (62)What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where he was formerly? (63)The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life. (64)But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who the person was that should betray him. (65)And he said, Therefore have I informed you, That no man can come to me, except it be given him of my Father.

(66)From that _discourse_ many of his disciples went away back, and no more followed him about. (67)Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away? (68)Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, unto whom shall we go from thee? thou hast the words of eternal life. (69)And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living G.o.d. (70)Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? (71)Now he spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this man was ready to betray him, though he was one of the twelve.

CHAP. VII.

AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. (2)And a feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. (3)Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest. (4)For no man doeth any thing in secret, yet seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these things, exhibit thyself to the world. (5)For even his own brethren did not believe on him. (6)Jesus therefore saith to them, My proper time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. (7)The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. (8)Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived. (9)Thus speaking to them then, he continued in Galilee. (10)But as soon as his disciples were gone up, then went he also himself up to the feast: not in public, but as in concealment.

(11)The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

(12)And there was a great murmur concerning him among the mult.i.tude: some said, Surely he is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth the people. (13)Yet no person spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

(14)But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. (15)And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar? (16)Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. (17)If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of G.o.d, or whether I speak from myself. (18)He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. (19)Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? (20)The mult.i.tude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee? (21)Jesus answered and said unto them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel. (22)Because Moses ordered you circ.u.mcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circ.u.mcise a man on the sabbath-day. (23)If a man receive circ.u.mcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day? (24)Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment. (25)Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill? (26)And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah? (27)But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. (28)Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

(29)But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

(30)Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. (31)But many of the mult.i.tude believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those which this man doth? (32)The Pharisees heard the people muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and chief priests sent officers to apprehend him. (33)Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me. (34)Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come. (35)Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks? (36)What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?

(37)Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

(38)He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water. (39)(Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.) (40)Many then of the mult.i.tude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet. (41)Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee? (42)Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was? (43)There was a division therefore among the mult.i.tude on account of him. (44)Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one laid hands upon him. (45)Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?

(46)The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man. (47)The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also deluded? (48)Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? (49)But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed.

(50)Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body,) (51)Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?

(52)They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too?

Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.

(53)So each went to his own home.

CHAP. VIII.

THEN Jesus went to the mount of Olives. (2)But early in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people came to him; and sitting down he taught them. (3)Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and placing her in the midst, (4)they say unto him, Master, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

(5)Now Moses in the law commanded, that such women should be stoned: therefore what sayest thou? (6)But this they said, trying to entrap him, that they might have ground of accusation against him. But Jesus stooping down, with his finger wrote on the ground. (7)Now when they continued questioning him, raising himself up, he said to them, Let the person who is sinless among you, first cast a stone at her. (8)And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. (9)But when they heard him, and felt the conviction of their conscience, they slunk away one by one, beginning from the elders to the last: so Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the midst. (10)Then Jesus raising himself up, and seeing no person but the woman, said unto her, Woman, where are these thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (11)She said, No man, Lord. Then said Jesus unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

(12)Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13)The Pharisees said to him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. (14)Jesus answered and said to them, Though I do bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but ye know not whence I come, nor whither I am going. (15)Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. (16)But though I should judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. (17)Now even in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men is true. (18)I am a witness for myself, and the Father who sent me beareth witness of me. (19)Then said they to him, Where is thy father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.

(20)These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no person apprehended him; for his hour was not yet come.

(21)Then spake Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I am going ye cannot come.

(22)The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come. (23)And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.

(25)They said, therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, a.s.suredly the same as I am telling you. (26)I have many things to speak and to decide concerning you: but he that sent me is true; and the things which I have heard from him I speak to the world. (27)They knew not that he spake to them of the Father.

(28)Then said Jesus to them, When ye shall have lifted up on high the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am, and of myself have I done nothing; but as the Father hath instructed me, so I speak. (29)And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; because I always do the things acceptable to him. (30)As he spake these words, many believed on him.

(31)Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, a.s.suredly ye are my disciples; (32)and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (33)They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and never were in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, That we shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That every one who committeth sin is the slave of sin.

(35)But the slave abideth not in the family for ever: but the son abideth for ever. (36)If the Son therefore make you free, ye will be truly free. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have seen with my Father: and ye do therefore what ye have seen with your father.

(39)They answered and said unto him, Our Father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would have done the works of Abraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have heard from G.o.d. Abraham did not so. (41)Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We are not born of wh.o.r.edom; we have one Father, even G.o.d. (42)Then said Jesus unto them, If G.o.d was your Father, ye would have loved me: for I came out from G.o.d, and I am coming; neither indeed came I of myself, but he hath sent me. (43)Wherefore do ye not understand my speech? because ye cannot hear my word. (44)Ye are of your father the devil, and the l.u.s.ts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)But because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. (46)Which of you can convict me of sin? Now if I speak the truth, why do ye not believe me? (47)He that is of G.o.d heareth the words of G.o.d: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of G.o.d.

(48)Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Do we not rightly affirm, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? (49)Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me. (50)But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

(51)Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any man observe my saying, he shall never see death to all eternity. (52)Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If any man observe my word, he shall never taste of death to eternity. (53)Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

(54)Jesus answered, If I a.s.sume glory to myself, my glory is nothing: it is the Father who glorifies me; of whom ye say, that he is your G.o.d: (55)yet have ye not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, that I know him not, I should be like you, a liar: but I know him, and observe his word. (56)Your father Abraham exulted for joy that he should see this day of mine: and saw it, and rejoiced. (57)Then said the Jews unto him, Thou hast not yet reached the age of fifty, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am. (59)Then took they up stones to hurl at him: but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, pa.s.sing through the midst of them, and so went away.

CHAP. IX.

AND as he pa.s.sed along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his disciples inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? (3)Jesus answered, Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is in order to make manifest the works of G.o.d in him. (4)I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no man can work.

(5)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (6)So speaking, he spat on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and anointed with the mud the eyes of the blind man; (7)and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies, Sent.) Then he went and washed, and came seeing.

(8)The neighbours therefore, and they who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is not this the man who was sitting and begging? (9)Some said, That this is he: but others, That he is like him: he himself said, I am he. (10)When said they to him, How were thine eyes opened?

(11)he answered and said, A man called Jesus made mud, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: then I went, and was.h.i.+ng received sight. (12)They said to him, Where is he? He replied, I know not.

(13)They brought him to the Pharisees, who had before been blind.

(14)(Now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.) (15)The Pharisees therefore questioned him again, How he had received sight? And he told them, He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. (16)Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from G.o.d, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them. (17)They say to the blind man again, What sayest thou of him? that he opened thine eyes? Then he replied, That he is a prophet.

(18)Then the Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and received sight, until that they had called the parents of him who had received sight. (19)And they questioned them, saying, Is this your son, of whom ye say, that he was born blind? how then doth he now see? (20)His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: (21)but how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he himself will tell you about it. (22)So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue.

(23)Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

(24)The second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said unto him, Give the glory to G.o.d: we know that this man is a sinner. (25)Then answered he and said, Whether this man be a sinner, I know not: one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

(26)Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eves? (27)He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hearken: why do ye wish to hear it again? will ye also become his disciples? (28)Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses. (29)We know that G.o.d spake to Moses: but we know nothing of this man, whence he is. (30)The man replied, and said to them, Now herein is something very surprising, that you know not whence he is, though he hath opened my eyes. (31)Now we know that G.o.d doth not hearken to sinners: but if any man be a devout wors.h.i.+pper, and doeth his will, him he heareth. (32)From the creation of the world hath it never been heard, that any man opened the eyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from G.o.d, he could not do any thing.

(34)They answered and said unto him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. (35)Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, said to him, Believest thou in the Son of G.o.d? (36)The man answered and said, Who is he, Sir, that I might believe on him? (37)Then said Jesus him, Thou hast even seen him, and he that is now talking with thee is the very person. (38)Then he said, Lord, I believe: and wors.h.i.+pped him.

(39)And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not may see; and they who see become blind. (40)And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, Are we blind also? (41)Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye should not have had sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is permanent.

CHAP. X.

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber. (2)He that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. (3)To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own peculiar sheep by name, and leadeth them forth.

(4)And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice. (5)And a stranger will they not follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (6)This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.

(7)Therefore Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. (8)All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them. (9)I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (10)The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (11)I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. (12)But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep.

(13)Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. (14)I am the good shepherd, and know my own _sheep_, and am known of my own. (15)As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd. (17)Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. (18)No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

(19)There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of these sayings. (20)Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to him? (21)Others said, These are not the discourses of a demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

(22)Then was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

(23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico. (24)Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. (25)Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear witness of me. (26)But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you. (27)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (28)and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand. (29)My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall pluck them out of my Father's hand.

(30)I and my Father are one.

(31)Then the Jews again brought stones, in order to stone him.

(32)Jesus said unto them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these are ye going to stone me? (33)The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself G.o.d. (34)Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, "I said ye are G.o.ds?"

(35)If he called those G.o.ds, unto whom the word of G.o.d came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (36)do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of G.o.d? (37)If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38)But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

(39)Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach, (40)and went again beyond Jordan, unto the place where John at first baptised; and there he abode. (41)And many came to him, and said, That John indeed performed no miracle: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true. (42)And many believed on him there.

CHAP. XI.

NOW there was a sick man, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (2)(It was the Mary who had anointed the Lord with the balm, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) (3)The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. (4)When Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not for death, but for the glory of G.o.d, that the Son of G.o.d may be glorified thereby.