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71 AFTERWARDS JESUS went about in Galilee. He wished to avoid Judaea because the Jews were looking for a chance to kill him. 2 As the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was close at hand, 3 his brothers said to him, 'You should leave this district and go into Judaea, so that your disciples there may see the great things you are doing. 4 Surely no one can hope to be in the public eye if he works in seclusion. If you really are doing such things as these, show yourself to the world.' 5 For even his brothers were not believers in him. 6 Jesus said to them, 'The right time for me has not yet come, but any time is right for you. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me for exposing the wickedness of its ways. 8 Go to the festival yourselves. I am not going up to this festival because the right time for me has not yet come.' 9 With this answer he stayed behind in Galilee.
10 Later, when his brothers had gone to the festival, he went up himself, not publicly, but almost in secret. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the festival and asking, 'Where is he?', 12 and there was much whispering about him in the crowds. 'He is a good man', said some. 'No,' said others, 'he is leading the people astray.' 13 However, no one talked about him openly, for fear of the Jews.
14 WHEN THE FESTIVAL was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. 15 The Jews were astonished: 'How is it', they said, 'that this untrained man has such learning?' 16 Jesus replied, 'The teaching that I give is not my own; it is the teaching of him who sent me. 17 Whoever has the will to do the will of God shall know whether my teaching comes from him or is merely my own. 18 Anyone whose teaching is merely his own, aims at honour for himself. But if a man aims at the honour of him who sent him he is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
19 'Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet you all break it. Why are you trying to kill me?' 20 The crowd answered, 'You are possessed! Who wants to kill you?' 21 Jesus replied, 'Once only have I done work on the Sabbath, and you are all taken aback. 22 But consider: Moses gave you the law of circumcision (not that it originated with Moses but with the patriarchs) and you circumcise on the Sabbath. 23 Well then, if a child is circumcised on the Sabbath to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, why are you indignant with me for giving health on the Sabbath to the whole of a man's body? 24 Do not judge superficially, but be just in your judgements.'
25 At this some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, 'Is not this the man they want to put to death? 26 And here he is, speaking openly, and they have not a word to say to him. Can it be that our rulers have actually decided that this is the Messiah? 27 And yet we know where this man comes from, but when the Messiah appears no one is to know where he comes from.' 28 Thereupon Jesus cried aloud as he taught in the temple, 'No doubt you know me; no doubt you know where I come from. Yet I have not come of my own accord. I was sent by the One who truly is, and him you do not know. 29 I know him because I come from him and he it is who sent me.' 30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his appointed hour had not yet come. 31 Yet among the people many believed in him. 'When the Messiah comes,' they said, 'is it likely that he will perform more signs than this man?'
32 The Pharisees overheard these mutterings of the people about him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him. 33 Then Jesus said, 'For a little longer I shall be with you; then I am going away to him who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me. Where I am, you cannot come.'
[Some manuscripts here REPLACE the passage about the woman taken in adultery: (see John 7.53-8.11).]
37 ON THE LAST and greatest day of the festival Jesus stood and cried aloud, 'If anyone is thirsty let him come to me, 38 whoever believes in me, let him drink.' As Scripture says, 'Streams of living water shall flow out from within him.' 39 He was speaking of the Spirit which believers in him would receive later, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40 On hearing this some of the people said, 'This must certainly be the expected prophet.' 41 Others said, 'This is the Messiah.' Others again, 'Surely the Messiah is not to come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah is to be of the family of David, from David's village of Bethlehem?' 43 Thus he caused a split among the people. 44 Some were for seizing him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 The temple police came back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked, 'Why have you not brought him?' 46 'No man', they answered, 'ever spoke as this man speaks.' 47 The Pharisees retorted, 'Have you too been misled? 48 Is there a single one of our rulers who has believed in him, or of the Pharisees? 49 As for this rabble, which cares nothing for the Law, a curse is on them.' 50 Then one of their number, Nicodemus (the man who had once visited Jesus), intervened. 51 'Does our law', he asked them, 'permit us to pass judgement on a man unless we have first given him a hearing and learned the facts?' 52 'Are you a Galilean too?' they retorted. 'Study the scriptures and you will find that prophets do not come from Galilee.'
[Some manuscripts here REPLACE the passage 7.53-8.11]
[This passage, which in the most widely received editions of the New Testament is printed in the text of John, 7.53-8.1l, has no fixed place in our ancient manuscripts. Some of them do not contain it at all. Some place it after Luke 21.38, others after John 7.36, or 7.52, or 21.24.]
12 ONCE AGAIN JESUS addressed the people: 'I am the light of the world. No follower of mine shall wander in the dark; he shall have the light of life.' 13 The Pharisees said to him, 'You are witness in your own cause; your testimony is not valid.' 14 Jesus replied, 'My testimony is valid, even though I do bear witness about myself; because I know where I come from, and where I am going. You do not know either where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by worldly standards. I pass judgement on no man, 16 but if I do judge, my judgement is valid because it is not I alone who judge, but I and he who sent me. 17 In your own law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid. 18 Here am I, a witness in my own cause, and my other witness is the Father who sent me.' They asked, 19 'Where is your father?' Jesus replied, 'You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me you would know my Father as well.'
20 These words were spoken by Jesus in the treasury as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Again he said to them, 'I am going away. You will look for me, but you will die in your sin; where I am going you cannot come.' 22 The Jews then said, 'Perhaps he will kill himself: is that what he means when he says, "Where I am going you cannot come"?' 23 So Jesus continued, 'You belong to this world below, I to the world above. Your home is in this world, mine is not. 24 That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. If you do not believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins.' 25 They asked him, 'Who are you?' Jesus answered, 'Why should I speak to you at all? 26 I have much to say about you - and in judgement. But he who sent me speaks the truth, and what I heard from him I report to the world.'
27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, 'When you have lifted up the Son of Man you will know that I am what I am. I do nothing on my own authority, but in all that I say, I have been taught by my Father. 29 He who sent me is present with me, and has not left me alone; for I always do what is acceptable to him.' 30 As he said this, many put their faith in him.
31 Turning to the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, 'If you dwell within the revelation I have brought, you are indeed my disciples; 32 you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' 33 They replied, 'We are Abraham's descendants; we have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, "You will become free men"?' 34 'In very truth I tell you', said Jesus, 'that everyone who commits sin is a slave. 35 The slave has no permanent standing in the household, but the son belongs to it for ever. 36 If then the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.
37 'I know that you are descended from Abraham, but you are bent on killing me because my teaching makes no headway with you. 38 I am revealing in words what I saw in my Father's presence; and you are revealing in action what you learned from your father.'
They said, 'We are not base-born; God is our father, and God alone.'
42 Jesus said, 'If God were your father, you would love me, for God is the source of my being, and from him I come. I have not come of my own accord; he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand my language? It is because my revelation is beyond your grasp.
44 'Your father is the devil and you choose to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and is not rooted in the truth; there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie he is speaking his own language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But I speak the truth and therefore you do not believe me. 46 Which of you can prove me in the wrong? If what I say is true, why do you not believe me? 47 He who has God for his father listens to the words of God. You are not God's children; that is why you do not listen.'
52 The Jews said, 'Now we are certain that you are possessed. Abraham is dead; the prophets are dead; and yet you say, "If anyone obeys my teaching he shall not know what it is to die." 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets are dead too. What do you claim to be?'
54 Jesus replied, 'If I glorify myself, that glory of mine is worthless. It is the Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, "He is our God", 55 though you do not know him. But I know him; if I said that I did not know him I should be a liar like you. But in truth I know him and obey his word.
56 'Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day; he saw it and was glad.' 57 The Jews protested, 'You are not yet fifty years old. How can you have seen Abraham?' 58 Jesus said, 'In very truth I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am.'
59 They picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was not to be seen; and he left the temple.
91 AS HE WENT on his way Jesus saw a man blind from his birth. 2 His disciples put the question, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents? Why was he born blind?' 3 'It is not that this man or his parents sinned,' Jesus answered; 'he was born blind that God's power might be displayed in curing him. 4 While daylight lasts we must carry on the work of him who sent me, night comes, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world I am the light of the world.'
6 With these words he spat on the ground and made a paste with the spittle; he spread it on the man's eyes, 7 and said to him, 'Go and wash in the pool of Siloam.' (The name means 'sent'.) The man went away and washed, and when he returned he could see.
8 His neighbours and those who were accustomed to see him begging said, 'Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?' 9 Others said, 'Yes, this is the man.' Others again said, 'No, but it is someone like him.' 10 The man himself said, 'I am the man.' They asked him, 'How were your eyes opened?' 11 He replied, 'The man called Jesus made a paste and smeared my eyes with it, and told me to go to Siloam and wash. I went and washed, and gained my sight.' 12 'Where is he?' they asked. He answered, 'I do not know.'
13 THE MAN who had been blind was brought before the Pharisees. 14 As it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened his eyes, 15 the Pharisees now asked him by what means he had gained his sight. The man told them, 'He spread a paste on my eyes; then I washed, and now I can see.' 16 Some of the Pharisees said, 'This fellow is no man of God; he does not keep the Sabbath.' Others said, 'How could such signs come from a sinful man?' So they took different sides.
17 Then they continued to question him: 'What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.' He answered, 'He is a prophet.' 18 The Jews would not is believe that the man had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had summoned his parents 19 and questioned them: 'Is this man your son? Do you say that he was bom blind? How is it that he can see now?' 20 The parents replied, 'We know that he is our son, and that he was bom blind. 21 But how it is that he can now see, or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age; he will speak for himself.' 22 His parents gave this answer because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jewish authorities had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged Jesus as Messiah should be banned from the synagogue. 23 That is why the parents said, 'He is of age; ask him.'
24 So for the second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said, 'Speak the truth before God. We know that this fellow is a sinner.' 25 'Whether or not he is a sinner, I do not know', the man replied. 'All I know is this: once I was blind, now I can see.' 26 'What did he do to you?' they asked. 'How did he open your eyes?' 27 'I have told you already,' he retorted, 'but you took no notice. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?' 28 Then they became abusive. 'You are that man's disciple,' they said, 'but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not know where he comes from.'
30 The man replied, 'What an extraordinary thing! Here is a man who has opened my eyes, yet you do not know where he comes from! 31 It is common knowledge that God does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and obeys his will. 32 To open the eyes of a man born blind - it is unheard of since time began. 33 If that man had not come from God he could have done nothing.' 34 'Who are you to give us lessons,' they retorted, 'born and bred in sin as you are?' Then they expelled him from the synagogue.
35 Jesus heard that they had expelled him. When he found him he asked, 'Have you faith in the Son of Man?' 36 The man answered, 'Tell me who he is, sir, that I should put my faith in him.' 37 'You have seen him,' said Jesus; 'indeed, it is he who is speaking to you.' 38 'Lord, I believe', he said, and bowed before him.
39 Jesus said, 'It is for judgement that I have come into this world - to give sight to the sightless and to make blind those who see.' 40 Some Pharisees in his company asked, 'Do you mean that we are blind?' 41 'If you were blind,' said Jesus, 'you would not be guilty, but because you say "We see"; your guilt remains.
101 'IN TRUTH I tell you, in very truth, the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is nothing but a thief or a robber. 2 The man who enters by the door is the shepherd in charge of the sheep. 3 The door-keeper admits him, and the sheep hear his voice; he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 4 When he has brought them all out, he goes ahead and the sheep follow, because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.'
6 This was a Pble that Jesus told them, but they did not understand what he meant by it.
7 So Jesus spoke again;
'In truth, in very truth I tell you, I am the door of the sheepfold.
8 The sheep paid no heed to any who came before me, for these were all thieves and robbers. 9 I am the door;
anyone who comes into the fold through me shall be safe. He shall go in and out and shall find pasturage.
10 'The thief comes only to steal, to kill, to destroy; I have come that men may have life, and may have it in all its fullness. 11 I am the good shepherd;
the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hireling, when he sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep and runs away, because he is no shepherd and the sheep are not his. Then the wolf harries the flock and scatters the sheep. 13 The man runs away because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 'I am the good shepherd;
I know my own sheep and my sheep know me -
15 as the Father knows me and I know the Father -
and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 But there are other sheep of mine,
not belonging to this fold,
whom I must bring in;
and they too will listen to my voice.
There will then be one flock,
one shepherd.
17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life, to receive it back again. 18 No one has robbed me of it; I am laying it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to receive it back again; this charge I have received from my Father.'
19 These words once again caused a split among the Jews. 20 Many of them said, 'He is possessed, he is raving. Why listen to him?' 21 Others said, 'No one possessed by an evil spirit could speak like this. Could an evil spirit open blind men's eyes?'