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Chapter
1. The divinity and incarnation of Christ. John bears
witness of him. He begins to call his disciples.
Chapter
2. Christ changes water into wine. He casts the
sellers out of the temple.
Chapter
3. Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. John's testimony.
Chapter
4. Christ talks with the Samaritan woman. He heals the
ruler's son.
Chapter
5. Christ heals on the sabbath the man languishing
thirty-eight years. His discourse upon this occasion.
Chapter
6. Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves. He
walks upon the sea and discourses of the bread of life.
Chapter
7. Christ goes up to the feast of the tabernacles. He
teaches in the temple.
Chapter
8. The woman taken in adultery. Christ justifies his
doctrine.
Chapter
10. Christ is the door and the good shepherd. He and
his Father are one.
Chapter
11. Christ raises Lazarus to life. The rulers resolve
to put him to death.
Chapter
12. The anointing of Christ's feet. His riding into
Jerusalem upon an ass. A voice from heaven.
Chapter
13. Christ washes his disciples' feet. The treason of
Judas. The new commandment of love.
Chapter
15. A continuation of Christ's discourse to his
disciples.
Chapter
16. The conclusion of Christ's last discourse to his
disciples.
Chapter
19. The continuation of the history of the Passion of
Christ.
Chapter
20. Christ's resurrection and manifestation to his
disciples.
Chapter
21. Christ manifests himself to his disciples by the
sea side and gives Peter the charge of his sheep.
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From Douay-Rheims, Challoner
revision
ST.
JOHN the Apostle and Evangelist, was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and
brother to James the Greater. He was called the BELOVED DISCIPLE OF
CHRIST, and stood by at his crucifixion. He wrote the Gospel after the
other Evangelists, about sixty-three years after our Lord’s Ascension.
Many things that they had omitted, were supplied by him. The original
was written in Greek; and by the Greeks he is titled THE DIVINE (!!).
ST. JEROME relates, that when he was earnestly requested by the
brethern to write the Gospel, he answered he would do it, if, by
ordering a common fast, they would all put up their prayers together to
the Almighty God; which being ended, replenished with the clearesst and
fullest revelation coming from Heaven, he burst forth into that
preface: In the beginning was the Word.
(!!)
Note from The
M+G+R Foundation
St. John “THE DIVINE”?
Even when we have great appreciation for the Douay-Rheims Bible, it
would be a bad example on our part, if we were to leave without comment
the title they give to St. John in the above Introductory Note in this
Bible book reproduced on our site.
To call any human being or creature “Divine” apart from our Lord Jesus
Christ is outright BLASPHEMY. “Divine” means “equal to God” or “of the
same substance as God.” It is not acceptable even as an affectionate
treatment —much less in a
Christian context with teaching purposes— and we do not care
whose tradition it is.
When Jesus clearly instructed us against calling anyone “Father” [Mt 23:9], He meant not to call
anyone by a title that belongs only to God. If we keep Douay-Rheims’
Introductory Note intact (exactly as it is in the Douay-Rheims Bible,
capital letters included) it is to preserve the historical record.
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By Mons. Dr. Juan Straubinger
(Not from the Douay-Rheims
Bible)
John, a native of Bethsaida of Galilee,
was the brother of James the
Great, both children of Zebedee and Salome, sister of the Virgin Mary.
Having been first a disciple of John the Baptizer and looking with all
his heart for the Kingdom of God, he followed Jesus; later on becoming
His favorite disciple. From the Cross, the Lord entrusted His Most Holy
Mother to him, who, henceforth took care of as if She were his own
mother.
John was that disciple “whom Jesus loved” and who in the last Passover
Meal
“was leaning on Jesus’ bosom”
(
Jn
13:23),
as a friend of His Heart and intimate witness of His Love and Sorrows.
After the Resurrection, John stayed in Jerusalem as one of the
“pillars” of the Church (Gal
2:9), and later on went to Ephesus (in today’s Turkey).
Banished by Emperor Domician (81-95 A.D.) to the island of Patmos, he
wrote then the Book of Revelations. At Domician’s death he was able to
return to Ephesus. The date and details of his death are unknown in the
West although some details have been handed down throughout the
centuries in Ephesus and surrounding communities (
Jn
21:23).
In addition to the Book of Revelations and the three Epistles, that is,
about thirty years after the
fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple, John wrote this
Gospel with the intent of strengthening the faith in the
Messiahnism and Divinity of Jesus, while, at the same time, complements
the earlier Gospels - most specially from the spiritual point of view.
He has been called the Evangelist of Love.
His language is the most sublime found in the Holy Scriptures, as the
prologue clearly shows - a supernatural sublimity that has no equal in
human literature.
(*) A translation from
the
Straubinger Spanish Bible. Not a part of the Douay-Rheims Bible.
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The
divinity and incarnation of Christ. John bears witness of him. He
begins to call his disciples.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with
God. 3 All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing
that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5
And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend
it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came
for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might
believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony
of the light. 9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man
that cometh into this world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was
made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many
as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them
that believe in his name. 13 Who are born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as
it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth out,
saying: This was he of
whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me:
because he was before me.
16 And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. 17 For
the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No
man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19 And this is the testimony
of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him,
to ask him: Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and did not deny: and he
confessed: I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am
not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. 22 They said therefore
unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent
us? What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said: I am the voice of one
crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as
said the prophet Isaias. 24 And they that were sent, were of the
Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou
baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath
stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. 27 The same is he
that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of
whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. 28 These things were done in
Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 The next day,
John saw Jesus coming to him, and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he, of whom
I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me:
because he was before me.
31 And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel,
therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John gave testimony,
saying: I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven, and he
remained upon him. 33 And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptize
with water, said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining upon him, he it is that baptizeth with the
Holy Ghost. 34 And I saw, and I gave testimony, that this is the Son of
God. 35 The next day again John stood, and two of his disciples.
36 And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. 37
And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And
Jesus turning, and seeing them following him, saith to them: What seek
you? Who said to him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 He saith to them: Come and see. They
came, and saw where he abode, and they stayed with him that day: now it
was about the tenth hour. 40 And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter,
was one of the two who had heard of John, and followed him.
41 He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found
the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 42 And he brought
him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son
of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. 43 On
the following day, he would go forth into Galilee, and he findeth
Philip. And Jesus saith to him: Follow me. 44 Now Philip was of
Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael,
and saith to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the
prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth.
46 And Nathanael said to him: Can any thing of good come from Nazareth?
Philip saith to him: Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to
him: and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is
no guile. 48 Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
answered, and said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou
wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered him, and
said: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. 50
Jesus answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt
thou see.
51 And he saith to him: Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the
heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.
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Christ
changes water into wine. He casts the sellers out of the temple.
1 And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the
mother of Jesus was there. 2 And Jesus also was invited, and his
disciples, to the marriage. 3 And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus
saith to him: They have no wine. 4 And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what
is that to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith
to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the
manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures
apiece. 7 Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim. 8 And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now,
and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. 9 And
when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not
whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief
steward calleth the bridegroom, 10 And saith to him: Every man at first
setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which
is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee; and
manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 12 After this
he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and
his disciples: and they remained there not many days. 13 And the pasch
of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And he
found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
changers of money sitting. 15 And when he had made, as it were, a
scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep
also and the oxen, and the money of the changers he poured out, and the
tables he overthrew.
16 And to them that sold doves he said: Take these
things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.
17 And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy
house hath eaten me up. 18 The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to
him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?
19 Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up. 20 The Jews then said: Six and forty years was
this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was
risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered, that he had said
this, and they believed the scripture, and the word that Jesus had
said. 23 Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the pasch, upon the festival
day, many believed in his name, seeing his signs which he did. 24 But
Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men, 25 And
because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he
knew what was in man.
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Christ's
discourse with Nicodemus. John's testimony.
1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night, and
said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God; for
no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him. 3
Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith to
him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time
into his mother's womb, and be born again? 5 Jesus answered: Amen, amen
I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 7 Wonder not, that I said to
thee, you must be born again. 8 The Spirit breatheth where he will; and
thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and
whither he goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9
Nicodemus answered, and said to him: How can these things be done? 10
Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and
knowest not these things?
11 Amen, amen I say to thee, that we speak what we
know, and we testify what we have seen, and you receive not our
testimony. 12 If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe
not; how will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things? 13
And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from
heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That
whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life
everlasting.
16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only
begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may
have life everlasting. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to
judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him. 18 He that
believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is
already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only
begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: because the light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light: for
their works were evil. 20 For every one that doth evil hateth the
light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.
21 But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that
his works may be made manifest, because they are done in God. 22 After
these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea: and
there he abode with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing
in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came
and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 And
there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews
concerning purification:
26 And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he
that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony,
behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered, and
said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from
heaven. 28 You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not
Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride, is
the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and
heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This
my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above, is above all. He that
is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. He
that cometh from heaven, is above all. 32 And what he hath seen and
heard, that he testifieth: and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He
that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is
true. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God
doth not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loveth the Son: and
he hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth in the Son, hath life
everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but
the wrath of God abideth on him.
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Christ
talks with the Samaritan woman. He heals the ruler's son.
1 When Jesus therefore understood that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus maketh more disciples, and baptizeth more than
John, 2 (Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples,) 3 He
left Judea, and went again into Galilee. 4 And he was of necessity to
pass through Samaria. 5 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which
is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being
wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth
hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to
her: Give me to drink. 8 For his disciples were gone into the city to
buy meats. 9 Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou,
being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews
do not communicate with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered, and said to
her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to
thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he
would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing
wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou
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: Whosoever drinketh of this water,
shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of the water that I will
give him, shall not thirst for ever: 14 But the water that I will give
him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life
everlasting. 15 The woman saith to him: Sir, give me this water, that I
may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and
come hither. 17 The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus
said to her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast
had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This
thou hast said truly. 19 The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that
thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you
say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore.
21 Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the
hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem,
adore the Father. 22 You adore that which you know not: we adore that
which we know; for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh,
and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and
in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him. 24 God is a
spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is
called Christ). Therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith to her: I am he, who am speaking with
thee. 27 And immediately his disciples came; and they wondered that he
talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? or, why
talkest thou with her? 28 The woman therefore left her waterpot, and
went her way into the city, and saith to the men there: 29 Come, and
see a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have done. Is not he
the Christ? 30 They went therefore out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean time the disciples prayed him,
saying: Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said to them: I have meat to eat, which
you know not. 33 The disciples therefore said one to another: Hath any
man brought him to eat? 34 Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the
will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work. 35 Do you not
say, There are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I
say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries; for they are
white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and
gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: that both he that soweth, and he
that reapeth, may rejoice together. 37 For in this is the saying true:
That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. 38 I
have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour: others have
laboured, and you have entered into their labours. 39 Now of that city
many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman
giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done. 40 So
when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry
there. And he abode there two days.
41 And many more believed in him because of his own
word. 42 And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy
saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed
the Saviour of the world. 43 Now after two days, he departed thence,
and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself gave testimony that a
prophet hath no honour in his own country. 45 And when he was come into
Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had
done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for they also went to the
festival day.
46 He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee,
where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son
was sick at Capharnaum. 47 He having heard that Jesus was come from
Judea into Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to come down, and heal
his son; for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said to
him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not. 49 The ruler
saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die. 50 Jesus saith to
him: Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus
said to him, and went his way.
51 And as he was going down, his servants met him;
and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. 52 He asked
therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to
him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him. 53 The father
therefore knew, that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him,
Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is
again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea
into Galilee.
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Christ
heals on the sabbath the man languishing thirty-eight years. His
discourse upon this occasion.
1 After these things was a festival day of the Jews,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem a pond,
called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five
porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame,
of withered; waiting for the moving of the water. 4 And an angel of the
Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved.
And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the
water, was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under. 5 And
there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years
under his infirmity.
6 Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had
been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The
infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another
goeth down before me. 8 Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and
walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed,
and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. 10 The Jews therefore said
to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to
take up thy bed.
11 He answered them: He that made me whole, he said
to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 12 They asked him therefore: Who is
that man who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 13 But he who was
healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus went aside from the multitude
standing in the place. 14 Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple,
and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some
worse thing happen to thee. 15 The man went his way, and told the Jews,
that it was Jesus who had made him whole.
16 Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because
he did these things on the sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them: My
Father worketh until now; and I work. 18 Hereupon therefore the Jews
sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath,
but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. 19 Then
Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son
cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for
what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. 20
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which himself
doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may
wonder.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth
life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 22 For neither doth
the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son. 23
That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who
honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father, who hath sent him. 24
Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth
him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment,
but is passed from death to life. 25 Amen, amen I say unto you, that
the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the
Son of God, and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he
hath given the Son also to have life in himself: 27 And he hath given
him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man. 28 Wonder not
at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall
hear the voice of the Son of God. 29 And they that have done good
things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that
have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. 30 I cannot of
myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just;
because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not
true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that
the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 You sent to John, and
he gave testimony to the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from
man: but I say these things, that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning
and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his
light.
36 But I have a greater testimony than that of John:
for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect; the works
themselves, which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent
me. 37 And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given testimony of
me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him
you believe not. 39 Search the scriptures, for you think in them to
have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me.
40 And you will not come to me that you may have life.
41 I receive glory not from men. 42 But I know you,
that you have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in the name of
my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own
name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive glory
one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not
seek? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one
that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust.
46 For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps
believe me also; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his
writings, how will you believe my words?
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Christ
feeds five thousand with five loaves. He walks upon the sea and
discourses of the bread of life.
1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of
Galilee, which is that of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed
him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were
diseased. 3 Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples. 4 Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was
near at hand. 5 When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen
that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence
shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to try him; for he himself knew
what he would do. 7 Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of
bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. 8
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:
9 There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but
what are these among so many? 10 Then Jesus said: Make the men sit
down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat
down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given
thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also
of the fishes, as much as they would. 12 And when they were filled, he
said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they
be lost. 13 They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with
the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above
to them that had eaten. 14 Now those men, when they had seen what a
miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is
to come into the world. 15 Jesus therefore, when he knew that they
would come to take him by force, and make him king, fled again into the
mountain himself alone.
16 And when evening was come, his disciples went
down to the sea. 17 And when they had gone up into a ship, they went
over the sea to Capharnaum; and it was now dark, and Jesus was not come
unto them. 18 And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 When they had rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty
furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the
ship, and they were afraid. 20 But he saith to them: It is I; be not
afraid.
21 They were willing therefore to take him into the
ship; and presently the ship was at the land to which they were going.
22 The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea,
saw that there was no other ship there but one, and that Jesus had not
entered into the ship with his disciples, but that his disciples were
gone away alone. 23 But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto
the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks. 24
When therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his
disciples, they took shipping, and came to Capharnaum, seeking for
Jesus. 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea,
they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them, and said: Amen, amen I say
to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because
you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat
which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting,
which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father,
sealed. 28 They said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that we may
work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered, and said to them: This is the
work of God, that you believe in him whom he hath sent. 30 They said
therefore to him: What sign therefore dost thou shew, that we may see,
and may believe thee? What dost thou work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it
is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said
to them: Amen, amen I say to you; Moses gave you not bread from heaven,
but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread
of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the
world. 34 They said therefore unto him: Lord, give us always this
bread. 35 And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: he that
cometh to me shall not hunger: and he that believeth in me shall never
thirst.
36 But I said unto you, that you also have seen me,
and you believe not. 37 All that the Father giveth to me shall come to
me; and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. 38 Because I came
down from heaven, not 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 of all that
he hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again
in the last day. 40 And this is the will of my Father that sent me:
that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life
everlasting, and I will raise him up in the last day.
41 The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he
had said: I am the living 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 he, I came down from heaven? 43 Jesus
therefore 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 in the last day. 45 It is written in the
prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath
heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father; but he
who is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Amen, amen I say unto you:
He that believeth in me, hath everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of
life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead. 50
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven; that if any man eat of
it, he may not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from
heaven. 52 If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and
the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world. 53
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man
give us his flesh to eat? 54 Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say
unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his
blood, you shall not have life in you. 55 He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in
the last day.
56 For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is
drink indeed. 57 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
abideth in me, and I in him. 58 As the living Father hath sent me, and
I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by
me. 59 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall
live for ever. 60 These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in
Capharnaum.
61 Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it,
said: This saying is hard, and who can hear it? 62 But Jesus, knowing
in himself, that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Doth
this scandalize you? 63 If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up
where he was before? 64 It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh
profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and
life. 65 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who he was,
that would betray him.
66 And he said: Therefore did I say to you, that no
man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. 67 After this
many of his disciples went back; and walked no more with him. 68 Then
Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? 69 And Simon Peter
answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal
life. 70 And we have believed and have known, that thou art the Christ,
the Son of God.
71 Jesus answered them: Have not I chosen you
twelve; and one of you is a devil? 72 Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the
son of Simon: for this same was about to betray him, whereas he was one
of the twelve.
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Christ
goes up to the feast of the tabernacles. He teaches in the temple.
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he
would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the
Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 And his brethren said to him:
Pass from hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy
works which thou dost. 4 For there is no man that doth any thing in
secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these
things, manifest thyself to the world. 5 For neither did his brethren
believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come;
but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it
hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are
evil. 8 Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this
festival day: because my time is not accomplished. 9 When he had said
these things, he himself stayed in Galilee. 10 But after his brethren
were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it
were, in secret.
11 The Jews therefore sought him on the festival
day, and said: Where is he? 12 And there was much murmuring among the
multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others
said: No, but he seduceth the people. 13 Yet no man spoke openly of
him, for fear of the Jews. 14 Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus
went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews wondered, saying:
How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is
not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man do the will of him; he
shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he
that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is
no injustice in him. 19 Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of
you keepeth the law? 20 Why seek you to kill me? The multitude
answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered, and said to them: One work I
have done; and you all wonder: 22 Therefore, Moses gave you
circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on
the sabbath day you circumcise a man. 23 If a man receive circumcision
on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you
angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day? 24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment. 25 Some
therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say
nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the
Christ? 27 But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ
cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 28 Jesus therefore cried out in
the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence
I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom
you know not. 29 I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent
me. 30 They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on
him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 But of the people many believed in him, and
said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these
which this man doth? 32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these
things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to
apprehend him. 33 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am
with you: and then I go to him that sent me. 34 You shall seek me, and
shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come. 35 The Jews
therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not
find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach
the Gentiles?
36 What is this saying that he hath said: You shall
seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come? 37 And
on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried,
saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink. 38 He that
believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water. 39 Now this he said of the Spirit which they
should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not
given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 40 Of that multitude
therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is
the prophet indeed.
41 Others said: This is the Christ. But some said:
Doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Doth not the scripture say:
That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town
where David was? 43 So there arose a dissension among the people
because of him. 44 And some of them would have apprehended him: but no
man laid hands on him. 45 The ministers therefore came to the chief
priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not
brought him?
46 The ministers answered: Never did man speak like
this man. 47 The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also
seduced? 48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the
Pharisees? 49 But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are
accursed. 50 Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who
was one of them:)
51 Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear
him, and know what he doth? 52 They answered, and said to him: Art thou
also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a
prophet riseth not. 53 And every man returned to his own house.
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The
woman taken in adultery. Christ justifies his doctrine.
1 And Jesus went unto mount Olivet. 2 And early in
the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to
him, and sitting down he taught them. 3 And the scribes and the
Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in
the midst, 4 And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in
adultery. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But
what sayest thou?
6 And this they said tempting him, that they might
accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the
ground. 7 When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him
first cast a stone at her. 8 And again stooping down, he wrote on the
ground. 9 But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the
eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they
that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?
11 Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither
will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more. 12 Again therefore, Jesus
spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth
me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The
Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy
testimony is not true. 14 Jesus answered, and said to them: Although I
give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I
came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I
go. 15 You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man.
16 And if I do judge, my judgment is true: because
I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17 And in your law
it is written, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one that
give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me giveth testimony
of me. 19 They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus
answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father: if you did know me,
perhaps you would know my Father also. 20 These words Jesus spoke in
the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him,
because his hour was not yet come.
21 Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and
you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you
cannot come. 22 The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because
he said: Whither I go, you cannot come? 23 And he said to them: You are
from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this
world. 24 Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins. For
if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin. 25 They
said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning,
who also speak unto you.
26 Many things I have to speak and to judge of you.
But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these
same I speak in the world. 27 And they understood not, that he called
God his Father. 28 Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have
lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know, that I am he, and that I
do nothing of myself, but as the Father hath taught me, these things I
speak: 29 And he that sent me, is with me, and he hath not left me
alone: for I do always the things that please him. 30 When he spoke
these things, many believed in him.
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed him:
If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed. 32 And
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They
answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves
to any man: how sayest thou: you shall be free? 34 Jesus answered them:
Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the
servant of sin. 35 Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever;
but the son abideth for ever.
36 If therefore the son shall make you free, you
shall be free indeed. 37 I know that you are the children of Abraham:
but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I
speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that
you have seen with your father. 39 They answered, and said to him:
Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of
Abraham, do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man
who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This
Abraham did not.
41 You do the works of your father. They said
therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father,
even God. 42 Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you
would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, and came; for I came
not of myself, but he sent me: 43 Why do you not know my speech?
Because you cannot hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil,
and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and
the father thereof. 45 But if I say the truth, you believe me not.
46 Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say
the truth to you, why do you not believe me? 47 He that is of God,
heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are
not of God. 48 The Jews therefore answered, and said to him: Do not we
say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus
answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father, and you have
dishonoured me. 50 But I seek not my own glory: there is one that
seeketh and judgeth.
51 Amen, amen I say to you: If any man keep my
word, he shall not see death for ever. 52 The Jews therefore said: Now
we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and
thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for
ever. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the
prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? 54 Jesus answered: If I
glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth
me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55 And you have not known him,
but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like
to you, a liar. But I do know him, and do keep his word.
56 Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see
my day: he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews therefore said to him:
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus
said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.
59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself,
and went out of the temple.
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He
gives sight to the man born blind.
1 And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind
from his birth: 2 And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned,
this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind? 3 Jesus
answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the
works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of
him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can
work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had said these things, he spat on the
ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
7 And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted,
Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing. 8 The
neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a
beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is
he. 9 But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he. 10
They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?
11 He answered: That man that is called Jesus made
clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe,
and wash. And I went, I washed, and I see. 12 And they said to him:
Where is he? He saith: I know not. 13 They bring him that had been
blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the
clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Again therefore the Pharisees asked him,
how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my
eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man
is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a
man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among
them. 17 They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of
him that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet. 18 The
Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and
had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had
received his sight, 19 And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who
you say 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: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak
for himself. 22 These things his parents said, because they feared the
Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man
should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore did his parents say: He is of age, ask himself. 24 They
therefore called the man again that had been blind, and said to him:
Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner. 25 He said
therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know,
that whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 They said then to him: What did he to thee? How
did he open thy eyes? 27 He answered them: I have told you already, and
you have heard: why would you hear it again? will you also become his
disciples? 28 They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his
disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke
to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is. 30 The man
answered, and said to them: Why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you
know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.
31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but
if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth. 32 From
the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath
opened the eyes of one born blind. 33 Unless this man were of God, he
could not do any thing. 34 They answered, and said to 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 when he had found him, he
said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?
36 He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I
may believe in him? 37 And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him;
and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said: I believe, Lord.
And falling down, he adored him. 39 And Jesus said: For judgment I am
come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see,
may become blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees, who were with him,
heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?
41 Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you
should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.
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Christ
is the door and the good shepherd. He and his Father are one.
1 Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a
thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in 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 sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the
sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5 But a stranger they
follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of
strangers.
6 This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they
understood not what he spoke to them. 7 Jesus therefore said to them
again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All
others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep
heard them not. 9 I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall
be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures. 10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I
am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth
his life for his sheep. 12 But the hireling, and he that is not the
shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and
leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth
the sheep: 13 And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he
hath no care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine,
and mine know me. 15 As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father:
and I lay down my life for my sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, that are not of this
fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there
shall be one fold and 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 away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power
to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment
have I received of my Father. 19 A dissension rose again among the Jews
for these words. 20 And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad:
why hear you him?
21 Others said: These are not the words of one that
hath a devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 22 And it was the
feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter. 23 And Jesus
walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 24 The Jews therefore came
round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in
suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered
them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the
name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
26 But you do not believe, because you are not of
my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow
me. 28 And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for
ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand. 29 That which my
Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them
out of the hand of my Father. 30 I and the Father are one.
31 The Jews then took up stones to stone him. 32
Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father;
for which of these works do you stone me? 33 The Jews answered him: For
a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, maketh thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them: Is it
not written in your law: I said you are gods? 35 If he called them
gods, to whom the word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be
broken;
36 Do you say of him whom the Father hath
sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest, because I said, I
am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me
not. 38 But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works:
that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the
Father. 39 They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of
their hands. 40 And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place
where John was baptizing first; and there he abode.
41 And many resorted to him, and they said: John
indeed did no sign. 42 But all things whatsoever John said of this man,
were true. And many believed in him.
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Christ
raises Lazarus to life. The rulers resolve to put him to death.
1 Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus,
of Bethania, of the town of Mary and Martha her sister. 2 (And Mary was
she that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her
hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 His sisters therefore sent to
him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 And Jesus
hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the
glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it. 5 Now Jesus
loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he
still remained in the same place two days. 7 Then after that, he said
to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again. 8 The disciples say to
him: Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee: and goest thou
thither again? 9 Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day?
If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light
of this world: 10 But if he walk in the night, he stumbleth, because
the light is not in him.
11 These things he said; and after that he said to
them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of
sleep. 12 His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do
well. 13 But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke
of the repose of sleep. 14 Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly:
Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not
there, that you may believe: but let us go to him.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to
his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him. 17
Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four days already in
the grave. 18 (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs
off.) 19 And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort
them concerning their brother. 20 Martha therefore, as soon as she
heard that Jesus had come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home.
21 Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But now also I know that
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23 Jesus saith
to her: Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith to him: I know
that he shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus
said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in
me, although he be dead, shall live:
26 And every one that liveth, and believeth in me,
shall not die for ever. Believest thou this? 27 She saith to him: Yea,
Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of the living God,
who art come into this world. 28 And when she had said these things,
she went, and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is
come, and calleth for thee. 29 She, as soon as she heard this, riseth
quickly, and cometh to him. 30 For Jesus was not yet come into the
town: but he was still in that place where Martha had met him.
31 The Jews therefore, who were with her in the
house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up speedily
and went out, followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave to weep
there. 32 When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she
fell down at his feet, and saith to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died. 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping,
and the Jews that were come with her, weeping, groaned in the spirit,
and troubled himself, 34 And said: Where have you laid him? They say to
him: Lord, come and see. 35 And Jesus wept.
36 The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved
him. 37 But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the
man born blind, have caused that this man should not die? 38 Jesus
therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it
was a cave; and a stone was laid over it. 39 Jesus saith: Take away the
stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by
this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days. 40 Jesus saith to
her: Did not I say to thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt see the
glory of God?
41 They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus
lifting up his eyes said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast
heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the
people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou
hast sent me. 43 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud
voice: Lazarus, come forth. 44 And presently he that had been dead came
forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands; and his face was bound
about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go. 45
Many therefore of the Jews, who were come to Mary and Martha, and had
seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told
them the things that Jesus had done. 47 The chief priests therefore,
and the Pharisees, gathered a council, and said: What do we, for this
man doth many miracles? 48 If we let him alone so, all will believe in
him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. 49
But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said
to them: You know nothing. 50 Neither do you consider that it is
expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the
whole nation perish not.
51 And this he spoke not of himself: but being the
high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the
nation. 52 And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one
the children of God, that were dispersed. 53 From that day therefore
they devised to put him to death. 54 Wherefore Jesus walked no more
openly among the Jews; but he went into a country near the desert, unto
a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his disciples. 55
And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and many from the country went
up to Jerusalem, before the pasch to purify themselves.
56 They sought therefore for Jesus; and they
discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you
that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief priests and
Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he was,
he should tell, that they might apprehend him.
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The anointing of Christ's feet. His riding into Jerusalem upon an ass.
A voice from heaven.
1 Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came
to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. 2
And they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was
one of them that were at table with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound
of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet
of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled
with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas
Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: 5 Why was not this
ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the
poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the
things that were put therein. 7 Jesus therefore said: Let her alone,
that she may keep it against the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you
have always with you; but me you have not always. 9 A great multitude
therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for
Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised
from the dead. 10 But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:
11 Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went
away, and believed in Jesus. 12 And on the next day, a great multitude
that was to come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus
was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth
to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name
of the Lord, the king of Israel. 14 And Jesus found a young ass, and
sat upon it, as it is written: 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold,
thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
16 These things his disciples did not know at the
first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these
things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.
17 The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he
called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead. 18 For
which reason also the people came to meet him, because they heard that
he had done this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among
themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? behold, the whole world
is gone after him. 20 Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who
came up to adore on the festival day.
21 These therefore came to Philip, who was of
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus.
22 Philip cometh, and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told
Jesus. 23 But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come, that the
Son of man should be glorified. 24 Amen, amen I say to you, unless the
grain of wheat falling into the ground die, 25 Itself remaineth alone.
But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life
shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it
unto life eternal.
26 If any man minister to me, let him follow me;
and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to
me, him will my Father honour. 27 Now is my soul troubled. And what
shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came
unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came
from heaven: I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29
The multitude therefore that stood and heard, said that it thundered.
Others said: An angel spoke to him. 30 Jesus answered, and said: This
voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the
prince of this world be cast out. 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all things to myself. 33 (Now this he said, signifying
what death he should die.) 34 The multitude answered him: We have heard
out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever; and how sayest thou: The
Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? 35 Jesus
therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you.
Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And
he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 Whilst you have the light, believe in the light,
that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke; and he
went away, and hid himself from them. 37 And whereas he had done so
many miracles before them, they believed not in him: 38 That the saying
of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath
believed our hearing? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been
revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaias said
again: 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that
they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart,
and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Isaias, when he saw his glory,
and spoke of him. 42 However, many of the chief men also believed in
him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, that they
might not be cast out of the synagogue. 43 For they loved the glory of
men more than the glory of God. 44 But Jesus cried, and said: He that
believeth in me, doth not believe in me, but in him that sent me. 45
And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world; that whosoever
believeth in me, may not remain in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my
words, and keep them not, I do not judge him: for I came not to judge
the world, but to save the world. 48 He that despiseth me, and
receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not
spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment
what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his
commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak,
even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.
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Christ
washes his disciples' feet. The treason of Judas. The new commandment
of love.
1 Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus
knowing that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this world
to the Father: having loved his own who were in the world, he loved
them unto the end. 2 And when supper was done, (the devil having now
put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,)
3 Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and
that he came from God, and goeth to God; 4 He riseth from supper, and
layeth aside his garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself. 5
After that, he putteth water into a basin, and began to wash the feet
of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was
girded.
6 He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter
saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered, and said
to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered
him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter
saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head. 10
Jesus saith to him: He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his
feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who he was that would betray him;
therefore he said: You are not all clean. 12 Then after he had washed
their feet, and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to
them: Know you what I have done to you? 13 You call me Master, and
Lord; and you say well, for so I am. 14 If then I being your Lord and
Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's
feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you,
so you do also.
16 Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not
greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent
him. 17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the
scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me, shall lift up
his heel against me. 19 At present I tell you, before it come to pass:
that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he. 20 Amen,
amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me;
and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
21 When Jesus had said these things, he was
troubled in spirit; and he testified, and said: Amen, amen I say to
you, one of you shall betray me. 22 The disciples therefore looked one
upon another, doubting of whom he spoke. 23 Now there was leaning on
Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter
therefore beckoned to him, and said to him: Who is it of whom he
speaketh? 25 He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to
him: Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach
bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into
him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly. 28 Now no
man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him. 29 For
some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him:
Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he
should give something to the poor. 30 He therefore having received the
morsel, went out immediately. And it was night.
31 When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now
is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be
glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself; and immediately
will he glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with
you. You shall seek me; and as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you
cannot come; so I say to you now. 34 A new commandment I give unto you:
That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one
another. 35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if
you have love one for another.
36 Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, whither goest
thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but
thou shalt follow hereafter. 37 Peter saith to him: Why cannot I follow
thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. 38 Jesus answered him: Wilt
thou lay down thy life for me? Amen, amen I say to thee, the cock shall
not crow, till thou deny me thrice.
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Christ's
discourse after his last supper.
1 Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in
God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house there are many
mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a
place for you. 3 And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, you also may
be. 4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know. 5 Thomas saith
to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the
way?
6 Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth,
and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. 7 If you had
known me, you would without doubt have known my Father also: and from
henceforth you shall know him, and you have seen him. 8 Philip saith to
him: Lord, shew us the Father, and it is enough for us. 9 Jesus saith
to him: Have I been so long a time with you; and have you not known me?
Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou, shew
us the Father? 10 Do you not believe, that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But
the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works.
11 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me? 12 Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen
I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also
shall do; and greater than these shall he do. 13 Because I go to the
Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I
do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you shall ask me
any thing in my name, that I will do. 15 If you love me, keep my
commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you
another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever. 17 The spirit
of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nor
knoweth him: but you shall know him; because he shall abide with you,
and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans, I will come to
you. 19 Yet a little while: and the world seeth me no more. But you see
me: because I live, and you shall live. 20 In that day you shall know,
that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them;
he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my
Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas
saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it, that thou wilt
manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered, and
said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father
will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with
him. 24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which
you have heard, is not mine; but the Father's who sent me. 25 These
things have I spoken to you, abiding with you.
26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the
Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. 27 Peace
I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do
I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.
28 You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you.
If you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father:
for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it
comes to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe. 30 I
will not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world
cometh, and in me he hath not any thing.
31 But that the world may know, that I love the
Father: and as the Father hath given me commandment, so do I: Arise,
let us go hence.
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A
continuation of Christ's discourse to his disciples.
1 I am the true vine; and my Father is the
husbandman. 2 Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take
away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may
bring forth more fruit. 3 Now you are clean by reason of the word,
which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither
can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine: you the branches: he
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for
without me you can do nothing.
6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth
as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast
him into the fire, and he burneth. 7 If you abide in me, and my words
abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done
unto you. 8 In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very
much fruit, and become my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, I
also have loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments,
you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's
commandments, and do abide in his love.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy
may be in you, and your joy may be filled. 12 This is my commandment,
that you love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love than
this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You
are my friends, if you do the things that I command you. 15 I will not
now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth.
But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have
heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you;
and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth
fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of
the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command
you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hate you, know ye, that
it hath hated me before you. 19 If you had been of the world, the world
would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20
Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than
his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you:
if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will do to you for my
name's sake: because they know not him who sent me. 22 If I had not
come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no
excuse for their sin. 23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 24
If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done,
they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me
and my Father. 25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written
in their law: They hated me without cause.
26 But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send
you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the
Father, he shall give testimony of me. 27 And you shall give testimony,
because you are with me from the beginning.
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The
conclusion of Christ's last discourse to his disciples.
1 These things have I spoken to you, that you may
not be scandalized. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the
hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a
service to God. 3 And these things will they do to you; because they
have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things I have told you,
that when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you of
them. 5 But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I
was with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh
me: Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have spoken these things to you,
sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 But I tell you the truth: it is
expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he is
come, he will convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of
judgment. 9 Of sin: because they believed not in me. 10 And of justice:
because I go to the Father; and you shall see me no longer.
11 And of judgment: because the prince of this
world is already judged. 12 I have yet many things to say to you: but
you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but
what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that
are to come, he shall shew you. 14 He shall glorify me; because he
shall receive of mine, and shall shew it to you. 15 All things
whatsoever the Father hath, are mine. Therefore I said, that he shall
receive of mine, and shew it to you.
16 A little while, and now you shall not see me;
and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the
Father. 17 Then some of the disciples said one to another: What is this
that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me; and
again a little while, and you shall see me, and, because I go to the
Father? 18 They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little
while? we know not what he speaketh. 19 And Jesus knew that they had a
mind to ask him; and he said to them: Of this do you inquire among
yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me;
and again a little while, and you shall see me? 20 Amen, amen I say to
you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and
you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow,
because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child,
she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into
the world. 22 So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take
from you. 23 And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen
I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give
it you. 24 Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and
you shall receive; that your joy may be full. 25 These things I have
spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh, when I will no more speak
to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father.
26 In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say
not to you, that I will ask the Father for you: 27 For the Father
himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I
came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into
the world: again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. 29 His
disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest
no proverb. 30 Now we know that thou knowest all things, and thou
needest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that thou
camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them: Do you now believe? 32
Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be
scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am
not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken
to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have
distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world.
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Christ's
prayer for his disciples.
1 These things Jesus spoke, and lifting up his eyes
to heaven, he said: Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that thy
Son may glorify thee. 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh,
that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. 3 Now
this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the
earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now
glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had,
before the world was, with thee.
6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou
hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and to me thou gavest
them; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known, that all
things which thou hast given me, are from thee: 8 Because the words
which thou gavest me, I have given to them; and they have received
them, and have known in very deed that I came out from thee, and they
have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not
for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are
thine: 10 And all my things are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them.
11 And now I am not in the world, and these are in
the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom
thou has given me; that they may be one, as we also are. 12 While I was
with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I
kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the
scripture may be fulfilled. 13 And now I come to thee; and these things
I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because
they are not of the world; as I also am not of the world. 15 I pray not
that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst
keep them from evil.
16 They are not of the world, as I also am not of
the world. 17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth. 18 As thou
hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19
And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in
truth. 20 And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who
through their word shall believe in me;
21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in
me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou hast given
me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one: 23
I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou
hast also loved me. 24 Father, I will that where I am, they also whom
thou hast given me may be with me; that they may see my glory which
thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of
the world. 25 Just Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have
known thee: and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have made known thy name to them, and will
make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in
them, and I in them.
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The
history of the passion of Christ.
1 When Jesus had said these things, he went forth
with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden,
into which he entered with his disciples. 2 And Judas also, who
betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus had often resorted thither
together with his disciples. 3 Judas therefore having received a band
of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Jesus
therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth,
and said to them: Whom seek ye? 5 They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith to them: I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood
with them.
6 As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he;
they went backward, and fell to the ground. 7 Again therefore he asked
them: Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered,
I have told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go
their way. 9 That the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them
whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any one. 10 Then Simon Peter,
having a sword, drew it, and struck the servant of the high priest, and
cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus.
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword
into the scabbard. The chalice which my Father hath given me, shall I
not drink it? 12 Then the band and the tribune, and the servants of the
Jews, took Jesus, and bound him: 13 And they led him away to Annas
first, for he was father in law to Caiphas, who was the high priest of
that year. 14 Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews:
That it was expedient that one man should die for the people. 15 And
Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. And that
disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the
court of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the door without. The other
disciple therefore, who was known to the high priest, went out, and
spoke to the portress, and brought in Peter. 17 The maid therefore that
was portress, saith to Peter: Art not thou also one of this man's
disciples? He saith: I am not. 18 Now the servants and ministers stood
at a fire of coals, because it was cold, and warmed themselves. And
with them was Peter also, standing, and warming himself. 19 The high
priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. 20
Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world: I have always
taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews
resort; and in secret I have spoken nothing.
21 Why asketh thou me? ask them who have heard what
I have spoken unto them: behold they know what things I have said. 22
And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by,
gave Jesus a blow, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus
answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if
well, why strikest thou me? 24 And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the
high priest. 25 And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself. They
said therefore to him: Art not thou also one of his disciples? He
denied it, and said: I am not.
26 One of the servants of the high priest (a
kinsman to him whose ear Peter cut off) saith to him: Did I not see
thee in the garden with him? 27 Again therefore Peter denied; and
immediately the cock crew. 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the
governor's hall. And it was morning; and they went not into the hall,
that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch. 29
Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation bring you
against this man? 30 They answered, and said to him: If he were not a
malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.
31 Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and
judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is
not lawful for us to put any man to death; 32 That the word of Jesus
might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he should die.
33 Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and
said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered: Sayest
thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me? 35
Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests,
have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?
36 Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world.
If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive
that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not
from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then?
Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and
for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the
truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice. 38 Pilate
saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again
to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him. 39 But you have
a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you,
therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews? 40 Then cried
they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a
robber.
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The
continuation of the history of the Passion of Christ.
1 Then therefore, Pilate took Jesus, and scourged
him. 2 And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his
head; and they put on him a purple garment. 3 And they came to him, and
said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave him blows. 4 Pilate
therefore went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him
forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. 5 (Jesus
therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple
garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.
6 When the chief priests, therefore, and the
servants, had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no
cause in him. 7 The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to
the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8 When
Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared the more. 9 And he
entered into the hall again, and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But
Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest
thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and
I have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power
against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that
hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin. 12 And from henceforth
Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou
release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh
himself a king, speaketh against Caesar. 13 Now when Pilate had heard
these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat,
in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha. 14
And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he
saith to the Jews: Behold your king. 15 But they cried out: Away with
him; away with him; crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Shall I crucify
your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then therefore he delivered him to them to be
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him forth. 17 And bearing his
own cross, he went forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in
Hebrew Golgotha. 18 Where they crucified him, and with him two others,
one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate wrote a title
also, and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF
NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title therefore many of the
Jews did read: because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to
the city: and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to
Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am the
King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered: What I have written, I have
written. 23 The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took
his garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part,) and
also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top
throughout. 24 They said then one to another: Let us not cut it, but
let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be
fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among them, and upon my
vesture they have cast lots. And the soldiers indeed did these things.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
26 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the
disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold
thy son. 27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother.
And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own. 28 Afterwards,
Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture
might be fulfilled, said: I thirst. 29 Now there was a vessel set there
full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar and hyssop,
put it to his mouth. 30 Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar,
said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.
31 Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,)
that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for
that was a great sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be
broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 The soldiers therefore
came; and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was
crucified with him. 33 But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw
that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of
the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came
out blood and water. 35 And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and
his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also
may believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture
might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. 37 And again
another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced. 38
And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple
of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he
might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came
therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus also came, (he
who at the first came to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 They took therefore the
body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now there was in the place where he was
crucified, a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man
yet had been laid. 42 There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the
Jews, they laid Jesus, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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Christ's
resurrection and manifestation to his disciples.
1 And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen
cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the
stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 She ran, therefore, and cometh
to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith
to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we
know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went out, and that
other disciple, and they came to the sepulchre. 4 And they both ran
together, and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to
the sepulchre. 5 And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths
lying; but yet he went not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went
into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying, 7 And the napkin
that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
apart, wrapped up into one place. 8 Then that other disciple also went
in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw, and believed. 9 For as
yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10 The disciples therefore departed again to their home.
11 But Mary stood at the sepulchre without,
weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the
sepulchre, 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the
head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. 13
They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because
they have taken away my Lord; and I know not where they have laid him.
14 When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus
standing; and she knew not that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus saith to her:
Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, thinking it was the
gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell me
where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to
him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master). 17 Jesus saith to her: Do not
touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my
brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to
my God and your God. 18 Mary Magdalen cometh, and telleth the
disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me. 19 Now
when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors
were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to
you. 20 And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his
side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to
you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. 22 When he had said
this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy
Ghost. 23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and
whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. 24 Now Thomas, one of
the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord.
But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the
nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand
into his side, I will not believe.
26 And after eight days again his disciples were
within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and
stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you. 27 Then he saith to
Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands; and bring hither
thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.
28 Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God. 29 Jesus
saith to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed:
blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. 30 Many other
signs also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not
written in this book.
31 But these are written, that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing, you may have
life in his name.
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Christ
manifests himself to his disciples by the sea side and gives Peter the
charge of his sheep.
1 After this, Jesus shewed himself again to the
disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he shewed himself after this
manner. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, who is called
Didymus, and Nathanael, who was of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of
Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter saith to them:
I go a fishing. They say to him: We also come with thee. And they went
forth, and entered into the ship: and that night they caught nothing. 4
But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the
disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus therefore said to them:
Children, have you any meat? They answered him: No.
6 He saith to them: Cast the net on the right side
of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore; and now they were
not able to draw it, for the multitude of fishes. 7 That disciple
therefore whom Jesus loved, said to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter,
when he heard that it was the Lord, girt his coat about him, (for he
was naked,) and cast himself into the sea. 8 But the other disciples
came in the ship, (for they were not far from the land, but as it were
two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. 9 As soon then as
they came to land, they saw hot coals lying, and a fish laid thereon,
and bread. 10 Jesus saith to them: Bring hither of the fishes which you
have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land,
full of great fishes, one hundred and fifty-three. And although there
were so many, the net was not broken. 12 Jesus saith to them: Come, and
dine. And none of them who were at meat, durst ask him: Who art thou?
knowing that it was the Lord. 13 And Jesus cometh and taketh bread, and
giveth them, and fish in like manner. 14 This is now the third time
that Jesus was manifested to his disciples, after he was risen from the
dead. 15 When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter:
Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him:
Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my
lambs.
16 He saith to him again: Simon, son of John,
lovest thou me? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love
thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. 17 He said to him the third time:
Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had
said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord,
thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him:
Feed my sheep. 18 Amen, amen I say to thee, when thou wast younger,
thou didst gird thyself, and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when
thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another
shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. 19 And this he
said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had
said this, he saith to him: Follow me. 20 Peter turning about, saw that
disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on his breast at
supper, and said: Lord, who is he that shall betray thee?
21 Him therefore when Peter had seen, he saith to
Jesus: Lord, and what shall this man do? 22 Jesus saith to him: So I
will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? follow thou
me. 23 This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that
disciple should not die. And Jesus did not say to him: He should not
die; but, So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee?
24 This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath
written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 But
there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were
written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to
contain the books that should be written.
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