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

and because of his word many more believed.

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever,

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

For in this instance the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, “This really is the Prophet!”

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’

“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, “This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.