It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!”

Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will devour me.”

Jesus answered, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?”

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.