speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; yet you 12 do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe; how will you believe if I tell 13 you heavenly things? No one indeed hath ascended up into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, namely, the son

of man who is in heaven. But as Moses lifted up the serpent 14 in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up, that 15 whosoever believeth in him may not perish; but have ever16 lasting life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only

begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, 17 but have everlasting life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world may be 18 saved by him. He who believeth in him will not be condemned; but he who believeth not, is condemned already; because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of 19 God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light, because their 20 works were evil. For whosoever doeth evil hateth the light, and doth not come to the light, that his deeds may not be de21 tected. But he who practiseth truth cometh to the light, that his works may be open to view, because they are the operations of God.*

22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country

of Judea, and spent some time with them there, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing at Enon, near Saleim, because 24 there was much water there, and people used to come there

and be baptized; for John was not yet thrown into prison. 25 There was therefore a dispute between some of the disciples of John, and the Jews, respecting purification, and they went 26 to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee on the bank of the Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, be27 hold he is baptizing, and all are flocking to him. In reply to which, John said, A man can receive nothing from heaven, 28 unless it be given him. You yourselves are witnesses for me, that I said, I am not the Christ; but that I am sent before him. 29 He is the bridegroom, who hath the bride. But the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth ex30 ceedingly on the account of the bridegroom's voice. This joy of mine therefore, is complete. He must increase, but I must 31 decrease. The one coming from above, is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth. The 32 one coming from heaven is above all, and what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth, yet none receiveth his testimony. 33 He who hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, 34 That God is true. For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the

words of God; for God giveth him not the spirit by measure. 35 The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his 36 hand. He who believeth in the son, hath an everlasting life; but he who disbelieveth the son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God will abide on him.

IV. When the Lord, therefore, knew that the Pharisees had 2 heard that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than 3 John, (though it was not indeed Jesus himself, but his disci

ples who baptized) he left Judea and went again into Galilee : 4 and as he must needs pass through Samaria, therefore he 5 cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sichar, near the piece of 6 ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. And as Jesus, wearied as he was with the 7 journey, was sitting by the well, (it was about the sixth hour*) 8 a woman of Samaria came out to draw water. Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink; (for his disciples were gone to the city 9 to buy food;) thereupon the woman of Samaria saith to him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? (For the Jews have no friendly in10 tercourse with the Samaritans.) Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the bounty of God, and who it is who saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked 11 of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the 12 well is deep; whence then hast thou this living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and 13 drank thereof, himself, and his children, and his cattle? In re

ply to which, Jesus said to her, every one who drinketh of 14 this water will thirst again; but whosoever shall drink of the water which I will give him, will never thirst. But the water 15 which I will give him, will be in him a fountain of water springing up for an everlasting life. The woman saith to him,

O, sir, give me that water, that I may not thirst, nor come 16 hither to draw. Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband and 17 come hither. The woman in reply said, I have no husband. 18 Jesus saith to her, Thou art right in saying, I have no hus

band: for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou 19 now hast, is not thy husband. In this thou hast spoken truth. The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a pro20 phet. Our fathers have usually worshipped on this mountain; but you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where worship 21 ought to be performed. Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father, 22 neither on this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know: for 23 salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming-indeed is now come, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. For such worshippers of him the 24 Father seeketh. God is Spirit; and they who worship him 25 ought to worship him in spirit and truth. The woman saith to

him, I know that the Messias (he who is called the Christ) 26 is coming. When he is come he will tell us all things. Jesus 27 saith to her, I who am speaking to thee am he. (Now at that

instant his disciples came and wondered at his talking with 28 the woman, yet none of them said, What seekest thou? Or why talkest thou with her?) Thereupon the woman left her 29 pitcher, and went to the city, and saith to the men, Come, see

a man who told me all that I ever did. Is this the Christ? 30 Therefore they of the city set out and were coming to him. 31 Now in the mean while his disciples entreated him, saying, 32 Rabbi, eat. But he said to them, I have meat to eat which you 33 do not know. His disciples therefore said to one another, 34 Hath any one brought him food? Jesus saith to them, It is

my food to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his 35 work. Do you not say, Yet four months, and the harvest cometh. Behold I say to you, Lift up your eyes and view the 36 fields; for they are already white for harvest. And he who reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit for an everlasting life, that he who soweth, and he who reapeth, may rejoice 37 together. For herein is that saying verified, that one soweth, 38 and another reapeth. I have sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labour. Others have laboured and you have entered on their labours.

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Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed in him, on the testimony of the woman who said, He told me all that I ever 40 did. Therefore, when these Samaritans came, they intreated 41 him to tarry with them. So he stayed there two days. And many 42 more believed, because of what he himself spake, and they said to the woman, It is not now on account of thy talk that we believe; for we ourselves have heard and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world, the Christ.

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Now after the two days he departed thence, and went to 44 Galilee,* [but not directly to Nazareth] for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet is not honoured in his native place. 45 Therefore when he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem, during the 46 festival. For they also went up to the festival. Jesus therefore went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain officer of the king, whose son 47 was sick at Capernaum. This person, upon hearing that Jesus was come from Judea to Galilee, went to him and intreat48 ed him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, can you not believe? The officer saith to him, Sir, 49 Come down before my child die. Jesus saith to him, Go home: 50 thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus

spake to him, and went away. And as he was going down, his 51 servants met him and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 52 Whereupon he inquired of them at what hour he began to mend. And they told him, that yesterday, at seven o'clock, the

* Something seems to be wanting. From what follows, it appears that the words "but not directly to Nazareth," have been omitted in transcribing; I have, therefore, inserted them in brackets.

53 fever left him. So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth, and he and his whole 54 family believed. This second miracle Jesus performed on his second coming* from Judea to Galilee.

V. After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went 2 up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the sheep gate,

a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five por3 ticos, in which lay a great multitude of infirm persons, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For from time to time an angel came down into the pool and moved 4 the water. He therefore, who went in first after this movement 5 of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had. Now there was a certain man there who had been in his infirmity thirty eight 6 years. Jesus seeing him lying there, and knowing that he had been in that condition now a long time, saith to him, Hast thou a de7 sire to be healed? The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have

no one to put me in the pool when the water is moved. And 8 while I am going another steppeth down before me. Jesus 9 saith to him, Rise; take up thy couch and walk about. Upon which the man was instantly well, and took up his couch and walked about.

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Now there was a sabbath on that day; therefore the Jews said to him who was cured, It is a sabbath: It is not lawful for 11 thee to carry the couch. He answered them, He who made 12 me well, even he said to me, Take up thy couch and walk about. Thereupon they asked him, Who is the man who said

to thee, take up thy couch and walk about? But he who was 13 cured did not know who it was; for as there was a crowd in the 14 place, Jesus had glided away. After this Jesus findeth him

in the temple, and said to him, Behold thou art made well. Sin no more, lest something worse befal thee. The man went 15 and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him. And 16 for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, 17 because he did these things on a sabbath, Thereupon Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even now, and I also work. For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but called God peculiar19 ly his father, likening himself to God. Upon which Jesus ad* Literally, when he again came.

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