The Bible, King James version, Book 43: John
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This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
Book 43 John
43:001:001 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
43:001:002 The same was in the beginning with God.
43:001:003 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
made that was made.
43:001:004 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
43:001:005 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.
43:001:006 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
43:001:007 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light,
that all men through him might believe.
43:001:008 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that
Light.
43:001:009 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.
43:001:010 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the
world knew him not.
43:001:011 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
43:001:012 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
43:001:013 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.
43:001:014 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.
43:001:015 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of
whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me:
for he was before me.
43:001:016 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
43:001:017 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ.
43:001:018 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
43:001:019 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
43:001:020 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the
Christ.
43:001:021 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I
am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
43:001:022 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an
answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
43:001:023 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make
straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
43:001:024 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
43:001:025 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou
then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that
prophet?
43:001:026 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there
standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
43:001:027 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose
shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
43:001:028 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John
was baptizing.
43:001:029 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world.
43:001:030 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is
preferred before me: for he was before me.
43:001:031 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to
Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
43:001:032 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from
heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
43:001:033 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water,
the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
43:001:034 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
43:001:035 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
43:001:036 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb
of God!
43:001:037 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed
Jesus.
43:001:038 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto
them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to
say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
43:001:039 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he
dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth
hour.
43:001:040 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
43:001:041 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We
have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the
Christ.
43:001:042 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he
said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called
Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43:001:043 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and
findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
43:001:044 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
43:001:045 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found
him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
43:001:046 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out
of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
43:001:047 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an
Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
43:001:048 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee,
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
43:001:049 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son
of God; thou art the King of Israel.
43:001:050 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I
saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see
greater things than these.
43:001:051 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
43:002:001 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and
the mother of Jesus was there:
43:002:002 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
43:002:003 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,
They have no wine.
43:002:004 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine
hour is not yet come.
43:002:005 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto
you, do it.
43:002:006 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the
manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three
firkins apiece.
43:002:007 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim.
43:002:008 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the
governor of the feast. And they bare it.
43:002:009 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made
wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew
the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the
bridegroom,
43:002:010 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth
good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is
worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
43:002:011 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
43:002:012 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and
his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not
many days.
43:002:013 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
43:002:014 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and
doves, and the changers of money sitting:
43:002:015 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them
all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured
out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
43:002:016 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
43:002:017 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of
thine house hath eaten me up.
43:002:018 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest
thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
43:002:019 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up.
43:002:020 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
43:002:021 But he spake of the temple of his body.
43:002:022 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed
the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
43:002:023 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast
day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles
which he did.
43:002:024 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew
all men,
43:002:025 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew
what was in man.
43:003:001 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of
the Jews:
43:003:002 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we
know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do
these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
43:003:003 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.
43:003:004 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is
old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and
be born?
43:003:005 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man
be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.
43:003:006 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit.
43:003:007 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
43:003:008 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
43:003:009 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
43:003:010 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel,
and knowest not these things?
43:003:011 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and
testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
43:003:012 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
43:003:013 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down
from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
43:003:014 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of man be lifted up:
43:003:015 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
43:003:016 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
43:003:017 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
43:003:018 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
43:003:019 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil.
43:003:020 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
43:003:021 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds
may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
43:003:022 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land
of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
43:003:023 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because
there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
43:003:024 For John was not yet cast into prison.
43:003:025 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about purifying.
43:003:026 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold,
the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
43:003:027 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it
be given him from heaven.
43:003:028 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the
Christ, but that I am sent before him.
43:003:029 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of
the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth
greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is fulfilled.
43:003:030 He must increase, but I must decrease.
43:003:031 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the
earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh
from heaven is above all.
43:003:032 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no
man receiveth his testimony.
43:003:033 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that
God is true.
43:003:034 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
43:003:035 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his
hand.
43:003:036 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he
that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him.
43:004:001 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that
Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
43:004:002 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
43:004:003 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
43:004:004 And he must needs go through Samaria.
43:004:005 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar,
near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph.
43:004:006 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied
with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the
sixth hour.
43:004:007 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith
unto her, Give me to drink.
43:004:008 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
43:004:009 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?
for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
43:004:010 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou
wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee
living water.
43:004:011 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living
water?
43:004:012 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the
well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his
cattle?
43:004:013 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this
water shall thirst again:
43:004:014 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall
be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
43:004:015 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I
thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
43:004:016 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
43:004:017 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said
unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
43:004:018 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is
not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
43:004:019 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a
prophet.
43:004:020 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
43:004:021 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when
ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father.
43:004:022 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for
salvation is of the Jews.
43:004:023 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him.
43:004:024 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
43:004:025 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is
called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
43:004:026 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
43:004:027 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked
with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why
talkest thou with her?
43:004:028 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the
city, and saith to the men,
43:004:029 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is
not this the Christ?
43:004:030 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
43:004:031 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master,
eat.
43:004:032 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
43:004:033 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man
brought him ought to eat?
43:004:034 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that
sent me, and to finish his work.
43:004:035 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh
harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look
on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
43:004:036 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto
life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may
rejoice together.
43:004:037 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another
reapeth.
43:004:038 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other
men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
43:004:039 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for
the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that
ever I did.
43:004:040 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him
that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
43:004:041 And many more believed because of his own word;
43:004:042 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy
saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is
indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43:004:043 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
43:004:044 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in
his own country.
43:004:045 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received
him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at
the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
43:004:046 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the
water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was
sick at Capernaum.
43:004:047 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee,
he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down,
and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
43:004:048 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe.
43:004:049 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
43:004:050 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man
believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went
his way.
43:004:051 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told
him, saying, Thy son liveth.
43:004:052 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And
they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever
left him.
43:004:053 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which
Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and
his whole house.
43:004:054 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was
come out of Judaea into Galilee.
43:005:001 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
43:005:002 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
43:005:003 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind,
halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
43:005:004 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and
troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling
of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease
he had.
43:005:005 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and
eight years.
43:005:006 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long
time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
43:005:007 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me.
43:005:008 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
43:005:009 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed,
and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
43:005:010 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the
sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
43:005:011 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
43:005:012 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee,
Take up thy bed, and walk?
43:005:013 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
43:005:014 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee.
43:005:015 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which
had made him whole.
43:005:016 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay
him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
43:005:017 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work.
43:005:018 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
Father, making himself equal with God.
43:005:019 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also
doeth the Son likewise.
43:005:020 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these,
that ye may marvel.
43:005:021 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
43:005:022 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son:
