51 believe? Thou shalt see greater things than these. Then he saith to him, Verily, verily I say to you, Hereafter you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the son of man.

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Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Ga2 lilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and Jesus and his dis3 ciples were invited to the wedding. And the wine having fall4 en short, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no 5 wine. Jesus saith to her, Woman, what hast thou to do with

me? My hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the waiters, 6 Do whatever he shall bid you. Now there were six water pots

of stone, containing two or three measures* apiece, placed there 7 for the Jewish rites of purifying. Jesus saith to the waiters, 8 Fill those water pots with water. And when they had filled

them to the brim, then he saith to them, Draw out now and 9 carry some to the master of the feast. And when they had carried, and the master of the feast had tasted the water which was made wine (now he did not know whence it was, but the waiters who had drawn off the water knew) the master of 10 the feast calleth the bridegroom, and saith to him, Every man serveth up the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk plentifully, then that which is worse. Thou hast kept the 11 good wine till now. This at Cana, in Galilee, Jesus made the beginning of his miracles and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed on him.

12 After this, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his

disciples went down to Capernaum, but they did not stay 13 there many days. For the passover of the Jews was nigh, and

Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the temple them who sold cattle, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of 15 money seated; and having made a whip of bulrushes, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and cattle, and poured out the money of the changers, and overturned their tables, 16 and said to them who sold doves, Take these things hence. Make not the house of my father a house of merchandize.

*Supposed to be baths, each containing about seven and a half gallons.

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17 Then did his disciples remember that it was written, " My 18 zeal for thy house hath consumed me.*" Hereupon the Jews

addressed him, and said, What sign dost thou shew us to jus19 tify thy doing these things? In reply to which Jesus said to

them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it 20 up. Thereupon the Jews said, This temple was forty six years. 21 a building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he 22 spake of the temple of his body: therefore, when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scriptures, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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Now while he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the festival, many believed in his name when they saw the 24 miracles which he did. But Jesus did not trust himself to 25 them, because he knew all men. And because he had no need that any one should testify of man, for he himself knew what III. was in man; there being a man of the sect of the Phari2 sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; when this man

came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, We know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do the mi. 3 racles which thou dost, unless God be with him, Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily I say to thee, unless a 4 man be born again, he cannot discern the reign of God. Ni. codemus 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 5 be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say to thee, unless a man be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the king6 dom of God. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that 7 which is born of the spirit, is spirit. Wonder not at my tell8 ing thee, You must be born again. That blast of wind

bloweth where it pleaseth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but dost not know whence it cometh and whither it goeth. 9 So is every one who is born of the spirit. Nicodemus answer10 ed, and said to him, How can these things be? In reply to 11 which, Jesus said to him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and

knowest not these things? Verily, verily I say to thee, We

*Ps. 69. 9. Referring, I presume, to a sudden blast at that instant.

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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

*Or wrought by the agency of God. See Phil. 2. 12.

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 wo

man 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

*Twelve o'clock at noon.

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 husband 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