John 1:19

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’ ”

When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

he left Judea and departed into Galilee.

Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” But they were silent.

All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’ ”

He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”

Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.

For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.

They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see and believe you? What work do you do?

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”

The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.