JOHN V, X, XI
Ephesians v

I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not unto judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. For I am come that men may have life, and that they may have it abundantly. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when they that are dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hearken shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth. Wherefore also it is written.:

Awake, thou that sleepest,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ shall give thee light.

JOHN V

After these things there was the feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, that is to say, The house of mercy. And the pool has

five porches, wherein lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water: for at certain seasons the water was troubled, and whosoever first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

Now a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years. And when Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick 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. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed wist not who it was.

Afterward, seeing Jesus in the temple, he went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And for this cause they persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

JOHN VI

Then said Jesus unto the multitude, Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give you. They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread!

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. They therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then doth he say, I am come down from heaven?

Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur

not among yourselves. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea, and the bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. They therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble? It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

And it came to pass, as Jesus was teaching the people, that they were all astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority. And they said, Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man this wisdom? Jesus there

fore answered them, and said:

My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. The words that I speak unto you I speak not from myself; but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. The word therefore which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know

of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. I speak not from myself; but the Father who sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. The things therefore which I speak, as the Father abiding in me hath said, even so I speak.

JOHN VII

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. The Jews therefore sought Jesus at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the people astray. Yet no man spake openly against him. But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach.

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him! Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is. But of the multitude many believed on him, and said, When the Christ shall come, will he do greater things than his man hath done?

And on the last day, the great day of the