The New Word According to John

The New Word According to John




The Spoken Word

1 [1-5] The Word was at the beginning of creation, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This same Word was active in the creation with God. Everything was made by the Voice of the Spoken Word; and nothing that was made was made without the Voice of the Spoken Word. Life was in the Spoken Word; and the Life was the Light of humanity. And the Light shined in the darkness; but the darkness didn’t know it.



John’s Witness of the Light

[6-14] There was someone sent from God, whose name was John. And John came to be a witness, to be a truthful witness of the Light, so that all people might believe. John wasn’t the Light, but was sent to be a truthful witness of the Light. This was the True Light, which gives light to everyone that comes into the world. The Spoken Word, who brought the world into being, was in the world, but the world didn’t know it. The Word came into the world, but the world didn’t accept the Spoken Word. But those who accepted the Spoken Word were given the power to become the children of God, that is, all those who believe on the Name of the Spoken Word of God: Who wasn’t born by blood relation, nor by physical means, nor by human means, but by God. And the Spoken Word became human, and lived among us, (and we saw the miracle, the miracle of the First and Only One Born of God,) full of grace and truth.



Yeshua, the Christ

[15-18] John gave witness to the Spoken Word, calling out, “This was the One of whom I said, the One coming after me is better than me because this One existed before me. And we’ve all been given grace and more grace from the gifts of this One. Though the Word of God’s Law was given by Moses, the Word of grace and truth came by Yeshua, the Christ. No one has ever seen God; but the First and Only One Born of God, who is in the heart of God, and has told us of God.”



The Voice of One Calling out in the Countryside

[19-28] And this is what John said, when the Jews sent priests and religious leaders from Jerusalem to ask, “Who are you?” John said, and didn’t deny it; but clearly said, “I am not the Christ.” So they asked John, “Then who are you, Elijah?” But John answered, “I am not.” Then they asked, “Are you the great preacher?” But again, John said, “No.” So they asked again, “Tell us who you are then, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say of yourself?” Then John said, “’I am the voice of one calling out in the countryside to get the way ready for Yahweh God, making the way plain’, as the great preacher Isaiah said.” And those who were sent were of the religious leaders. So they asked John, “Why do you baptize then, if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the great preacher?” And John answered, saying, “I baptize with water: but there stands One among you, whom you don’t know; This is the Christ, who is coming after me, and is better than me, whose shoe laces I am not even worthy to undo.” And this happened in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.



John Baptizes the Christ

[29-34] The next day John saw Yeshua coming to him, and said, “See, the Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. This is the One of whom I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is better than me and who existed before me.’ But I didn’t know who it was until it was to become known to Israel, so I came baptizing with water.” Then John said, “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it rested on Yeshua. And I didn’t know who it would be: but the One who sent Me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One who you see the Spirit coming down and resting on will be the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I saw, and say that this is the One Born of God.”



Calling the Disciples - Andrew and Peter

[35-42] Again the next day John was standing with two followers; And looking at Yeshua, who was walking by, said, “See, the Christ, the Lamb of God!” And when the two followers heard John speak, they followed Yeshua. Then Yeshua turned, and seeing them following, asked, “What do you want?” And they asked, “Rabbi,” (which means, Teacher) “where are you staying?” So the Christ answered them, saying, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where the Christ was staying, and stayed there for the rest of the day because it was about four o’clock. And one of the two who heard John speak, and followed along, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, who found his own brother, Simon, first, saying, “We’ve found the Messiah”, (which means, the Christ) and brought him to Yeshua. And when Yeshua saw them, the Christ said, “You’re Simon, the son of Jonas: you’ll be called Peter,” (which means, a rock.)







Calling the Disciples - Philip and Nathanael

[43-51] The next day Yeshua went out into Galilee, and found Philip, saying, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same city Andrew and Peter were from. Then Philip found Nathanael, and said, “We’ve found the Christ, who Moses and the great preachers wrote about in God’s Law, Yeshua of Nazareth, the Child of Joseph.” And Nathanael said, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” So Philip said, “Come and see.” And seeing Nathanael coming, Yeshua said of him, “See, a true Israelite, who always speaks the truth!” And Nathanael asked, “Where do you know me from?” So Yeshua answered, “I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip found you.” And Nathanael answered, “Teacher, You are the Child of God and the Ruler of Israel.” So Yeshua said, “Just because I said, ‘I saw you under the fig tree’, you believe? You’ll see even greater things than this.” And the Christ said, “The truth is; later you’ll see heaven open, with the angels of God coming down to Me and going back up from Me.”



The First Miracle

2 [1-11] On the third day, Yeshua’s mother was at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, in which Yeshua and the followers were also invited. And when they needed more wine, Yeshua’s mother said, “They have no wine.” But Yeshua said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and Me? My time isn’t here yet.” So Yeshua’s mother said to the workers, “Whatever Yeshua says to you, do it.” And there were six stone jars sitting there, the kind the Jews use for washing, containing several gallons each. Then Yeshua said, “Fill up the jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. And then Yeshua told them, “Dip some out now, and carry it to the host of the celebration.” So they did. And when the host of the celebration had tasted the water that had turned to wine, and didn’t know where it came from: (but the workers which dipped the water knew;) the host of the celebration called the groom, and said, “Everyone sets out the good wine first; and when everyone has drunk well, then they put out what is worse: but you’ve kept the good wine until now.” So what Yeshua did in Cana of Galilee was the first amazing miracle, which made the followers believe that Yeshua was the Christ.



The Angry Christ

[12-17] Later, the Christ, the Christ’s mother and family members, and the followers all went down to Capernaum, where they stayed for several days. And it was the Jews' Passover, so Yeshua went up to Jerusalem. Then finding sales people and bankers sitting in the place of worship, the Christ braided a whip of small cords, and drove them all out of the place of worship, along with the animals; overthrowing the tables, and dumping out the bankers' money; and said to those who sold doves, “Take all this out of here; and don’t make My God's house a place of business.” And the followers remembered that it was written, “The passion of Your house has overcome Me.”

[18-21] Then the Jews asked, “What proof can you show us, seeing what you’ve done?” So Yeshua answered them, saying, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I’ll raise it up.” Then the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this place of worship! Will you rebuild it in three days?” But Yeshua was talking about the sanctuary of the Christ’s body. And when the Christ had come back to life, the followers remembered what Yeshua had said and believed the Writings.

[23-25] Now when they were in Jerusalem at the Passover on the celebration day, many believed in the Name of Yeshua, when they saw all the amazing things which the Christ did. But knowing all people and how they were, Yeshua didn’t trust them, not needing to hear anyone say anything about them.



The New Birth

3 [1-13] There was someone named Nicodemus, from the religious leaders, who was a ruler of the Jews: This person came to Yeshua by night, saying, “Teacher, we know that you’re a teacher from God, because no one can do these amazing things that you do, unless God is with them.” And Yeshua answered, “The truth is, unless a person is born anew, they can’t see the realm of God.” So Nicodemus asked, “How can someone be born when they’re old? Can they go into their mother's womb a second time, and be born anew?” So Yeshua said, “The truth is, unless a person is born of water and of the Spirit, they can’t come into the realm of God. What is born of the body is physical; but what is born of the Spirit is spiritual. So don’t be surprised that I said to you, you must be born anew. The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear the sound of it, but can’t tell where it comes from, nor where it goes: Everyone that is born of the Spirit is like this.” So Nicodemus asked, “How is this?” And Yeshua answered, “Can you be a leader of Israel, and not know this? The truth is, we speak about what we know, and tell others about what we’ve seen; and you don’t believe us. If I’ve told you about earthly things, and you don’t believe it, how will you believe what I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven, but the One who came down from heaven, even the very One who is in heaven.

[14-17] And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the countryside, I must also be lifted up, so that whoever believes in Me won’t be destroyed, but will have everlasting life. And God, who loved the world so much, gave us the only One Born of God, that whoever believes in the Christ, wouldn’t be destroyed, but would have everlasting life. But God didn’t send the Christ into the world to judge the world; but that the world might be saved through belief in the Christ.

[18-21] Whoever believes on the Christ isn’t damned: but whoever doesn’t believe is already damned, because they haven’t believed in the Name of the only One Born of God. And this is why they’re damned in judgment; the light has come into the world, but humanity loved darkness instead of light, because their actions were evil. Because everyone that does evil things hates the light, and won’t come into the light, or their actions would be discovered. But whoever does what is true comes into the light, so that it is clear to all that their actions have been done in God.”



Jews Question John about Jesus

[22-36] Later, Yeshua came with the followers into the land of Judea; and stayed there with them, and baptized. And John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salem, because there was a lot of water there. So they came, and were baptized, because John hadn’t been put in jail, yet. Then a question came up between some of John's followers and the Jews about baptism. And they came to John, saying, “Teacher, everyone is going to be baptized by the One who was with you at the Jordan, the One who you told us about.” So John answered, “No one can have anything, unless it’s given to them from heaven. You yourselves know that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I have been sent before the Christ. The One who is getting married gets the spouse: but the best friend, which stands by, celebrates greatly because of the voice of the One who marries: so my joy is complete. The Christ must become more important, but I must become less important. The One who comes from above is above all: and the one who is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of earthly things: but the One who comes from heaven is above all. And tells us what has been seen and heard by that One; but no one believes it. But whoever believes what the Christ says, knows that God is true. The One whom God has sent speaks the Words of God because God has given the Spirit in full to the Christ. Yahweh loves Yeshua, and has given everything into the Christ’s hand. Whoever believes on Yeshua, the Christ, has everlasting life: and whoever doesn’t believe in the Christ won’t see life; but the judgment of God is on them.”



Woman at the Well and the Samaritans

4 [1-6] Knowing that the religious leaders had heard that Yeshua made and baptized more followers than John, (Though Yeshua didn’t baptize, but only the followers,) the Christ left Judea, and went back to Galilee, going through Samaria. Then they came to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob gave to Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there, so Yeshua, being tired from the long walk, sat on the well about noon.

[7-15] Then a woman from Samaria came there to get water: so Yeshua asked her, “Give Me a drink,” (because the followers had gone on to the city to buy food.) Then the woman of Samaria answered, “How come you, being a Jew, ask me to give you a drink, who am a woman of mixed-race from Samaria? Jews don’t have anything to do with Samaritans of mixed-race. So Yeshua answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me a drink; you would have asked of Me, and I would have given you living water.” So the woman said, “Sir, you have nothing to get it with, and the well is deep: so then, where do you have that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank out of it, along with the children, and the cattle?” And Yeshua answered, “Whoever drinks this water will always thirst again, but whoever drinks the water that I give them will never thirst; but the water that I give them will be in them as a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” Then the woman said, “Sir, give me this water, so that I won’t be thirsty, nor have to come here to get it.”

[16-26] And Yeshua said to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here.” But the woman answered, “I don’t have a husband.” So Yeshua said to her, “You said rightly, I don’t have a husband: because you’ve had five husbands; and the one you have now isn’t even your husband: in that you said rightly.” So the woman said, “Sir, I realize now that you’re a great preacher. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain; but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where we ought to worship.” So Yeshua said to her, “Woman, believe me, the time is coming, when you’ll not worship God on this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. You don’t even know what you worship: but we know what we worship because it is through the Jews that people are saved. But the time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship God in spirit and in truth because Yahweh God wants worship from this kind of people. God is a Spirit: and those who worship God must worship God in spirit and in truth.” Then the woman said, “I know that the Messiah is coming, which is called the Christ: and will tell us everything then.” So Yeshua said to her, “I, the One who is speaking to you, am the Christ.”

[27-30] And at this time, the followers came, and were amazed that the Christ talked with the woman: but still no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar, and went back into the city, saying to all the people, “Come and see someone who has told me everything that I ever did: isn’t this the Christ?” Then they went out of the city, and came to the Christ.

[31-38] In the mean time, the followers begged Yeshua, saying, “Christ, eat.” But Yeshua answered, “I’ve got food to eat that you don’t know of.” So the followers asked one another, “Has anyone brought Yeshua anything to eat?” And Yeshua answered, “My food is to do what the One who sent Me wants Me to do, and to finish God’s work. So don’t say, ‘There are still four months, and then the harvest will be ready?’ I tell you, look up, and see that the fields are all ready to be harvested. And whoever collects the harvest will get paid, and gathers fruit to everlasting life, so that both those who sow and those who reap can celebrate together. And this saying is true, One sows, and another reaps. I sent you to reap from what you’ve not worked on: other people worked, and you joined them in their work.”

[39-42] And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on the Christ because of the Words of the woman, who told us truthfully, “The Christ told me everything that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans had come, they begged the Christ to stay with them: so the Christ stayed there two days. And many more believed because of the Christ’s own words, who said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your saying, but because we’ve heard the Christ for ourselves, and know for sure that this is the Christ, the Savior of the world.”



The Second Miracle

[43-54] Now after two days the Christ left there, and went into Galilee. And Yeshua told us truthfully, that great preachers have no honor in their own country. Then when the Christ came into Galilee, the Galilaeans accepted Yeshua, having seen everything that the Christ did at Jerusalem at the celebration because they also went to the celebration. So Yeshua came back into Cana of Galilee, where the water was turned to wine. And there was someone of high standing, whose child was sick at Capernaum, who had heard that Yeshua had come out of Judea into Galilee. So this person went to the Christ, and begged the Christ to come down, and heal the child, who was at the point of death. Then Yeshua answered, “Unless you people see signs and amazing things, you won’t believe any other way.” Then the person begged, “Sir, come down or my child will die.” So Yeshua said, “Go now; your child lives.” And that person believed the Words that Yeshua had spoken, and left. And some workers came to the person, who was going back down, saying, “Your child lives;” Who then asked them the time when the child began to get well. And they said, “Yesterday, at one o’clock the fever left the Child.” So the person knew that it was at the very time that Yeshua had said, “Your child lives”: so the whole family believed. This is the second miracle that Yeshua did, when the Christ came out of Judea into Galilee.



Miracle at Bethesda

5 [1-9] Later there was a celebration of the Jews; and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem. Now at Jerusalem, by the animal market, there’s a pool, which is called in the Hebrew language Bethesda, having five columned porches, where a great many people, who were disabled, who were blind, unable to walk, or had other disabilities, lay waiting for the moving of the water, because whoever stepped in first after the water stirred, was healed of whatever trouble they had when an angel went down at a certain time into the pool, and stirred the water. And there was someone there, who was disabled for thirty-eight years. So when Yeshua saw them lying there, and knew that they had been that way a long time, the Christ asked, “Would you like to become well?” But the helpless person answered, “Sir, when the water is stirred, I don’t have anyone to help me into the pool: but while I am coming, someone else steps down before me.” Then Yeshua said, “Get up, pick up your bed, and walk.” And suddenly the person was healed, and picked up their bed, and walked. That day was on the Seventh Day.

[10-16] So the Jews said to the one that was healed, “You can’t carry your bed; It’s a Day of Worship!” And that person answered, the One who made me well told me, “Pick up your bed, and walk.” Then they asked, “Who said to you, ‘Pick up your bed, and walk?’” And the one who was healed didn’t know who it was because Yeshua had left from the crowd that was there. But later, Yeshua saw that person in the place of worship, and said, “Now that you’re well: don’t sin any more, or something worse may come to you.” Then the person went and told the Jews that it was Yeshua who had done it, so the Jews abused Yeshua, and looked for a way to kill the Christ, because it had been done on a Day of Worship.



Christ’s Judgment and The Afterlife

[17-29] So Yeshua told them, “The One I came from has been working until now, so I have been working.” So the Jews looked for a way to kill the Christ all the more, because Yeshua hadn’t only broken the rule of the Day of Worship, but said also, “I am from God”, which made Yeshua equal with God. Then Yeshua answered, saying, “The truth is, I can do nothing of Myself, but what I see God do, I do, because whatever God does, I do in the same way. God loves Me, and shows Me everything that is done: and God will show Me greater things than these, so that you can wonder about it. Just as God brings the dead to life again, and gives them the breath of life; in the same way I will give life to whoever I want to. Because God judges no one, but has given all judgment to Me, so that all people would honor Me, just as they honor God. Whoever doesn’t honor Me doesn’t honor God, who has sent Me. The truth is, whoever hears My Word, and believes on the One who sent Me, has everlasting life, and won’t be damned to Hell, but will go from death to life. The truth is, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Christ of God: and those who hear will live. Because as God is life; so God has given Me life in Myself, and has given Me power to give judgment also, because I am the Christ. Don’t wonder about this because the time is coming, in which those who are dead in their graves will hear My voice, and will come out; those who have done good will come to life again and live; and those who have done evil will be damned in the afterlife.



The Four Witnesses

[30-35] I can do nothing of My own self: but as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is fair, because I don’t do what I want, but what the God who has sent Me wants. If I only give witness of Myself, My witness isn’t true. But there’s another that tells the truth about Me; and I know that this witness of Me is true. You sent to John, who gave witness of the truth, though I don’t accept what a person says: but I say this that you might be saved. John was a burning and shining light: and for a while you wanted to celebrate in that light.

[36-38] But there’s a greater witness of Me than John because the work that My God has given Me to finish, the very things that I do, are a truthful witness of Me, that I have been sent by God. And My God, who has sent Me, has given witness of Me. You haven’t even heard the voice of God once, nor seen what God looks like. And you don’t have God’s Word in you because you don’t believe the One God has sent to you.

[39-47] You search the Words because you think you have everlasting life in them: but they’re the very words which tell of Me. But you won’t come to Me, that you might have life. I get no honor from you people. But I know that you don’t have God’s love in you. I am come in the Name of God, and you don’t accept Me: but if someone else comes in their own name, you’ll accept them. How can you believe, who get honor from one another, but don’t want the honor that comes from God? And don’t think that I’ll accuse you to God: but there’s one who does accuse you, Moses, the very one you trust in. Because if you had believed Moses, you would have believed Me because Moses wrote of Me. But if you don’t believe those Writings, how will you believe My Words?”



The Bread and Fish

6 [1-14] Later, Yeshua sailed across the sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a great crowd followed along, because they saw all the amazing things which the Christ did for those who were diseased. So Yeshua went up on a mountain, and sat there with the followers, the Passover, a celebration of the Jews, being near. Then when Yeshua looked up, and saw a great many coming to them, the Christ said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread, so that they can eat?” But the Christ said this to test them, already knowing what would happen. Then Philip answered, “More than half a year’s wage worth of bread isn’t enough, even if everyone takes just a little.” Then another of the followers, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said, “There’s a little boy here, who has five loaves of barley bread, and two little fish: but how can they feed so many?” And Yeshua said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was a lot of grass in that place, so the people sat down, which numbered about five thousand. And Yeshua took the loaves; and when the Christ had given thanks, gave it to the followers, and the followers to those who were sitting down; and they all had as much of the bread and the fish as they wanted. And when they were full, the Christ said to the followers, “Gather up the scraps that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.” So they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the scraps of the five barley loaves, which were over and above what had been eaten. Then the people, when they had seen the miracle that Yeshua did, said, “It’s true, this is the great preacher that was to come into the world!”



The Christ Walks on the Water

[15-21] So realizing that they would come, making the Christ their Ruler by force, Yeshua went back up on a mountain alone. And when evening came, the followers went down to the sea, got in a ship, and rowed across the sea toward Capernaum. And it was dark, but Yeshua still hadn’t come to them. Then the waves rose up from a storm wind. And when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Yeshua walking on the water, and coming near the ship: so they were very afraid. But the Christ called out, “It’s Me; don’t be afraid.” Then they willingly took the Christ into the ship: and the ship was suddenly at the land where they were heading.

[22-24] The next day, the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one that the followers had come in, and that Yeshua hadn’t got into the boat and left with the followers, because the followers had left alone. But other boats had come from Tiberias, near the place where they ate the bread, after the Christ had given thanks. So when the people saw that Yeshua wasn’t there, nor the followers, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, looking for Yeshua.



Bread From Heaven

[25-29] And when they had found the Christ on the other side of the sea, they asked, “Teacher, when did you come here?” And Yeshua answered, “The truth is, you look for Me, not because you saw the amazing things, but because you ate the bread, and were filled. But don’t just work for the food that ruins, but for the spiritual food that lasts to everlasting life, which I’ll give to you because I have the blessing of My God.” Then they asked, “What do we need to do, so that we might do the work of God?” And Yeshua answered, saying to them, “The work of God is that you believe on the One who God has sent.”

[30-40] Then they asked the Christ, “What sign will you show us then that we can see, and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the bread from heaven in the desert; as the Word says, God gave them bread from heaven to eat.” Then Yeshua answered, “The truth is, Moses didn’t give you that bread from heaven; but My God gives you the true bread from heaven, because the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.” Then they said, “Christ, give us this bread to have forever.” And Yeshua answered, “I am that bread of life: whoever comes to Me will never hunger; and whoever believes on Me will never thirst. But I say to you that even though you’ve seen Me, you still don’t believe. Everyone that God gives Me will come to Me; and I won’t ever put out those who come to Me, because I came down from heaven, not to do what I want, but what the One who sent Me wants. And this is what God who has sent Me wants; that I would lose none of all I have been given, but would bring them to life again at the last day. And this is what the One who sent Me wants, that everyone who sees and believes on the Christ, will have everlasting life: and I’ll bring them to life at the last day.”

[41-45] Then the Jews spoke against the Christ for saying, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” And they said, “Isn’t this Yeshua, the Child of Joseph, whose parents we know? Why then does Yeshua say, I came down from heaven?” So Yeshua answered them, “Don’t whisper among yourselves. No one can come to Me, unless the God who has sent Me calls them: and I’ll bring them to life at the last day. It’s written in the Words of the great preachers, ‘and they’ll all be taught of God.’ So everyone that has heard, and has learned of God, comes to Me.

[46-51] Not that anyone has seen God; but the only One who has seen God is the One who is of God. The truth is, whoever believes on Me has everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your ancestors ate the bread from heaven in the countryside, and are dead now. But this is the bread which comes down from heaven, which when someone accepts it, they won’t die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats this bread, they’ll live forever: and the bread that I give is My body, which I give for the life of the whole world.”

[52-58] So the Jews argued among themselves, saying, “How can someone give us their body to eat?” Then Yeshua answered, “The truth is, unless you eat of My body, and drink of My blood, you won’t have life in you. Whoever eats My body, and drinks My blood, has everlasting life; and I’ll bring them to life at the last day. The truth is, My body is spiritual food, and My blood is spiritual drink. Whoever accepts My body, and My blood, lives in Me, and I in them. As the Living God has sent Me, and I live by God, so, whoever is fed by Me, will live by Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven. Not as your ancestors ate the bread from heaven, and are dead, but whoever eats of this bread will live forever.”

[59-65] The Christ said this in the place of worship, while teaching in Capernaum. So many of the followers, when they had heard this, said, “This is hard to hear; who can understand it?” And when Yeshua knew that the followers spoke against it, the Christ asked, “Does this offend you? What if you see Me go up to where I came from? It’s the Spirit that gives life; the body is good for nothing: I speak to you with Life-giving words, which are spirit. But there are some of you who still don’t believe.” Because the Christ knew from the beginning who wouldn’t believe, and who it was that would hand Yeshua over. And the Christ said, “So I said to you, that no one can come to Me, unless they were called of My God.”



Peter’s Confession

[66-71] From then on many of the followers went back home, and didn’t follow along any more. So Yeshua asked the twelve, “Will you go away, too?” Then Simon Peter answered, “Christ, who would we go to? Only You speak the Words of everlasting life. And we believe and are sure that You’re the Christ, the One Born of the Living God.” And Yeshua said, “Didn’t I choose the twelve of you, and even one of you has an evil spirit?” Yeshua spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, because it was this one who would hand over the Christ, being one of the twelve.



The Unbelief of Christ’s Family

7 [1-9] Later, Yeshua walked in Galilee, not going in the towns of the Jews, because they waited for a chance to kill the Christ. Now, it was the Jews' celebration of alters, so some of the Christ’s family members said, “Leave here, and go to Judea, so that your followers there can also see what you’ve done and what you do, because no one does anything in secret, who wants to become known to the public. If you really do these things, show yourself to the world.” Not even Yeshua’s own family members believed in the Christ. Then Yeshua answered, “My time isn’t here yet: but your time is always right now. The world doesn’t hate you; but it hates Me, because I tell them that what they’ve done is evil. Go on up to this celebration: but I won’t go now because it’s not My time yet.” So the Christ told them this and stayed behind in Galilee.



The Heavenly Teacher

[10-13] But when they had gone on up, the Christ went up also to the celebration, though not in the open, but in secret. Then the Jews were looking for the Christ at the celebration, saying, “Where is that One?” And everyone was whispering about the Christ, some saying, “The Christ is a good person”, and others saying, “No; but this One misleads the people.” But no one spoke openly of the Christ for fear of the Jews.

[14-19] Now about the middle of the celebration Yeshua went up into the place of worship, and was teaching. And the Jews were wondering, saying, “How does this person understand letters, having never been taught?” So Yeshua answered, saying, “My teaching isn’t Mine, but is from the One that sent Me. If anyone wants to do what God wants, they’ll know whether these words are of God, or whether I speak for Myself. Whoever speaks for themselves looks for their own praise; but whoever wants praise for the One who sent them, this person is true, and no ungodliness is in them. Didn’t Moses give you the Word of God, and still none of you keeps it? Why do you go about trying to kill Me?”

[20-24] So the people answered, “You’ve got an evil spirit: who is going around trying to kill you?” So Yeshua said to them, “I’ve done one work, and you all wonder. Moses gave you the practice of cutting the flesh of the foreskin, not because it’s of Moses, but of the ancestors, and you even cut the flesh of people on a Day of Worship. If someone can be cut on a Day of Worship, so that the Words of Moses won’t be broken; why are you angry at Me, because I’ve made someone well on a Day of Worship? Don’t judge by the way something appears, but use good sense.”

[25-31] Then some of those from Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the One they want to kill? But, this person speaks without fear, and they don’t say anything. Do the rulers really know that this is the very Christ? But we know where this person comes from; and no one will know where the Christ comes from.” Then Yeshua called out in the place of worship while teaching, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from: I am not come of Myself, but the One who sent Me is true, whom you don’t know. But I know this One because I am from God, and God has sent Me.” Then they looked for a way to take the Christ; but no one dared to, because it wasn’t the right time. And many of the people believed on the Christ, asking, “When the Christ comes, will anyone do more amazing things than what this person has done?”



The Living Water

[32-39] The religious leaders heard the people whispering these things; and they sent officers to take the Christ. Then Yeshua said, “For a little while yet, I am with you, and then I will go to the One who sent Me. You’ll look for Me, but won’t find Me; and where I am, you can’t come.” Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where can Yeshua go, that we can’t find? To those scattered among the other peoples, and teach them? What kind of saying is this, ‘You’ll look for Me, and won’t find Me’; and ‘Where I am, there you can’t come?’ So in the last day, the greatest day of the celebration, Yeshua stood up and called out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let them come to Me, and drink of My Words. Whoever believes on Me, as the Word has said, ‘Out of their spirit will flow rivers of living water.” (But Yeshua spoke this of the Holy Spirit, which hadn’t yet been given to those who would believe on the Christ, who hadn’t been raised from the dead yet.)

[40-44] So many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, “It’s true, this is the Great Preacher.” But others said, “This is the Christ.” And some asked, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? Hasn’t the Word said that the Christ comes from the line of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was born?” So there was a disagreement among the people because of the Christ. And some of them would have taken the Christ; but no one dared to.

[45-53] Then the officers went back to the leading priests and the religious leaders; and they asked, “Why haven’t you brought Yeshua?” The officers said, “No one has ever spoken like this person.” Then the religious leaders asked them, “Have you also lost your minds? Have any of the rulers or the religious leaders believed this person? But these people who don’t know the Word of God are cursed.” And Nicodemus said, (the one who came to Yeshua by night, being one of them) “Does our law judge anyone, before it hears them, and knows what’s been done?” So they asked, “Are you also of Galilee? Search, and see that no great preacher comes out of Galilee.” And everyone left and went home.



The Woman Caught in Sexual Sin

8 [1-11] Then Yeshua went to the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning Yeshua came into the place of worship again, and all the people came and sat down, so the Christ taught them. Then the religious leaders and those from the religious sects brought to Yeshua a woman caught in the act of sexual sin; and when they had set her in the middle of the room, they said to Yeshua, “Teacher, this woman was caught in sexual sin, in the very act. Now Moses in the Word of God told us, that these kinds of people must be stoned to death, but what do You say?” But they said this, tempting Yeshua, so that they would have something to accuse the Christ of. But Yeshua bent over, and with a finger wrote on the ground as though not hearing them. So when they asked the Christ again, Yeshua stood up, answering them, “Whoever has never sinned among you, let them be the first to throw a stone at her.” And Yeshua bent over again, and wrote on the ground. And those who heard it, being convicted by their own consciences, went out one by one, from the oldest, even to the last youngest: and Yeshua was left alone, with the woman standing in the middle of the room. So when Yeshua got up, and saw no one but the woman, the Christ said to her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one accused you?” So she answered, “No one, Christ.” And Yeshua said to her, “Nor do I accuse you. Go, but don’t sin any more.”



The Light of the World

[12-18] Then Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me won’t walk in darkness, but will have light for the way of life.” So the religious leaders said, “Just because you say so, doesn’t make it true.” So Yeshua answered, “Though I say so Myself, still My record is true because I know where I came from, and where I go; but you can’t tell where I came from, nor where I go. You judge by what you see; I judge no one. But still if I judge, My judgment is true because I am not alone, but it is I and the One who sent Me. It’s also written in your law, that if two people say something is true, then it’s the truth. I am One that says what I say of Myself is true, and the One that sent Me tells the truth about Me, too.”

[19-27] Then they asked, “Where is the One who sent You?” So Yeshua answered, “You neither know Me, nor the One who sent Me. If you had known Me, you would have known the One who sent Me also.” These words Yeshua spoke in the treasury room, while teaching in the place of worship, so no one tried to take the Christ because it wasn’t the right time yet. Then Yeshua said to them again, “I go away, and you’ll look for Me, but will die in your sins; and where I go, you can’t come.” Then the Jews asked, “Will you kill yourself?” for saying, “Where I go, you can’t come.” And the Christ answered, “You’re from below; I am from above. You’re of this world; but I am not of this world. So I said to you, that you’ll die in your sins because if you don’t believe that I am the Christ, you’ll die without forgiveness for your sins.” Then they asked, “Who are you?” And Yeshua answered, “The One who I said I was from the beginning. I have many things to say about you and to judge: but the One who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world only what I’ve heard from that One.” But they didn’t understand that the Christ spoke to them of God.



The Truth will Make You Free

[28-32] Then Yeshua said, “When you’ve lifted Me up, then you’ll know that I am the One, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My God has told Me, I speak this. And the One who sent Me is with Me. God hasn’t left Me alone because I always do what pleases God.” As Yeshua spoke these words, many believed on the Christ. Then Yeshua said to the Jews who believed, “If you stay in My Word, then you are My true followers; and you’ll know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

[33-47] And they answered, “We’re of Abraham's family, and have never served anyone, so how can you say, ‘You’ll become free?’” So Yeshua answered, “The truth is, whoever is doing sinful things is the servant of that sin. And the servant doesn’t live in the house forever, but only the true Child lives there forever. So if the Child makes you free, you’ll be truly free. I know that you’re of Abraham’s family; but you try to kill Me, because you don’t accept My Word. I speak only what I’ve seen with the One I came from; and you do what you’ve seen with who you came from.” Then they said, “We come from Abraham.” But Yeshua answered, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what you’ve seen of Abraham. But now you try to kill Me, because I have told you the truth, which I’ve heard of God. Abraham didn’t do like this. You do what the One you came from does.” Then they said, “We weren’t born of unfaithfulness; we’ve come from only One, who is God.” So Yeshua said, “If God was who you came from, you would love Me because I came from God; nor did I come of Myself, but God sent Me. Why don’t you understand what I say? It’s because you can’t hear My Words. You come from the devil, and what the devil wants, you’ll do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning, and didn’t stay in the truth, because there’s no truth in the devil. When someone speaks a lie, it’s spoken out of themselves because they’re a liar, and the one they’re from is a liar, too. And because what I say is true, you don’t believe Me. Who of you can prove Me a sinner? And if I speak the truth, why don’t you believe Me? Whoever is of God hears the Word of God, so you who can’t hear them, aren’t of God.”

[48-59] Then the Jews said, “Didn’t we say rightly that you’re a Samaritan, and have an evil spirit?” Then Yeshua answered, “I don’t have an evil spirit; but I honor My God, and you dishonor Me. And I don’t want praise for Myself: but there’s One who wants it and judges. The truth is, if anyone keeps My Word, they won’t see death.” Then the Jews said, “Now we know that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and all the great preachers; and you say, ‘If someone keeps My Word, they won’t see death.’ Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who is dead, and the great preachers who are dead? Who do you think you are?” And Yeshua answered, “If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It’s My God that honors Me; who you say is your God, yet you don’t know God. But I know God: and if I were to say, I don’t know God, I’d be a liar like you: but I know God, and keep God’s Word. Your ancestor Abraham wanted to see My day, and saw it, and was happy.” Then the Jews said, “You aren’t even fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” And Yeshua answered, “The truth is, before Abraham was, I Am.” Then they picked up stones to throw at Yeshua, but the Christ hid, and so passed by, going through the middle of them, and went out of the place of worship.



One Born Blind Healed

9 [1-7] And passing by, Yeshua saw someone who was blind from birth. And the followers asked, “Christ, who sinned, this person, or the parents, to cause this blindness at birth?” So Yeshua said, “Neither has this person, nor the parents sinned; but it happened so that God’s work would be seen in them. I must do the work of the One who sent Me, while there’s still time. The time is coming, when it’ll be too late to work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light that shows the way to the world.” And after saying this, the Christ spat on the ground, and made clay out of the spit, rubbing it on the eyes of the person who was blind, and saying, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,” (which means, sent). So the person who was blind left, and washed, and came back seeing.

[8-12] So the neighbors, and those who had seen the one who was blind, said, “Isn’t this the one who sat and begged?” Some said, “Yes, it is;” but others said, “It looks like the one who was blind.” So the one who had been blind said, “It’s me.” And they asked, “How can you see?” So the one who had been blind answered, “Someone named Yeshua made clay, and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash;’ so I went and washed, and I could see.” But when they asked, “Where is this Person?” the one who had been blind said, “I don’t know.”

[13-17] Then they brought the one who had been blind to the religious leaders, because it was a Day of Worship when Yeshua had made the clay, and healed the person’s eyes. So the religious leaders asked the one who had been blind “How are you able to see?” who answered, “Yeshua put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.” So some of the religious leaders said, “Yeshua isn’t of God, because this person doesn’t keep the Day of Worship.” But others said, “How can someone that is a sinner do such amazing things?” And there was a disagreement among them. Then they asked the one who had been blind, “What do you think of this person that has made you see?” who answered, “Yeshua is a great preacher.”

[18-23] But the Jews didn’t believe that this person had been blind, and could now see, until they called the parents of the one whose eyes had been healed. And they asked them, saying, “Is this your child, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” And they answered, “We know that this is our child, who was born blind, but as to how, we don’t know; or who has done it, we don’t know: ask him; we don’t need to speak for someone who’s an adult now.” They said this, because they were afraid of the Jews, and because the Jews had already agreed that if anyone said that Yeshua was the Christ, they would be put out of the place of worship. So they said, “Our child is old enough to speak for himself.”

[24-34] Then they called the one that had been blind again, saying, “Give God the praise: we know that this person is a sinner;” who answered, “Whether this One is a sinner or not, I don’t know: but one thing I know, that I was blind, and now I see.” Then they asked again, “What did Yeshua do to you? How are your eyes able to see?” And the one who had been blind answered, “I’ve told you already, and you didn’t listen, so why do you want to hear it again? Will you also become followers?” Then they hated that person, and said, “You’re the follower; but we’re followers of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses: as for Yeshua, we don’t know where this person is from.” Then that person answered them, “Why is this so important, that you don’t know from where Yeshua is from, who has still healed my eyes? Now we know that God doesn’t hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does what God’s wants, God hears them. Since the world began, it has never been heard that someone healed the eyes of one that was born blind. If Yeshua isn’t of God, how could this person do anything?” But they answered, “You were fully born in sin, and you dare to teach us?” And they put the person out.

[35-41] And Yeshua, who had heard that they had put that person out, found them, and asked, “Do you believe on the Child of God?” So that person asked, “Who is it, that I might believe on them?” And Yeshua said, “You’ve already seen them, and it’s the One who is speaking to you, now.” So the person said, “Christ, I believe!” and bowed and worshipped Yeshua. And Yeshua said, “I am come into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see might see; and that those who see might become blind.” And some of the religious leaders which were with them heard this, and asked, “Are we blind also?” So Yeshua answered, “If you didn’t understand you wouldn’t be sinning; but since you say, “We understand; you are sinning.”



The Good Keeper

10 [1-6] “The truth is, whoever doesn’t come in by the gate into the pen, but climbs up some other way is a thief and a burglar. But the One who comes in by the gate is the Keeper of the animals. The gatekeeper opens the gate for the Keeper; and the animals hear the Keeper’s voice: who calls their own animals by name, and leads them out. And the Keeper who lets out the animals, goes before them, and the animals follow because they know their Keeper’s voice. The animals won’t follow a stranger, but will run away from them because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” Yeshua told this story to them, but they didn’t understand what the story meant.

[7-18] Then Yeshua said again, “The truth is, I am the gate for the animals. Whoever has come before Me are thieves and burglars; but the animals didn’t go to them. I am the gate, so if anyone comes in by Me, they’ll be saved, and will go in and out, and find land. The thief only comes to steal, to kill, and to hurt: I am come so that they’ll have life, and that they’ll have the best life possible. I am the Good Keeper, and the Good Keeper gives their own life for their animals. But whoever is a hired hand and not the Keeper, who doesn’t own the animals, and sees the wolf coming, will leave the animals, and run away. Then the wolf takes some, and scatters all the other animals out. The hired hand runs away, because they’re a hired hand and doesn’t really care about the animals. I am the Good Keeper, and know My animals, and I am known by those who are Mine. As God knows Me, in the same way I know God; and I give My life for those who are Mine. And I have others, which aren’t from this pen. I must also bring them, and they’ll know My voice; and there will be one pen, and One Keeper. My God loves Me, because I give My life, so that I might live again. No one takes it from Me, but I give it Myself. I have the power to give it, and I have the power to take it again. I have this promise from My God.”

[19-21] So there was another disagreement among the Jews because of these stories. And many of them said, “Yeshua has an evil spirit, and is crazy; why do you listen to that One?” But others said, “These aren’t the Words of someone who has an evil spirit. Can an evil spirit make someone who is blind see?”



One Being

[22-30] And it was the celebration of the dedication at Jerusalem, during the winter, when Yeshua walked in the place of worship in Solomon's porch. Then the Jews came to the Christ, saying, “How long will you make us doubt? If you’re the Christ, tell us clearly?” So Yeshua answered, “I’ve told you already, and you didn’t believe Me: what I do in Yahweh’s Name, is a truthful witnesses of Me. But you don’t believe, because you aren’t Mine, as I said to you. Those who are Mine hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give them everlasting life; and they’ll never die, nor will anyone take them out of My hand. My God, which gave them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to take them out of My God's hand. Yahweh God and I are One Being.”

[31-38] Then the Jews picked up stones again, wanting to stone the Christ. So Yeshua said, “I’ve shown you many good works from My God, so for which of them do you stone Me?” And the Jews answered, “We don’t stone you for a good work; but for disrespect of God; and because you, being human, make yourself God.” Then Yeshua asked, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you’re gods?’ If God called them gods, to whom the Word of God came, and that Word can’t be broken; How can you say of the One, who God has set apart, and sent into the world, You show disrespect for God; because I said, I am the Child of God? If I don’t do what is of My God, then don’t believe Me. But if I do, even if you don’t believe Me, believe what I’ve done: so that you can know, and believe, that God is in Me, and I am in God.”

[39-42] So they looked for a way again to take Yeshua: but the Christ escaped out of their hand and went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John first baptized; and stayed there. And many came to the Christ, saying, “John didn’t do any miracle, but everything that John said of You was true.” And many believed on the Christ there.



Lazarus Brought Back to Life

11 [1-6] Now someone named Lazarus was sick, who was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was the same Mary who anointed the Christ with perfume, and wiped the Christ’s feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) So Lazarus’s sisters sent word to Yeshua, saying, “Christ, the one you love is sick.” But hearing that, Yeshua said, “This sickness won’t end in death, but is for God’s praise, that the Child of God might be made known by this.” Now Yeshua loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus, but hearing that Lazarus was sick, the Christ stayed two more days in the place they were at.

[7-16] Then after that, the Christ said to the followers, “Let’s go into Judea again.” And the followers asked, “Christ, the Jews were just looking for a way to kill You; and You want to go there again?” So Yeshua answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours in a day? If someone waits to walk in the daylight, they won’t stumble, because they see the light of the world. But if someone goes ahead and walks in the darkness of night, they’ll stumble, because they have no light.” Then the Christ said, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping; but I go, so that I can wake him up.” Then the followers said, “Christ, if he’s sleeping, that’s good.” The Christ had spoken of the death of Lazarus, but they thought that Yeshua had spoken of resting in sleeping, so Yeshua said clearly, “Lazarus is dead, and I am happy for your sakes that I wasn’t there, so that you can believe; So let’s go.” Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to the followers, “Let’s go, too, that we may die with Yeshua.”

[17-27] Then when Yeshua got there, the Christ found out that Lazarus had been in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was very near, only about two miles away from Jerusalem, so many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them about their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard who was coming, went and met Yeshua, but Mary still stayed in the house. And Martha said to Yeshua, “Christ, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died, but I know, that even now, whatever you ask of God, God will give it to You.” So Yeshua said to her, “Your brother will come to life again.” Then Martha said, “I know that he will come to life again in the new life at the last day.” But Yeshua said to her, “I am what brings to life again; I am the new life. Whoever believes in Me, even though they were dead, they’ll still live; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” And she said, “Yes, Christ: I believe that You’re the Christ, the Child of God, the One who would come into the world.”

[28-35] And when she had said this, she went, and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher is here, and wants you.” And as soon as she heard that, Mary quickly got up, going to the Christ. Now Yeshua hadn’t come into the town yet, but was still there where they had met. Then the Jews who were with Mary in the house, and comforted her, when they saw her suddenly get up and go out, followed her, saying, “She’s going to the grave to cry there.” Then when Mary came to where Yeshua was, and saw the Christ, she bowed down at the Christ’s feet, saying, “Christ, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.” So when Yeshua saw her crying, and the Jews who came with her also crying, the Christ mourned in the spirit, and was upset, and said, “Where have you laid Lazarus?” So they said, “Christ, come and see.” And Yeshua cried.

[36-46] Then the Jews said, “Look how much Yeshua loved him!” And some of them said, “Couldn’t this person, which opened the eyes of those who are blind, have kept this person from dying?” So Yeshua, mourning in the spirit again, came to the grave, which was a cave with a stone covering it. Then Yeshua said, “Take away the stone.” But Martha, the sister of the one who was dead, said, “Christ, by this time he stinks, being dead for four days.” So Yeshua said to her, “Didn’t I say to you, that if you’d believe, you’d see the victory of God?” Then they moved the stone from the cave where the body was laid. And Yeshua looked up, saying, “God, I thank You that You’ve heard Me. And I knew that You always hear Me, but because of the people here, I said it, so that they can believe that You’ve sent Me.” And after that, the Christ called out with a loud voice, saying, “Lazarus, come out.” And the one who was dead came out, tied up hand and foot with graveclothes, and whose face was tied up with a cloth. So Yeshua said, “Untie him, and let him go.” Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Yeshua did, believed on the Christ. But some of them went to the religious leaders, and told them what Yeshua had done.



The Leading Priest Foretells Yeshua’s Death

[47-54] Then the leading priests and the religious leaders gathered a court, saying, “What do we do? Yeshua does so many amazing things. If we let this go on, everyone will believe in this One: and the Romans will come and take us out of our place and destroy our nation.” And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the leading priest that year, answered, “You don’t know anything at all, nor know that it’s necessary for us, that One person dies for the people, so that the whole nation won’t be destroyed.” And he didn’t speak this of himself, but being the leading priest that year, he foretold that Yeshua was about to die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but also so that the Christ would gather together the children of God that were scattered about into one family. Then from that day on, they planned together to put the Christ to death. So Yeshua didn’t walk among the Jews openly anymore; but left there to a place near the countryside, into a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with the followers.

[55-57] And the Jews' Passover was near, so many went from the countryside up to Jerusalem for the Passover, to purify themselves. Then they looked for Yeshua, and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the place of worship, “Do you think that Yeshua will come to the celebration at all?” because both the leading priests and the religious leaders had given a word, that if anyone knew where Yeshua was, to tell them, so that they could catch the Christ.



The Anointing of Yeshua at Bethany

12 [1-8] Then six days before the Passover, Yeshua came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead but was brought back to life again by the Christ. And Martha was serving them supper there, and Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with the Christ. Then Mary, who had taken a pound of perfumed oil of spikenard, which was very expensive, anointed the feet of Yeshua, wiping them with her hair; and the whole house was filled with the smell of the perfume. Then one of the followers, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who was about to hand over the Christ, said “This perfume could’ve been sold for almost a year’s wage; Why wasn’t it sold and given to those who are poor?” But he said this, not that he cared for those who are poor; but because he was a thief, and took some of what was put in the moneybag. Then Yeshua said, “Leave her alone; she’s done this for the day of My burial. You’ll always have those who are poor with you; but you won’t always have Me.”



The Plan to Kill Lazarus

[9-11] Many people of the Jews knew that the Christ was there: but they didn’t come for Yeshua’s sake only, but to see Lazarus also, whom the Christ had raised from the dead. So the leading priests planned to put Lazarus to death, as well, because many of the Jews went away, and believed on Yeshua because of him.



The Entry into Jerusalem

[12-19] On the next day many people that had come to the celebration, when they heard that Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went out to meet the Christ, and called out, “Save us now! Blessed is the Ruler of Israel that comes in the Name of Yahweh.” And when Yeshua had found a young donkey, and sat on it; as the Word says, “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion: your Ruler comes, sitting on an donkey's foal.” The followers didn’t understand this at the time, but when Yeshua came to life again, they remembered that this was written about the Christ, and that this had happened. So the people that were there when the Christ called Lazarus out of the grave, and brought him back from the dead, told everyone about it. So because of this, the people also came out, because they had heard that the Christ had done this miracle. Then the religious leaders said among themselves, “Don’t you know that you haven’t done a thing? The whole world is following after this Yeshua!”

[20-22] And there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the celebration. And one of them came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked, saying, “Sir, we want to see Yeshua.” So Philip went and told Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip went together and told Yeshua.



The Seed of Grain

[23-27] But Yeshua said, “It’s time for Me to die now and come back to life. The truth is, unless a grain of wheat is put into the ground and dies, it’s only one grain; but if it dies, it will make much more. Whoever loves their life will lose it; and whoever hates their life in this world will keep it to everlasting life. If anyone wants to serve Me, let them follow Me; and where I am, there My worker will be also: And if anyone serves Me, My God will honor them. My soul is uneasy now; but what can I say? God, save Me from this time: No, but I came to this time for this very reason.”



Yahweh Speaks from Heaven

[28-36] “Yahweh God, bring praise to Your Name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I’ve both made it known, and will make it known again.” And some of the people that stood by, heard it, and said that it had thundered, but others said, “An angel spoke to Yeshua.” So Yeshua said, “This voice didn’t come because of Me, but for your sakes. Now, this world will come to judgment, and then, the ruler of this world will be put out. And if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to Myself.” And this was said to signify how the Christ was to die. So the people asked, “But we’ve heard out of the Word of God that the Christ lives forever, so why do you say, ‘I must be lifted up?’ What are you talking about?” Then Yeshua answered, “The Light is with you for just a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light, in case darkness overcomes you; because whoever walks in darkness doesn’t know where they’re going. Believe in the Light, while you have it, so that you can be the children of Light.” After speaking this, the Christ went, and hid from them.







The Blindness of Unbelievers

[37-43] Even though the Christ had done so many amazing things for them, many still didn’t believe on Yeshua; so that the saying of Isaiah the great preacher would happen, which said, “God, who has believed us? And to whom has the strength of Yahweh God been made known?” So they couldn’t believe, because Isaiah had said again, “God has blinded their eyes, and made their hearts full of doubt; so that they don’t see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be changed, and healed.” Isaiah said this when he saw God’s glory, and spoke of it. But in the same way, many among the leading rulers believed on the Christ; but loving the praise of others more than the praise of God, and because of the religious leaders, they didn’t say so or they would be put out of the place of worship.



Judgment on Those Who Reject Christ

[44-50] Then Yeshua said, “Whoever believes on Me, doesn’t believe on Me only, but on the One who sent Me. And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. I am come like a light into the world, so that whoever believes on Me wouldn’t live in darkness. And if anyone hears My Words, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge them because I didn’t come to judge the world, but to save the world. Yet, whoever rejects Me, and doesn’t accept My Words, will be judged by the Word that I’ve spoken, which will judge them in the last day; because I haven’t spoken of Myself; but of the God who sent Me, who gave Me a Word, what I would say, and what I would speak. And I know that God’s Word is everlasting life, so whatever I speak, I say just as God told Me.”



Washing the Feet of the Followers

13 [1-5] Before the celebration of the Passover, knowing that the time had come to leave this world and go back to God, the Christ loved the people of God, which were in the world, to the end. Now supper being over, the devil’s spirit put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to hand over the Christ. And knowing that God had put everything into the Christ’s own hands, and that the Christ came from God, and went to God; Yeshua arose from supper, and with clothes laid aside, took a towel, and got ready; pouring water into a basin, and began to wash the followers' feet, and to wipe them with the towel to get them ready.

[6-17] Then as the Christ came to Simon Peter: Peter asked, “Christ, are you going to wash my feet?” So Yeshua answered, “What I do you don’t know now; but you’ll understand afterwards.” But Peter said, “You’re not washing my feet.” So Yeshua said, “If I don’t wash your feet, you can have nothing to do with Me.” So then Simon Peter said, “Christ, then don’t wash my feet only, but my hands and my head, as well!” And Yeshua said, “Whoever is washed only needs to wash their feet, but is clean everywhere else: and you’re clean, but you aren’t all clean.” And knowing who would hand over the Christ; Yeshua had said, “You aren’t all clean.” So the Christ, who had washed their feet, and dressed, and sat down again, asked, “Do you know what I’ve done to you? You call Me Teacher and Christ: and you say well, because so I am. If then, being your Teacher and Christ, I’ve washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet, because I’ve given you an example, that you would do as I’ve done to you. The truth is, the worker isn’t greater than the owner; nor is the One who is sent greater than the One who sent them. If you know this and do it, you’ll be happy.



Yeshua Identifies Judas

[18-22] I don’t speak of you all. I know whom I’ve chosen; but so that this Word will happen, ‘The one who eats bread with Me is ready to kick Me down;’ I tell you before it comes, so that when it’s happened, you can believe that I am the One. The truth is, whoever accepts the one I send accepts Me; and whoever accepts Me accepts the One who sent Me.” And having said this, being uneasy in spirit, Yeshua told us truthfully, saying, “I am telling you the truth, that one of you will hand Me over.” Then the followers looked at one another, wondering who it was the Christ spoke about.

[23-30] Now there was one of the followers leaning on the Christ, whom Yeshua loved. So Simon Peter waved to him, to ask who it was of whom the Christ had spoken. Then, leaning back on Yeshua, he asked, “Christ, who is it?” And Yeshua answered, “It’s the one that I’ll give a piece of bread, when I’ve dipped it.” And the Christ dipped a piece of bread, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the piece of bread was dipped, Satan overcame him. Then Yeshua said, “What you do, do quickly.” Now no one at the table knew why the Christ had spoken this to him, some of them thinking, because Judas had the moneybag, that Yeshua had said to buy what was needed for the celebration; or, to give something to those who are poor. Then having taken the piece of bread, Judas suddenly went out, being night.



The New Word

[31-35] So, when he had gone out, Yeshua said, “Now I will be made known, and God will be made known in Me. If God be made known in Me, God will also make Me known in God’s own self, and will make Me known soon. Little children, I am with you for just a little while longer. You’ll look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I go, you can’t come’; so now I tell you. A New Word I give to you, that you love one another; Just as I’ve loved you, you also love one another. If you love one another, by this, all people will know that you’re My followers.”





Peter’s Denial Foretold

[36-38] Simon Peter asked, “Christ, where are You going?” And Yeshua answered, “Where I go, you can’t follow Me now; but you’ll follow Me later.” Then Peter said, “Christ, why can’t I follow you now? I’ll give my own life for Your sake.” So Yeshua asked, “Will you really give your life for My sake? The truth is, the rooster won’t crow, till you’ve said you don’t even know Me three times.”



No One Comes to God but by Me

14 [1-7] “Don’t let your hearts be upset by anything: If you believe in God, believe in Me, too. There are many places to live in My God's house: I’d have told you if it weren’t true. I go to get a place ready for you. And if I go to get a place ready for you, I’ll come back, and bring you to Myself; so that where I am, you may be there, also. And you know where I am going, and you know the way.” Then Thomas asked, “Christ, we don’t know where you’re going; so how can we know the way?” And Yeshua answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to God, but by Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My God also: and from now on, you know God, and have seen God.”

[8-14] Then Philip said, “Christ, show us God, and it will be enough.” But Yeshua answered, “Have I been with you this long, and you still don’t know Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me has seen God; so how can you say then, ‘Show us God?’ Don’t you believe that I am in God, and God in Me? The words that I speak to you, I don’t speak of Myself: but the God who lives in Me, does the things that you’ve seen. Believe Me, that I am in God, and God in Me: or else believe Me for the sake of the very things you’ve seen Me do. The truth is, whoever believes on Me, they’ll do the things that I do, also; and they’ll do even greater things than these; because I go to My God. And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, so that God can be made known in Me. If you ask anything in My Name, I’ll do it.



Yeshua Promises the Comforter

[15-21] If you love Me, keep My Words. And I’ll pray to God, who will send you another Comforter, who can stay with you forever; the Spirit of Truth; Whom the world can’t accept, because it’s the One who it doesn’t see, nor know: but who you know because it’s the One who lives with you, and who will be in you. I won’t leave you helpless: I’ll come to you. In just a little while, and the world will see Me no more; but you’ll see Me, because I live, and you’ll live also. At that time you’ll know that I am in My God, and you in Me, and I in you. Whoever has My Words, and keeps them, that is who loves Me; and whoever loves Me will be loved of My God, and I’ll love them, and will make Myself known to them.”

[22-31] Then Judas, not Iscariot, asked the Christ, “How is it that you’ll make yourself known to us, and not to the world?” Yeshua answered, “If someone loves Me, then they’ll keep My Words: and My God will love them, and We’ll come to them, and make Our home with them. Whoever doesn't love Me doesn't keep My Words: and the Word which you hear isn’t My own, but is God's, who sent Me. I’ve told you this, being still here with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom God will send in My Name, will teach you everything, and help you remember what I’ve said to you. I leave peace with you, but it’s My peace I give to you: I don’t give you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be upset by anything, nor let it be afraid. You’ve heard how I said to you, ‘I go away, and come back again to you.’ If you loved Me, you’d celebrate, because I said, ‘I go to God, because My God is greater than I.’ And now I’ve told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you might believe. From now on, I won’t talk much with you because the ruler of this world is coming, and has nothing to do with Me. But that the world can know that I love God; and just as God gave Me Word, so I do. Get up, it’s time to go from here.



The Vine and the Branches

15 [1-6] I am the true vine, and My God is the Farmer. Every branch in Me that doesn’t make fruit is cut away: and every branch that bears fruit, is pruned, so that it can make more fruit. Now you’re already saved through the Word which I’ve spoken to you. So live in Me, and I will live in you. As the branch can’t make fruit by itself, without the vine; neither can you, unless you live in Me. I am the vine, you’re the branches: Whoever lives in Me, and I in them, makes much fruit; but you can’t do anything without Me. So if someone doesn’t live in Me, they’re cut off like a branch, and will wither; and they’re gathered together to be put into the fire, and burned.



Ask Anything in My Name

[7-12] If you live in Me, and My Words live in you, you may ask whatever you want, and it’ll be done for you. In this, My God is made known, so that you’ll make much fruit; and you’ll be My followers. As God has loved Me, I have loved you, so llive in My love. If you keep My Words, you’ll live in My love, just as I’ve kept the Word of God, and live in God’s love. I’ve told you this, that My joy might live in you, and that you may have complete joy. This is My Word, that you love one another, as I’ve loved you.



Yeshua calls us Friends

[13-17] No one has greater love than when someone gives up their own life for their friends. You’re My friends, if you do whatever I tell you. From now on I won’t call you workers because the worker doesn’t know what the owner does: but I’ve called you friends because everything that I’ve heard of My God I’ve made known to you. You haven’t chosen Me, but I’ve chosen you, and set you apart, so that you would go and make fruit, and that your fruit would live: so that whatever you ask of God in My Name, it will be given to you. I tell you this, so that you’ll love one another.



We are Hated by the World

[18-27] And if the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you aren’t of the world, and I’ve chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember what I said to you, ‘The worker isn’t greater than the owner.’ If they’ve abused Me, they’ll also mistreat you; but if they’ve kept My Word, they’ll keep yours also. But they’ll do all this to you because of My Name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me. If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t have sinned, but now there’s no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates Me hates My God also. If I hadn’t done among them the things which no one else has done, they wouldn’t have sinned, but now they’ve seen and hated both Me and My God. But this happened so that the Word would happen that is written in their Words, “They hated Me without a cause.” But the Comforter will come, whom I’ll send to you from God, even the Spirit of Truth, who comes from God, and who will tell others of Me: And you also are truthful witnesses, because you’ve been with Me from the beginning.



The Rejection of the Followers Foretold

16 [1-6] I’ve told you this, so that you won’t be offended. They’ll put you out of the places of worship. Yes, the time is coming, that whoever kills you will think that they’re helping God. And they’ll do this to you, because they don’t know God, nor Me. But I’ve told you this, that when the time comes, you’ll remember that I told you about them. And I didn’t say this to you at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going away to the One who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are you going?’ And now, because I’ve said this to you, your heart is sad.



The Spirit of Truth

[7-16] Just the same, the truth is, that it’s necessary for you that I go away because if I don’t go away, the Comforter won’t come to you; but if I leave, I’ll send the Comforter to you. And the Comforter is coming, who’ll convict the world of sin, and of My goodness, and of judgment. Of sin, because they don’t believe on Me; Of My goodness, because I go to My God, and you won’t see Me any more; And of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. I still have many things to say to you, but you can’t understand them all now. But when the Comforter is here, this Spirit of Truth will help you to know what is true, not speaking of Its Own Self; but whatever the Comforter hears, that the Comforter will speak and will show you things to come. The Comforter will make Me known, taking of what’s Mine, and showing it to you. Everything that God has is Mine: so I said that the Comforter will take of Mine, and will show it to you. In just a little while, you won’t see Me: and again, in just a little while, you’ll see Me, because I go to God.”

[17-27] Then some of the followers said among themselves, “What does the Christ mean by, ‘In just a little while, you won’t see Me: and again, in just a little while, you’ll see Me: because I go to God?’” So they said, “What does it mean, ‘In a little while?’ We don’t know what the Christ meant.” Now Yeshua knew that they wanted to ask, so the Christ said to them, “Are you asking among yourselves about what I said, ‘In a little while, you won’t see Me: and again, in a little while, you’ll see Me?’ The truth is, that you’ll cry and mourn, but the world will celebrate: and you’ll be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman who’s in labor suffers, because her time is here: but as soon as she’s given birth, she doesn’t remember the suffering any more, for the joy that she’s brought a child into the world. So now you’ll have sorrow: but I’ll see you again, and your heart will celebrate, and no one will take your joy from you. And in that day you won’t have to ask Me anything. The truth is, whatever you ask God in My Name, God will give it to you. Up to now, You haven’t asked anything in My Name, so ask, and you’ll get what you ask for, that you can have complete joy. I’ve told you this in strange sayings: but the time is coming, when I won’t speak to you any more in strange ways, but I’ll explain clearly about God. At that time you’ll ask in My Name: and I don’t say to you, that I’ll pray to God for you because God’s Own Self loves you, because you’ve loved Me, and have believed that I came from God. I came from God, and am come into the world: but again, I leave the world, and go to God.”



Overcoming the World

[29-33] Then the followers said, “See, now you’re speaking clearly, and aren’t speaking in strange sayings. Now we’re sure that you know everything, and that we don’t need to ask anything of you: by this, we believe that God is who You came from.” Then Yeshua answered, “Do you believe now? The time is coming, yes, and is now here, that you’ll be scattered, everyone on their own, and will leave Me alone: but still I am not alone, because God is with Me. I’ve said this to you, so that in Me you might have peace. You’ll always have troubles in the world, but be happy; because I’ve overcome the world.”



One God, One Family

17 [1-8] These words Yeshua spoke, looking up to heaven, saying, “Yahweh God, it’s time now; Make your Child known, that your Child may also make You known: As you’ve given Me power over everyone, to give everlasting life to whoever You’ve given to Me. And this is everlasting life, that they may know You, Yahweh, the only true God, and Me, Yeshua, the Christ, whom You’ve sent. I’ve made You known on the earth: I’ve finished the work which You gave Me to do. And now, God, make Me known along with Your Own Name with the glory which I had with You before the world was. I’ve made Your Name clear to all those which You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me; and they’ve kept Your Word. Now they’ve known that everything that You’ve given Me is of You, because I’ve given to them the Words which You gave to Me; and they’ve accepted them, and have known surely that I came from You, and they’ve believed that You sent Me.

[9-13] I pray for them, though I don’t pray for the whole world, but only for those who You’ve given Me because they’re Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I am made known through them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to You. Holy God, keep through Your Own Name those whom You’ve given Me, that they can be one, as We’re One. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your Name, Yahweh: those that You gave Me I’ve kept, and none of them is lost, but the one who was forever damned; so that everything in the Word would happen. And now I come to You; and this I speak in the world, so that they’ll have My complete joy in themselves.

[14-23] I’ve given them Your Word; and the world has hated them, because they aren’t of the world, just as I am not of the world. I don’t pray that you would take them out of the world, but that you would keep them from the evil in it. They aren’t of the world, just as I am not of the world, so set them apart through Your truth: Your Word is truth. As You’ve sent Me into the world, in the same way I’ve also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I set Myself apart, so that they also might be set apart through the truth. And I don’t pray for these alone, but for those who will also believe on Me through their word; so that they all can be one; as You, God, are in Me, and I in You, so that they also can be one in Us: and that the world may believe that You’ve sent Me. And the glory, which You gave Me, I’ve given to them; so that they can be one, just as We’re One: I in them, and You in Me, so that they can be completed in one family; and that the world can know that You’ve sent Me, and have loved them, as You’ve loved Me.

[24-26] God, I also want those whom You’ve given Me, to be with Me where I am; so that they can see My victory, which you’ve given Me because You loved Me before the beginning of the world. Good God, the world hasn’t known You: but I’ve known You, and these have known that You’ve sent Me. And I’ve told them Your Name, Yahweh, and will tell it: that the love in which You’ve loved Me can be in them, and I in them.”



The Garden of Gethsemane

18 [1-6] After the Christ had spoken these words, Yeshua went out with the followers over the creek Cedron, coming into a garden. And Judas, which handed over the Christ, knew the place, because Yeshua often went there with the followers. So Judas then, having gotten troops and officers from the leading priests and religious leaders, came there with lanterns and torches and swords. And Yeshua, knowing everything that would come about, went to them, saying, “Who are you looking for?” So they answered, “Yeshua of Nazareth.” And Yeshua said, “I am that One.” And Judas also, who had turned Yeshua over, stood with them. Then as soon as the Christ had said, “I am that One”, they all went backward, falling to the ground.

[7-14] Then the Christ asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Yeshua of Nazareth.” So Yeshua said, “I’ve told you that I am that One: so if you’re looking for Me, let all these go;” so that the saying would happen, which the Christ spoke, “I have lost none of those who You gave Me.” Then Simon Peter, having a sword, took it out and cut off the right ear of the leading priest's worker, whose name was Malchus. Then Yeshua said to Peter, “Put your sword in its sheath: shouldn’t I suffer the things which My God has given Me to suffer?” Then the troop, the captain, and the officers of the Jews took and tied up Yeshua, leading the Christ away to Annas first, because he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the leading priest that year. Now Caiaphas was the one, who said to the Jews, that it was necessary that one person would die for the people.



Peter Denies Knowing Yeshua

[15-18] And Simon Peter followed Yeshua, and so did another follower: that follower was known to the leading priest, and went in with Yeshua into the hall of the leading priest. But Peter stood outside the door. Then that other follower went out, which was known to the leading priest, and spoke to the girl that kept the door, bringing Peter in. Then she said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this person's followers?” But Peter said, “I am not.” And the workers and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals because it was cold and warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.



The Leading Priests Question Yeshua

[19-24] The leading priest then asked Yeshua about the followers, and of the Christ’s teachings. So Yeshua answered, “I spoke openly to the world; I taught in all the places of worship, where the Jews always go; and I haven’t said anything in secret. Why do you ask Me? Ask those who heard what I’ve said: they know what I said.” And when the Christ had said this, one of the officers which stood by slapped Yeshua with the palm of his hand saying, “You dare answer the leading priest that way?” Then Yeshua answered, “If I’ve spoken any evil, be a truthful witnesses of the evil: but if well, why do you hit Me?” Then Annas sent the Christ tied up to Caiaphas the leading priest.



Peter’s Final Denial

[25-27] And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of the followers?” But Peter denied it, saying, “I am not.” Then one of the workers of the leading priest, being kin to the one whose ear Peter cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with Yeshua?” Then Peter denied it again, and suddenly the rooster crowed.



Pilate and Yeshua

[28-32] Then they led Yeshua from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, being early; but they themselves didn’t go into the judgment hall, or they would be ruined and not be able to eat the Passover. So then Pilate went out to them, saying, “What do you accuse this person of?” And they answered, “If this One wasn’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have brought this person to you.” Then Pilate said to them, “You take and judge this One by your law.” So the Jews said, “It isn’t right for us to put anyone to death;” so that what Yeshua had said, would happen, about what death the Christ would die.

[33-40] Then Pilate went in the judgment hall again, and asked Yeshua, saying, “Are you the Ruler of the Jews?” And Yeshua answered, “Do you say this thing of yourself, or did others tell you about Me?” Then Pilate asked, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the leading priests have given You to me: what have you done?” So Yeshua said, “My realm isn’t of this world: if My realm were of this world, then My workers would fight, so that I wouldn’t be given to the Jews: but My realm is not here now.” So Pilate asked, “Are you a Ruler then?” And Yeshua answered, “You say that I am a Ruler. For this reason I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I would be a witness to the truth. Everyone that knows the truth hears My voice.” And Pilate asked, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, saying to them, “I find no fault at all in this person. But you have a way of life, that I free someone to you at the Passover, so would you like me to free to you the Ruler of the Jews?” Then they all cried out again, saying, “Not this One, but Barabbas.” And Barabbas was a criminal.



The Guards Mock Yeshua

19 [1-7] Then Pilate had Yeshua beaten. And the guards platted a crown of thorns, and put it on Yeshua’s head, and put a purple robe on the Christ, saying, “Hello, Ruler of the Jews!” as they slapped Yeshua with their hands. So Pilate went out again, saying to them, “I am bringing Yeshua out to you, so that you can know that I find no fault in this person.” Then Yeshua came out, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look at this person?” So when the leading priests and officers saw the Christ, they called out, saying, “Put this One to death, put this One to death.” So Pilate answered, “You do it, because I find no fault in this person.” But the Jews said, “We have a law, and by our law this One ought to die, because this person claimed to be the Child of God.”

[8-12] So when Pilate heard that, he was all the more afraid; And went back into the judgment hall, saying to Yeshua, “Where are You from?” But Yeshua didn’t answer. So Pilate asked, “Why don’t you speak to me? Don’t you know that I have the power to put you to death, or the power to free you?” Then Yeshua answered, “You could have no power at all against Me, unless it were given to you from above, so whoever has given Me to you has the greater sin.” And from then on Pilate looked for a way to free the Christ. But the Jews called out, “If you let this person go, you aren’t Caesar's friend; whoever claims to be a Ruler speaks against Caesar.”

[13-16] So when Pilate heard that, he had Yeshua brought out, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about noon, when he said to the Jews, “See, your Ruler!” But they called out, “Away with this One, away with this One, put this person to death.” Then Pilate asked, “Do I put your Ruler to death?” And the leading priests said, “We have no Ruler but Caesar.” Then he gave the Christ to them to be put to death. And they took and led Yeshua away.



Christ on the Cross

[17-22] And the Christ, carrying the cross, went out to a place called “The Place of a Skull,” which is called in the Hebrew “Golgotha”: Who they put to death, along with two others, one on either side, with Yeshua in the middle. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was “Yeshua of Nazareth, The Ruler of the Jews.” Then many of the Jews read this title because the place where Yeshua was put to death was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Then the leading priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The Ruler of the Jews’; but that this One said, I am Ruler of the Jews.” But Pilate said, “I’ve written what I’ve written.”



The Soldier’s Divide the Christ’s Clothes

[23-24] Then the guards, when they had put Yeshua on the cross, took the Christ’s clothes, and made four parts, giving to every soldier a part; and also the Christ’s coat, but the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. So they said among themselves, “Let’s not tear it, but place bets for it, to see whose it will be;” so that the Word would happen, which said, “They divided my clothing among them, and they placed bets for My coat.” And so the guards did this.





The Christ’s Mother

[25-27] Now Yeshua’s mother stood there by the cross, with her sister, Mary, the spouse of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. So seeing her with the follower standing by, whom the Christ loved, Yeshua said, “Mother, look, your child! Then the Christ said to the follower, “Look, your mother!” And from that time on, that follower took her to his own home.



Christ Gives Up the Spirit

[28-37] Later, knowing that everything had now happened, that was said in the Word should happen, Yeshua said, “I’m thirsty.” Now there was a bottle full of sour wine, so they filled a sponge with it, and put it on a hyssop reed, and put it to the Christ’s mouth. After taking the wine, the Christ, giving up the Spirit, said, “It’s done;” whose head then bowed. So the Jews, because it was the preparation day, (for that Day of Worship was a holy day) begged Pilate that their legs be broken, and that they be taken away so that the bodies wouldn’t stay on the crosses on a Day of Worship. Then the guards came, and broke the legs of the first, and then of the other who were put on crosses along with the Christ. When they came to Yeshua, and saw that the Christ was dead already, they didn’t break them: But when one of the guards pierced the Christ’s side with a spear, blood and water gushed out. And the one who saw it told it, and what they say is true: and they know what they said is true, so that you might believe. And this happened, so that what was in the Word would happen, “Not a bone of the Christ will be broken.” And again another Word said, “They’ll look on the One whom they pierced.”



Yeshua’s Burial

[38-42] And then Joseph of Arimathaea, being a follower of Yeshua, but secretly for fear of the Jews, begged Pilate to let him take away the body of Yeshua: so Pilate said that he could. Then he came and took the body of Yeshua. And Nicodemus came also, who first came to Yeshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. Then they took the body of Yeshua, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the Jews way to bury someone. Now near the place where the Christ was put on the cross, there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. So they laid Yeshua there because of the Jews' preparation day and because the tomb was near there.



Mary Magdalene Sent to the Followers

20 [1-10] And Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early on Sunday morning when it was still dark, and saw the stone moved away from the tomb. Then she ran, and came to Simon Peter, and to the other follower, whom Yeshua loved, saying to them, “They’ve taken away the Christ out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve laid the body.” So Peter went out, and that other follower, and came to the tomb. And both of them ran together: but the other follower outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. And stooping down, and looking in, he saw the linen clothes there; but still didn’t go in. Then Simon Peter came following him, and went into the tomb, and saw the linen clothes lying there, with the napkin that was around the Christ’s head, not lying with the linen clothes, but folded up in a place by itself. Then that other follower also went in, which came first to the tomb, and saw it, and believed. But they still didn’t know the Word, that the Christ must come to life again from the dead. Then the followers went back to their own homes.

[11-18] But Mary stood outside the tomb crying: and as she cried, she stooped down, and looked into the tomb, and saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Yeshua had lain. And they said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” And she answered, “Because they’ve taken my Christ away, and I don’t know where they’ve put the body.” And when she had said this, she turned around, and saw the Christ standing there, but didn’t know that it was Yeshua. Then Yeshua said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” And she, thinking it to be the gardener, said, “Sir, if you’ve taken the body from here, tell me where you’ve put it, and I’ll take it away.” Then Yeshua said to her, “Mary!” And she turned around, saying, “Rabboni;” which means, “Teacher.” And Yeshua said to her, “Don’t touch Me yet because I am still not gone up to God: but go to My followers, and say to them, I go up to the One I am from, and the One you’re from; to My God, and to your God.” So Mary Magdalene came and told the followers that she had seen the Christ, who had spoken this to her.



Receiving the Holy Spirit

[19-23] Then the same day at evening, being Sunday, when the doors were shut where the followers were gathered for fear of the Jews, Yeshua came and stood in the middle, saying to them, “Be at peace!” And after the Christ had said this, they saw Yeshua’s hands and side. Then the followers were happy, when they saw the Christ. And then Yeshua said again, “Be at peace: just as My God has sent Me, I am sending you, too.” And the Christ said this, then breathed on them, saying to them, “Take the Holy Spirit: Whoever’s sins you forgive, they’re forgiven them; and whoever’s sins you keep, they’re kept.”



The Doubting Thomas

[24-30] But Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, wasn’t with them when Yeshua came. So the other followers told him, “We’ve seen the Christ.” But he said, “Unless I see the print of the nails in Yeshua’s hands, and put my finger into them, and put my hand into Yeshua’s side, I won’t believe it.” And eight days later the followers were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Then Yeshua came, the doors being shut, and stood in the middle, saying, “Be at peace.” Then the Christ said to Thomas, “Touch Me here with your finger, and see My hands; and touch Me here with your hand and put it into My side: and don’t be faithless, but believe.” And Thomas answered, “My Christ and my God.” Then Yeshua said, “Thomas, you believed because you’ve seen Me: those who haven’t seen are blessed, because they’ve still believed.”

[30-31] And Yeshua, truly, did many other signs in the presence of the followers, which aren’t written in this book. But these things are written, so that you might believe that Yeshua is the Christ, the Child of God; and that believing, you might have life in the Name of Yeshua.



Peter and the Followers Go Fishing

21 [1-3] Later Yeshua appeared again to the followers at the Sea of Galilee; and this is the way it happened: Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the children of Zebedee, and two other of the followers were all together. Then Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” Then the others said, “We’re going, too.” So they went out, and quickly got in a ship; but that night they caught nothing.

[4-8] Now at sunrise, Yeshua stood on the shore, but the followers didn’t know yet that it was Yeshua. Then Yeshua called out, “Children, did you catch anything?” And they answered, “No”. So Yeshua called out, “Throw out the net on the right side of the ship, and you’ll catch some.” So they threw it out, and then they weren’t able to pull it in for all the fish. So the follower whom Yeshua loved said to Peter, “It’s the Christ.” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was Christ, he put on his fisher's coat, because he was naked, and dove into the water. And the other followers came in a little ship, not being far from land, but only about a hundred yards or so, dragging the net with the fish.

[9-14] Then as soon as they had come to land they saw the coals of a fire there, with fish and bread laid on it. And Yeshua said, “Bring some of the fish you caught.” So Simon Peter went and drew the net to land full of huge fish, a hundred and fifty-three: but still the net wasn’t broken even though there were so many. Then Yeshua said, “Come and eat.” And knowing that it was the Christ, none of the followers dared ask, “Who are you?” Then Yeshua came, and took bread, and gave them some, along with the fish. Now this is the third time that Yeshua appeared to the followers, after the Christ had come back to life.



Peter’s Threefold Duty

[15-19] So when they had eaten, Yeshua asked Simon Peter, “Peter, son of Jonah, are you sure that you love Me, even more than these here?” Then Peter answered, “Yes, Christ; you know that I love you.” Then the Christ said, “Feed My new followers.” Then Yeshua asked again the second time, “Peter, son of Jonah, have you really made up your mind to love Me?” Then Peter said, “Yes, Christ; you know that I truly love you.” Then the Christ said, “Guide My young followers.” Then Yeshua asked the third time, “Peter, son of Jonah, do you truly love Me?” And Peter was saddened because the Christ had asked for the third time, “Do you love Me?” So Peter said, “Christ, you know everything; you know that I truly love you.” And Yeshua said, “Be faithful to My older followers.” The truth is, when you were young, you made yourself ready, and went wherever you wanted to: but when you’re old, you’ll reach out for help, but someone else will get you ready, and take you where you don’t want to go.” The Christ spoke this, signifying what kind of death Peter would die for God’s glory. And after this, the Christ said, “Follow Me.”



The Follower Who Yeshua Loved

[20-25] Then Peter, turning around, saw the other follower, whom Yeshua loved, following along; which also was the one who leaned back on the Christ at supper, saying, “Christ, who is it that will turn You over to them?” So Peter said to Yeshua, “Christ, and what will this follower do?” So Yeshua answered, “If I want this one to stay till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” Then it spread among the Christians, that that follower wouldn’t die: but Yeshua didn’t say to them that the follower wouldn’t die; but only, “If I want this one to stay till I come, what is that to you?” This is the one who tells us of this, and who wrote this: and we know that this is a true story. And there are many other things also, which Yeshua did, and which, if they were all written, I think that even the world itself couldn’t contain the books that would be written about it. So be it!