6 God sent a man named John. 7 He was a witness testifying about the Light so that everyone might recognize Him and believe. 8 John was not the Light. His part was to testify of that Light. 9 This would be the true Light which was coming into the world to enlighten everyone. 10 Though He was in the world which He had made, the world did not recognize Him. 11 He came to His own and they did not receive Him. 12 To those who did receive Him and believe in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. 13 This caused them to be born of God instead of the will of the flesh.

14 The Word was made flesh and lived among us. We saw the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of Him when he cried out, saying, "This is the One I spoke of when I said there is One coming after me Who existed before me." 16 His fullness has supplied us with complete grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, except His only begotten who is in His close embrace. He has explained His Father.

19 This is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20 He readily confessed that he was not the Christ. 21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Elijah?" John said, "I am not." They asked, "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." 22 "So, who are you," they asked."We need to take an answer back to those who sent us." 23 John quoted Isaiah, saying, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the LORD.'" 24 It was the Pharisees who had sent them. 25 Next they asked him, "If you not the Christ, or Elijah, or the Prophet, why are you baptizing?" 26 John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know." 27 "He comes after me, but I am not worthy to untie His sandals."

28 This conversation took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John saw Jesus and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world." 30 "This is the One I spoke of when I said, 'After me comes a Man of much higher position than me. He existed before me.'" 31 "Though I did not know Him, I came to point Him out to Israel. I do this by baptizing with water." 32 John testified, "I have seen the Spirit descend as a dove out of heaven and remain upon Him." 33 "Though I did not recognize Him, the One who sent me to baptize with water said to me, the One on whom you see the Spirit descend is the One who baptizes with fire." 34 "I have seen and bare witness that this One is the Son of God."

35 The next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 He looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37 His two disciples heard what he said and they followed Jesus. 38 As they followed Jesus, He turned to them and asked, "What do you want?" They said, "Teacher, where are You staying?" 39 He said, "Come and see." So they came and saw where He was staying. It was about the tenth hour (4 o'clock in the afternoon), so they stayed with Him there. 40 One of the two was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He went to find Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah," which translates to mean Christ. 42 Andrew brought his brother to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are called Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas." That translates to Peter.

43 The following day Jesus proposed to go to Galilee. There he found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law and the Prophets. He is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 46 Nathanael replied, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said, "Come see."

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming and said of him, "Here is an Israelite without guile." 48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." 49 Nathanael then said to Him, "You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." 50 Jesus answered him, saying, "Because I said I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see even greater things than this." 51 Then Jesus added, "The truth is, you will see the heavens opened and the angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

John 2 - RWB Paraphrase (25 V)
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1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and He and his disciples had been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother told him about it. 4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you telling Me about this? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother told the servants, "Do whatever He tells you to do."

6 There were six stone water pots nearby used for the Jewish custom of purification. Each one could hold close to fifteen gallons. 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill these water pots with water." So they filled the water pots. 8 Then He said, "Draw some out and take it to the one in charge of the feast." and they did this. 9 When the man in charge of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and not knowing where it had come from, he called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, "People always serve the best wine first and after people have had plenty to drink, then they serve the poorer wine. You have kept the good wine until now." 11 This was the first of the signs Jesus did to show His glory in Galilee, and His disciples believed in Him.

12 After this Jesus went to Capernaum for a few days with His mother and His disciples. 13 The Passover of the Jews was near so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 When He went into the temple He found people selling oxen, sheep and doves. And there were money changers sitting at their tables. 15 He made a scourge of cords and with it drove the marketers, their animals and the money changers out of the temple. He turned over the tables of the money changers scattering their coins. 16 Speaking to those who sold the doves He said, "Take these things out of here. My Father's house is not a place to buy and sell merchandise." 17 His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for Your house will consume Me." 18 The Jews said to Him, "What sign do You show us to establish Your authority for doing what You just did?" 19 He answered, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews said to Him, "It took forty six years to build this temple. Will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But Jesus was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 When Jesus was raised from the dead, His disciples would recall what He had said on this occasion and believe the scripture, as well as Jesus words.

23 During this Passover, many of the people believed in Jesus, having observed the signs He did. 24 But Jesus did not trust Himself to them, for He knew all men. 25 He did not need anyone to tell Him about mankind for He knew what was in man.

John 3 - RWB Paraphrase (36 V)
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1 Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews. 2 He came to see Jesus at night, saying, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher. No one can do the signs you do unless God is with Him." 3 Jesus replied by saying, "The truth is, no one can see God's kingdom unless he is born again." 4 Nicodemus responded by asking, "How can a man be born after he becomes old? Can he go into his mother's womb and be born a second time?" 5 Jesus said, "The truth is, unless a person is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's kingdom." 6 "What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit." 7 "Do not be amazed when I tell you that you must be born again." 8 "The wind blows and you hear its sound. You do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with those born of the Spirit." 9 Nicodemus said, "How can this be?" 10 Jesus replied, "You are a teacher of Israel. How is it that you do not understand this?" 11 "The truth is, we speak of what we know and tell about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony." 12 "If I tell you earthly things, and you do not believe, how will you believe what I tell you about heaven?" 13 "No one has been to heaven except He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man." 14 "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up." 15 "This is done so that those who believe in Him may have eternal life." 16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." 17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned. He who does not believe is judged unworthy because he did not believe in the only begotten Son of God." 19 "A person is condemned after he sees the Light of the world, and because of the evil within him, chooses darkness rather than the Light." 20 "Those who do evil hate the Light, fearing to come to it because it exposes their evil deeds." 21 "The one practicing the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be shown to have come from God."

22 After this Jesus and His disciples went to Judea where He was spending time with them and baptizing. 23 John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was lots of water there. People were coming to be baptized, 24 because John had not yet been put in prison.

25 John's disciples had a discussion with some of the Jews about purification. 26 Coming to John they said, "Rabbi, the One you testified to beyond the Jordon, is baptizing and everyone is coming to Him." 27 John answered saying, "A man cannot have what Jesus has unless it comes from heaven." 28 "You remember that I said, 'I am not the Christ. I have been sent ahead of Him.'" 29 "It is the bridegroom who has the bride. His friend bears witness of this and rejoices at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. For this reason my joy for Him is complete." 30 "He must increase, and I must decrease." 31 "He who is from the earth speaks earthly things, while He who comes from heaven is above all." 32 "He tells of what He has seen and heard, but no one receives His testimony." 33 He who believes His testimony testifies that God is true. 34 "For He Whom God has sent speaks the Words of God, for He gives Him the Spirit without measure." 35 "The Father loves the Son and has given everything into His hand." 36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life. And he who does not believe in the Son shall not have eternal life because God's wrath rests on him."

John 4 - RWB Paraphrase (54 V)
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1 Now when the LORD knew that the Pharisees had heard that He was making and baptizing more disciples than John, 2 although it was His disciples doing the baptizing, and not He Himself, 3 he left Judea and went to Galilee.

4 On His way Jesus passed through Samaria. 5 He came to the city of Sychar in Samaria which is near the parcel of ground Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Being weary, Jesus sat down to rest by Jacob's well which was outside the city. It was about the sixth hour, or twelve noon.

7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water and Jesus asked her for a drink. 8 Jesus was alone, for His disciples had gone into the city to buy food. 9 The Samaritan woman asked Him, "How is it that You, a Jew, ask a drink from a Samaritan woman?" For the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered, "If you knew of the gift of God and who is asking you for water, you would ask Him and He would give you living water." 11 She said, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where do You get this living water?" 12 "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who drank from this well, as did his family and his cattle." 13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks from this well will be thirsty again." 14 "But whoever drinks the water I have to give shall never thirst again, because the water I give becomes a spring of eternal life in him." 15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water so that I will not have to come all the way to this well to draw water." 16 Jesus then said, "Go call your husband." 17 The woman said, "I don't have a husband." Jesus said, "You are telling the truth," 18 "in fact, you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. You have spoken the truth." 19 The woman replied, "Sir I can see that You are a prophet." 20 "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain. Your people say that Jerusalem is the place where men are to worship." 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when people will not worship the Father in one special place." 22 "You worship without understanding who you worship. We know who we worship because salvation comes from the Jews." 23 "But the hour is coming, and even now is, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for such people to be His worshipers." 24 "God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." 25 The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah, the One called Christ, will declare all things to us when He comes." 26 Jesus said to her, "I am the that One." 27 At this moment His disciples returned and were amazed to find Him speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him why He was doing this? 28 The woman left her water pot where she had set it and went into the city and spoke to the men there. 29 Arriving in the city she said to them, "Come see a Man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" 30 They went out of the city to meet Him. 31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus to eat. 32 But He said to them, "I have already had food which you do not know about." 33 They wondered together, "Did someone bring Him something to eat?" 34 Jesus then told them, "Doing the work My Father sent Me to do satisfies like food." 35 "You may think that the harvest is four months away. If you look about you will see fields white for harvest." 36 "Those who reap are already receiving wages as they gather fruit for eternal life. One sows and another reaps. But they rejoice together." 37 "It is a true saying: One sows, and another reaps." 38 "I am sending you to reap what you did not plant. When you reap you are sharing in the labor of those who planted." 39 Many of the Samaritans from that city believed in Jesus because of the testimony of the woman who said, "He told me everything I ever did."

40 Because of this many of the Samaritans were asking Jesus to stay with them. So He remained there two days. 41 And many of them believed because of what they heard Him say. 42 They said to the woman, "At first we believed because of what you said about Him. Now we believe because we have heard for ourselves and know that He is the Savior of the world."

43 After being with the Samaritans for two days, Jesus left for Galilee. 44 He was saying, "A prophet has no honor in His own country." 45 When He came to Galilee, the people in that area received Him because of the things they had seen Him do at the feast in Jerusalem. 46 And He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official of Capernaum whose son was sick. 47 Having heard that Jesus had come up from Judea, he went to Him and begged Him to come and heal his son who was at the point of death. 48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe." 49 The royal official said to Him, "Sir, come before my son dies." 50 Jesus said to him, "Go. You son lives." The man believed Him and started for home. 51 On his way home his servants met him with the news that his son was better. 52 He asked them, "At what hour did my son get better?" They answered, "Yesterday at about the seventh hour (one o'clock) the fever left him." 53 The father knew that it was at this time of day the Jesus had said to him, "Your son lives." He and his entire household believed. 54 This was the second sign Jesus performed when He came to Galilee from Judea.

John 5 - RWB Paraphrase (47 V)
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1 After this Jesus went to a feast in Jerusalem that the Jews celebrated each year. 2 Jerusalem had a pool by the sheep gate. Its Hebrew name was Bethesda. This pool had five porches. 3 On these porches lots of sick people, some blind and some lame, waited for a movement of the water. 4 It was believed that an angel came down at certain times and stirred the water. Whoever stepped into the water first would then be healed.

5 A man was there who had been ill for thirty eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him He knew he had been there a long time. He asked the man, "Do you want to be whole?" 7 The man answered, "Sir, I have no one to help me into the water when it is stirred. Someone always gets in before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up. Pick up your bed and walk." 9 Immediately the man was made whole. He got up and began to carry his bed. It was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews accosted the man saying, "It is the Sabbath and you cannot carry your bed today." 11 The man replied, "The One who made me well told me to pick up my bed and walk." 12 They asked him, "Who told you to do this?" 13 He said that he did not know who had healed him, for Jesus had slipped away. 14 Later that same day Jesus found the man in the temple and said, "Now that you are whole do not sin any more lest something worse befall you."

15 The man went and found the Jews and told them it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 Because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath the Jews gave Him a very hard time. 17 He answered them saying, "My Father is always at work and I work, too." 18 For this reason the Jews wanted to kill Jesus. He was not only breaking the Sabbath, but had also made Himself equal with God. 19 Jesus said to them, "The truth is, the Son can do nothing on His own. He only does what He sees the Father doing." 20 "For the Father loves the Son and shows Him whatever He is doing. And the Father will show Him greater things than these that you may marvel." 21 "For just as the Father raises the dead to new life, even so the Son gives life to whomever He wants." 22 "The Father does not judge anyone, but has turned all judgment over to His Son." 23 "For this cause all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. And those who do not honor the Son are not honoring the Father." 24 "I tell you the truth, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and is not condemned, but passes from death unto life."

25 "And the hour is not far off when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live." 26 "For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself." 27 "He has given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man." 28 "Do not marvel when I say that the time is coming when those in the graves will hear His voice." 29 "They will come forth to the resurrection of life if their deeds were good, or if their deeds were evil, to the resurrection of judgment." 30 "I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge. And My judgment is just because I am not seeking My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me." 31 "If I am My only witness then what I say is not true." 32 "But there is another who testifies of Me. I know that His testimony about Me is true." 33 "You went out to hear John. He testified to the truth." 34 "And the testimony I receive is not from man. I say these things so that you may be saved." 35 "John was a bright light and for a while you rejoiced in his light." 36 "I have a greater testimony than John had. The things I am doing the Father gave Me to do. And these things bear witness to the fact that the Father has sent Me."

37 "The Father who sent Me has testified of Me. You have not heard His voice or seen His form." 38 "His word does not abide in you because you do not believe the One He has sent." 39 "You search the scriptures because you see them as the source of eternal life. It is these scriptures that testify of Me." 40 "Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life." 41 "I do not receive honor from men." 42 "I know that you do not have the love of God in you." 43 "I have come in My Father's name and you have not received Me. Yet you willingly accept one who comes in his own name."

44 "How can you believe? You receive honor from one another instead of from the one and only God." 45 "I do not need to accuse you before God. Moses, whom you trust, has already done this." 46 "If you really believed Moses, you would also believe Me, for he wrote about Me." 47 "If you will not believe what he has written, how then will you believe what I say?"

John 6 - RWB Paraphrase (71 V)
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1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 2 A large crowd followed Him because He healed people. 3 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples. 4 It was close to the time of Passover, a Jewish feast. 5 Jesus looked around and seeing the large crowd, He said to Philip, "Where can we buy enough bread to feed all these people?" 6 He was testing Philip, for He knew what He was about to do. 7 Philip answered, "Two hundred day's wages would not buy enough bread for all these people." 8 Andrew, another disciple, the brother of Peter, said, 9 "There is a lad with five barley loaves and two fish. But what help is that?" 10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass and about five thousand men sat down on the mountain. 11 Taking the boy's lunch, Jesus gave thanks, and had the bread and fish distributed to those who were seated. There was enough food for everyone to have all they wanted. 12 When they had eaten their fill, Jesus had his disciples gather up the leftovers so that nothing was lost. 13 And they filled twelve baskets with what was left over after everyone had eaten his fill. 14 The people were very impressed and said, "This Man is surely the Prophet who is to come into the world." 15 Perceiving that the people intended to take Him by force and make Him their king, Jesus withdrew to the mountain to be alone.

16 When evening had come His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into their boat and started across to Capernaum. It was now dark and Jesus was no where around.

18 Strong winds came up and whipped up the sea. 19 After the disciples had rowed three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the water coming toward the boat. However, they could not explain what they were seeing and were afraid. 20 Jesus called to them, saying, "It is I. Do not be afraid." 21 So they were happy to have Him get into the boat with them and once He had entered the boat, they were immediately at their destination.

22 The following day the crowd that had been with Him on the other side of the sea knew His disciples had left that place without Him. 23 Other small boats came from places near where Jesus had fed them. 24 Seeing that Jesus was no longer there they got into the small boats and came over to Capernaum to look for Him. 25 When they found Him on the other side, they asked, "Teacher, how did You get here?" 26 Jesus said, "The truth is, you are looking for Me because you saw signs and had your fill of bread." 27 "Do not work for food that will not last. Rather, seek the food that leads to eternal life. This is what the Son of Man wants to give you. This is the Bread God the Father has set His seal on." 28 So they asked Him, "What shall we do in order to do the work of God?" 29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is to believe in the One whom He has sent." 30 So they asked Jesus, "What sign will You do that we may see and believe You are Who You say You are?" 31 "Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it was written, He gave them bread from heaven." 32 Jesus replied, "The truth is, it was not Moses who gave you this bread from heaven. And it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven." 33 "For the bread of God is that which comes from heaven. And it gives life to the world." 34 Then they said, "Lord, give us this bread so that we may always have it." 35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst." 36 "But it is plain to Me that though you have seen Me you do not believe I am who I say I am." 37 "Everyone the Father gives Me will be Mine. And those who come to Me I will certainly not cast out."

38 "I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me." 39 "And His will is that I do not lose any of those He has given to me, but to raise them up at the last day." 40 "The will of My Father is that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life. I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

41 The Jewish leaders grumbled because Jesus had said that He was the bread that came down from heaven. 42 They were saying, "Isn't this Jesus, Joseph's son? Don't we know His father and mother? How can He say that He came from heaven?" 43 Jesus answered them, saying, "Do not murmur among yourselves." 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day." 45 "The prophets wrote, 'They shall be taught of God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me." 46 "No one has seen the Father except the One who is from God." 47 "And I tell you the truth, the one who believes has eternal life." 48 "I am the bread of life." 49 "Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and they died." 50 "I am offering the bread from heaven that will keep you alive." 51 "I am living bread from heaven. Anyone eating this bread will live forever. I will give My flesh for the life of the world."

52 The Jews began arguing among themselves, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" 53 So Jesus said to them, "The truth is, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves." 54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. I will raise him up on the last day." 55 "My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink." 56 "By eating my flesh and drinking My blood a person abides in Me and I in Him." 57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of Him, so the one who eats Me will live because of Me." 58 "This is the bread which came down from heaven. It is not like the bread the fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."

59 He taught these things in the synagogue in Capernaum.

60 After hearing this, many of His disciples said, "This is too difficult to accept." 61 Jesus was aware of their grumbling and said, "Does this cause you to stumble?" 62 "What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where He came from?" 63 "It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken are spirit and life."

64 "Some of you do not believe." Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe and who would betray Him. 65 "This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by the Father." 66 After this many of His disciples did not follow Him any more. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you want to leave Me, too?" 68 Simon Peter answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." 69 "We have come to understand that You are the Holy One of God." 70 Jesus then said, "Even though I chose each of you, one of you is of the devil." 71 He was speaking of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, because he was going to betray Him.

John 7 - RWB Paraphrase (53 V)
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1 After this Jesus stayed in the region of Galilee. He was not willing to go to Judea because they wanted to kill Him. 2 The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was not far off, 3 and His brothers encouraged Him to go down to Judea so that His disciples would be able to see His works. 4 They said, "You can't be well known if you hide from people." 5 Even His brothers did not believe in Him. 6 Jesus said to them, "Its is not the right time for Me, but, it's always the right time for you." 7 "The world cannot hate you but it does hate Me because I point out its evil deeds." 8 "You go to the feast. I am not going right now because My time has not yet come." 9 So He stayed in Galilee. 10 After Jesus' bothers had gone up to the feast He went up secretly.

11 At the feast the Jews were watching for Jesus. 12 Many of the people grumbled among themselves concerning Him. Some were saying, "He is a good man." Others answered, "No, He is leading people astray." 13 But no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

14 In the middle of the feast, Jesus went into the temple and began to teach. 15 The Jewish leaders marveled saying, "How has this man learn so much without attending our schools?" 16 Jesus answered by saying, "My teaching is not actually Mine, but His who sent Me." 17 "Those willing to do His will know whether My teaching is of God or if I speak on My own." 18 "A person speaking from himself seeks his own glory. But a person who is looking for the glory of the One who sent Him, is true and righteous." 19 "Moses gave you the law. Yet you do not follow it. If you did you would not be trying to kill Me." 20 The crowd said, "You have a demon. No one is trying to kill You." 21 Jesus replied, "I did one good deed and you all marveled." 22 "Moses gave you circumcision, though it was first given to Abraham."And you know that you can circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 "If the law requires circumcision on the Sabbath, why be angry with Me for making a man well on the Sabbath?" 24 "Your judgment should be based on righteousness instead of appearance." 25 Some of the people in Jerusalem were saying, "Isn't this the man they want to kill?" 26 "Yet He speaks publicly and no one apprehends Him. Might the rulers think this Man is the Christ?" 27 "But we know where this man is from. No one will know where the Christ comes from." 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, saying, "You know Me and where I am from. I have not come on My own accord. He who sent me is true but you do not know Him." 29 "I know Him because I was sent from Him." 30 They wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

31 Many in the crowd believed in Him, saying, "When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs that this Man has?" 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring such things about Jesus and sent officers to seize Him. 33 Because of this Jesus said, "I am with you just a little longer. Then I will go to the One who sent Me." 34 "You will look for Me but you will not find Me. Where I am going you cannot come." 35 The Jews said to each other, "Where does He intend to go that we cannot find Him? Will He go teach the Dispersion among the Greeks?" 36 "What about the idea that we will look for Him and not find Him because we will not be able to go where He is?" 37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink." 38 "As the scripture says, he who believes in Me will have rivers of living water flow from his innermost being." 39 He was speaking of the Spirit whom those who believed would receive. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified. 40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is certainly the Prophet." 41 And others said, "This is the Christ." But still others said, "Surely the Christ will not come from Galilee, will He?" 42 "Don't the scriptures say that the Christ comes from the line of David and Bethlehem where David was born?"

43 The crowd was divided as to what they thought about Him. 44 Some wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. 45 When the officers who had been sent by the Pharisees to get Jesus came back without Him, they were asked, "Why didn't you bring Him back?" 46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this Man." 47 The Pharisees said, "Have you also been led astray?" 48 "None of the rulers or Pharisees have believed in Him." 49 "None but this accursed crowd that does not know the law." 50 Nicodemus, who had come to Jesus in the evening said, 51 "Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him out?" 52 They answered him, "Are you from Galilee? Look in the scripture. You will find that no prophet has ever come from Galilee." 53 After this everyone went home.

John 8 - RWB Paraphrase (59 V)
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1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, 2 and early the following morning He returned to the temple. All the people were coming to Him as He sat down and began to teach.

3 The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and placed her in the middle of the court. 4 They said, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery." 5 "The law of Moses instructs us to stone such women. What do You say?" 6 The Pharisees were looking for some grounds on which to accuse Him. Jesus stooped down and began to write with His finger in the dust of the temple pavement. 7 They continued pressing Him with their question. Straightening up, He said, "Whoever among you is without sin may throw the first stone." 8 Then He stooped down and continued writing on the ground. 9 After hearing His answer they were convicted by their own conscience, and one by one they left, the older leaving first followed by the younger. He was left alone with the woman in the middle of the court. 10 Straightening up and seeing that her accusers were all gone, Jesus said to her, "Where are those who accused you? Does anyone condemn you?" 11 She said, "No one, Lord." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more."

12 Jesus continued teaching, saying, "I am the light of the world. Those who follow Me will not walk in darkness, but have the Light of life." 13 The Pharisees said, "You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not true." 14 Jesus said, "Even if I do testify about Myself, My testimony is true. I know where I came from and where am going. You do not know where I am going." 15 "You judge according to the flesh while I judge no one." 16 "But if I were to judge, it would be true judgment. And I am not alone in My judgment. My Father is with Me." 17 "Even in your law it says that the testimony of two men is to be trusted." 18 "I testify about Myself and My Father who sent Me also testifies of Me." 19 So they asked Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know Me or My Father. If you knew Me, you would know My Father." 20 He spoke these words in the treasury as He taught in the temple. None laid hands on Him because His hour had not yet come.

21 Jesus continued, saying, "I am going away. You will seek Me and die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot follow." 22 The Jews were saying to themselves, "Surely He is not planning to kill Himself?" 23 Jesus then said, "You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world." 24 "This is why I have said you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

25 Then they asked, "Who are You?" Jesus said, "I am who I have claimed to be from the beginning." 26 "I have many things to speak and judge concerning you. And He who sent Me is true and I say only those things I hear from Him." 27 They did not understand that He was talking about His Father. 28 So Jesus said, "When you lift up the son of Man, you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own initiative. I speak only those things the Father has taught Me." 29 "And He who sent Me is with Me. I am not alone. I always do what pleases Him."

30 Many believed in Him when He said these things. 31 To those who believed, Jesus said, "If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples." 32 "And you will know the truth and the truth will make you free." 33 They answered, "We are Abraham's children and have never yet been made slaves. How is it that you say we will be free?" 34 Jesus said, "The truth is, anyone who sins is a slave to sin." 35 "And the slave cannot be sure how long he will remain in the house. But the son will always be in the house." 36 "If the Son makes you free, then you will be free indeed."

37 "I know that you descended from Abraham. Yet you seek to kill Me because you will not listen to what I say." 38 "I speak those things I have seen in My Father's presence. And you do the things you've heard from your father." 39 They said, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did." 40 "But instead, you are planning to kill Me because I told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham would not do this." 41 "You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God." 42 Jesus said, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from Him. I did not come on My own but was sent by Him." 43 "You cannot understand what I say because you cannot bear to hear it." 44 "You are of your father the devil, for you want the same thing he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and there is no truth in him. He speaks only lies. This is his very nature, for he is the father of lies." 45 "I am speaking the truth, but you do not believe Me." 46 "Which one of you can point out where I am wrong? And if I am right, why don't you believe Me?" 47 "He who is of God hears His words. But you do not hear them because you are not of God."

48 The Jews replied, "We are speaking the truth when we say that you are a Samaritan and have a devil." 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a devil. I honor My Father and you dishonor Me." 50 "But I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it and judges accordingly." 51 "I tell you the truth, the one who keeps My word will never see death." 52 The Jews said to Him, "Now we can see You have a devil. Abraham died and so did the prophets. And You say that the person who keeps Your word will never taste death." 53 "Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died. The prophets also died. Whom do You make yourself out to be?" 54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father that glorifies Me. And He is the one you claim as your Father." 55 "But you do not know Him. I know Him. If I should say otherwise, I would be a liar like you. I do know Him and I keep His word." 56 "Your father, Abraham rejoiced to see My day." 57 The Jews then said, "You are not yet fifty years old. Have you seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said, "The truth is, before Abraham existed, I Am." 59 When He had said this they picked up stones to throw at Him, but He hid himself from them and slipped out of the temple.

John 9 - RWB Paraphrase (41 V)
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1 As Jesus walked He passed a man who had been blind since his birth. 2 His disciples asked Jesus, "Why was this man born blind? Was it because of his sin or the sin of his parents?" 3 Jesus answered, "Neither. He was born blind that the works of God might be displayed in him." 4 "I must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no man can work." 5 "While I am in the world I am the light of the world." 6 Then He spit on the ground and made clay with His saliva which He applied to the man's eyes. 7 Then He told the man to go to the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent), and to wash the clay from his eyes. After doing this, he came back seeing." 8 His neighbors and others who knew him as a beggar, said, "Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Not everyone agreed but the man himself kept saying, "I am the one." 10 So they asked him, "How were your eyes opened?" 11 He said, "The man they call Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes. Then He told me to go wash in the pool of Siloam. When I did this I received my sight." 12 They asked him, "Where is the one who healed you?" The man said, "I do not know." 13 They then took the man to the Pharisees. 14 Jesus had made the clay and opened the man's eyes on the Sabbath. 15 The Pharisees asked him, "How did you regained your sight." He told them, "A man put clay on my eyes and I washed and now I can see." 16 "Because if this, " some of the Pharisees said, "This man cannot be from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinner perform such a sign?" So there was a division of opinion among them. 17 They again asked the man who had been blind, "What can you say about the man who opened your eyes?" He answered, "He is a prophet."

18 The Jews could not believe that this man had actually been blind and had then been given his sight. They called his parents, 19 and asked them, "Is this your son? Was he born blind? How is it that he able to now see?" 20 His parents said, "Yes, this is our son and he was born blind." 21 "But we do not know how he is now able to see. He is of age. Let him speak for himself." 22 They feared being put out of the synagogue if they should say the wrong thing. 23 This is the reason they answered as they did."

" 24 Speaking to the man who had been blind the leaders said, "Give all the glory to God for we know the man who healed you is a sinner." 25 He answered them, saying, "I do not know if He is a sinner. But I do know that I was blind and now I see." 26 So they asked again, "What did He do to open your eyes?" 27 He replied, "I already told you and you do not listen. Why do you keep asking? Do you want to become His disciples?" 28 At this remark they reviled him, saying, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses." 29 "We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from." 30 The man answered them, saying, "You are amazing. You do not know where He came from, yet He opened my eyes." 31 We know that God does not hear sinners, but He does hear those who fear Him and do His will. 32 "Since the beginning of time no one has ever heard of a man being made to see who was born blind." 33 "If this man were not from God He could not have done this." 34 They answered him saying, "You were born blind and entirely in sins and you think to teach us?" So they put him out of the synagogue.

35 Jesus heard that they had put the man out and went to find him. He said to the man, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 The man said, "Who is He, Lord, so that I may believe." 37 Jesus said, "You are talking to Him. I am He." 38 The man then said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped Him.

39 Jesus said, "I came into the world for judgment so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind." 40 There were Pharisees there who heard Him say this. They said to Him, "We are not blind, are we?" 41 Jesus replied, "If you were blind you would have no sin. But since you say you see, your sin remains."

John 10 - RWB Paraphrase (42 V)
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1 "The truth is, the one who enters the sheepfold by any way other than the door is a thief." 2 "The shepherd of the sheep enters through the door." 3 "The door keeper opens the door for him. The sheep know his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them out." 4 "He does not send them out on their own but with His own voice He bids them to follow Him." 5 "They will not follow a stranger, for they do not know his voice, but run from him." 6 Jesus used this parable but they did not understand its meaning.

7 So Jesus explained it again. He said, "The truth is, I am the door for the sheep." 8 "All who came before Me were thieves and the sheep did not hear them." 9 "I am the door and those who enter through Me will be saved and have pasture." 10 "The thief comes to steal and destroy. I have come that they may have an abundant life." 11 "I am the good shepherd for I lay down My life for the sheep." 12 "A hireling will run away when he sees the wolf. Then the wolf snatches some of the sheep and scatters the rest." 13 "The hireling is not really looking out for the sheep."

14 "I am the good shepherd. I know My own and they know Me," 15 "just as Father knows Me and I know Him. I lay down My life for the sheep." 16 "I have sheep that are not in this fold. I must bring them in, too. They will hear My voice and be part of the flock which has only one shepherd."

17 "This is why the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I may take it up again." 18 "No one forces Me to do this. I do it on My own initiative. I have the authority to lay it down and to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father."

19 These sayings caused a division among the Jews. 20 Many said, "He has a demon. He is insane. Why listen to Him?" 21 But others said, "These are not the sayings of someone with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

22 This was the time of the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter. 23 Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's portico. 24 The Jews gathered around Him and asked Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? Tell us plainly if You are the Christ." 25 Jesus replied, "I have told you and you do not believe. The things I do speak for Me." 26 "You do not believe because you are not of My sheep." 27 "My sheep hear My voice. I know them and they follow Me." 28 "I give them eternal life and no one will snatch them from Me." 29 "My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all, so no one can take them out of His hand." 30 "And I am one with My Father." 31 When He said this, the Jews picked up stones to stone Him. 32 As they stood ready to stone Him, Jesus said, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you stoning me?" 33 They said, "We are not stoning You for a good work, but for making Yourself equal with God when you are only a man." 34 Jesus said, "Haven't you read in the law. 'I said, You are gods.'." 35 "If He called them gods, and His word cannot be broken," 36 "do you then say of the One He sanctified and sent that He blasphemes because He said, 'I am the Son of God?'" 37 "If My works are not the works of My Father, then do not believe Me." 38 "But if I do His works, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works and understand that it is the Father doing these works through Me." 39 At this moment they tried to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.

40 Jesus went beyond the Jordan and stayed at the place where John had first baptized. 41 Many came to him, saying, "John performed no signs, but everything he said about this man has been true." 42 And many in that place believed in Him.

John 11 - RWB Paraphrase (57 V)
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1 Lazarus lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. He became sick. 2 This was the same Mary who would later anoint the LORD with ointment and wipe His feet with her hair. 3 When their brother became sick they sent a message to Jesus saying, "Lord, the one You love is sick." 4 When Jesus got the message, He said, "This sickness will not end in death, but is meant to glorify God and His Son." 5 Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and their brother Lazarus.

6 After receiving the message about Lazarus, He remained where He was for two more days. 7 Then He said, "Let's go to Judea." 8 His disciples said, "Master, the Jews have been trying to stone you. Is it wise to go there now?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? While a person walks in the light he does not stumble because he sees the Light of the world." 10 "But if a man walks during the night he stumbles because the light is not in him." 11 Then He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping. I am going wake him up." 12 His disciples said, "If he is sleeping surely he is getting better." 13 However, Jesus was speaking of Lazarus' death instead of regular sleep. 14 So Jesus spoke plainly and said, "Lazarus is dead." 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there so that you may believe. Let us be going. 16 Then Thomas, who is called the twin, said to the other disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." 17 When Jesus arrived, Lazarus had been in the tomb four days.

18 Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem. 19 After their brother's death, many of the Jews had come to console Martha and Mary. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "If You had been here my brother would not have died." 22 "But I know that even now, whatever You ask of God He will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha replied, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection of the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me will live even if he dies." 26 "Whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" 27 "Yes, Lord, " she said, "i believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, the One Who has come from heaven to our world." 28 After saying this she went quietly to call Mary, and tell her that the Master had come and wanted to see her. 29 When she heard this, Mary quickly went out to meet Jesus, 30 for He had not yet come to the village but had remained where He had talked with Martha. 31 Some of the Jews who were visiting saw Mary get up, so they followed her, thinking that she was going to the grave to weep.

32 When Mary came to Jesus, she fell at His feet, saying, "Lord if You had been here my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had followed her also weeping, He was deeply moved in Spirit and troubled. 34 He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They said, "Come and see Lord." 35 Jesus wept. 36 The Jews were saying, "See how much He loved him!" 37 But some of them said, "Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind have kept this man from dying?" 38 Jesus groaned within himself again as He came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone lying against its opening.

39 Jesus asked them to take the stone away. Martha protested saying, "The smell will be bad because he has been dead four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I say that if you believe you will see the glory of God?" 41 The stone was removed and Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, "Father I thank You that You have heard Me." 42 "I know that You always hear Me. But because of the people standing here, I have said this so that they may believe that You sent Me." 43 Then He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." 44 And he that was dead came out. He was bound hand foot with wrappings, including his face. Jesus said, "Take the wrappings off."

45 Many of the Jews which had followed Mary, saw what Jesus had done and believed in Him. 46 But some went to the Pharisees told them what had happened. 47 The chief priests and the Pharisees called a counsel."What can we do?" They asked each other."This man is performing many signs." 48 "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him and the Romans will come and take away our authority and destroy our nation." 49 One of them named Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all." 50 "You are not considering that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people so that the whole nation does not perish." 51 He did not say this from his own understanding, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation. 52 And not for the nation only, but in order that He might gather together into one group the children of God scattered abroad. 53 From that day on they continued to plan what would be the best way to put Him to death.

54 For this reason Jesus no longer moved publicly among the Jews. He went with His disciples to the city of Ephraim which was near the wilderness. 55 The time of Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem early to purify themselves. 56 People were looking for Jesus. Among themselves they were saying, "Do you think He will come to the feast this year?" 57 Both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, they were to report it so that they might seized Him.

John 12 - RWB Paraphrase (50 V)
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1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 They made a supper for Jesus. Martha was serving while Lazarus reclined at the table with Jesus and the others guests. 3 Mary took a very costly perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus feet. Then she wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples who was planning to betray Him, said, 5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" 6 He did not say this out of consideration for the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and he used to pilfer what was in it. 7 Jesus said, "Let her alone. She had planned to use this for My burial." 8 "You will always have the poor with you but you will not always have Me."

9 Many people had come to see Jesus who was eating with Lazarus. They also wanted to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised form the dead. 10 The chief priests were planning to put Lazarus to death as well. 11 Since he had been raised from the dead, many of the Jews were leaving and believing in Jesus.

12 On the next day a large crowd was coming to the Passover feast. They heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 Taking palm branches they went out to meet Him. They began shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the LORD." 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as the scripture said, 15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion. Your King is coming, seated on a donkey's colt." 16 At first His disciples did not understand. After Jesus was glorified they remembered that these things were written of Him and they had a part in it.

17 The people who had been present when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead continued to talk about it. 18 This was one of the reasons the people went to meet Him. 19 So the Pharisees said to each other, "No matter what we do, the world will follow Him."

20 There were some Greeks coming to worship at the feast. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee and said to him, "We want to see Jesus." 22 Philip told Andrew and then Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus. 23 Jesus said to them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified." 24 "The truth is, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit." 25 "He who loves his life will lose it. And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternity." 26 "Anyone who serves Me must follow Me and the Father will honor him." 27 "Now My soul is troubled. Shall I say, Father, 'Save Me from this hour?' But this is the reason I came." 28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven saying, "I have glorified it and I will do so again." 29 The voice sounded like thunder to the crowd of people. Some said, "An angel spoke to Him." 30 Jesus said, "The Voice was for your benefit and not Mine." 31 "Judgment is about to come when the ruler of this world will be cast out." 32 "And if I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all men to Myself." 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was to die.

34 The crowd said to Jesus, "We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever. Why do you say the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" 35 Jesus replied, "For a little longer you will have the Light among you. Walk while you have the Light so that the darkness does not overtake you. If you walk in the dark you do not know where you are going." 36 "While you have the Light, believe in the Light so that you can become sons of Light." After saying these things He hid Himself from them.

37 Though He had performed so many signs, they did not believe in Him. 38 This fulfilled the words of Isaiah, "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?" 39 Isaiah gave the reason they could not believe. 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that their eyes will not see or their hearts perceive, that they may be converted and healed." 41 Isaiah said this after he saw His glory and spoke to Him.

42 In spite of this, many of the rulers believed in Him. But they feared the Pharisees and would not confess their belief, lest they be put out of the synagogue, 43 for they loved the approval of men more than the approval of God.

44 Jesus cried out, "He who believes in Me is actually believing in the One who sent Me." 45 "If you see Me you have seen the One who sent Me." 46 "I have come as a Light to the world so that whoever believes in Me will not remain in darkness." 47 "I do not judge those who hear My sayings and do not keep them. I did not come to judge the world, but to save." 48 "Those who do not receive My words will be judged in the last day by the words I have spoken." 49 "I have not spoken on My own initiative. The Father who sent Me has told Me what to say." 50 "I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore, I say what the Father tells Me."

John 13 - RWB Paraphrase (38 V)
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1 It was just before the Feast of Passover. Jesus knew that His hour of sacrifice was at hand. Soon He would return to His Father. He had loved His own in this world. He would now show them the full extent of His love. 2 It was supper time and the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had placed everything in His hands. He had come from God and was about to go back to God.

4 Getting up from supper and laying aside His garments, Jesus girded Himself with a towel. 5 Pouring water into a basin He began to wash the disciple's feet and wipe them with the towel He had wrapped around Himself. 6 When He came to Peter, he said, "Lord, how can You wash my feet?" 7 Jesus answered, "You do not understand what I am doing, but, eventually you will." 8 Peter said, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus said, "Unless I wash you, you can have no part with Me." 9 Peter replied, "Then Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head." 10 Jesus replied, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed to be completely clean. You are clean. But this is not true of everyone here." 11 Jesus knew the one who was betraying Him. This is why He said."Not everyone here is clean."

12 After Jesus had finished washing their feet, He put His garments on again and reclined at the table. He said, "Do you understand what I have done to you?" 13 "You call me Master and Lord, and you are right, for so I am." 14 "If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you too should wash each other's feet." 15 "I have given you an example. Do as I have done." 16 "The truth is, just as a slave is not greater than his master, neither is the one sent greater than the one who sent him." 17 "Now that you know these things, you are blessed if you do them." 18 "I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen. The scripture will be fulfilled that says, 'He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.'" 19 "I am telling you of this before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you may believe that I am the Son of God." 20 "I tell you the truth, he who receives the one I send receives Me. And he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

21 After saying this Jesus became very troubled in spirit and said, "Truly, one of you is going betray Me." 22 The disciples looked around at each other. Everyone was at a loss to know who He was talking about. 23 The disciple that Jesus loved was reclining on His bosom. 24 Simon Peter gestured to him to find out who Jesus was talking about. 25 So John leaned back on Jesus bosom and asked, "Lord, who is it?" 26 Jesus said, "I will dip this morsel and give it to him." And He gave the morsel to Judas Iscariot.

27 After that Satan entered into Judas. And Jesus spoke to him saying, "Quickly do what you are going to do." 28 No one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to Judas. 29 Some thought that because Judas carried the money box he might be going out to buy something for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

30 After receiving the morsel, Judas left immediately. It was night. 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in Him." 32 "If God is glorified in what I do, He will glorify Me right away." 33 "Little children, I am with you just a little longer. You will look for Me and just as I told the Jews, where I am going you cannot come."

34 "I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you." 35 "This is how all men will know that you are My disciples." 36 Simon Peter said, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus said, "Although you cannot come with Me right now, you will follow later." 37 Peter said, "Lord, why can't I come with You now? I'll follow you even if it means death." 38 Jesus said, "Will you die for Me? The truth is, you will deny me three times before the rooster crows."

John 14 - RWB Paraphrase (31 V)
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1 "Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me." 2 "In My Father's house are many dwellings. You may be sure that I am telling the truth when I say that I am going to prepare a place for you." 3 "And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will return for you so that where I am you can be also." 4 "And you know where I am going." 5 Thomas said, "Lord, we do not know where You are going. How can we know the place You speak of?" 6 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through Me." 7 "If you have known Me then you know the Father. So you know Him and have seen Him."

8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and it will be enough for us." 9 Jesus said, "Philip, have I been with you this long and you do not know Me yet? If you have seen Me, then you have seen the Father." 10 "Don't you believe that the Father and I are one? The words I speak are not my own but the Father's who abides in Me." 11 "Believe that the Father and I are one, or believe because of the works I do." 12 "I tell you the truth when I say that he who believes in Me and the works I do, will do even greater works after I go to the Father." 13 "Whatever you ask in My name I will do for you. This will glorify the Father." 14 "If you ask anything in My name I will do it."

15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 16 "And I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper to be with you forever." 17 "He is the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him because it does not see or know Him. But you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you." 18 "I will come to you even though I have left this world." 19 "In a little while the world will no longer see Me. But you will. And because I live, you will also live." 20 "In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you will be in Me and I in you." 21 "He who knows My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The Father loves the one who loves Me, and I will make Myself known to him."

22 Judas, not Iscariot, said, "Lord, how will we see You while the world does not?" 23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves Me he will keep My word, and My Father and I will make Our abode with him." 24 "The one who does not keep My words does not love Me. The words I have spoken are actually the words of My Father who sent Me." 25 "While I have been with you I have spoken of these things." 26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things. And He will help you remember the things I have said to you."

27 "I am leaving you with peace. My peace is not like the world's peace. You do not need to be troubled or afraid." 28 "You have heard Me say that I am going away and will come to you again. If you love Me this will make you happy, because I am going to the Father who is greater than Me." 29 "I have told you this before it happens so that when it happens you will believe." 30 "I cannot speak much longer because the ruler of this world is coming. But he has no power over Me." 31 "In order that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as He has commanded Me. Come now. Let us be going."

John 15 - RWB Paraphrase (27 V)
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1 "I am the true vine, and My Father cares for the vine." 2 "He removes every branch in Me that does not bear fruit. And He prunes the branches that bear fruit so that they may bear even more fruit." 3 "And you have been pruned because of what I have taught you." 4 "But you cannot bear fruit unless you abide in Me and I in you." 5 "I am the vine and you are the branches. Apart from Me you cannot bear fruit." 6 "Those branches that do not abide in Me wither and are cut off. Eventually they will be gathered and burned."

7 "If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask what you will and it will be granted to you." 8 "My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit. This is how you remain My disciples." 9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Abide in My love." 10 "By keeping My commandments you are abiding in My love, the same way I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love." 11 "I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."

12 "This is My commandment. Love one another the way I have loved you." 13 "No one has greater love than the one who lays down his life for his friends." 14 "And you are My friends if you do what I command you." 15 "From now on I will not call you servants, for servants do not know what their master is doing. I will call you My friends. Everything My Father tells me, I will then make known to you."

16 "You did not choose Me. I chose you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit that endures. Then whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He will give to you." 17 "My command to you is to love one another."

18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me first." 19 "If you were of the world, the world would love you. But I have chosen you and you are not of the world. Therefore it hates you."

20 "Remember what I have told you, a servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they value what I have said, they will value what you say." 21 "All these things they will do to you because of Me, for they do not know the One who sent Me." 22 "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin." 23 "The one who hates Me also hates My Father." 24 "If I had not done the works which no one has ever done, they would not have sin. But after seeing these things, they hate Me and My Father." 25 "What they have done fulfills what was written in their law, 'They hated Me without cause.'"

26 "When the Helper who is the Spirit of truth comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, He will testify of Me." 27 "And you will testify of Me because you have been with Me from the beginning."

John 16 - RWB Paraphrase (33 V)
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1 "I have told you these things so that you will not stumble." 2 "You will be put out of the synagogues and the time will come when those who kill you will think they are doing a service to God." 3 "They will do this because they have not known the Father or Me." 4 "I have told you about this so that when the time comes you will remember that you were warned. I did not tell you about this to begin with because I was here with you." 5 "But now I am going away to Him who sent Me. Why aren't any of you asking Me where I am going?" 6 "Sorrow fills your heart when I say this." 7 "But it is to your advantage that I go away. The Helper will not come until I have gone. After I am gone I will send Him to you." 8 "When He comes He will convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment." 9 "He will convict them of their sin in not believing in Me." 10 "And concerning righteousness because I go to the Father and you will no longer see Me." 11 "He will convict of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged."

12 "I have many more things I would like to say to you, but you cannot bear them now." 13 "But when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will only speak of whatever He hears, and He will show you things yet to come." 14 "He will glorify Me by disclosing to you what is Mine." 15 "Whatever belongs to the Father belongs to Me and this is what He will disclose to you." 16 "In a little while you will no longer see Me. And then in a little more time you will see Me once more."

17 Some of the disciples said among themselves, "What does He mean when He says that in a little while we will not see Him, and that He is going to the Father?" 18 "We do not know what He is talking about."

19 Jesus knew that they were questioning what He had said and He said to them, "Are you wondering what I mean when I say that in a little while you will not see Me, and then in a little more time you will see Me?" 20 "The truth is, you will weep and lament while the world rejoices. But your grief will turn to joy." 21 "When a woman is in labor, as her hour approaches, she has pain. But when she has given birth she forgets the anguish she experienced because of the joy that her child has been born into the world." 22 "That is how it will be for you. You have grief now, but when I see you again you will rejoice and no one will take away your joy." 23 "In that day your questions will all be answered. The truth is, you will be able to ask the Father for anything in My name, and He will give it to you." 24 "Up to now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, in order that your joy may be full."

25 "I have spoken figuratively, but the time is coming when I will speak plainly of the Father." 26 "In that day you will ask in My name and I will not need to ask the Father for you." 27 "For the Father Himself loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that He sent Me." 28 "I came from the Father into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

29 His disciples said, "Now You are speaking plainly and not using a figure of speech." 30 "Now we know that You know all things and do not need to be questioned by anyone. Because of this we believe that you came from God." 31 Jesus answered, "Do you now believe?" 32 "The hour is almost here when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone for the Father is with Me." 33 "I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation but take courage, I have overcome the world."

John 17 - RWB Paraphrase (26 V)
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1 After Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted His eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son that He may glorify You." 2 "Even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, and eternal life to those You have given to Him." 3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." 4 "I glorified You on earth, and I have accomplished the work You gave Me to do." 5 "Now, O Father, glorify Me together with You, with the glory I had with You before the world was." 6 "I have made Your name known to those whom you gave to Me out of the world. They were Yours and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word." 7 "And they have come to realize that everything You have given Me came from You." 8 "For the words which You gave Me I have given to them. And they have received them and truly understood that I came forth from You. They have believed that You sent Me." 9 "I do not pray on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You gave Me, and who belong to You." 10 "All that I have is Yours and all that is Yours is Mine. And I am glorified in them." 11 "Now I am no more in the world, but they are. I am coming to You, Holy Father. And I ask that You keep them in Your name, the name you have given Me, that they may be one, even as we are one."

12 "While I was with them I kept them in Your name. None of them are lost except the son of perdition, so that scripture will be fulfilled." 13 "But now I come to You, and I speak these things in the world that they may have My joy fully in themselves." 14 "I have given them Your word. The world hates them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world." 15 "I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one." 16 "They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world." 17 "Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth." 18 "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world." 19 "I sanctify Myself for their sakes so that they may be sanctified in truth."

20 "I am not asking for just these, but for all those who will believe through their word." 21 I want them to be one, just as You and I are one, and that they may be one with Us, so the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 "The glory which You gave Me I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one." 23 "I in them and You in Me, that they may be in perfect unity, that the world may know that You sent Me, and love them, as you have loved Me."

24 "Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, and that they may see My glory which You gave to Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world." 25 "O Righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I have known You, and these know that You have sent Me." 26 "I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to do so, that the love which You had for Me may be in them, and I in them."

John 18 - RWB Paraphrase (40 V)
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1 When Jesus had finished speaking these things, He took His disciples over the Kidron brook to a garden.

2 Judas, who was betraying Him, knew of the place because Jesus often went there with His disciples. 3 Having procured a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas led them to the place with lanterns, torches and weapons. 4 Jesus knew what was taking place and came to meet the mob. He asked, "Who are you looking for?" 5 They said, "Jesus of Nazareth." He replied, "I am He." Judas, who was betraying Him, was with them. 6 As Jesus said, "I am He," they drew back from Him and fell to the ground. 7 So He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" Again they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8 Once more Jesus said, "I told you that I am He. So if you want Me, let these others go." 9 He said this to fulfill the words He had spoken in prayer when He said, "I have not lost one of those You have given to Me."

10 Simon Peter had a sword, and drawing it, struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword in its sheath. I must drink the cup My Father has given me."

12 Then the band of men with the officers of the Jews and their captain bound Jesus and took Him. 13 They led Him to Annas first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man die for the people.

15 Simon Peter was following Jesus and so was another disciple. The other disciple was known to the high priest and was allowed to enter his court. 16 Peter stood outside by the door until the other disciple went out and spoke to the door keeper and brought him in. 17 The servant girl who kept the door asked Peter, "Are you also one of this Man's disciples?" Peter said, "No. I am not."

18 It was cold and some servants and officers stood around a fire warming themselves. Peter stood with them. 19 The high priest was questioning Jesus about His disciples and the things He had taught. 20 Jesus said, "I spoke openly to everyone. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple where all the Jews came together and anyone could listen. I said nothing in secret." 21 "Why question Me? Ask those who heard what I said to them." 22 When He had said this, one of the officers standing near Jesus struck Him, saying, "Is that how you speak to the high priest?" 23 Jesus answered him saying, "If I said something wrong, tell Me what it was. If I spoke correctly, why do you strike Me?" 24 So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

25 Simon Peter was standing by a fire warming himself. Bystanders said to him, "Are you also one of His disciples?" But again he denied it, saying, 'I am not! 26 One of the servants of the high priest who was related to the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said to him, "Didn't I see you in the garden with Him?" 27 Again Peter denied it, and it was then that the cock crowed.

28 It was now early morning as they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. They did not want to enter it themselves because this would defile them and prevent them from eating the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and said, "What accusation are you bringing against this Man?" 30 They answered saying, "If this Man had done no wrong we would not be delivering Him to you." 31 So Pilate said, "Take Him and judge Him according to your own law." The Jews replied, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death." 32 This fulfilled what Jesus had said about how He would die. 33 Pilate took Jesus into the Praetorium and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus replied, "Are you asking this on your own initiative, or because others said it about Me?" 35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? The chief priests of Your nation have brought You to me. What have You done?" 36 Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it was My servants would be fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as I have said, My kingdom is not of this realm." 37 Pilate said, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "Yes. I was born for this purpose, to testify to the truth. Those who are of the truth hear My voice." 38 Pilate said, "What is truth?" After saying this, he went out to the Jews and said, "I find no fault in this Man." 39 "But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?" 40 They cried out, saying, "Do not release this Man. Release Barabbas." Now he was a robber.

John 19 - RWB Paraphrase (42 V)
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1 Pilate took Jesus away and had Him scourged. 2 His soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head. They then placed a purple robe on Him. 3 As they bowed down to Him, they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And then they slapped His face. 4 Pilate took Jesus back outside to the people and said, "Look, I am bringing Him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."

5 Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, "Here is the Man!" 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw Jesus, they cried out, "Crucify Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said, "Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, but I find no fault in Him." 7 The Jews answered him, saying, "We have a law that says He must die because He claims to be the Son of God." 8 When Pilate heard this, he was afraid. 9 He took Jesus back into the Praetorium and asked Him, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave no answer. 10 So Pilate said to Him, "Why don't You speak to me? Don't You understand that I have the power to release You or crucify You?" 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me unless it had been given to you from above. The one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." 12 Because of this Pilate tried to have Jesus released, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this Man, you are not Caesar's friend. Anyone calling himself a king is opposed to Caesar." 13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at the place called the Pavement. In Hebrew, it is Gabbatha.

14 Now it was about the sixth hour of the preparation day for the Passover. Pilate said to the Jews, "Look at your King!" 15 But they cried out, "Away with this Man. Crucify Him." Pilate said, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priest answered, "We have no king but Caesar."

16 So Jesus was handed over to be crucified. 17 Bearing His cross He was taken out to a place called the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified Him between two other men. 19 Pilate wrote an inscription to be placed on Jesus' cross. It said, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." 20 Many of the Jews read the inscription. It was written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests told Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews.' Instead, write, 'He said, "I am King of the Jews. '. 22 Pilate said, "What I have written will remain."

23 After crucifying Jesus, the soldiers divided His garments four ways. And because His tunic was seamless, 24 they cast lots for it rather than divide it. This fulfilled the scripture that said, "They divided My outer garments among them. And for My clothing they cast lots."

25 Jesus' mother and His mother's sister stood by the cross with Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 27 And to this disciple He said, "Behold your mother!" From that hour that disciple took her into his own home.

28 After this, Jesus knew that everything had been accomplished in order to fulfill scripture, and said, "I am thirsty." 29 There was a jar of vinegar nearby, so they filled a sponge with vinegar and held it to His mouth on a hyssop branch. 30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, "It is finished!" And bowed His head, and breathed His last breath.

31 Because it was the day of preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross over the Sabbath, because it was a high day. They asked Pilate to break the legs of those who had been crucified and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. 33 But when they came to Jesus they discovered that He was already dead, so they did not break His legs. 34 One of the soldiers thrust a spear into Jesus' side, and blood and water came out.

35 The one who saw this has testified to what he saw, and his testimony is true. He is telling the truth so that you may believe. 36 These things happened to fulfill scripture, "Not a bone of Him shall be broken." 37 And in another place scripture says, "They shall look upon Him whom they have pierced."

38 After this Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. 39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus at night, also came with about one hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes. 40 They bound the body of Jesus in linen wrappings along with the spices, as was the burial custom of the Jews.

41 Near the place where He was crucified there was a garden with a new tomb which had never been used. 42 And because it was the Jewish day of preparation, and the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus in it.

John 20 - RWB Paraphrase (31 V)
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1 Early on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb. It was still dark and she saw that the stone had been rolled away. 2 She ran to find Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the LORD out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid Him." 3 So Peter and the other disciple left for the tomb. 4 They were running together but the other disciple ran faster and came to the tomb first. 5 Stooping down he looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. 6 When Simon Peter arrived, he entered the tomb and saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and the napkin that had been around Jesus head. It was folded and laid to one side by itself. 8 Then the other disciple also entered the tomb and saw and believed. 9 They had not understood the scripture that said He must rise again from the dead. 10 Then Simon Peter and the other disciple each returned to his own home.

11 Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept she stooped and looked into the tomb. 12 She saw two angels dressed in white, sitting there. One was at the head and the other at the foot of where Jesus had been laid. 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She answered, "Because they have taken my Lord away and I do not know where they have laid Him." 14 After saying this, she turned away and saw someone standing behind her. She did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Thinking He was the gardener she said, "Sir, if you have taken Him out of the tomb, tell me where you have laid Him and I will take Him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" Then it was that she recognized Him. Turning to Him, she exclaiming, "Rabboni!" (Which in Hebrew means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, "Do not detain Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. Go to My brethren and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God." 18 Mary Magdalene then went to the disciples and told them that she had seen the LORD, and what He had said to her.

19 It was the first day of the week. When evening had come, the disciples had gathered and shut the doors, for they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus came and stood in their midst saying, "Peace be with you." 20 He showed them His hands and His side, and the disciples rejoiced to see that it was really Him. 21 Again Jesus said to them, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so I am sending you." 22 Having said this, He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." 23 "If you forgive someone of sin, they are forgiven, and if you do not forgive them, their sin remains."

24 Thomas called Didymus, who was one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 When the disciples told him that they had seen the LORD, he said, "Unless I see the nail prints in His hands and feel them with my finger, and unless I touch His side, I will not believe that He has risen."

26 Eight days later the disciples were together again and this time Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger and feel My hands. And put your hand into My side, and believe." 28 Thomas answered Him, saying, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Do you believe because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who believe without seeing."

30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of the disciples that are not written in this book. 31 These things have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have eternal life through His name.

John 21 - RWB Paraphrase (25 V)
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1 After this Jesus showed Himself to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee). It happened this way. 2 Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples, were together. 3 Simon Peter said, "I am going fishing." And the others said, "We will go with you." So they took a boat out all night and caught nothing. 4 As the day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know it was Him. 5 Calling out to them, He said, "Children, did you catch any fish?" They answered, "No." 6 Then He said to them, "Cast your net on the other side of the boat and you will find fish." So they cast their net on the other side and were not able to haul the net in because there were so many fish. 7 The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the LORD." Hearing this, Peter put on his outer garment, for he had stripped down for work, and threw himself into the sea. 8 The other disciples came to shore in the boat which was about a hundred yards from shore. They were dragging the net full of fish. 9 When they got to land they discovered a fire that had burned down to coals and was cooking fish and bread.

10 Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you just caught." 11 Simon Peter went and pulled the net to land. It was full of one hundred and fifty three large fish, yet the net had not broken. 12 Jesus said, "Come, have breakfast." None of the disciples asked Him, "Who are You?" They knew it was the LORD.

13 Jesus gave them bread and fish. 14 This was the third time that Jesus showed Himself to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?" Peter said, "Yes Lord. You know that I love You." Jesus said, "Feed My lambs." 16 A second time Jesus said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" He said to Jesus, "Yes Lord, You know I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep." 17 Then He said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because Jesus had asked him a third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things. You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep." 18 "I tell you the truth, when you were young you would dress yourself and go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will dress you and bring you where you do not wish to go." 19 Jesus said this to signify with what sort of death Peter would glorify God. And when Jesus had said this, He then said to him, "Follow Me."

20 Peter turned and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. This was the disciple who had leaned on Jesus bosom at the supper to ask who it was that was betraying Jesus. 21 Seeing this disciple, Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, what will happen to this man?" 22 Jesus said to him, "If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you? Follow Me." 23 Because Jesus had said this to Peter, many of the brethren thought that He had said that this disciple would not die before Jesus had come, but Jesus did not say this.

24 This same disciple is testifying to these things and has written them down, and we know he is telling the truth. 25 Jesus did many other signs, which if they were all written down, I suppose that the world could not contain the books that would be written.

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