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John begins at the very beginning: the Word was with God and was God, and through Him all things were made. The Word, Jesus, is the light that shines in the darkness, and He became flesh and lived among us. John the Baptist points to Jesus as the Lamb of God, and the first disciples begin to follow Him.
At a wedding in Cana, the wine runs out. Mary tells the servants to do whatever Jesus says, and He turns six jars of water into fine wine, His first sign, and His disciples believe in Him. In Jerusalem, Jesus clears the temple of those buying and selling and speaks of the temple of His body that will be raised in three days.
Nicodemus, a Pharisee, comes to Jesus at night. Jesus tells him he must be born again by the Spirit to see God's Kingdom. Jesus explains that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. John the Baptist rejoices that Jesus must become greater.
Tired from travel, Jesus asks a Samaritan woman at a well for a drink. He offers her living water that leads to eternal life and reveals that He is the Messiah. She tells her town, and many Samaritans believe. Back in Galilee, Jesus heals a royal official's son with a word.
At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus heals a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years, telling him to pick up his mat and walk. Because it is the Sabbath, some leaders become angry. Jesus explains that He does the work of His Father, that He gives life, and that the Scriptures and many witnesses point to Him.
Jesus feeds five thousand people with a boy's five barley loaves and two fish. That night He walks on the water to His disciples. He teaches that He is the bread of life, who came down from heaven, and whoever comes to Him will never hunger. Many leave, but Peter says, Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Jesus goes to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. Some people believe in Him while others argue or want to arrest Him. On the last day of the feast, He invites anyone who is thirsty to come to Him and drink, promising rivers of living water, which is the Holy Spirit. Even the officers sent to arrest Him say no one ever spoke like Him.
Leaders bring a woman who had sinned to Jesus to test Him. Jesus says that whoever is without sin may judge her, and one by one they leave. Jesus does not condemn her and tells her to go and sin no more. He declares that He is the light of the world, that the truth will make you free, and that before Abraham was, I AM.
Jesus heals a man who was born blind by putting mud on his eyes and sending him to wash in the pool of Siloam. The Pharisees question the man and his parents and finally throw him out. Jesus finds him, and the man believes and worships Him. Jesus teaches that He is the light of the world and that the proud are spiritually blind.
Jesus says He is the door of the sheep and the Good Shepherd, who knows His sheep, calls them by name, and lays down His life for them. His sheep hear His voice and follow Him, and no one can snatch them out of His hand. When He says, I and the Father are one, some try to stone Him, but many believe.
Jesus' friend Lazarus becomes sick and dies. Jesus comes to Bethany, comforts Martha and Mary, and says, I am the resurrection and the life. Jesus weeps with them. Then He calls Lazarus out of the tomb, and Lazarus comes out alive. Many believe, but the leaders plan to put Jesus to death.
Mary pours costly perfume on Jesus' feet and wipes them with her hair. Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey as crowds wave palm branches and shout Hosanna. Jesus says a grain of wheat must die to bear fruit, pointing to His death. He calls people to believe in the light while they have it.
At the Last Supper, Jesus washes His disciples' feet and tells them to serve one another. He reveals that one of them will betray Him, and Judas goes out into the night. Jesus gives a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. He tells Peter that Peter will deny Him three times.
Jesus comforts His troubled disciples. He is going to prepare a place for them in His Father's house and will come again. He says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. Whoever has seen Him has seen the Father. He promises the Holy Spirit, the Helper, and gives His peace.
Jesus says He is the true vine, His Father is the gardener, and His disciples are the branches. Those who remain in Him bear much fruit, for apart from Him they can do nothing. He calls them friends, commands them to love one another, and warns that the world may hate them as it hated Him.
Jesus tells His disciples it is good that He goes away, because then He will send the Helper. The Spirit will convict the world and guide believers into all truth. Their sorrow will turn into joy, like a mother's joy after her baby is born. Jesus says, In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.
Before His arrest, Jesus prays to His Father. He asks the Father to glorify the Son, prays for His disciples to be kept safe and made holy by God's word, and prays for all who will believe through their message, including believers today. He asks that they may be one, so that the world may believe.
In a garden, Judas leads soldiers to arrest Jesus. Jesus willingly gives Himself up, and He tells Peter to put away his sword after Peter cuts off a servant's ear. Peter denies knowing Jesus three times. Jesus stands before Annas, Caiaphas and Pilate. He tells Pilate His kingdom is not of this world. Pilate finds no fault in Him, but the crowd asks for Barabbas.
Pilate has Jesus flogged, and soldiers mock Him with a crown of thorns. Though Pilate finds no fault in Him, he hands Jesus over to be crucified. Jesus carries His cross to Golgotha and is crucified as King of the Jews. He cares for His mother, says It is finished, and dies. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus lay His body in a new tomb in a garden.
Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene finds the stone rolled away. Peter and the other disciple run to the tomb and see the grave cloths. The risen Jesus speaks to Mary by name. That evening He appears to His disciples, gives them peace and breathes on them the Holy Spirit. A week later Thomas sees Him and says, My Lord and my God! John writes so that we may believe.
Seven disciples fish all night and catch nothing. At dawn Jesus tells them to cast the net on the right side, and they catch 153 large fish. Jesus makes breakfast for them on a charcoal fire. Three times He asks Peter, Do you love Me? and three times tells him to feed His sheep, restoring Peter after his denials. John ends by saying that the world could not hold all the books about what Jesus did.