among vs. The lawe was geuen by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christe No manne hathe sene god at any time I am the voyce of a criar in the wildernes make strayghte the waye of the lorde as sayde the prophete Esaias I baptise with water but one is come amonge you whome ye knowe not he it is that commeth after me which was before me whose shue lacheâ— I am not worthy to vnlose Beholde the lambe of god whiche taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde I sawe the sprete descende frome heauen lyke vnto a doue and abyde vpon hym and I knewe hym not But he that sent me to baptise inwater the same sayd vnto me vpon whoÌ„ thou shaltse the sprete descende and tary styll on hym the same is he whiche baptiseth with the holye ghoâ—le And I saw and bare recorde that this is the sonne of god Thou arte Simon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretation a stone Canne ther anye good thynge come out of Naâ—areth The .ii. Chapter ALl menne at the begynnynge set forth good wyne and when menne be dronke then that whiche is worsse But thou haste kepte backe the good wyne vntyll nowe Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and founde in the temple those that solde oxen and shepe and doues and changers of money And he made a scourge of small cordes and droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the changers money and ouerthrewe the tables and saide vnto them that solde doues haue these thinges hence make not my fathers house an house of marchandise Destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll rayse it vs againe Then sayde the Iewes .xlvi. yeares was this temple a bildinge and wylt thou teare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the teÌ„ple of his body The .iii. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto the excepte that a man be borne of water of the sprete he cannot enter the kingdom of god That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whyche is borne of the spryte is spryte The wynde bloweth where he lysteth and thou hearest his sounde but canst not tell whence he commeth and whether he goeth So is euery man that is borne of the sprete Verely verely I saye vnto the wespeake that we knowe and testify that we haue sene and ye receaue not our witnes Yf when I tell you eathly thinges ye beleue not Howe shulde ye beleue yf he shal tell you of heauenly thinges God so loued the worlde that he hath geuen his onely son that none that beleue in him shulde perishe but shulde haue euerlasting lyfe For god sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the world but that the worlde through him might be saued He that beleueth in him shall not be condempned But he that beleueth not is condempned already because he beleueth not in the name of the onely sonne of god And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and the menne loued darrknes more then lyghte because their dedes weteruyll For euery man that euyll doeth hateth the lyghte nether commeth to lyghte leste his dedes shuld be reproued But he that dothe truth commeth to the light that his dedes might be knowe howe that they are wrought in god A man can receaue nothinge at all excepte it be geuen him from heauen He that is of the earth is of the earth and speaketh of the earthe He that commeth frome heauen is aboue all what he hathe sene and hearde that he testifieth but no man receaueth his testimonye Howbeit he that hath recaued his testimonye hathe sette to his seale that god is true For he whome god hathe sent speaketh the wordes of God for God geueth not the spryte by measure The father loueth the sonne and hathe geuen all thinges into his hande Be that beleueth on the sonne hathe euerlasting lyfe and he that beleueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrathe of god abydeth on him The .iiii. Chapter WHosoeuer drinketh of this water shal thurst againe But whosoeuer shall dryncke of the water that I shall geue him shall neuer be more a thyrste but the water that I shall geue him shal be in a well of water springynge vp into euerlaslynge lyfe Ye worshyppe ye wote not what we know what we worshyp For saluation coÌ„meth of the Iewes But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in spryte and in trouthe For verely suche the father requyreth to worshyppe him God is a spryte and they that worshippe him muste worshyppe him in pryte and trouth Iesus saide vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of them that sent me to finishe his worcke And Iesus him selfe testifieth that a prophete hath none honoure in his owne countre The .v. Chapter BEhold thou art made whole synne no more lest a worsse thinge happen vnto the. The sonne can do nothing of him selfe but that hesyethe the father do For whosoeuer he doeth that doeth the sonne also Neither iudgeth the father any manne but had committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all menne shulde honoure the sonne euen as they honoure the father He that honoureth not the son the same honoureth not the father whiche hathe sent him Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my wordes and beleueth on him that sent me hath euerlastyng lyfe and shall not come into damnation but is scaped frome deathe vnto lyfe As the father hath lyfe in him selfe so lykewise hathe he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe and hath geuen him power to iudge in that he is the some of man Maruayle not at this the houre shall come in the whyche all that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce shall come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation I canne of myne owne selfe do nothynge at all Yf I beare wytnes of my selfe my witnes is not true The workes whiche the father hathe geuen me to fynyshe the same workes which I do beare witnes of me that the father sent me Howe can ye beleue whiche receyue honoure one of another and seke not the honoure that coÌ„meth of God onely The .vi. Chapter LAboure not for the meate that shall perishe but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe whiche meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you The breade of God is he whiche commethe downe from heauen and geueth life vnto the worlde I am the breade of lyfe he that commeth to me shall not hunger and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thurste I am come downe from heauen not to do myne owne wyll but his will whiche hathe sente me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I should lose nothyng but shoulde rayse it vp agayne
at that last daye And this is the will of him that sent me that euery mā which seeth the sēne and beleueth on him haue euerlastyng lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye No man can come to me excepte the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym I am that lyuing breade whiche came downe from heauen Yf any man eate of this breade he shall lyue for euer And the breade that I wylt geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man and drinke his bloude ye shall not haue life in you Whosoeuer eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloude hathe eternall lyfe and I wyll rayse hym vp at the laste daye for my fleshe is meate in dede and my bloud is drinke in dede He that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him As the liuing father hathe sent me euen so lyue I by my father he that eateth me shall lyue by me This is the breade whiche came from heauen not is your fathers haue eaten Manna and are dead he that eateth of this breade shall liue euer It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothing Then sayde Iesus to the twelue will ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter aunswered Master to whome shall we go Thou haste the wordes of eternal lyfe and we beleue and knowe that thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyuing god The .vii. Chapter THe worlde cannot hate you but me it hateth Because I testifie of it that the workes of it are euyll My doctrine is not myne but his that sente me Yf a man on the Saboth daye receaue circūcision without breaking of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Saboth day Iudge not after the vtter apperaunce but iudge ryghteous iudgement Ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Yf any manne thyrste let him come vnto me and drincke he that beleueth on me as saythe the scripture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe This spake he of the sprete whyche they that beleued on him shulde receaue Dothe our lawe iudge any man before it heare him and knowe what he hathe done The .viii. Chapter LEtte him that is among you without synne caste the fyrst stone at her It is also wrytten in your lawe that the testimony of two menne is true I do nothing of my selfe but as my father hath taught me Yf ye continue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples and shall knowe the truth and the truthe shall make you free Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedee of Abraham Ye are of your father the deuyll and the lustes of your father ye wyll do He was a murderer frō the begynnynge and abode not in the truthe because ther is no truthe in him When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his owne For he is a lyer and the father thereof He that is of god heareth goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of god Yf a man kepe my sayenges he shall neuer see death Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed The .ix. Chapter ANd as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blinde from his byrthe And his disciples aced hym saying Maister who did sinne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynde Iesus answered neither hath this manne synned nor yet his father nor mother but that the workes of god shoulde be shewed on him I muste worke the workes of god that sent me whyle it is daye The nighte commeth when no manne canne worke As long as I ame in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde We be sure that god heareth not synners but yf any man be a worshipper of god and do his wyll hym heareth he Sence the worlde began was it not hearde that anye man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde yf this manne were not of god he could haue done nothynge I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they whiche se not might se and they whiche se might be made blynde The .x. Chapter HE that entreth not in by the doore in to the shepefolde but climeth vy some other waye the same is a these and a robber He that goethe in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe to hym the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he cauleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sence forthe his owne shepe he goth before them and the shepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce A straunger they wyll not folowe but will flye from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers The good shepehearde geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hyred seruaunt which is not the shepeherde neither the shepe archis owne se the wolfe comming and leueth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth the shepe I am that good shepe hearde and know myne and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde them also must I bring that they maye heare my voyce and that there maye be one flocke and one shephearde No man taketh my lyfe from me but I put it awaye of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and haue power to take it agayne I and my father are one Though ye beleue not me yet beleue the workes that ye maye know and beleue that the father is in me and I in hym The .xi. Chapter WHen Iesus hearde that he sayde this infirmitie is not vnto deathe but for the laude of god that the sonne of god myght be praysed by the reason of it Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not because he seeth the light of this worlde but yf a man walke in the night he stombleth because ther is no light in him I am the resurreccion and the lyfe he that beleueth on me ye thoughe he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye And one of them named Cayphas which was the hye priest that same yeare sayed vnto them ye perceyue nothyng at al nor yet consider that it is expediente for vs that one man dye for the people and not that al the people perishe This spake he not of himselfe but beyng hye prieste that same yeare he prophecyed that Iesus shoulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of god whiche were scattered abroade The .xii. Chapter THen toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfecte and precious and anoynted Iesus feete and wiped his feet
with her heare and the house was fylled of the sauer of the oyntment Then sayde one of his disciples named Iudas Iscatioth Simons sonne whiche afterwarde betraied him why was not this oyntmente sold for thre huÌ„dred pence and geueÌ„ to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and kepte the bagge and bare that whiche was geuen Then sayde Iesus let her alone agaynst the daye of my burying she kept it The poore alwayes shal ye haue with you but me shall ye not alwayes haue Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte the wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye it bydeth alone Yf it dye it bringeth forth much fruit He that loueth his lyfe shall destroye it and he that hateth his life in this world shal kepe it vnto life eternall Yf eny man minister vnto me let him folowe me and where I am there shall my minister be And yf any man minister vnto me hym my father will honoure Walke whyle ye haue lyght lest the darkenes come on you He that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth while ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye maye be the chyldren of lyght And Iesus cryed and sayde he that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on hym the sente me And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me I am come a light into the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shoulde not byde in darkenesse And yf any man heare my wordes and beleue not I iudge hym not For I came not to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receiueth not my wordes hathe one that iudgeth hym The wordes that I haue spoken shall iudge hym in the laste daye for I haue not spoken of my selfe but the father whiche sâ—nte me he gaue me a commaundement what I shoulde saye and what I shulde speake And I knowe that this commaundemente is lyfe euerlastyng Whatsoeuer I speake therfore euen as the father bad me so I speake The .xiii. Chapter PEter sayde to hym thou shalt not washe my feete while the worlde standeth Iesus answered hym yf I washe thee not thou shalt haue no parte with me He that is washed nedeth not saue to washe his feete and is cleane euery whyt Wote ye what I haue done to you Ye cal me master and lorde and ye saye well for so I am Yf I then youre Lorde and master haue washed youre feete ye also ought to washe our anothers feete For I haue geuen you an ensample that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you Verely verely I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then his master neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym He that receyueth whomesoeuer I sende receyueth me and he that receyueth me receyuethe hym that sent me A newe commaundement geue I vnto you that ye loue together as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue another By this shall all menns knowe that ye are my disciples if ye shall loue one to another The .xiiii. Chapter IN my fathers house are many mansions I am the waye the truthe and the lyfe and no man commeth vnto the father but by me Yf ye had knowen me ye had knowen the father â–ª And nowe ye knowe hym and haue sene him The wordes that I speake vnto you I speke not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in me is he that dothe the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me At the leest beleue we for the very workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I do the same shal he do and greater workes then these shal he do He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I wyll loue him and wyll shewe myne owne selfe to hym Yf a man loue me and wyl kepe my sayinges my father also wyll loue hym and he wylcome vnto hym and wyll dwell with him He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges That comforter whiche is the holye ghoste whome my father wyll sende in my name he shall teache you all thinges and brynge all thynges to youre remembraunce whatsoeuer I haue told you The .xv. Chapter I Am the true â—yne and my father is an husband man Euery braunche that beareth noâ— fruite in me he wyll take awaye And euery braunche that beareth fruite will he pourge that it may bringe more fruite Nowe are ye cleane thorowe the wordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Byde in me and let me byde in you As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it felse excepte it byde in the vyne no more canne ye excepte ye byde in me I am the vyne and ye are the braunches he that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bringeth forth moche fruite For without me ye canne do nothynge Yf a man byde not in me he is caste for t he as a braunche and is withered and menne gather it and cast it in to the fyre and it burnethe Yf ye bide in me and my wordes also bide in you are what ye wyll and it shal be done to you Here in is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and be made my disciples Greater louetheÌ„ this hath no man then that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore hateth you the worlde Remembre the saying that I haue sayed vnto you the seruaunte is not greater then the lorde yf they haue persecuted me so wyll they persecute you yf they haue kepte my sayinges so wyll they kepe yours Yf I hadde not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde not haue had synne But nowe haue they nothing to cloke their synne withall He that hateth me hateth my father Yf I had not done amonge theÌ„ the workes whiche none other man dyd they shuld haue had no synne but nowe haue they sene yet haue hated both me my father euen the the sayinge mighte be fulfylled that is written in their lawe they haue hated me withoute a cause The .xvi. Chapter IT is expedient for you that I go awaye for yf I go not awaye that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I departe I wyll sende hym vnto you And when he is come he wil rebuke the world of synne and of righteousne and of iudgement of sinne because they beleue not on me of rightwisenes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more and of iudgemente because the chiefe ruler of this worlde is iudged all ready Verely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe and