17 hence: Make not my Father's house a house of traffic. Then Ps. 69: 9. his disciples remembered these words of Scripture, "My zeal for thy house consumeth me."

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& 27.40.

Hereupon the Jews said to him: By what miracle dost thou 19 show us the title to do these things? Jesus answering, said Matt. 26. 61. unto them: Destroy this temple, and I will rear it again in Mar. 14. 58. 20 three days. The Jews replied: Forty and six years was this & 15. 29. temple in building; and thou wouldst rear it in three days? 21 But by the temple he meant his body. When therefore he was 22 risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this and they understood the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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While he was at Jerusalem, during the feast of the passover, many believed on him, when they saw the miracles which he 24 performed. But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because 25 he knew them all. He needed not to receive from others a character of any man, for he knew what was in man.

III. NOW there was a pharisee, named Nicodemus, a ruler of 2 the Jews, who came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him. 3 Jesus answering, said unto him: Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

unless a man be born again, he cannot discern the reign of God. 4 Nicodemus replied: How can a grown man be born? Can he 5 enter his mother's womb anew, and be born? Jesus answered:

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, unless a man be born of water 6 and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which

is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the spirit is 7 spirit. Wonder not then, that I said to thee, Ye must be born 8 again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the

sound thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh or whither it 9. goeth; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered: How can these things be? Jesus replied: Art thou the teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, we speak what we know, and

testify what we have seen; yet ye receive not our testimony. 12 If ye understood not when I told you earthly things, how will 13 ye understand when I tell you heavenly things? For none as

cendeth into heaven, but he who descended from heaven; the 14 Son of Man, whose abode is heaven. As Moses placed on Numb. 21. 9. 15 high the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be

placed on high, that whosoever believeth on him may not per16 ish, but obtain eternal life: for God hath so loved the world, as

to give his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him 1 Jo. 4. 9. 17 may not perish but obtain eternal life. For God hath sent his ch. 12. 47. Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the

ch. 1. 4.

ch. 4. 2.

ch. 1. 27, 30.

ch. 1. 20.

18 world may be saved by him. He who believeth on him shall not be condemned; he who believeth not is already condemned, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten 19 Son of God. Now this is the ground of condemnation, that

the light is come into the world, and men have preferred the 20 darkness to the light, because their deeds were evil. For whosoever doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth it, lest his deeds 21 should be detected. But he who obeyeth the truth, cometh to the light, that it may be manifest that his actions are agreeable to God.

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After this Jesus went with his disciples into the territory 23 of Judea, where he remained with them, and baptized. John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much 24 water there; and the people came thither and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison.

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Now John's disciples had a dispute with a Jew about puri26 fication. Whereupon they went to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with thee near the Jordan, of whom thou gavest so great a character, he too baptizeth, and the people 27 flock to him. John answered: A man can have no power but 28 what he deriveth from heaven. Ye yourselves are witnesses

for me, that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but am sent before 29 him.' The bridegroom is he who hath the bride; but the

friend of the bridegroom, who assisteth him, rejoiceth to hear the 30 bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is complete. He must 31 increase, while I decrease. He who cometh from above, is

above all. He who is from the earth is earthly, and speaketh as being from the earth. He who cometh from heaven is 32 above all. What he testifieth is what he hath seen and heard ; 33 yet his testimony is not received. He who receiveth his testi34 mony, voucheth the veracity of God. For he whom God

hath commissioned, relateth God's own words; for to him God 35 giveth not the Spirit by measure. The Father loveth the Son, 36 and hath subjected all things to him. He who believeth on the Son hath life eternal; he who rejecteth the Son shall not see life, but the vengeance of God awaiteth him.

IV.

SECTION III.-THE JOURNEY TO GALILEE.

JESUS, knowing that the Pharisees were informed that he 2 made and baptized more disciples than John, (though it was not 3 Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized), left Judea, and returned to Galilee.

4.

Being obliged to pass through Samaria, he came to a Samari

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tan city called Sychar,* near the heritage which Jacob gave his 6 son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. And Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat down by the well, it being about the sixth hour.t

7 A woman of Samaria having come to draw water, Jesus said 8 to her: Give me to drink, (for his disciples were gone into the 9 city to buy food). The Samaritan woman answered: How is it that thou, who art a Jew, askest drink of me who am a Samaritan? (for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the 10 Samaritans). Jesus replied: If thou knewest the bounty of God, and who it is that saith to thee Give me to drink,' thou wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living 11 water. She answered: Sir, thou hast no bucket, and the well 12 is deep whence then hast thou the living water? Art thou

greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank 13 thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Jesus replied: 14 Whoso drinketh of this water, will thirst again; but whoever

shall drink of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst more; but the water which I shall give shall be in him a 15 fountain springing up to everlasting life. The woman answer

ed: Sir, give me this water, that I may never be thirsty, nor 16 come hither to draw. Jesus said to her: Go, call thy hus18 band, and come back. She answered: I have no husband. Je

Gen. 33. 19. 243

& 48. 22. Jos. 32.

sus replied: Thou sayest well, I have no husband;' for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast, is not 19 thy husband: in this thou hast spoken truth. The woman 20 said: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers Dent. 12. 5. worshipped on this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is 21 the place where men ought to worship. Jesus answered: Wo

man, believe me, the time approacheth, when ye shall neither come to this mountain, nor go to Jerusalem, to worship the Fa22 ther. Ye worship what ye know not; we worship what we 23 know for salvation is from the Jews. But the time cometh,

or rather is come, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such are the worshippers whom 24 the Father requireth. God is a spirit, and they that worship 2 Cor. 3. 17. 25 him must worship him in spirit and truth. The woman replied:

I know that the Messiah‡ cometh, (that is, the Christ): when 26 he is come, he will teach us all things. Jesus said unto her : I who speak unto thee am he.

27 Upon this his disciples came, and wondered that he talked
with a woman; yet none of them
28 or why talkest thou with her?'

*In the Old Testament called Shechem. The anointed.

said, 'What seekest thou?
Then the woman left her

Twelve o'clock, noon.

Lu. 10. 2.

pitcher, and having gone into the city, said to the people: 29. Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did. Is this the Messiah? They accordingly went out of the city, and came to him.

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Meanwhile the disciples entreating him, said: Rabbi, eat. 32 He answered: I have meat to eat which ye know not of. 33 Then said his disciples one to another: Hath any man brought 34 him food? Jesus answered: My food is to do the will of him Matt. 9. 37. 35 who sent me, and to finish his work. Say ye not,' After four months cometh harvest?' But I say, Lift up your eyes, and survey the fields; for they are already white enough for harvest. 36 The reaper receiveth wages, and gathereth the fruits for eternal life, that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice to37 gether. For herein the proverb is verified, 'One soweth, and 38 another reapeth.' I send you to reap that whereon ye have bestowed no labor: others labored; and ye get possession of their labors.

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Now many Samaritans of that city believed in him on the testimony of the woman who said, ' He told me all that ever I 40 did.' When, therefore, they came to him, they besought him 41 to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many 42 more believed because of what they heard from himself; and they said to the woman: It is not now on account of what thou hast reported, that we believe; for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is truly the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.

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After the two days, Jesus departed and went to Galilee, but Matt. 13.57. 44 not to Nazareth; for he had himself declared that a prophet 45 is not regarded in his own country. Being come into Galilee,

Mar. 6. 4.
Lu. 4. 24.

ch. 2. 1.
Matt. 4. 12.

Mar. 1. 14.
Lu. 4. 14.

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he was well received by the Galileans, who had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the festival; for they likewise attended the festival.

Then Jesus returned to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain officer of the court, 47 whose son lay sick at Capernaum, who, having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to him, and en48 treated him to come and cure his son who was dying. Jesus said

to him: Unless ye see signs and prodigies, ye will not believe. 49 The officer answered: Come Sir, before my child die. Jesus 50 replied: Go thy way: Thy son is well. And the man believ51 ed the word which Jesus had spoken, and went his way. As

he was returning, his servants met him, and acquainted him that 52 his boy was well. He then inquired of them the hour when he began to mend. They answered: Yesterday, at the seventh 53 hour, the fever left him. Then the father knew that it was the same hour at which Jesus said, Thy son is well :' and he and

54 all his family believed. This second miracle Jesus performed after returning from Judea to Galilee.

V.

SECTION IV. THE CURE AT BETHESDA.

AFTERWARDS there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus Lev. 23. 2. 2 went to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem, nigh the sheep

gate, a bath, called in Hebrew Bethesda,* which hath five cov3 ered walks. In these lay a great number of sick, blind, lame, and 4 palsied people, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel at times descended into the bath, and agitated the water; and the first that stepped in, after the agitation of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.

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Now there was one there who had been diseased eight-and6 thirty years. Jesus, who saw him lying, and knew that he had 7 been long ill, said to him: Dost thou desire to be healed? The

diseased man answered: Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is agitated; but while I am going, anoth8 er getteth down before me. Jesus said to him: Arise, take 9 up thy couch, and walk. Instantly the man was healed, and took up his couch and walked.

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Jer. 17. 21.

Now that day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to Neh. 13. 19. him that was cured: This is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for 11 thee to carry the couch. He answered: He who healed me, 12 said to me, Take up thy couch and walk.' They asked him 13 then: Who is the man that said to thee: Take up thy couch and walk? But he that had been healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had slipt away, there being a crowd in the place.

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Jesus afterwards finding him in the temple, said to him: Behold thou art cured; sin no more, lest something worse befall 15 thee. The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus, who 16 had cured him. Therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done this on the Sabbath.

17 But Jesus answered them: As my Father hitherto worketh, 18 I work. For this reason the Jews were the more intent to kill him, because he had not only broken the Sabbath, but by calling God peculiarly his Father, had equalled himself with God. 19 Then Jesus addressed them, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but as he seeth the Father do for what things soever he doth, such doth the Son 20 likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all

that he himself doth; nay, and will show him greater works 21 than these which will astonish you. For as the Father raiseth

House of mercy.