These words that I speak are not my own, but come from the Father who has sent me. They that hear the words that I speak, and believe in him who has sent me, will have everlasting life; they will not be condemned but pass from death to life.

Listen: the hour is coming, and has already come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and whoever hears his voice shall live.

You search the ancient prophetic writings because you long to find eternal life. All the while they testify of me; and yet you hesitate to come to me that you might find the life you are seeking.

Though not appearing to you personally, or speaking to you audibly, the Father has testified of me. But by refusing to believe me, the one sent to you by my Father, close your ears from hearing the very voice of God.

How is that some of you say, regarding the one whom the Father has set apart as his very own and sent into the world, "He blasphemes because he says, 'He is the Son of God'?"

I tell you now: I am the way, the truth, and the life; no on can know the Father, except by my introduction. Only the Spirit gives life. Your earthly body grows old and will eventually fail, but the words that I speak to you are spirit and are life.

I do not judge the one who hears these words and doesn't believe; for I have not come to judge the world, but to save it. Be warned, however; those that reject me and my words will be held accountable: the truth that I have spoken will stand as your judge on the last day.

Surely the heavens above you, and the earth beneath your feet, will one day pass away; but the words that I speak will never pass away.

No one knows who the Son of God is, except the Father in heaven: and no one can know who the Father is, except the Son; and those to whom the Son will reveal him. Until now you haven't known him as I do; but I have come, sent from him to you.

The One who has sent me is here with me now. He has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him. In fact, seeing me you have seen the Father; so why do you keep saying, "Reveal God to us?" Don't you believe that I am one and the same with my Father, and the Father one and the same with me?

I and my Father are one. Everything that the Father has is mine. I have come from the Father to this world; I will leave this world again, and return to my Father.

For the Son can do nothing on his own, but does only what he sees the Father do. The Father loves the Son, and has revealed his universal plan to him; and you will witness even greater miracles than those which you have already seen. Even as the Father raises the dead, and gives new life, so the son will give new life to whomever he will.

Still, I can do nothing on my own; I judge only as God guides me; and my ways are perfect, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me. As the Father has the power to give life, so the Son has the gift of life, and has been given the authority to execute judgment, because he is the Messiah, the Son of Man.

I have said this from the beginning: there is so much in your lives that I could condemn, but I have come with another message, given to me by the One who is the truth. This is the message that I speak to the world.

When at last you life up the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know who I am, realizing that I did nothing according to my own plan or authority, but delivered to you the words which my Father instructed me to proclaim.

I am the good shepherd. I know my flock and they know me, even as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I am willing to give my life for the sake of the sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them each by name, and they follow me. I give them eternal life. They will never be destroyed, nor can anyone tear them out of my hand. My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than any kingdom or power; and no force is able to pluck even the weakest of my sheep from his mighty hand. Still, there are many sheep that belong to me that are outside the fold: I must gather them as well. They too will rejoice at the sound of my voice; and will become members of one great fold, with one shepherd to care for them night and day.

He that enters in by the front door of the fold is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens the door, and the sheep thrill to the sound of his voice. He calls them each by name, and leads them out to green pastures. When he leads the sheep out to graze, he goes before them. They follow him, comforted by the words that he speaks. They will not follow a stranger; instead, they will run away from the sound of an unfamiliar voice.

I am the good shepherd who gives my life for the sheep. The hired hand is not a true shepherd. He doesn't look after the sheep as if they were his own; and when he sees the wolf coming he runs, leaving the sheep unprotected. The wolf catches them, and they are scattered.

I am the door to the sheepfold. Those who attempt to enter this fold by any other way are nothing but thieves and robbers. Many imposters have come before me, but the sheep did not recognize or follow them. I am the door. Enter by this door and you will be safe, free to go in and out, and find food.

This earth is plagued by insatiable corruption, death and destruction; but I have come to reverse this terrible tide. I have come that you might discover the true meaning of life and be blessed.

I am the bread of life: if you come to me, you will never again hunger spiritually; and if you believe in me, you will never again thirst spiritually. Rise up! Take hold of the living bread which has come down from heaven: if you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I offer you is my life, which I give for the life of the world. I am the bread of life come down from heaven, that you may feast on spiritual food, and because of this receive spiritual life and not die.

You spend all of your energies for food which perishes; instead, seek after food that will endure forever. This is the food that I long to give you, for God the Father has given me this power.

You have heard how your ancestors ate manna when they were in the desert; but that was long ago, and now they are dead. Moses could not give you the true bread from heaven which my Father offers you. For the bread of God is he who has come down from heaven, and gives life to the world.

If you understood the gift of God, you would ask that I give you living water as well; for whoever drinks natural water soon thirsts again, but whoever drinks of the water that I give will discover a well that springs up within, overflowing with eternal life.

Do you thirst spiritually? Come to me and drink; for they that believe in me, as it has been written, "Out of their innermost being will flow rivers of living water."