John 21

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Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
21     Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and [...]

John 20

Greetings! This is the central point in human history.  If Jesus stayed dead, we would be without hope.  Christianity would be false, and we should be “pitied above all men,” as Paul says. 
But the tomb was empty! Hallelujah for that!  Jesus really rose from the dead physically. 

The Empty Tomb
20     Early on the first day of [...]

John 19

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Jesus Sentenced to be Crucified
19     Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in [...]

John 18

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Jesus Arrested
18     When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples went into it.
2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas [...]

John 17

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Jesus Prays for Himself
17     After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal [...]

John 15

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The Vine and the Branches
15     “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I [...]

John 14

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples
14     “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place [...]

John 13

Greetings!  My original post was lost, so I’ll be brief here!
Jesus is God in flesh and deserving of all honor, glory and praise.  Yet He humbled himself to do the work of a lowly servant!  That is an example for us to be servant-leaders at work, church, home and anywhere else.  We must humble ourselves [...]

John 12

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Jesus Anointed at Bethany
12     Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, [...]

John 11

Greetings!  Lazarus was a good friend of Jesus.  Jesus raised him from the dead in one of his great miracles.  But keep in mind that Lazarus died again!  In fact, right after he was resurrected the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him to destroy the evidence.  The key point is Jesus’ control over life and [...]

John 10

Greetings!  Jesus couldn’t be more clear here.  There are true teachers and false teachers, and saved people and unsaved. 
If you enter through Jesus you are saved (v. 9), otherwise you are not.

The Shepherd and His Flock
10     “I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs [...]

John 9

Greetings!  We often assume that misfortune is due to personal sin.  As we saw repeatedly in the Book of Job, sometimes even well meaning friends can assume that.  Sin does have very serious consequences in this life — and even more so for eternal life — but our suffering may be because of other people’s [...]

John 8

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8     But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group [...]

John 7

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Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles
7     After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. 2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so [...]

John 6

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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
6     Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside [...]

John 5

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The Healing at the Pool
5     Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to [...]

John 4

Greetings!  The Samaritans were half-breed Jews who came about during the time when Israel and Judah were exiled to Babylon.  The Jews hated them, and the feelings were mutual.  For Jesus to talk to a woman in public, let a lone a Samaritan woman, was almost scandalous. 
Jesus knows her heart and mind and gently gets [...]

John 3

Greetings!
This is where the phrase “born again” typically comes from.  Jesus is emphasizing that we are born spiritually dead and need to be born spiritually to have eternal life.
Verse 16 is one of the most famous in the Bible.  It is a simple and unique summary of the Gospel.  Yet even it clearly notes that [...]

John 2

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This includes the famous water-to-wine passage.  It was a lot of wine – probably 150 gallons or so.  Some people try to claim that it was just unfermented grape juice, but that is highly unlikely.  I’m not a drinker, and I despise most of the marketing around alcohol and the problems it causes, but the [...]

John 1

Greetings!  This is one of my all-time favorite chapters. 
Read verse 14 before reading verse 1.  The “Word” is Jesus.  Verse 1 is a carefully written presentation of his deity – that is, Jesus is God, a member of the Trinity.  He created the world.  He was not created. 
The Jehovah’s Witness’ translation of the Bible falsely [...]