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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

He said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they came and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day; it was about the tenth hour.

And Jesus said to her, "What business do you have with Me, woman? My hour has not yet come."

Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

And He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;

this man came to Jesus at night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him."

So the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

And at this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What are You seeking?" or, "Why are You speaking with her?"

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

But Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone.

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"

As a result of this many of His disciples left, and would no longer walk with Him.