1. 1 Before anything, a Word The gospel does not begin with a birth but before everything, and only later says the Word became a person you could stand beside. Explained Read aloud
2. 2 Six stone jars, and a whip The wine runs out at a wedding and John calls what follows the beginning of the signs; then Jesus clears the temple at Passover. Explained Read aloud
3. 3 A teacher who comes at night Nicodemus arrives with a compliment and gets an answer he cannot follow, turning on a phrase that means both born again and born from above. Explained Read aloud
4. 4 A drink asked for at noon At a well in Samaria a conversation about water becomes one about husbands and about where God should be worshipped. Explained Read aloud
5. 5 Thirty-eight years, and a Sabbath A man ill for thirty-eight years is told to take up his mat and walk, and the objection is not the healing but the day. Explained Read aloud
6. 6 Five loaves, and a hard saying Five thousand are fed and the crowd follows him across the lake; what he says next empties the room, and the editions divide over how he served the bread. Explained Read aloud
7. 7 The crowd cannot agree He goes to the feast late and quietly, and once he teaches in the temple nobody can settle what he is: a good man, a deceiver, or the one they were waiting for. Explained Read aloud
8. 8 Nobody starts the stoning A woman is brought in at dawn and he refuses to begin; then he says he is the light of the world, and the argument grows steadily harder. Explained Read aloud
9. 9 A whole chapter of afterwards A man born blind is given his sight in two verses, and everything else is the questioning: neighbours, Pharisees, parents, then the man again. Explained Read aloud
10. 10 The door, and the shepherd He is both the way in and the one who stays when it costs, and his hearers divide again over whether he is out of his mind. Explained Read aloud
11. 11 Four days, and two sisters He waits two days before going, arrives to a tomb four days closed, speaks with each sister differently, and weeps. Explained Read aloud
12. 12 Perfume, palms, and a decision Mary pours out a jar worth a year's wages, a crowd meets him with palm branches, and Greeks ask to see him. Explained Read aloud
13. 13 A towel, and a basin At supper he gets up, ties a towel round his waist and washes their feet; Peter tries to stop him, and afterwards he explains why they must do the same. Explained Read aloud
14. 14 Do not let your heart be troubled There is room in his Father's house; Thomas says they do not know the way, and Philip asks to be shown the Father. Explained Read aloud
15. 15 The vine, and the branches A branch cut from the vine can do nothing; remain, he says, and the commandment is to love one another as he has loved them. Explained Read aloud
16. 16 Better for you that I go He warns them they will be put out and killed by people who think they are serving God, and says his going is what makes the Helper come. Explained Read aloud
17. 17 One prayer, said out loud The whole chapter is a prayer with the disciples listening: first about himself, then for the eleven, then for everyone who will believe through them. Explained Read aloud
18. 18 Let these others go He gives himself up in a garden and asks that the rest be released; Peter draws a sword, and then denies him beside a fire. Explained Read aloud
19. 19 The inscription, in three languages Pilate keeps trying to release him and keeps being pushed back; the title over the cross is written so everyone can read it. Explained Read aloud
20. 20 Mistaken for the gardener Mary finds the tomb open before dawn; two disciples race to it, and she stays behind crying until he says her name. Explained Read aloud
21. 21 Breakfast on the shore A night's empty net comes up full; they eat by a charcoal fire, and then he asks Peter the same question three times. Explained Read aloud

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