Good News According to John [ a translation from the Greek ] This translation is an attempt to remain as close to the Koine Greek meaning as can fairly be translated into modern 21st Century English. Because God has confused human language, it isn't possible to always translate either Hebrew or Greek (or any other language) exactly as written into modern English. As one of many examples, while Jesus in Greek says "the father of me", this fairly translates into English as "my father." As another example, modern English speakers often use contractions such as "don't", "can't", "won't" and similar, which are not found in the Greek text, but which are used frequently in this translation. It is believed by most scholars that the original New Testament was written in Koine Greek, the most common language spoken within the First Century Greco-Roman Empire. A few Aramaic and Hebrew words words were also woven into the text, which is common for human language. For example, modern English contains French and other language terms. There were no chapters or verses in the original text; these were added much later. In this translation there are no verse numbers used, but chapters are inserted for ease of reference. The chapters are usually but not entirely, divided the same as in the New King James and most other modern versions. On rare occasion, brackets are used for clarity or when the existing Greek isn't entirely clear. Words found in brackets are not part of the existing Greek text and thus, represent translator opinion. It is more than fair to say that all language translation represents some translation opinion, which cannot be entirely avoided because for now, all humans only understand "in part." open copyright; may be reproduced and distributed as desired