It is worth repeating that the Apostles recorded the teachings of Jesus as they remembered them. But very little of the information in the four Gospels was inspired by God or by celestial beings acting for God. Then, too, the early Christian religious leaders did not hesitate to revise the written records. Thus, the teachings of Jesus departed farther and farther from his gospel during the centuries following his death.

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
    Although this Scripture was not attributed to Jesus, it is worth noting.
    Had the New Testament writer referred to the Eternal Son, he would have uttered the truth when he wrote: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made." [UB 6:1:3]

    When a Son of the Eternal Son appeared on Urantia, those who fraternized with this divine being in human form alluded to him as “He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, whom we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, even the Word of life.” [1John 1:1]
    And this bestowal Son [Jesus] came forth from the Father just as truly as did the Original Son, as is suggested in one of his earthly prayers: “And now, O my Father, glorify me with your own self, with the glory which I had with you before this world was.” [UB 6:1:4]

John 2:1-11 The wedding at Cana; the miracle of the wine.
    These passages are a very confused account of how the water was turned into wine.
    The mother of Jesus asked him to provide more wine. Jesus refused. His mother broke down in tears. Mary the mother of Jesus was crushed; she was stunned! As she stood there before him motionless, with the tears streaming down her face, the human heart of Jesus was overcome with compassion for the woman who had borne him in the flesh; and bending forward, he laid his hand tenderly upon her head, saying: "Now, now, Mother Mary, grieve not over my apparently hard sayings, for have I not many times told you that I have come only to do the will of my heavenly Father? Most gladly would I do what you ask of me if it were a part of the Father's will--" and Jesus stopped short, he hesitated. Mary took this as a "yes."
    Mary rushed off to the servants' quarters, saying, "Whatever my son says, that do." Jesus said nothing more. But his Personalized Adjuster signified that the execution of the Son's desire was in no way a contravention of the Father's will. Jesus did not turn the water into wine: The actual turning of the water into wine was performed by numerous celestial beings who stood nearby [but invisible to mortals].
    It gradually dawned on Jesus what had happened. Of all persons present at the marriage feast, Jesus was the most surprised.
[See The Urantia Book, Paper 137:Section 4 for a detailed description of how the water was turned into wine.]

John 3:1-21 The visit with Nicodemus.
The Urantia Book, Paper 142:Section 6 provides a detailed account of Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus.

v. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
v. 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
    Jesus did not say "Except a man be born of water . . ."
    When Jesus and his Apostles began their public work, they did not baptize with water. It was only after the Apostles of Jesus and the Apostles of John the Baptist began to work together that they began to baptize with water. [UB 144:6:9]
v. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
    Jesus did not say "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, . . ."
v. 16 Jesus is quoted as saying: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
    This famous verse is very misleading. Jesus did not say this. God did not "give" Jesus to the earth or to mortals. His bestowal on earth was part of the training required of all Creator Sons who aspire to be the Sole Sovereign of their local universe. After Jesus successfully completed his seventh and final bestowal in the likeness of his created creatures he was given "all power in heaven and on earth."
    The Apostles believed that Jesus was the Eternal Son [God the Son]. Jesus is not the only begotten Son. He is a Creator Son of the Order of Michael. The Creator Sons are created by God the Father and God the Son. There are presently more than 700,000 Creator Sons in existence. However, Jesus is "the only begotten Son" in the sense that he is unique: throughout all eternity there will never be created a spirit personality identical to him.
See Paper Number 21 in The Urantia Book, "The Paradise Creator Sons."

v. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
    "but he that believeth not is condemned already." This part of the Scripture is false. Jesus knew that numerous mortals will be saved who never heard of him.
    "because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." Jesus certainly did not make this statement. He is not, and never claimed to be, the only begotten Son of God.
    It is difficult to determine from a reading of John, Chapter 3, just how many of these verses purportedly pertain to the visit between Nicodemus and Jesus. Further, these passages contain several statements erroneously ascribed to Jesus.

John 5:17-47 These passages contain some true statements made by Jesus at various times. But some of the comments are definitely misleading, and others are erroneous. They appear to be a collection of miscellaneous comments supposedly made by Jesus, some of which he did say at various times, but some of which are erroneously ascribed to him.
v. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: . . .
v. 27 [The Father] hath given him [Jesus] authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of Man.
    Jesus certainly did not say the Father had committed all judgment to him. Creator Sons, such as Jesus, do not judge their created creatures. God the Father has delegated the judging of angels, other celestial personalities, and mortals to certain high ranking Sons. [UB 10:6:7]
    In the universe, judgment is vested in those who fully know the antecedents of all wrongdoing as well as its motivation. In civilized society and in an organized universe the administration of justice presupposes the passing of just sentence consequent upon fair judgment, and such prerogatives are vested in the juridical groups of the worlds and in the all-knowing administrators of the higher universes of all creation.” [UB 133:1:2]

John 6:15-21 Jesus supposedly walks on water.
v. 20 Jesus is quoted as saying "It is I; be not afraid."
    Jesus did not walk on the water. In Peter's nighttime vision, he saw Jesus coming to them walking on the water. To Peter, this experience was always real. [UB 152:4]

John 10:16 Said Jesus: And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
    Jesus' actual statement was: But I have many other sheep not of this fold, and these words are true not only of this world. These other sheep also hear and know my voice, and I have promised the Father that they shall all be brought into one fold, one brotherhood of the sons of God. And then shall you all know the voice of one shepherd, the true shepherd, and shall all acknowledge the fatherhood of God. [UB 165:2:9,10]
    It appears that his statement: "But I have many other sheep not of this fold, and these words are true not only of this world" is a clear reference to the fact that there are other inhabited worlds in his domain.
    His domain is our Local Universe of Nebadon. In the mid-1930s there were more than three million inhabited planets in our Local Universe. [UB 32:2:9]

John, the Disciple Whom Jesus loved.
John 21:7, 20 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, . . .
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; . . .
    As John was the youngest of the twelve and so closely associated with Jesus in his family affairs, he was very dear to the Master, but it cannot be truthfully said that he was "the disciple whom Jesus loved." You would hardly suspect such a magnanimous personality as Jesus to be guilty of showing favoritism, of loving one of his apostles more than the others. The fact that John was one of the three personal aides of Jesus lent further color to this mistaken idea, not to mention that John, along with his brother James, had known Jesus longer than the others. [UB 139:4:2]
    John Zebedee had many lovely traits of character, but one which was not so lovely was his inordinate but usually well-concealed conceit. His long association with Jesus made many and great changes in his character. This conceit was greatly lessened, but after growing old and becoming more or less childish, this self-esteem reappeared to a certain extent, so that, when engaged in directing Nathan in the writing of the Gospel which now bears his name, the aged apostle did not hesitate repeatedly to refer to himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” In view of the fact that John came nearer to being the chum of Jesus than any other earth mortal, that he was his chosen personal representative in so many matters, it is not strange that he should have come to regard himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved” since he most certainly knew he was the disciple whom Jesus so frequently trusted. [UB 139:4:4]