And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

But the One [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself] who enters [it] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep [Note: "Sheep" in this section refers to Jesus' followers].

For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

There was another schism therefore among the Jews, occasion'd by this discourse.

Many of them said, "This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?"

others said, this is not the language of one possess'd: can a demon give sight to the blind?

At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem.

Jesus was walking in the Temple [area] in "Solomon's Portico" [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the outside of the Temple enclosure].

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.”

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

and many came unto him, and said -- 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

his two sisters therefore sent this message to Jesus; he, Lord, whom you love, is sick.

and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

then after this, he saith to the disciples, 'We may go to Judea again;'

Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

Upon this Thomas, who was called "The Twin," said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, that we may die with him."

and no one who lives and believes in me shall ever die; do you believe this?

believest thou this?' she saith to him, 'Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

And having said this she went away and called Mary her sister, privately, saying, The teacher has come and calls for you.

And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

When Jesus saw her and her Jewish friends, who had come with her, crying, He felt distressed in His spirit and [visibly] troubled [Note: This last word means to shake with emotion, and seems to have been caused by His deep sympathy for these grieving people],

But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"

This made Jesus chafe afresh, so he went to the tomb; it was a cave with a boulder to close it.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he smells; for he has been dead four days.

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing about this;

Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

It was for this reason that Jesus no more appeared in public among the Jews, but He left that part of the country and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples.

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive, aromatic perfume; [it was] genuine nard [Note: This was a sweet-smelling herb] and poured [some of] it on Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. The [whole] house was filled with the fragrant scent of the perfume.

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?"

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

Then Jesus said, Let her alone, that she may keep this for the day of preparation for my burial;

[So], they took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Hosanna [Note: See Matt. 21:9 for the meaning of this word], may He, the King of Israel, be praised, for He comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord!"

this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

The crowd of people that was with Jesus [and saw Him] when He called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead, gave testimony [about all this].

The crowd was going out to meet Jesus because they had heard that he had performed this sign.

So, the Pharisees were saying among themselves, "Look, you men are getting nowhere [in this situation]. See, the [whole] world has gone after him."

these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

Philip went and told [this to] Andrew [his brother]; [then] Andrew and Philip told [it to] Jesus.

This was his reply-- "The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

father, glorify thy name." then there came this voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."

Jesus replied, "This voice is for your benefit, not for mine.

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.

Then the crowd answered him, "We have learned from the Law that the Messiah remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you, for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

This is why they could not believe: Isaiah also said,

Isaiah said this when he saw his glory and spoke about him.

Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);

The one who rejects Me and doesn’t accept My sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

For I have never spoken on My own initiative or authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment regarding what to say and what to speak.

Now before the Passover Festival, Jesus realized that his hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

While supper was proceeding, the Devil having by this time suggested to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, the thought of betraying Him, Jesus,

"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."

for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, 'Ye are not all clean.'

You call Me Teacher and Lord. This is well said, for I am.

For I gave you [this as] an example, so that you should do [in turn] as I did to you.

If you know all this, happy are you if you practice it.

"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'

I'm telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I AM.

After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, one of you is going to betray me!"

One of Jesus' disciples, [the one] He loved [Note: Probably this was the apostle John] was reclining at the dinner table close to Jesus.

So Simon Peter motioned to this man to ask Jesus about whom he was speaking.

Being in this position, that disciple leant back on Jesus' shoulder, and asked him: "Who is it, Master?"

Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."

Now no one at the table knew why Jesus said this to him.

Then after Judas left, Jesus said, "Now the Son of man is [being] glorified [Note: Being "glorified" involved Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. The first step of this had now begun]. And God is [being] glorified through the Son's life.

And if God is [so] glorified through Him [now], God will [also] glorify the Son in Himself very soon. [Note: Possibly this was a reference to Jesus returning to the Father's presence].

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; ---as I have loved you, that ye also love one another: for by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for each one you [in them]. I would not have told you this if it were not so.

if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

[Then] Judas (not the betrayer) [Note: This was the son of James, See Luke 6:16. He is also called Thaddaeus, See Matt. 10:3], said to Jesus, "Lord, what has happened [i.e., to your original plans to be seen by everyone when you came. See Luke 21:27], that you will reveal yourself to us apostles [only] and not to the [whole] world?"

"I have told you this while I am still with you.

I've told you this now, before I leave, so that when I do leave, you will believe.

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."