And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

and many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but every thing that he said concerning this man, was true.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, who was of Bethany, the town of Mary, and of Martha her sister.

(it was that Mary who perfum'd the Lord with ointment, after having wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This illness will not result in [his] death, but was intended to bring honor to God, so that the Son of God would be honored by it."

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.

he still remained where he was for two days; then after that he said to his disciples, "Let us go back again to Judea."

"Rabbi," answered his disciples, "it was but just now that the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.

Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:

and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there (to the intent you may believe) but now, let us go to him.

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

When Jesus was arriv'd, he found that Lazarus had been then four days in the grave.

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him: but Mary stay'd at home.

do you believe this? yes, Lord, said Martha, I believe that thou art the Messiah the son of God, who was to come into the world.

And, she, when she heard, was roused up quickly, and was coming unto him.

for Jesus was not yet arrived in the town, but staid at the place were Martha met him.

The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.

Mary being come to the place where Jesus was, as soon as she saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not been dead.

when Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he sighed from his heart, and was troubled,

though deeply troubled, asked them, "Where have you laid him?" "Master, come and see," was their reply.

And Jesus himself was weeping.

So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?

Jesus then again sighing, came to the sepulchre which was a cave, shut up by a stone.

Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

then they took away the stone from the place where the corps was laid. and Jesus lifting up his eyes to heaven said, "father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.

So, the leading priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council [Note: This was the Jewish governing body called "the Sanhedrin"] and said, "What should we do, for this man is performing many [miraculous] signs?

One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

So from that day their plan was to kill him.

So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had publish'd an order, that if any man knew where he was, he should give information in order to have him seized.

Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and raised to life again.

there a supper was provided for him; Martha was in waiting: but Lazarus was one of the guests that sat at table with him.

but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume.

whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him,

said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor?

this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.

used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;

a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

because he was the occasion that many of the Jews left them, and believed on Jesus.

The next day, a crowd of people that were come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was on the road to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees,

that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.

now Jesus was riding upon a young ass, which he got by the way; as it is written,

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 multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

and it was upon the rumour of this miracle, that the people crowded to him.

The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!"

And there was certain Greeks of those having come up that they might worship at the feast:

there were certain Greeks, who address'd themselves to Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, saying, sir, we would fain see Jesus.

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

In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

Now my soul is troubled; what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour of agony! And yet it was for this very purpose that I came to this hour of agony.

the people therefore present who heard the noise, said it was thunder: others said, an angel spake to him.

"It was not for my sake that the voice came," said Jesus, "but for yours.

He said this to signify what kind of death He was about to die.

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

so that the passage of Esaias the prophet was fulfilled, where he says, "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said,

Isaiah had said these things because he saw the [coming] glory of Jesus, and [so] was speaking about Him.

For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

for I have not spoken of my own accord ??the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

And [as] a dinner was taking place, [when] the devil had already put into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot that he should betray him,

though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God,

and was now going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his upper garments, and took a towel and girded himself.

after that, he poured water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

then coming to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, Lord, what! would you wash my feet?

Peter said to him, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, if I do not cleanse thee, you cannot partake with me.

Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, do not stop with my feet, then, but wash my hands and face too!"

Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you.

(He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)

After he had washed their feet, and received his clothes, and was set down again, he said unto them, "Know ye what I have done to you?

if I then, tho' lord and master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me.

The disciples started looking at one another—uncertain which one He was speaking about.

There was at the table reclining in Jesus bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, to ask who it was he meant.

He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

And after the morsel was given, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him: What you do, do quickly.

Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

for as Judas had the purse, some of them thought, that Jesus had ordered him to buy what was necessary against the feast: or give something to the poor.

Judas then having received the sop, immediately went out: and it was night.

When he was gone, Jesus said, now is the son of man glorified, and God is glorified by him.

if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for 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?"

You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

I command you to do these things so that you will [demonstrate your] love for one another. [Note: Or this may mean that His command was to love one another, as in verse 12].