Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

"Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.

Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does.

So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."

"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."

So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.

"Yes, Master," she replied; "I thoroughly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

Mary then, when she came to Jesus and saw Him, fell at His feet and exclaimed, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

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

"Take away the stone," said Jesus. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, "Master, by this time there is a foul smell; for it is three days since he died."

When He came to Simon Peter, Peter objected. "Master," he said, "are *you* going to wash my feet?"

"Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

You call me 'The Rabbi' and 'The Master,' and rightly so, for such I am.

If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.

In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.

So he, having his head on Jesus's bosom, leaned back and asked, "Master, who is it?"

"Master," inquired Simon Peter, "where are you going?" "Where I am going," replied Jesus, "you cannot be my follower now, but you shall be later."

"Master," asked Peter again, "why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life on your behalf.

"Master," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going. In what sense do we know the way?"

"Master," said Philip, "cause us to see the Father: that is all we need."

No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

Bear in mind what I said to you, 'A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

So she ran, as fast as she could, to find Simon Peter and the other disciple--the one who was dear to Jesus--and to tell them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him."

Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. "I have seen the Master," she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.

Having said this He showed them His hands and also His side; and the disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Master.

So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."

Simon Peter was with Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zabdi, and two others of the Master's disciples.

This made the disciple whom Jesus loved say to Peter, "It is the Master." Simon Peter therefore, when he heard the words, "It is the Master," drew on his fisherman's shirt--for he had not been wearing it--put on his girdle, and sprang into the water.

"Come this way and have breakfast," said Jesus. But not one of the disciples ventured to question Him as to who He was, for they felt sure that it was the Master.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus.

Again a second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Master," he said, "you know that you are dear to me." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," He said.

A third time Jesus put the question: "Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?" It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, "Am I dear to you?" "Master," he replied, "you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me." "Then feed my much-loved sheep," said Jesus.

Peter turned round and noticed the disciple whom Jesus loved following--the one who at the supper had leaned back on His breast and had asked, "Master, who is it that is betraying you?"

On seeing him, Peter asked Jesus, "And, Master, what about him?"