You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

Why is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?"

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

for some of them thought that as Judas had the purse Jesus meant to say to him, "Buy what we need for the festival," or to have him give something to the poor.

Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.

You must remain united to me and I will remain united to you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains united to the vine, you cannot unless you remain united to me.

It was not you who chose me, it is I that have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit??ruit that shall be lasting, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask him for as my followers.

When the Helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father??hat Spirit of Truth that comes from the Father??e will bear testimony to me,

and you must bear testimony too, because you have been with me from the first.

just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are.

As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true.

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that it is in my power to release you or to have you crucified?"

Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."