When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come."

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."

When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ?

But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, "Whenever the Christ comes, he won't perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?"

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"

Others said, "This is the Christ!" But still others said, "No, for the Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

The officers replied, "No one ever spoke like this man!"

But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!"

and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!"

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

For this reason his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.")

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!"

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

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

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Then after this, he said to his disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation."

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")

"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 am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.

Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.

(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples -- if you have love for one another."

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.

My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this -- that one lays down his life for his friends.

This I command you -- to love one another.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this -- that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God."

Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me."

The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You're not one of this man's disciples too, are you?" He replied, "I am not."

While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

So Pilate came outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."

(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?"

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."

Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world -- to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

Pilate asked, "What is truth?" When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, "I find no basis for an accusation against him.

Then they shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"

Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The king of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am king of the Jews.'"