and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

(Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.)

But some of them said, "Was not this man who opened the eyes of the blind able to do [something] so that this man also would not have died?"

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them [the things] which Jesus had done.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas (who was high priest in that year), said to them, "You do not know anything at all!

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but also that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered into one.)

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.

So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him.

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me."

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

(His disciples did not understand these [things] at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these [things] had been written about him and they did these [things] to him.)

Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth [and] dies, it remains [by] itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? But for this [reason] I have come to this hour!

Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but [for] your sake.

But as many signs [as] he had performed before them, they did not believe in him,

Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.

But Jesus cried out and said, "The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

And if anyone hears my words and does not observe [them], I will not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will understand after these [things]."

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head!"

Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed {only needs} to wash [his] feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all [of you]."

"I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, 'The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

Do you not believe that I [am] in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from myself, but the Father residing in me does his works.

Believe me that I [am] in the Father and the Father [is] in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.

Yet a little [time] and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

The one who does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name--that one will teach you all [things], and will remind you of everything that I said to you.

But so that the world may know that I love the Father, and just as the Father has commanded me, thus I am doing. Get up, let us go from here!

No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I have heard from my Father I have revealed to you.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this [reason] the world hates you.

But they will do all these [things] to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

But [this happened] so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a reason.'

{They will expel you from the synagogue}, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.

But I have said these [things] to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you about them.

But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.

But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.

Truly, truly I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will change to joy.

A woman, when she gives birth, experiences pain because her hour has come. But when [her] child is born, she no longer remembers the affliction, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

"I have said these [things] to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours,

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

"And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

But Peter was standing by the door outside. So the other disciple [who was] known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Jesus replied to him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify about what [is] wrong! But if [I have spoken] correctly, why do you strike me?"

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor's residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."

But it is your custom that I release for you one [prisoner] at the Passover. So do you want [me] to release for you the king of the Jews?"

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

and he entered into the governor's residence again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not give him an answer.

From this [point on] Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews shouted, saying, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar! Everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!"

So Pilate, [when he] heard these words, brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat, in the place called The Stone Pavement (but Gabbatha in Aramaic).

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

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, [to see] whose it will be," so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." Thus the soldiers did these [things].

But [when they] came to Jesus, after they saw he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.

And after these [things], Joseph [who was] from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed [it], so he came and took away his body.

and the facecloth that was on his head--not lying with the [strips of] linen cloth, but folded up separately in one place.

But Mary stood outside at the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bent over to look into the tomb,

Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"

So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe!"

Then he said to Thomas, "Place your finger here and see my hands, and place your hand and put [it] into my side. And do not be unbelieving, but believing!"

but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net of fish, because they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away.

Jesus said to them, "Come, eat breakfast!" But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" [because they] knew that it was the Lord.

Truly, truly I say to you, when you were young, you tied [your clothes] around yourself and walked wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will tie you up and carry [you] where you do not want [to go].

So [when he] saw this one, Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, but what about this one?"

So this saying went out to the brothers that that disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but "If I want him to remain until I come, what [is that] to you?"

And [while he] was with [them], he commanded them, "Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what was promised by the Father, which you heard about from me.

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit {not many days from now}."

But he said to them, "It is not for you to know [the] times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.

But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."

But others jeered [and] said, "They are full of sweet new wine!"

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, "Judean men, and all those who live [in] Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words!

But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

But Peter said, "Silver and gold {I do not possess}, but what I have, this I give to you--in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!"

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and demanded [that] a man--a murderer--be granted to you.

But [the things] which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, [that] his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way.

But many of those who listened to the message believed, and the number of the men was approximately five thousand.

But [after they] had ordered them to go outside the Sanhedrin, they began to confer with one another,

But in order that it may not spread much [further] among the people, let us warn them to speak no more in this name {to anyone at all}."

But Peter and John answered [and] said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, you decide!

Now the group of those who believed were one heart and soul, and no one said anything of what belonged to him was his own, but all [things] were theirs in common.

But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?