He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.

"'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.

"In a certain town," He said, "there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for man.

At length Jesus stopped and desired them to bring the man to Him; and when he had come close to Him He asked him,

And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.

So those who were sent went and found things as He had told them.

And when He was now getting near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began in their joy to praise God in loud voices for all the mighty deeds they had witnessed.

At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."

So they went and found all as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.

When the time was come, and He had taken His place at table, and the Apostles with Him,

Then Jesus said to the High Priests and Commanders of the Temple and Elders, who had come to arrest Him, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and cudgels?

And when they had lighted a fire in the middle of the court and had seated themselves in a group round it, Peter was sitting among them,

"Man, I don't know what you mean," replied Peter. No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed.

The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."

To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

And on that very day Herod and Pilate became friends again, for they had been for some time at enmity.

Now one of the criminals who had been crucified insulted Him, saying, "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us."

The Captain, seeing what had happened, gave glory to God, saying, "Beyond question this man was innocent."

And all the crowds that had come together to this sight, after seeing all that had occurred, returned to the city beating their breasts.

But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.

who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,

Then, taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet and laid it in a tomb in the rock, where no one else had yet been put.

The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared.

Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

and, finding that His body was not there, they came and declared to us that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

Thereupon some of our party went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said; but Jesus Himself they did not see."

When they had come near the village to which they were going, He appeared to be going further.

But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,

Then they related what had happened on the way, and how He had been recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

They were Pharisees who had been sent.

So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

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

"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."

When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.

So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;

Accordingly they gathered them up; and with the fragments of the five barley loaves--the broken portions that remained over after they had done eating--they filled twelve baskets.

Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."

There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

When, however, they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water and coming near the boat.

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

Yet a number of small boats came from Tiberias to the neighbourhood of the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

So when they had crossed the Lake and had found Him, they asked Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.

When however His brothers had gone up to the Festival, then He also went up, not openly, but as it were privately.

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Nicodemus interposed--he who had formerly gone to Jesus, being himself one of them.

and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.

These sayings He uttered in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple; yet no one arrested Him, because His time had not yet come.

Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;

As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.

So the Pharisees renewed their questioning as to how he had obtained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he replied, "and I washed, and now I can see."

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

Then He went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John had been baptizing at first; and there He stayed.

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.

On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.

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

Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

So the Jews who were with Mary in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw that she had risen hastily and had gone out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep aloud there.

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."

Seeing her weeping aloud, and the Jews in like manner weeping who had come with her, Jesus, curbing the strong emotion of His spirit,

Jesus, however, again restraining His strong feeling, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone had been laid against the mouth of it.

Thereupon a considerable number of the Jews--namely those who had come to Mary and had witnessed His deeds--became believers in Him;

though some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what He had done.

Now the High Priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if any one knew where He was, he should give information, so that they might arrest Him.

Jesus, however, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom He had raised from the dead.

Now it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there; but they came not only on His account, but also in order to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life.

The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

This was also why the crowd came to meet Him, because they had heard of His having performed that miracle.

The crowd that stood by and heard it, said that there had been thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to him."

But though He had performed such great miracles in their presence, they did not believe in Him--

Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,

Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him.

So after He had washed their feet, put on His garments again, and returned to the table, He said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you?

Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "Lose no time about it," said Jesus to him.

Some, however, supposed that because Judas had the money-box Jesus meant, "Buy what we require for the Festival," or that he should give something to the poor.

If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.