Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.

These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

And a number came to have faith in him there.

So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,

For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

(He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)

Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.

Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

And when Judas took the bread Satan went into him. Then Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you have to do.

Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

If God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now.