Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

I give them eternal life, they'll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

If He called them gods, men to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be undone or annulled or broken),

therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Lo, how he was loving him!'

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

Then they took away the stone from where the dead lay. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,

'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

Jesus, therefore, said unto them - Yet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.

doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;

Jesus answered him, "You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later on you'll understand."

Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe, he lay down again. "Do you know," he said to them, "what I have been doing to you?

He leaned back from where he lay, on Jesus' breast, and said to him, "Master, who is it?"

I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,

At that time, you'll know that I am in my Father, that you are in me, and that I am in you.

"Whoever loves me," Jesus answered, " will lay my Message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

He who does not love me will not lay my Message to heart; and the Message to which you are listening is not my own, but that of the Father who sent me.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it.

If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

They'll do this because they haven't known the Father or me.

But I've told you this, so that when the time comes you'll remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you this in the beginning, because I was still with you."

Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you'll cry and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You'll be deeply distressed, but your pain will turn into joy.

Now you are having pain. But I'll see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

Jesus answered them, 'Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

Lo! there cometh an hour, and hath come, that ye should be scattered, each, unto his own home; and, me, alone, should leave; - And yet I am not, alone, but, the Father, is, with me!

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.'

Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

And Pilate went out again and says to them, Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no fault whatever.

Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, 'Lo, the man!'

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, 'Lo, your king!'

Jesus, therefore, having seen his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, 'Woman, lo, thy son;'

afterward he saith to the disciple, 'Lo, thy mother;' and from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

as for the napkin that had been put about his head, it was not in the same place as the linen clothes, but lay folded up by it self.

and sees two angels sitting in white robes, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay.

Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

So the other disciples kept telling him, "We've seen the Lord!" But he told them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I'll never believe!"

Simon Peter told them, "I'm going fishing." They all told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, 'Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

And, a certain man, who had been, lame from his mother's womb, was being carried, - whom they used to lay daily at the door of the temple - the door called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them who were entering into the temple:

However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth, walk!"

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were unlearned men and lay people, they marveled: and they knew them, that they were with Jesus.

Nor was there any one of them in want, for all who owned houses or lands would sell them and bring the price of the things that were sold, and lay it at the apostles' feet;

and lay it at the apostles' feet. Then it was distributed to anyone who needed it.

appropriated some of the purchase-money with the connivance of his wife; he only brought part of it to lay before the feet of the apostles.

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we'll put them in charge of this work.

Then we'll devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

"The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, "Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I'll show you.'

I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I've heard their groans, and I've come down to rescue them. Now come, I'll send you to Egypt.'

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Just One. And here you have betrayed him, murdered him! ??53 you who got the Law that angels transmitted, and have not obeyed it!"

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

But, Saul, went on to lay waste the assembly, along the houses, going in, and, dragging off both men and women, was

Every one, high and low, paid attention to him. 'This man,' they used to say, 'must be that Power of God which men call "The Great Power."'

Then, proceeded they to lay their hands upon them, and they were receiving Holy Spirit.

Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, 'Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias; and, the Lord, said unto him in a vision - Ananias! And, he, said - Lo! I, am here , Lord!

and the Lord saith unto him, 'Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him, so that he may regain his sight.”

So, Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived they took him to the upstairs room [where Dorcas' body lay]. All the widows [i.e., her friends] stood near Peter, crying and showing [him] the coats and [other] clothing which Dorcas had made when she was alive.

And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'