No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me,

and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

My father who gave them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

do you now say to me whom my Father has set apart to it and sent into the world, 'You are a blasphemer,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

But if I am doing so, even if you will not believe me, believe the deeds, that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in union with me and I am in union with the Father."

Now a man was sick; it was Lazarus who lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Now Jesus held in loving esteem Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

The disciples said to Him, "Teacher, the Jews just now were trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?"

but if he travels in the nighttime, he does stumble, because he has no light."

Now Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

But even now I know that whatever you ask God for He will give you."

Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

and no person who continues to live and believe in me will ever die at all. Do you believe this?"

Now Jesus sighed again and continued to sigh as He went to the grave. It was a cave with a stone lying over the mouth of it.

yes, I knew that you always listen to me. But I have said this for the sake of the crowd that is standing by, that they may come to believe that you have sent me."

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing about this;

Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation,

It was for this reason that Jesus no more appeared in public among the Jews, but He left that part of the country and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples.

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and many people from the country went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the Passover.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone should learn where He was, he should let it be known so that they might arrest Him.

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

Now my soul is troubled; what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour of agony! And yet it was for this very purpose that I came to this hour of agony.

This world is now in process of judgment; the prince of this world is now to be expelled.

Jesus said to them, "Only a little while longer you will have the light. Keep on living by it while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for whoever walks about in the dark does not know where he is going.

I have come as light into the world, so that no one who continues to believe in me can remain in darkness.

And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."

Before the Passover feast started, Jesus knew that His time had come for Him to leave the world and go to the Father, and as He had loved His own in the world He loved them to the last.

So Jesus, while supper was on -- although He knew that the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him --

Jesus answered him, "You do not now understand what I am doing, but by-and-by you will learn."

Peter said to Him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "Unless I do wash you, you can have no share with me."

Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has taken a bath has no need of washing anything but his feet, but he is clean all over. And you are now clean, though not all of you are."

For He knew who was going to betray Him; this is why He said, "You are not all clean."

I most solemnly say to you, no slave is superior to his master, and no messenger is greater than the man who sends him.

If you know all this, happy are you if you practice it.

I do not mean all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but I know that the Scriptures must be fulfilled: 'The man who is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

From now on I will tell you things before they take place, so that when they do take place, you may believe that I am the Christ.

The disciples kept looking at one another, but were at a loss to know which one He meant.

But no one else at the table knew what He meant by this,

When he had left, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him,

Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going where you cannot follow me just now, but you will later follow me."

Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow you right now? I will lay down my life for you."

And you know the way to the place where I am going."

Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going, and so how can we know the way?"

Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

If you knew me, you would know my Father too. From now on you do know Him and you have seen Him."

At that time you will know that I am in union with my Father and you are in union with me and I am in union with you.

I now leave you the blessing of peace, I give you the blessing of my own peace. I myself do not give it in the way the world gives it. Stop letting your hearts be troubled or timid.

And now I have told you this before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe in me.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what the Father has ordered me to do. Get up and let us go away."

You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me.

No one can show greater love than this, the giving of his life for his friends.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; I now call you friends, because I have told you everything that I have learned from my Father.

Remember what I once told you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done things among them that no one else has ever done, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have seen and even hated both my Father and me.

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

But now I am going away to Him who has sent me, and not one of you is asking me where I am going,

Yet it is nothing but the truth I now tell you, that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come into close fellowship with you, but if I do go away, I will send Him to be in close fellowship with you.

about uprightness, because I go away to the Father so that you can no longer see me;

"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot grasp it now.

So they kept saying, "What does He mean by saying, 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him a question, and so He said to them, "Are you inquiring of one another about this saying of mine, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again'?

So you too are now in sorrow, but I am going to see you again, and then your hearts will be happy, and no one can rob you of your happiness.

At that time you will ask me no more questions. I most solemnly say to you, the Father will give you, as bearers of my name, whatever you ask Him for.

Up to this time you have not asked for anything as bearers of my name, but now you must keep on asking, and you will receive, that your cup of joy may be full to the brim.

for the Father tenderly loves you Himself, because you now tenderly love me and now believe that I have come from the Father.

I did come from the Father and I have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

His disciples said to Him, "Now you are talking plainly and not in allegory at all.

Now we know that you know everything and do not need that anyone should ask you questions. For this reason we believe that you have come from God."

Jesus answered them, "Do you now really believe?

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

So now, Father, glorify me up there in your presence just as you did before the world existed.

"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

Now they have come to know that everything you have given me really comes from you;

for I have given them the teachings that you gave me, and they have accepted them, and they have come to know in reality that I did come from you, and so they are convinced that you did send me.

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world now, but only for those whom you have given me, because they are yours --

And now I am no longer to be in the world, but they are to stay on in the world, while I am going to be with you. Holy Father, keep them by the power which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.

As long as I was with them, I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the one who is now doomed to be lost, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

And now I am going to be with you, and I am saying these things while still in the world, that the joy which I experience may be fully experienced in their own souls.

Righteous Father, although the world did not know you, I did know you, and these men have come to know that you sent me,

Now Judas, too, who betrayed Him, knew the spot, because Jesus had often met with His disciples there.

Then Jesus, as He knew everything that was going to befall Him, came forward and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"

Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their welfare that one should die for the people.

Then the servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You too are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He answered, "No, I am not."

So why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard what I told them. Of course, they know what I said."

But Simon Peter still stood warming himself. So they said to him, "You too are not one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "No, I am not."

Pilate asked Him, "What is truth?" On saying this he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "As far as I can see, I can find no ground for a charge against Him.

Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?"

Then they all shouted back, "No! Not Him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

And Pilate went outside again and said to the Jews, "Listen! I am going to bring Him out to you, for you to see that I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

and went back into the governor's palace and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

Then Pilate said to Him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have it in my power to set you free or to crucify you?"

Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it had not been given to you from above. So the man who betrayed me to you is more guilty than you."

Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!"