The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat."

Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

So Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called 'benefactors.'

Jesus replied, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."

Then Jesus said to them, "When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler's bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing."

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.

So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."

And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them

He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left."

Jesus replied, "Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come."

Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top.

Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.

So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."

Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don't understand these things?

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.

The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "Right you are when you said, 'I have no husband,'

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!"

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed along with his entire household.

Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

Jesus said to him, "Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk."

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).

So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?"

(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted."

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.