When the people, therefore, saw the wonder-works that He performed, they began to say, "This is surely the prophet who was to come into the world."

and got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. Now it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

The sea was getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

Then they were willing to take Him on board, and at once the boat came to the shore it was making for.

Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gotten into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

Suppose you were to see the Son of Man going back where He was before?

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, for he was going to betray Him, although he was one of the Twelve.

Now the Jewish feast of Dwelling in Tents was approaching.

And there was a great deal of grumbling about Him among the crowds, some saying that He was a good man, and others that He was not, but was misleading the masses.

Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

Having heard, they began to leave one by one, starting with the eldest, until only Jesus was left with the woman.

He said these things in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple, and yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.

Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."

So His disciples asked Him, "Teacher, for whose sin was this man born blind, his own or that of his parents?"

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to show what God could do in his case.

and said, "Go and wash them in the pool of Siloam" (which means One who has been sent). So he went and washed them and went home seeing.

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

He answered, "The man called Jesus made some clay and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash them.' So when I had gone and washed them I could see."

Now it was on the Sabbath when Jesus had made the clay and caused the man's eyes to see.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

and asked them, "Is this your son, and do you affirm that he was born blind? If so, how is it then that he now can see?"

His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.

But we do not know how it is that he now can see, or who it was that made his eyes to see. Ask him; he is of age; he can speak for himself."

Then he answered, "I do not know whether He is a sinner. I do know one thing, that once I was blind but now I can see."

It has never been heard of in this world that anyone ever made the eyes of a man who was born blind to see.

At that time came the Feast of Rededication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

and Jesus was walking in Solomon's portico.

And many people came to Him and kept on saying, "John did not perform any wonder-works, but everything he ever said about this man was true."

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

It was the Mary who poured the perfume upon the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed over for two days in the place where He was.

But Jesus had spoken about his death. However, they supposed that He was referring to falling into a natural sleep.

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there so that you may come to have real faith in me. But let us go to him."

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.

She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

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

So the Jews who were with her in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw Mary jump up and go out, followed her, because they supposed that she was going to the grave to pour out her grief there.

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw Him, she threw herself at His feet, and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

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.

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.

So they gave a dinner there in honor of Jesus, and Martha was waiting on them, but Lazarus was one of the guests with Jesus.

Then Mary took a pound of expensive perfume, made of the purest oil, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair; and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was going to betray Him, said,

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars and the money given to the poor?"

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and as the carrier of the purse for the Twelve he was in the habit of taking what was put into it.

A goodly number of the Jews learned that He was at Bethany, and so they came there, not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

The next day the vast crowd that had come to the feast, on hearing that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

His disciples at the time did not understand this, but after Jesus was glorified, they remembered that this had been written about Him and that they had fulfilled it in His case.

and they went to Philip who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and kept making this request of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

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.

The crowd of bystanders on hearing it said that it was thunder; others, however, said, "An angel has spoken to Him!"

He said this to show the kind of death He was going to die.

so that the utterance of the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us? And to whom has the mighty arm of the Lord been shown?"

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

because He was sure that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God,

Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel which was around His waist.

Thus He came to Simon Peter. Peter said to Him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

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

Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, do not stop with my feet, then, but wash my hands and face too!"

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

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet.

After saying this Jesus was deeply moved in spirit and solemnly said, "I most solemnly say to you, one of you is going to betray me."

One of the disciples, whom Jesus specially loved, was sitting very close to Jesus at His right.

So Simon Peter nodded to him to ask Him which one it was that He meant.

So as soon as he took the piece of bread, he left the room. It was then night.

But I have told you these things that when the time does come, you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you these things at the start, because I was with you.

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.

On saying these things He went out with His disciples across the Ravine of Cedars to a place where there was a garden, and He went into it with His disciples.

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?"

They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas who betrayed Him was standing among them.

So Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

and took Him first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

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

Simon Peter and another disciple followed on after Jesus. And that other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and so went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,

but Peter stood outside before the door. So this other disciple, who was acquainted with the high priest, stepped out and spoke to the woman doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Because it was cold, the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire and were standing about it warming themselves; so Peter too was standing among them warming himself.

One of the high priest's slaves, who was a kinsman of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.

This made it possible for the word of Jesus to be fulfilled which He spoke to indicate what sort of death He was to die.

Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."

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

As soon as Pilate heard that, he was more awe-stricken than before

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!"

Many of the Jews read this placard, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, except the coat, which was without a seam, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but let us draw for it to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my clothes among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." Now this was what the soldiers did.

After this, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, "I am thirsty."

A bowl full of sour wine was sitting there. So they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a stick and put it to His lips.

As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, that the bodies might not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a very important one, the Jews requested Pilate to have their legs broken and their bodies taken down.