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

That was why his parents said, "He is grown up; you must ask him."

He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see."

It was never heard of in this world that anyone made a man born blind able to see.

This was the figure Jesus used in speaking to them, but they did not understand what he meant by it.

That was the time of the Rededication Festival at Jerusalem. It was winter time

and Jesus was walking up and down inside the Temple, in Solomon's Colonnade.

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

And people came to him in great numbers, and they said of him, "John did not show any sign in proof of his mission, but all that he said about this man was true."

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

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

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on for two days in the place where he was,

"Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him."

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

She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

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

The Jews who were sitting with her in the house, condoling with her, when they saw Mary spring up and go out, supposed that she was going to weep at the tomb, and followed her.

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, and said, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"

Again repressing a groan, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid against the mouth of it.

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,

Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation??52 and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

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

For the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where he was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha waited on them, while Lazarus was at the table with him.

And Mary took a pound of choice perfume, very costly, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and then wiped his feet 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?"

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

A great many of the Jews found out that he was there, and they came to Bethany not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

On the following day the crowds that had come up to the festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

His disciples did not understand this at the time but after Jesus was glorified they remembered that this was said of him in Scripture and that it had happened to him.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was telling about it.

That was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had showed that sign.

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

Now my heart is troubled; what am I to say? Father, save me from this trial! And yet it was for this very purpose that I have come to this trial.

The crowd of bystanders heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, "It was an angel speaking to him!"

Jesus answered, "It was not for my sake that the voice came, but for yours.

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

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory; it was of him that he spoke.

So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware 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 the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel that was about his waist.

So he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?"

Peter said to him, "I will never let you wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "You will have no share with me unless I wash you."

Simon Peter said to him, "Master, wash not only my feet but my hands and my face too!"

For he knew who was going to betray him; that was why he said, "You are not all of you clean."

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

After Jesus had said this he was greatly moved and said solemnly, "I tell you, it is one of you that will betray me!"

Next to Jesus, at his right at the table, was one of his disciples whom Jesus especially loved.

So immediately after taking the piece of bread he went out. It was then night.

When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been honored, and God has been honored through him,

It was not you who chose me, it is I that have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit??ruit that shall be lasting, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask him for as my followers.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.

But I have told you about these things in order that when the time comes for them to happen, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you this at first because I was still staying 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 was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true.

When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples to the other side of the Ravine of the Cedars where there was a garden, and he went into it with his disciples.

Then Jesus, as he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?"

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

This was to fulfil the saying he had uttered, "I have not lost one of those whom you have given me."

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

and they took him first to Annas. For he was the 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 interest that one man should die for the people.

But Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This other disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, and he went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,

As it was cold the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire, and stood about it warming themselves. And Peter also was among them, standing and warming himself.

Why do you question me? Ask those who have heard me what it was that I said to them. They will know what I have said."

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

This was to fulfil what Jesus said when he declared how he was to die.

Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

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

When Pilate heard that, he was more frightened than before

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

Many of the Jews read this placard, for 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, besides his shirt. Now his shirt had no seam; it was 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 fulfil what the Scripture says: "They divided my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots." This was what the soldiers did.

After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."

A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips.

As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, in order that the bodies might not be left on the crosses over the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an especially important one, the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.

But when they came to Jesus they saw that he was dead already, and they did not break his legs,

After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down.

There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

So because it was the Jewish Preparation day, and the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it.

So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him."

Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside too, and saw and was convinced.

As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he.

Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came in.

A week after, the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

But just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was he.

Then the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he put on his clothes, for he had taken them off, and sprang into the sea.

So Simon Peter got into the boat, and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew it was the Master.

This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple who was very dear to Jesus, who at the supper leaned back on Jesus' breast and said, "Master, who is it that is going to betray you?"

So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"

until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven.

As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight.