And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

upon this said the Jews to him, now we plainly perceive you are mad. Abraham is dead, and the prophets too; and yet you say, if a man observes your doctrine, he shall never die.

Your father Abraham exulted for joy that he should see this day of mine: and saw it, and rejoiced.

At this the Jews took up stones to stone Him, but Jesus made His way out of the temple unperceived.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?

Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Having said this,

having said this, he spit on the ground, which by means of his saliva he made into clay, wherewith he anointed the eyes of the blind man,

The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

this is he, said some; he is like him, said others: but he said, I am the man.

This very man that had been blind, was at length brought to the Pharisees.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was division among them.

The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

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

his parents said this, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had agreed in this, that if any man did own him for the Messias, he should be excommunicated.

it was this made his parents say, "he is of age, ask him."

So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.

Then answered he and said, Whether this man be a sinner, I know not: one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

At this, they turned on him in fury and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!

We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

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

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

some of the Pharisees who were then present hearing this, said to him, are we likewise blind?

But the One [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself] who enters [it] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep [Note: "Sheep" in this section refers to Jesus' followers].

For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again.

no man can take it from me, but I voluntarily lay it down: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. this is the order I have received from my father.

There was another schism therefore among the Jews, occasion'd by this discourse.

Many of them said, "This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?"

others said, this is not the language of one possess'd: can a demon give sight to the blind?

During the winter, when the Festival of Dedication was being held in Jerusalem [Note: This was the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in BC after its pagan desecration by Greeks. It is still observed today by Jews as "Hanukkah."],

Jesus was walking in the Temple [area] in "Solomon's Portico" [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the outside of the Temple enclosure].

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.”

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

and many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but every thing that he said concerning this man, was true.

This was the Mary who had poured the perfume on the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair [See Matt. 26:6-13], whose brother Lazarus was sick.

his two sisters therefore sent this message to Jesus; he, Lord, whom you love, is sick.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day? he that travels by day does not stumble, because he has the light of this world to see by.

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

At this, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' said to his fellow-disciples: "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."

and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

do you believe this? yes, Lord, said Martha, I believe that thou art the Messiah the son of God, who was to come into the world.

When she had said this, she went privately to call Mary her sister, saying, the master is come, and calls for you.

As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.

Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

When Jesus saw her and her Jewish friends, who had come with her, crying, He felt distressed in His spirit and [visibly] troubled [Note: This last word means to shake with emotion, and seems to have been caused by His deep sympathy for these grieving people],

but some of them said, this man who has given sight to the blind, could not he have prevented Lazarus's death?

This made Jesus chafe afresh, so he went to the tomb; it was a cave with a boulder to close it.

Jesus said, take away the stone. Martha, sister to the deceas'd, said to him, Lord, by this time he is offensive: for he hath been dead four days.

I know that thou hearest me always: but I say this, because of the people here present, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

when he had spoke this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

upon this the chief priests and the Pharisees being assembled in council, said, what shall we do? for this man performs many miracles.

if we let him go on at this rate, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come, and destroy both our temple and nation.

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

now this he did not say from his own motion: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should 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.

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive, aromatic perfume; [it was] genuine nard [Note: This was a sweet-smelling herb] and poured [some of] it on Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. The [whole] house was filled with the fragrant scent of the perfume.

said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor?

this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.

then said Jesus, let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.

[So], they took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Hosanna [Note: See Matt. 21:9 for the meaning of this word], may He, the King of Israel, be praised, for He comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord!"

this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

The crowd of people that was with Jesus [and saw Him] when He called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead, gave testimony [about all this].

and it was upon the rumour of this miracle, that the people crowded to him.

So, the Pharisees were saying among themselves, "Look, you men are getting nowhere [in this situation]. See, the [whole] world has gone after him."

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

Philip went and told [this to] Andrew [his brother]; [then] Andrew and Philip told [it to] Jesus.

This was his reply-- "The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.

he that loveth his life, shall lose it: but he that sacrifices his life in this world, shall preserve it to eternity.

"Now is my soul troubled; what! shall I say, father, save me from this concern? but for this cause am I come, even for this very concern.

father, glorify thy name." then there came this voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

The crowd that was standing around heard this [i.e., the sound of the Father's voice], but said it was thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to Him [i.e., Jesus]."

Jesus said, this voice came not for my sake, but for yours.

now is this world condemn'd: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

(this he said to signify what death he should die.)

Upon which the people said to him, we have learnt from the law, that the Messiah is to live for ever: why do you say then, the son of man must be lift up? who is this son of man?

Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you, for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.

While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm of the Lord
been revealed to?

For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

Isaiah said this, because he saw His glory; yes, he spoke about Him.

And yet in spite of all this, even among the leading men many came to believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not own it, for fear of being turned out of the synagogue,

The one who rejects Me and doesn’t accept My sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

While supper was proceeding, the Devil having by this time suggested to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, the thought of betraying Him, Jesus,

"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."