Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes

and said to him, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.

So they asked him, "How then were you made to see?"

He replied, "The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and was able to see."

(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see."

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

So again they asked the man who used to be blind, "What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?" "He is a prophet," the man replied.

Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself."

He replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing -- that although I was blind, now I can see."

Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?"

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

They replied, "You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?" So they threw him out.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains."

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice."

So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

Others said, "These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?"

It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico.

Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me."

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

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

So Thomas (called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.

He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They replied, "Lord, come and see."

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?"

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

"Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!"

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them."

Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ's glory, and spoke about him.

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

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

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.

Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here."

He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;