Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, [does he]?

Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am [he], you will die in your sins."

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me.

It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"

The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!

And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"

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

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

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

So [when he] arrived, Jesus found he had already [been] four days in the tomb.

And [when she] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, "Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days."

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

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

Nor do you consider that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation not perish."

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but also that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered into one.)

So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another [while] standing in the temple [courts], "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"

"{Why} was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.

For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me."

Because of this also the crowd went to meet him, for they had heard [that] he had performed this sign.

The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? But for this [reason] I have come to this hour!

Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but [for] your sake.

For this [reason] they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,

For they loved the praise of men more than praise from God.

And if anyone hears my words and does not observe [them], I will not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.

(For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, "Not all [of you] are clean.")

So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothing and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you speak correctly, for I am.

For I have given you an example, that just as I have done for you, you also do.

So Simon Peter gestured for this one to inquire who it was about whom he was speaking.

(Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what [reason] he said this to him.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples--if you have love for one another."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why am I not able to follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"

Jesus replied, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I say to you, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has {no power} {over} me.

"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and dries up, and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this [reason] the world hates you.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.

Everything that the Father has is mine. For this [reason] I said that he takes from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Now we know that you know everything and do not {need for} anyone to ask you [questions]. By this we believe that you have come from God."

And for them I sanctify myself, so that [they] themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

Then Jesus, [because he] knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

Then he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

Jesus replied, "I said to you that I am [he]! So if you are looking for me, let these [men] go,"

and brought [him] to Annas first, 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 better [that] one man die for the people.)

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

So Pilate said to them, "You take him and judge him according to your law!" The Jews said to him, "It is not permitted for us to kill anyone,"

Then Pilate said to him, "So then you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this [reason] I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" And [when he] had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, "I find no basis for an accusation against him.

But it is your custom that I release for you one [prisoner] at the Passover. So do you want [me] to release for you the king of the Jews?"

And Pilate came outside again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing him outside to you, so that you will know that I find no basis for an accusation against him."

So when they saw him, the chief priests and the officers shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "You take him and crucify [him]! For I do not find a basis for an accusation against him."

Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this [reason] the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."

and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the [place] called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic),

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares--for each soldier a share--and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top {in a single piece}.)

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, [to see] whose it will be," so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." Thus the soldiers did these [things].

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

For these [things] happened in order that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not a bone of his will be broken."

And after these [things], Joseph [who was] from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed [it], so he came and took away his body.

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in [strips of] linen cloth with the fragrant spices, as is the Jews' custom to prepare for burial.

(For they did not yet know the scripture that it was necessary for him to rise from the dead.)

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She thought that it was the gardener, [and] said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."

Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"

Now [when it] was evening on that day--the first [day] of the week--and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace to you."

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, [when he] heard that it was the Lord, tied around himself his outer garment (for he was naked) and threw himself into the sea.

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net of fish, because they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away.

So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire laid [there], and a fish lying on [it], and bread.

And [while he] was with [them], he commanded them, "Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what was promised by the Father, which you heard about from me.

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit {not many days from now}."

But he said to them, "It is not for you to know [the] times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.

(Now this man acquired a field for the wages of [his] wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines spilled out.

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his residence become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and, 'Let another person take his position.'

Therefore it is necessary for [one] of the men who have accompanied us during all the time [in] which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added [to serve] with the eleven apostles.

And divided tongues like fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.