Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.

In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.

I'm testifying about myself, and the Father who sent me is testifying about me."

Then they asked him, "Where is this Father of yours?"

So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."

Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along? I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I've heard from him I declare to the world."

Moreover, the one who sent me is with me. He has never left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."

Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

They replied to him, "Our father is Abraham!"

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.

The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God."

I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the Judge.

Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'

As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth.

I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.

As long as I'm in the world, I'm the light of the world."

and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, "This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?"

They asked him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I don't know!"

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

So they asked the formerly blind man again, "What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he healed?" He said, "He is a prophet."

and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"

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

But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself."

That's why his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."

The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"

The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he healed my eyes.

They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.

He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

Jesus told him, "You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you."

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the person who doesn't enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.

The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?"

Others were saying, "These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?"

So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."

What my Father has given me is more important than anything, and no one can snatch it from the Father's hand.

Jesus replied to them, "Is it not written in your Law, "I said, "You are gods"'?

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

Many people came to him and kept saying, "John never performed a sign, but everything that John said about this man is true!"

So the sisters sent word to Jesus and told him, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."

But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.

When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"

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

As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and told him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."

Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"

Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

"Stop being afraid, people of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt!"

Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

Jesus replied, "This voice is for your benefit, not for mine.

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself."

Then the crowd answered him, "We have learned from the Law that the Messiah remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

This is why they could not believe: Isaiah also said,

Isaiah said this when he saw his glory and spoke about him.

I've come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won't remain in the darkness.

And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."

Simon Peter told him, "Lord, not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right because that is what I am.

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.

After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, one of you is going to betray me!"

Leaning forward on Jesus' chest, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

Jesus answered, "He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish."

After Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "The Son of Man is now glorified, and God has been glorified by him.

I'm giving you a new commandment"to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Philip told him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us."

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don't speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work.

Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."

Judas (not Iscariot) asked him, "Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"

I'm leaving you at peace. I'm giving you my own peace. I'm not giving it to you as the world gives. So don't let your hearts be troubled, and don't be afraid.

You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner.

"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love.

If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

"This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you.