These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

And he was saying unto them - Ye, are, of the realms below, I, am, of the realms above: Ye, are, of this world, I, am not of this world.

They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.

As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.

Jesus was saying, therefore, unto the Jews who had believed on him - If, ye, abide in my word, of a truth, my disciples, ye are;

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

They answered Him, "Our forefather was Abraham." Jesus replied to them, "If you were Abraham's descendants, you would do the [kinds of] deeds that Abraham did.

Jesus said to them, if God were your father, ye would love me: for I was commissioned by God to come; I did not come of my self, but he sent me.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

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.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus was conceal'd by the crowd which he pass'd thro', and so got out of the temple.

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man that was born blind.

and his disciples propos'd to him this question, master, was it for his own sins, or for the sins of his parents, that he was born blind?

it was not for any sin of his, said Jesus, or of his parents: but that the works of God might be displayed thro' him.

and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

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

Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am [he]!"

So, they said to him, "How was your sight restored, then?"

He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received sight.

And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

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.

And there was a division among them. They say to the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, for that he hath opened thine eyes?

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:

but by what means it was that he now sees, that we know not; or who made him see, we know not: he is of age, ask him, he will answer for himself.

Such words spake his father, and mother, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had conspired already that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be excommunicated out of the Synagogue.

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.

He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

"What was it he did to you?" they asked him; "How did he open your eyes?"

His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

unless this man was from God he would have been able to do nothing.

They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

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

At length the feast of the dedication was kept at Jerusalem, when the weather happen'd to be foul.

as Jesus therefore was walking in the temple in Solomon's portico,

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.

If he called them gods unto whom the word of God was spoken - and the scripture cannot be broken -

And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

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

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, who was of Bethany, the town of Mary, and of Martha her sister.

(it was that Mary who perfum'd the Lord with ointment, after having wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This illness will not result in [his] death, but was intended to bring honor to God, so that the Son of God would be honored by it."

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.

he still remained where he was for two days; then after that he said to his disciples, "Let us go back again to Judea."

"Rabbi," answered his disciples, "it was but just now that the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.

Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:

and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there (to the intent you may believe) but now, let us go to him.

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

When Jesus was arriv'd, he found that Lazarus had been then four days in the grave.

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him: but Mary stay'd at home.

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.

And, she, when she heard, was roused up quickly, and was coming unto him.

for Jesus was not yet arrived in the town, but staid at the place were Martha met him.

The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.

Mary being come to the place where Jesus was, as soon as she saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not been dead.

when Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he sighed from his heart, and was troubled,

though deeply troubled, asked them, "Where have you laid him?" "Master, come and see," was their reply.

And Jesus himself was weeping.

So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?

Jesus then again sighing, came to the sepulchre which was a cave, shut up by a stone.

Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

then they took away the stone from the place where the corps was laid. and Jesus lifting up his eyes to heaven said, "father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.

So, the leading priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council [Note: This was the Jewish governing body called "the Sanhedrin"] and said, "What should we do, for this man is performing many [miraculous] signs?

One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

So from that day their plan was to kill him.

So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had publish'd an order, that if any man knew where he was, he should give information in order to have him seized.

Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and raised to life again.

there a supper was provided for him; Martha was in waiting: but Lazarus was one of the guests that sat at table with him.

but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume.

whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him,

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.

used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;

a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

because he was the occasion that many of the Jews left them, and believed on Jesus.

The next day, a crowd of people that were come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was on the road to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees,

that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.

now Jesus was riding upon a young ass, which he got by the way; as it is written,

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.