Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of 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?

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;

Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

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

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

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.

Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

But some of them went to the Pharisees with the news of what Jesus had done.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

And when Judas took the bread Satan went into him. Then Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you have to do.

Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

So Judas, having taken the bit of bread, straight away went out: and it was night.

Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.