Whereupon the neighbours and those to whom he had been a familiar sight as a beggar, said, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

Some said, "It is"; others said, "No, but it is like him." He said, "I am the man."

He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and smeared my eyes with it and told me, 'Go and wash them in Siloam'; so I went and washed them, and I got my sight."

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had regained his sight, and he told them, "He smeared some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I can see."

Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.

Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight

(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

That was why the man's parents said, "He is of age, ask himself.")

Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and on meeting him he said, "You believe in the Son of man?"

"Who is that, sir?" said the man, "tell me, that I may believe in him."

"You have seen him," Jesus said, "he is talking to you."

He said, "I do believe, Lord" ??and he worshipped him.

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

so he said to them again, "Truly, truly I tell you, I am the shepherd of the sheep;

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"

Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?

If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

When Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness is not to end in death; the end of it is the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby."

after that, he said to the disciples, "Let us go back to Judaea."

"Rabbi," said the disciples, "the Jews were trying to stone you only the other day; are you going back there?"

This he said, then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; I am going to waken him."

"Lord," said the disciples, "if he has fallen asleep, he will get better."

Whereupon Thomas (called 'the Twin') said to his fellow-disciples, "Let us go too, let us die along with him!"

Then Martha, hearing of the arrival of Jesus, went out to meet him, while Mary sat at home.

Said Martha to Jesus, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died.

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

"I know," said Martha, "he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies,

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

Whereupon the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" ??37 though some of them asked, "Could he not have prevented him from dying, when he could open a blind man's eyes?"

Jesus said, "Remove the boulder." "Lord," said Martha, the dead man's sister, "he will be stinking by this time; he has been dead four days."

"Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "if you will only believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me.

Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move."

whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs.

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

They looked out for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they said to one another, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come up to the festival?"

One of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to betray him), said,

(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)

Then said Jesus, "Let her alone, let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.

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

When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."

Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said,

(Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.)

He came to Simon Peter. "Lord," said he, "you to wash my feet!"

Said Peter, "You will never wash my feet, never!" "Unless I wash you," Jesus replied, "you will not share my lot."

"Lord," said Simon Peter, "then wash not only my feet but my hands and head."

Jesus said, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed; he is clean all over. And you are clean ??but not all of you"

(he knew the traitor; that was why he said, "You are not all clean").

Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe, he lay down again. "Do you know," he said to them, "what I have been doing to you?

On saying this, Jesus was disquieted in spirit: he testified and said, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."

The disciple just leant back on the breast of Jesus and said, "Lord, who is it?"

(None of those at table understood why he said this to him;

When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now at last the Son of man is glorified, and in him God is glorified: [if God is glorified in him,]

"Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me."

"Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you."

"Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?"

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

"Lord," said Philip, "let us see the Father; that is all we want."

Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?

"Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?"

but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.

I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;

So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?"

They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?

His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.

I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee,

Having said this, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron ravine to an orchard, which he entered in the company of his disciples.

"Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.)

When he said, "I am he," they fell back and dropped to the ground;

whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"

The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews gather; I have said nothing in secret.

Why ask me? Ask my hearers what I have said to them; they know what I said."

As he said this, one of the attendants who stood by gave him a blow, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"

"If I have said anything wrong," replied Jesus, "prove it; if I said what was true, why strike me?"

Said one of the high priest's servants, a kinsman of the man whose ear had been cut off by Peter, "Did I not see you with him in the orchard?"

Then said Pilate, "Take him yourselves, and sentence him according to your own Law." The Jews said, "We have no right to put anyone to death"

"Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.

Again Pilate went out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you. Understand, I cannot find anything wrong about him."

So out came Jesus, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said, "Here the man is!"

Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."

Then Pilate said, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know it is in my power to release you or to crucify you?"

(it was the day of Preparation for the passover, about noon). "There is your king!" he said to the Jews.

Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"

there they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS."

they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

So when Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son!"

Then he said to the disciple, "And, there is your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.

After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty."

And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.