and the third took her, as indeed all the seven did, dying and leaving no children.

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand.

They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him,

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?"

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he.

As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' ??as the prophet Isaiah said."

he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!"

Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter;

As the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."

When he was in Jerusalem at the festival of the passover, many people believed in his name, as they witnessed the Signs which he performed.

Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, as there was plenty of water there, and people came to him and were baptized

John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.

and Jacob's spring was there. Jesus, exhausted by the journey, sat down at the spring, just as he was. It was about noon,

The Samaritan woman said, "What? You are a Jew, and you ask me for a drink ??me, a Samaritan!" (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

As they told the woman, "We no longer believe on account of what you said; we have heard for ourselves, we know that he is really the Saviour of the world."

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.

that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)

for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man.

I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted.

So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,

and as the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they embarked in the boats themselves and made for Capharnahum in search of Jesus.

Our ancestors ate manna in the desert: as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

But, as I told you, though you have seen me, you do not believe.

He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains within me, as I remain within him.

Just as the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live by me.

This he said as he taught in the synagogue at Capharnahum.

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up too, not publicly but as it were privately.

So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,

he who believes in me ??out of his body, as scripture says, streams of living water will flow"

(he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: ??as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).

The attendants replied, "No man ever spoke as he does."

The Pharisees retorted, "Are you misled as well?

As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law ??it is accursed!"

but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";

These words he spoke in the treasury, as he was teaching in the temple, but no one arrested him, because his time had not come yet.

so Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, you will know then who I am, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has taught me.

As he said this, a number believed in him.

I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you act as you have learned from your father."

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;

As he passed along he saw a man who had been blind from his birth;

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?"

But how he can see to-day, we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask himself; he is of age, he can speak for himself."

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

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."

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

Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,

But now ??well, I know whatever you ask God for, he will grant you."

& 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

and when the Jews who were condoling with her inside the house noticed her rise hurriedly and go out, they followed her, as they imagined she was going to wail at the tomb.

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?"

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

And Jesus came across a young ass and seated himself on it; as it is written,

Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt.

I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

And I know his orders mean eternal life. Therefore when I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."

As one of his disciples was reclining on his breast ??he was the favourite of Jesus ??24 Peter nodded to him, saying, "Tell us who he means."

some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

I give you a new command, to love one another ??as I have loved you, you are to love one another.

and I will do whatever you ask in my name, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

I will do whatever you ask me in my name.

and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

his coming will only serve to let the world see that I love the Father and that I am acting as the Father ordered. Rise, let us be going."

Remain in me, as I remain in you: just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, without remaining on the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you like and you shall have it.

As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain within my love.

If you keep my commands you will remain within my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain within his love.

This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.

They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.

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'?