(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)

[While] he was saying these [things], many believed in him.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw [it] and was glad."

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!"

Then they picked up stones in order to throw [them] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple [courts].

And he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"

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

He replied, "The man who is called Jesus made clay and smeared [it] on my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash!' So I went, and I washed, [and] I received sight."

(Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents answered and said, "We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.

Then that man replied, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One [thing] I know--that [although I] was blind, now I see!"

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.

Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.

Then the feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.

And he went away again on the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

And many came to him and began to say, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.

Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

(Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.)

So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, [when they] saw Mary--that she stood up quickly and went out--followed her, [because they] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was [and] saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself.

But some of them said, "Was not this man who opened the eyes of the blind able to do [something] so that this man also would not have died?"

Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas (who was high priest in that year), said to them, "You do not know anything at all!

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

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 near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report [it], in order that they could arrest him.)

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him.

Then Mary took a pound of ointment of very valuable genuine nard [and] anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

"{Why} was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, [when they] heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

(His disciples did not understand these [things] at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these [things] had been written about him and they did these [things] to him.)

So the crowd who was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify.

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and began asking him saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

(Now he said this to indicate by what sort of death he was going to die.)

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

And [as] a dinner was taking place, [when] the devil had already put into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot that he should betray him,

[because he] knew that the Father had given him all [things] into [his] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God,

Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe [them] dry with the towel {which he had tied around himself}.

Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet {forever}!" Jesus replied to him, "Unless I wash you, you do not have a share with me."

Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed {only needs} to wash [his] feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all [of you]."

If then I--[your] Lord and Teacher--wash your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

[When he] had said these [things], Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified and said, "Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will betray me."

The disciples began looking at one another, uncertain about whom he was speaking.

One of his disciples--the one whom Jesus loved--was reclining {close beside} Jesus.

So Simon Peter gestured for this one to inquire who it was about whom he was speaking.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

So [after he] had taken the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.

When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

[When] Jesus had said these [things], he went out with his disciples to the other side of the ravine of the Kidron, where [there] was a garden into which he and his disciples entered.

They replied to him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am [he]." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.)

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

and brought [him] to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better [that] one man die for the people.)

So Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. (Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.)

But Peter was standing by the door outside. So the other disciple [who was] known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Then the female slave [who was] the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You are not also [one] of the disciples of this man, [are you]?" He said, "I am not!"

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

Now [when] he had said these [things], one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, "Do you reply to the high priest in this way?"

Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also [one] of his disciples, [are you]?" He denied [it] and said, "I am not!"

One of the slaves of the high priest, who was related to the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor's residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

in order that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled that he had spoken, indicating by what sort of death he was going to die.

Then Pilate said to him, "So then you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this [reason] I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

Then they shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

So when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,

Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this [reason] the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."

From this [point on] Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews shouted, saying, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar! Everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!"

(Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, "Behold your king!"

And Pilate also wrote a notice and placed [it] on the cross, and it was written: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, [and] in Greek.

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares--for each soldier a share--and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top {in a single piece}.)

After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so [they] put a sponge full of the sour wine on a [branch of] hyssop [and] brought [it] to his mouth.

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

But [when they] came to Jesus, after they saw he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

And after these [things], Joseph [who was] from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed [it], so he came and took away his body.

Now [there] was a garden at the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet buried.

So there, on account of the day of preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they buried Jesus.

Now on the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, [while it] was still dark, and saw the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

and the facecloth that was on his head--not lying with the [strips of] linen cloth, but folded up separately in one place.

(For they did not yet know the scripture that it was necessary for him to rise from the dead.)

But Mary stood outside at the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bent over to look into the tomb,