"Rabbi," his disciples asked him, "who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

Upon this the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

He answered. "The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight."

Then they brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"

and questioned them. "Is this your son," they said, "who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

"but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who has opened his eyes. Ask him, himself. He is of age. He will speak for himself."

So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him.

"Since the beginning of the world such a thing as opening the eyes of one who was born blind was never heard of.

"Who is he, Sir," he replied, "that I may believe on him."

"You have already seen him," Jesus answered, "and it is he who now speaks to you."

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

"but he who comes in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

"My Father who has given them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

"If those to whom the word of God came are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),

do you mean to tell me, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Many who came to him said, "John did not perform any signs, but everything he said about this man was true."

Now a man named Lazarus was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha??2 it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

So the sisters sent to him, saying. "Master, see who you hold dear is ill."

Upon this Thomas, who was called "The Twin," said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, that we may die with him."

"I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.

And every one who is living and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

"Yes, Master," she answered, "I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

Then the Jews who were in the house trying to console her, when they saw that Mary rose quickly and went out, followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Then when Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews likewise who accompanied her, sobbing, he shuddered with indignation in his spirit, and was deeply agitated.

"Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of the blind man, have prevented this man also from dying?"

"Father, I thank thee that thou hast listened to me. And I knew that thou art ever listening to me, but for the sake of the crowd who are standing about, I said it, in order that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary, and had seen what he did, believed on him;

But one of their number, Caiaphas by name, who was high priest that year, said to them,

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

So they gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served it; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined with him at table.

Then said Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him,

When the great mass of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came not alone because of Jesus, but to see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

Next day the big crowd who had come up for the Passover heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

and taking branches from the palm trees went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Even Israel's King!"

Now there were certain Greeks among those who had come up to worship during the Passover feast;

He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

Then the crowd who stood around and heard it, said, "It thundered!" But others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

Then the people answered. "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abides forever. What do you mean by 'The Son of man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of man?"

"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

So the words spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, were fulfilled. Lord, who hath believed our message, And to whom hath the Arm of the Lord been revealed?

"He who believes in me believes not in me, but in Him who sent me; and he who sees me sees him who sent me.

Like light am I come into the world, so that no one who believes in me may remain in darkness.

And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has indeed a judge. The message which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the Last Day,

because I have never spoken on my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what words to speak.

Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.

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

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

(For he knew who should betray him, for that reason he said that they were not every one of them clean.)

In solemn truth I tell you that a slave is not greater than his master, neither is a messenger greater than the one who sends him.

I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says. "He who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

"From this time forward, I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it is come to pass you may believe who I am.

In solemn truth I tell you, he who receives any one that I send is receiving me; and he who receives me is receiving Him who sent me."

There was reclining upon Jesus' breast one of the disciples whom he loved.

So Simon Peter beckoned to him, saying, "Ask who it is about whom he is speaking."

So that disciples just leaned back against Jesus' breast and said to him, "Lord, who is it?"

"It is that one," answered Jesus, " to whom I am going to give a piece of bread, after dipping it."

"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'?

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father, who ever dwells in me, is doing his own work.

"I tell you solemnly that he who trusts in me shall himself do the works that I am doing; and still greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

"It is he who has my commands and obeys them that loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."

"He that loves me not does not obey words, and yet the words to which you are listening are not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

"But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and bring to your remembrance everything that I have told you.

"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

"He who hates me hates my Father also.

"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;

"They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God's service.

"But now I go my way to Him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

since thou hast given him authority over all mankind, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

And this is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

"I have made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.

"I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine,

I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

"Nor do I pray for them alone, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

Then Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forth to meet them, and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"

so he asked them once more, "Whom are you looking for?" and they replied, "Jesus of Nazareth."

(In order that the word which he had spoken might be fulfilled, "Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.")

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and striking at the high priest's slave, cut off his right ear.

and led him to Annas first. (For Annas was the Father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year??14 the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their advantage that one man should die for the people.)

Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple who was known to the high priest, and they went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest's palace.

But Peter took his stand outside, near the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest came out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

"Why do you question me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them; these witnesses here know what I said."

"I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."

"You would have no power over me," answered Jesus, "unless it had been given you from above. For this reason he who has betrayed me to you has the greater sin."

After that Pilate began to seek to release him, but the Jews shouted out. "If you release this man you are no friend of the Emperor. Any man who makes himself out to be king is a rebel against the Emperor."

So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull??n the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha.

When Jesus saw his mother, and standing near her the disciple whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman behold your son."

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with him.

And he who saw it has borne testimony, and his testimony is trustworthy, and he knows that he is telling the truth in order that you may believe.

And again another Scripture says, They shall look on him whom they have pierced.

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took the body.

Nicodemus also (the one who visited Jesus by night, at first) came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

So she came running to Simon Peter and that other disciple whom Jesus loved, saying, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him!"

Then the other disciple also who arrived first at the tomb went inside, and he perceived and believed.

Jesus said to her. "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away, myself."

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called "The Twin." was not with them when Jesus came.

"Because you have seen me, Thomas, you have believed," Jesus told him. "Blessed are those who, without seeing, yet believed."