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Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ After this, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (or, Lake Tiberias, as it is also called). ² A large crowd followed him, because they had seen his miracles of healing the sick. ³ Jesus went up a hill and sat down with his disciples. ⁴ The time for the Passover Festival was near.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Jesus looked around and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, so he asked Philip, “Where can we buy enough food to feed all these people?” ( ⁶ He said this to test Philip; actually he already knew what he would do.)

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Philip answered, “For everyone to have even a little, it would take more than two hundred silver coins to buy enough bread.” ⁸ Another one of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, said,

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ “There is a boy here who has five loaves of barley bread and two fish. But they will certainly not be enough for all these people.”

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ “Make the people sit down,” Jesus told them. (There was a lot of grass there.) So all the people sat down; there were about five thousand men.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, and they all had as much as they wanted.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² When they were all full, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit.”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ So they gathered them all and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left over from the five barley loaves which the people had eaten. ¹⁴ Seeing this miracle that Jesus had performed, the people there said, “Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ Jesus knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make him king by force; so he went off again to the hills by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ When evening came, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake,

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ got into a boat, and went back across the lake toward Capernaum. Night came on, and Jesus still had not come to them.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ By then a strong wind was blowing and stirring up the water.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ The disciples had rowed about three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the water, coming near the boat, and they were terrified.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ “Don't be afraid,” Jesus told them, “it is I!”

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Then they willingly took him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached land at the place they were heading for.

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Next day the crowd which had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there. They knew that Jesus had not gone in it with his disciples, but that they had left without him. ²³ Other boats, which were from Tiberias, came to shore near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ When the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into those boats and went to Capernaum, looking for him.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ When the people found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, “Teacher, when did you get here?” ²⁶ Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: you are looking for me because you ate the bread and had all you wanted, not because you understood my miracles.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him.”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ So they asked him, “What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?” ²⁹ Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ They replied, “What miracle will you perform so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² “I am telling you the truth,” Jesus said. “What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ “Sir,” they asked him, “give us this bread always.”

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ “I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty. ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ Now, I told you that you have seen me but will not believe.

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ Everyone whom my Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me,

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.

Division among the People

⁴⁰ For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day.” ⁴¹ The people started grumbling about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² So they said, “This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?” ⁴³ Jesus answered, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.

Judgment by Jesus' Words

⁴⁴ People cannot come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me; and I will raise them to life on the last day.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

The Plot against Jesus

⁴⁵ The prophets wrote, ‘Everyone will be taught by God.’ Anyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father; he who is from God is the only one who has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life.

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died. ⁵⁰ But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live.” ⁵² This started an angry argument among them. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked. ⁵³ Jesus said to them, “I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink. ⁵⁶ Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them. ⁵⁷ The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus said this as he taught in the synagogue in Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

⁶⁰ Many of his followers heard this and said, “This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, “Does this make you want to give up? ⁶² Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before? ⁶³ What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit. ⁶⁴ Yet some of you do not believe.” (Jesus knew from the very beginning who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he added, “This is the very reason I told you that no people can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for them to do so.” ⁶⁶ Because of this, many of Jesus' followers turned back and would not go with him any more. ⁶⁷ So he asked the twelve disciples, “And you—would you also like to leave?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. ⁶⁹ And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus replied, “I chose the twelve of you, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil!” ⁷¹ He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For Judas, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, was going to betray him.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee; he did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities there were wanting to kill him. ² The time for the Festival of Shelters was near, ³ so Jesus' brothers said to him, “Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing. ⁴ People don't hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!” (

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Not even his brothers believed in him.) ⁶ Jesus said to them, “The right time for me has not yet come. Any time is right for you.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad. ⁸ You go on to the festival. I am not going to this festival, because the right time has not come for me.”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ He said this and then stayed on in Galilee.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ The Jewish authorities were looking for him at the festival. “Where is he?” they asked.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² There was much whispering about him in the crowd. “He is a good man,” some people said. “No,” others said, “he fools the people.”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ But no one talked about him openly, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. ¹⁴ The festival was nearly half over when Jesus went to the Temple and began teaching.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ The Jewish authorities were greatly surprised and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never been to school?”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Jesus answered, “What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? But not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ “You have a demon in you!” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Jesus answered, “I performed one miracle, and you were all surprised.

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. ²³ If a boy is circumcised on the Sabbath so that Moses' Law is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards.”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill? ²⁶ Look! He is talking in public, and they say nothing against him! Can it be that they really know that he is the Messiah?

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from. And we all know where this man comes from.”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ As Jesus taught in the Temple, he said in a loud voice, “Do you really know me and know where I am from? I have not come on my own authority. He who sent me, however, is truthful. You do not know him, ²⁹ but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ But many in the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?” ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, so they and the chief priests sent some guards to arrest him. ³³ Jesus said, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to him who sent me. ³⁴ You will look for me, but you will not find me, because you cannot go where I will be.”

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ The Jewish authorities said among themselves, “Where is he about to go so that we shall not find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live, and teach the Greeks? ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ He says that we will look for him but will not find him, and that we cannot go where he will be. What does he mean?”

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ On the last and most important day of the festival Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Whoever is thirsty should come to me, and

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ whoever believes in me should drink. As the scripture says, ‘Streams of life-giving water will pour out from his side.’”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ Jesus said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were going to receive. At that time the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not been raised to glory.

Division among the People

⁴⁰ Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, “This man is really the Prophet!” ⁴¹ Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee! ⁴² The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived.” ⁴³ So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

Judgment by Jesus' Words

⁴⁴ Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

The Plot against Jesus

⁴⁵ When the guards went back, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why did you not bring him?” ⁴⁶ The guards answered, “Nobody has ever talked the way this man does!” ⁴⁷ “Did he fool you, too?” the Pharisees asked them.

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ “Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him? ⁴⁹ This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!” ⁵⁰ One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others, ⁵¹ “According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done.” ⁵² “Well,” they answered, “are you also from Galilee? Study the Scriptures and you will learn that no prophet ever comes from Galilee.” ⁵³

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them. ³ The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before them all. ⁴ “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to death. Now, what do you say?” ⁶ They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone at her.” ⁸ Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ He straightened up and said to her, “Where are they? Is there no one left to condemn you?”

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ “No one, sir,” she answered. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again.”]

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness.”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ The Pharisees said to him, “Now you are testifying on your own behalf; what you say proves nothing.” ¹⁴ “No,” Jesus answered, “even though I do testify on my own behalf, what I say is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You do not know where I came from or where I am going.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on no one.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what they say is true.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also testifies on my behalf.”

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ “Where is your father?” they asked him. “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Jesus said all this as he taught in the Temple, in the room where the offering boxes were placed. And no one arrested him, because his hour had not come.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Again Jesus said to them, “I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² So the Jewish authorities said, “He says that we cannot go where he is going. Does this mean that he will kill himself” ²³ Jesus answered, “You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. And you will die in your sins if you do not believe that ‘I Am Who I Am’.”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ “Who are you?” they asked him. Jesus answered, “What I have told you from the very beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you, much to condemn you for. The one who sent me, however, is truthful, and I tell the world only what I have heard from him.”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ They did not understand that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ So he said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that ‘I Am Who I Am’; then you will know that I do nothing on my own authority, but I say only what the Father has instructed me to say. ²⁹ And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Many who heard Jesus say these things believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ So Jesus said to those who believed in him, “If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ³³ “We are the descendants of Abraham,” they answered, “and we have never been anybody's slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, ‘You will be free’?” ³⁴ Jesus said to them, “I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ A slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever. ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free.

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me, because you will not accept my teaching.

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ I talk about what my Father has shown me, but you do what your father has told you.”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” “If you really were Abraham's children,” Jesus replied, “you would do the same things that he did.

Division among the People

⁴⁰ All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this! ⁴¹ You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God really were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own authority, but he sent me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.

Judgment by Jesus' Words

⁴⁴ You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

The Plot against Jesus

⁴⁵ But I tell the truth, and that is why you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you can prove that I am guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, then why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷ He who comes from God listens to God's words. You, however, are not from God, and that is why you will not listen.”

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ They asked Jesus, “Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon in you?” ⁴⁹ “I have no demon,” Jesus answered. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ I am not seeking honor for myself. But there is one who is seeking it and who judges in my favor. ⁵¹ I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die.” ⁵² They said to him, “Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever obeys your teaching will never die. ⁵³ Our father Abraham died; you do not claim to be greater than Abraham, do you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worth nothing. The one who honors me is my Father—the very one you say is your God. ⁵⁵ You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad.” ⁵⁷ They said to him, “You are not even fifty years old—and you have seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ “I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.” ⁵⁹ Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. ² His disciples asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?” ³ Jesus answered, “His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him. ⁴ As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.” ⁶ After he said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the man's eyes

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ and told him, “Go and wash your face in the Pool of Siloam.” (This name means “Sent.”) So the man went, washed his face, and came back seeing. ⁸ His neighbors, then, and the people who had seen him begging before this, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No he isn't; he just looks like him.” So the man himself said, “I am the man.”

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ “How is it that you can now see?” they asked him.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ He answered, “The man called Jesus made some mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and told me to go to Siloam and wash my face. So I went, and as soon as I washed, I could see.”

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² “Where is he?” they asked. “I don't know,” he answered.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ Then they took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴ The day that Jesus made the mud and cured him of his blindness was a Sabbath.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ The Pharisees, then, asked the man again how he had received his sight. He told them, “He put some mud on my eyes; I washed my face, and now I can see.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “The man who did this cannot be from God, for he does not obey the Sabbath law.” Others, however, said, “How could a man who is a sinner perform such miracles as these?” And there was a division among them.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ So the Pharisees asked the man once more, “You say he cured you of your blindness—well, what do you say about him?” “He is a prophet,” the man answered.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ The Jewish authorities, however, were not willing to believe that he had been blind and could now see, until they called his parents

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ and asked them, “Is this your son? You say that he was born blind; how is it, then, that he can now see?”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ His parents answered, “We know that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ But we do not know how it is that he is now able to see, nor do we know who cured him of his blindness. Ask him; he is old enough, and he can answer for himself”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, who had already agreed that anyone who said he believed that Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue. ²³ That is why his parents said, “He is old enough; ask him!”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, “Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner.”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ “I do not know if he is a sinner or not,” the man replied. “One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.” ²⁶ “What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he cure you of your blindness?”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ “I have already told you,” he answered, “and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you, too, would like to be his disciples?”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ They insulted him and said, “You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. ²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses; as for that fellow, however, we do not even know where he comes from!”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ The man answered, “What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness!

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² Since the beginning of the world nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. ³³ Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do a thing.” ³⁴ They answered, “You were born and brought up in sin—and you are trying to teach us?” And they expelled him from the synagogue.

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ The man answered, “Tell me who he is, sir, so that I can believe in him!”

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have already seen him, and he is the one who is talking with you now.”

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ “I believe, Lord!” the man said, and knelt down before Jesus.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ Jesus said, “I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind.”

Division among the People

⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, “Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?” ⁴¹ Jesus answered, “If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty.”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. ² The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice.” ⁶ Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ So Jesus said again, “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. ⁸ All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴ -15 I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ Again there was a division among the people because of these words.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Many of them were saying, “He has a demon! He is crazy! Why do you listen to him?”

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ But others were saying, “A man with a demon could not talk like this! How could a demon give sight to blind people?”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² It was winter, and the Festival of the Dedication of the Temple was being celebrated in Jerusalem. ²³ Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the Temple,

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ when the people gathered around him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth: are you the Messiah?”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Jesus answered, “I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The deeds I do by my Father's authority speak on my behalf; ²⁶ but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me. ²⁹ What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ The Father and I are one.”

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Then the people again picked up stones to throw at him. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² Jesus said to them, “I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?” ³³ They answered, “We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!” ³⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written in your own Law that God said, ‘You are gods.’

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given. ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do.

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds, in order that you may know once and for all that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.

Division among the People

⁴⁰ Jesus then went back again across the Jordan River to the place where John had been baptizing, and he stayed there. ⁴¹ Many people came to him. “John performed no miracles,” they said, “but everything he said about this man was true.” ⁴² And many people there believed in him.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ( ² This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.) ³ The sisters sent Jesus a message: “Lord, your dear friend is sick.” ⁴ When Jesus heard it, he said, “The final result of this sickness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory.”

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Then he said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” ⁸ “Teacher,” the disciples answered, “just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ Jesus said, “A day has twelve hours, doesn't it? So those who walk in broad daylight do not stumble, for they see the light of this world.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light.”

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Jesus said this and then added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up.”

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² The disciples answered, “If he is asleep, Lord, he will get well.”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep. ¹⁴ So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Thomas (called the Twin) said to his fellow disciples, “Let us all go along with the Teacher, so that we may die with him!”

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Martha said to Jesus, “If you had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died!

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for.” ²³ “Your brother will rise to life,” Jesus told her.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ “I know,” she replied, “that he will rise to life on the last day.”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶ and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ “Yes, Lord!” she answered. “I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ After Martha said this, she went back and called her sister Mary privately. “The Teacher is here,” she told her, “and is asking for you.” ²⁹ When Mary heard this, she got up and hurried out to meet him. (

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.)

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her followed her when they saw her get up and hurry out. They thought that she was going to the grave to weep there. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. “Lord,” she said, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died!” ³³ Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people with her were weeping also; his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved. ³⁴ “Where have you buried him?” he asked them. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Jesus wept. ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ “See how much he loved him!” the people said.

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ But some of them said, “He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?”

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ Deeply moved once more, Jesus went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone placed at the entrance.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ “Take the stone away!” Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, “There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!”

Division among the People

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, “Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believed?” ⁴¹ They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, “I thank you, Father, that you listen to me. ⁴² I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me.” ⁴³ After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Judgment by Jesus' Words

⁴⁴ He came out, his hands and feet wrapped in grave cloths, and with a cloth around his face. “Untie him,” Jesus told them, “and let him go.”

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

The Plot against Jesus

⁴⁵ Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him. ⁴⁶ But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷ So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, “What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!” ⁴⁹ One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, “What fools you are! ⁵⁰ Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?” ⁵¹ Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people, ⁵² and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God. ⁵³ From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus. ⁵⁴ So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples. ⁵⁵ The time for the Passover Festival was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to perform the ritual of purification before the festival. ⁵⁶ They were looking for Jesus, and as they gathered in the Temple, they asked one another, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?” ⁵⁷ The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must report it, so that they could arrest him.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death. ² They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus. ³ Then Mary took a whole pint of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house. ⁴ One of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot—the one who was going to betray him—said,

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ “Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?” ⁶ He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial. ⁸ You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ A large number of people heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there, not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from death.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ because on his account many Jews were rejecting them and believing in Jesus.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² The next day the large crowd that had come to the Passover Festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!” ¹⁴ Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the scripture says,

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ “Do not be afraid, city of Zion!
Here comes your king,
riding on a young donkey.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand this at the time; but when Jesus had been raised to glory, they remembered that the scripture said this about him and that they had done this for him.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ The people who had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from death had reported what had happened.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ That was why the crowd met him—because they heard that he had performed this miracle.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Some Greeks were among those who had gone to Jerusalem to worship during the festival.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ They went to Philip (he was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and said, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Philip went and told Andrew, and the two of them went and told Jesus. ²³ Jesus answered them, “The hour has now come for the Son of Man to receive great glory.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ I am telling you the truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the ground and dies. If it does die, then it produces many grains.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal. ²⁶ Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ “Now my heart is troubled—and what shall I say? Shall I say, ‘Father, do not let this hour come upon me’? But that is why I came—so that I might go through this hour of suffering.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ Father, bring glory to your name!” Then a voice spoke from heaven, “I have brought glory to it, and I will do so again.” ²⁹ The crowd standing there heard the voice, and some of them said it was thunder, while others said, “An angel spoke to him!”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ But Jesus said to them, “It was not for my sake that this voice spoke, but for yours.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me.” ( ³³ In saying this he indicated the kind of death he was going to suffer.) ³⁴ The crowd answered, “Our Law tells us that the Messiah will live forever. How, then, can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light.” After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ Even though he had performed all these miracles in their presence, they did not believe in him,

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ so that what the prophet Isaiah had said might come true:
“Lord, who believed the message we told?
To whom did the Lord reveal his power?”

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ And so they were not able to believe, because Isaiah also said,

Division among the People

⁴⁰ “God has blinded their eyes
and closed their minds,
so that their eyes would not see,
and their minds would not understand,
and they would not turn to me, says God,
for me to heal them.” ⁴¹ Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. ⁴² Even then, many Jewish authorities believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees they did not talk about it openly, so as not to be expelled from the synagogue. ⁴³ They loved human approval rather than the approval of God.

Judgment by Jesus' Words

⁴⁴ Jesus said in a loud voice, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in him who sent me.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

The Plot against Jesus

⁴⁵ Whoever sees me sees also him who sent me. ⁴⁶ I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. ⁴⁷ If people hear my message and do not obey it, I will not judge them. I came, not to judge the world, but to save it.

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ Those who reject me and do not accept my message have one who will judge them. The words I have spoken will be their judge on the last day! ⁴⁹ This is true, because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has commanded me what I must say and speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his command brings eternal life. What I say, then, is what the Father has told me to say.”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ It was now the day before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. He had always loved those in the world who were his own, and he loved them to the very end. ² Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus. ³ Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God. ⁴ So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel around his waist.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Then he poured some water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?”

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Jesus answered him, “You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later.” ⁸ Peter declared, “Never at any time will you wash my feet!” “If I do not wash your feet,” Jesus answered, “you will no longer be my disciple.”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ Simon Peter answered, “Lord, do not wash only my feet, then! Wash my hands and head, too!”

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Those who have taken a bath are completely clean and do not have to wash themselves, except for their feet. All of you are clean—all except one.” (

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Jesus already knew who was going to betray him; that is why he said, “All of you, except one, are clean.”)

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his outer garment back on and returned to his place at the table. “Do you understand what I have just done to you?” he asked.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ “You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am. ¹⁴ I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another's feet.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ “I am not talking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the scripture must come true that says, ‘The man who shared my food turned against me.’

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ I tell you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that ‘I Am Who I Am.’

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ I am telling you the truth: whoever receives anyone I send receives me also; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ After Jesus had said this, he was deeply troubled and declared openly, “I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² The disciples looked at one another, completely puzzled about whom he meant. ²³ One of the disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was sitting next to Jesus.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to him and said, “Ask him whom he is talking about.”

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ So that disciple moved closer to Jesus' side and asked, “Who is it, Lord?” ²⁶ Jesus answered, “I will dip some bread in the sauce and give it to him; he is the man.” So he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Hurry and do what you must!”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ None of the others at the table understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹ Since Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Judas accepted the bread and went out at once. It was night.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ After Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man's glory is revealed; now God's glory is revealed through him. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² And if God's glory is revealed through him, then God will reveal the glory of the Son of Man in himself, and he will do so at once. ³³ My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’ ³⁴ And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.” ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ “Where are you going, Lord?” Simon Peter asked him. “You cannot follow me now where I am going,” answered Jesus; “but later you will follow me.”

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ “Lord, why can't I follow you now?” asked Peter. “I am ready to die for you!”

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ Jesus answered, “Are you really ready to die for me? I am telling you the truth: before the rooster crows you will say three times that you do not know me.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ “Do not be worried and upset,” Jesus told them. “Believe in God and believe also in me. ² There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so. ³ And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am. ⁴ You know the way that leads to the place where I am going.”

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; so how can we know the way to get there?” ⁶ Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Now that you have known me,” he said to them, “you will know my Father also, and from now on you do know him and you have seen him.” ⁸ Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need.”

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ Jesus answered, “For a long time I have been with you all; yet you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Why, then, do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Do you not believe, Philip, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I have spoken to you,” Jesus said to his disciples, “do not come from me. The Father, who remains in me, does his own work.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. If not, believe because of the things I do.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what I do—yes, they will do even greater things, because I am going to the Father.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ And I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father's glory will be shown through the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God. The world cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know him, because he remains with you and is in you.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ “When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back to you.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will see me; and because I live, you also will live.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ “Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “Lord, how can it be that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Those who do not love me do not obey my teaching. And the teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent me.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ “I have told you this while I am still with you. ²⁶ The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ “Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset; do not be afraid.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ You heard me say to you, ‘I am leaving, but I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I. ²⁹ I have told you this now before it all happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ but the world must know that I love the Father; that is why I do everything as he commands me. “Come, let us go from this place. ^*

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ “I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit. ³ You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you. ⁴ Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ “I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me. ⁶ Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it. ⁸ My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. ¹⁴ And you are my friends if you do what I command you.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ This, then, is what I command you: love one another.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Remember what I told you: ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in their Law may come true: ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’ ²⁶ “The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ And you, too, will speak about me, because you have been with me from the very beginning.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ “I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith. ² You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God. ³ People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me. ⁴ But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them to do these things, you will remember what I told you. “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me where I am going. ⁶ And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you. ⁸ And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² “I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things to come. ¹⁴ He will give me glory, because he will take what I say and tell it to you.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ All that my Father has is mine; that is why I said that the Spirit will take what I give him and tell it to you.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ “In a little while you will not see me any more, and then a little while later you will see me.”

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ Some of his disciples asked among themselves, “What does this mean? He tells us that in a little while we will not see him, and then a little while later we will see him; and he also says, ‘It is because I am going to the Father.’

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ What does this ‘a little while’ mean? We don't know what he is talking about!”

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “I said, ‘In a little while you will not see me, and then a little while later you will see me.’ Is this what you are asking about among yourselves?

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ I am telling you the truth: you will cry and weep, but the world will be glad; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into gladness.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ When a woman is about to give birth, she is sad because her hour of suffering has come; but when the baby is born, she forgets her suffering, because she is happy that a baby has been born into the world.

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² That is how it is with you: now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you. ²³ “When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ “I have used figures of speech to tell you these things. But the time will come when I will not use figures of speech, but will speak to you plainly about the Father. ²⁶ When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ for the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” ²⁹ Then his disciples said to him, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figures of speech.

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ We know now that you know everything; you do not need to have someone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now? ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered, each of you to your own home, and I will be left all alone. But I am not really alone, because the Father is with me. ³³ I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you. ² For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him. ³ And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent. ⁴ I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made. ⁶ “I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you. ⁸ I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ All I have is yours, and all you have is mine; and my glory is shown through them.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness. ¹⁴ I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ “I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one: ²³ I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ “Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me. ²⁶ I made you known to them, and I will continue to do so, in order that the love you have for me may be in them, and so that I also may be in them.”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across Kidron Brook. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in. ² Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples. ³ So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some Temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches. ⁴ Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “I am he,” he said. Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them. ⁶ When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Again Jesus asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said. ⁸ “I have already told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go.” (

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ He said this so that what he had said might come true: “Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.”)

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the High Priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. The name of the slave was Malchus.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, tied him up,

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year. ¹⁴ It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was well known to the High Priest, so he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the High Priest's house,

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ while Peter stayed outside by the gate. Then the other disciple went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Peter inside.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ The girl at the gate said to Peter, “Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?” “No, I am not,” answered Peter.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a charcoal fire and were standing around it, warming themselves. So Peter went over and stood with them, warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Jesus answered, “I have always spoken publicly to everyone; all my teaching was done in the synagogues and in the Temple, where all the people come together. I have never said anything in secret.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them—they know what I said.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!” ²³ Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell everyone here what it was. But if I am right in what I have said, why do you hit me?”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the High Priest.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, “Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?” But Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said. ²⁶ One of the High Priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up. “Didn't I see you with him in the garden?” he asked.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ Again Peter said “No”—and at once a rooster crowed.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal. ²⁹ So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.” They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.” ( ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² This happened in order to make come true what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he would die.) ³³ Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. ³⁴ Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?” ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!”

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ “And what is truth?” Pilate asked. Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?”

Division among the People

⁴⁰ They answered him with a shout, “No, not him! We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a bandit.)

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. ² The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him ³ and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him. ⁴ Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!” ⁶ When the chief priests and the Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him.”

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” ⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ He went back into the palace and asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus did not answer.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Remember, I have the authority to set you free and also to have you crucified.”

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² When Pilate heard this, he tried to find a way to set Jesus free. But the crowd shouted back, “If you set him free, that means that you are not the Emperor's friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is a rebel against the Emperor!”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ When Pilate heard these words, he took Jesus outside and sat down on the judge's seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement.” (In Hebrew the name is “Gabbatha.”) ¹⁴ It was then almost noon of the day before the Passover. Pilate said to the people, “Here is your king!”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “The only king we have is the Emperor!”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. So they took charge of Jesus.

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ He went out, carrying his cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull,” as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called “Golgotha.”)

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ There they crucified him; and they also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ Pilate wrote a notice and had it put on the cross. “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews,” is what he wrote.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Many people read it, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ The chief priests said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am the King of the Jews.’”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written stays written.” ²³ After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of woven cloth without any seams in it.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ The soldiers said to one another, “Let's not tear it; let's throw dice to see who will get it.” This happened in order to make the scripture come true:
“They divided my clothes among themselves
and gambled for my robe.” And this is what the soldiers did.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ Standing close to Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there; so he said to his mother, “He is your son.”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, “She is your mother.” From that time the disciple took her to live in his home.

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a sponge was soaked in the wine, put on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips.

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Jesus drank the wine and said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to allow them to break the legs of the men who had been crucified, and to take the bodies down from the crosses. They requested this because it was Friday, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses on the Sabbath, since the coming Sabbath was especially holy. ^*

Guards Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus. ³³ But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they did not break his legs. ³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, plunged his spear into Jesus' side, and at once blood and water poured out. (

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.) ^*

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³⁶ This was done to make the scripture come true: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”

Streams of Life-Giving Water

The Unbelief of the People

³⁷ And there is another scripture that says, “People will look at him whom they pierced.”

Lazarus Is Brought to Life

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸ After this, Joseph, who was from the town of Arimathea, asked Pilate if he could take Jesus' body. (Joseph was a follower of Jesus, but in secret, because he was afraid of the Jewish authorities.) Pilate told him he could have the body, so Joseph went and took it away.

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

³⁹ Nicodemus, who at first had gone to see Jesus at night, went with Joseph, taking with him about one hundred pounds of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes.

Division among the People

⁴⁰ The two men took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices according to the Jewish custom of preparing a body for burial. ⁴¹ There was a garden in the place where Jesus had been put to death, and in it there was a new tomb where no one had ever been buried. ⁴² Since it was the day before the Sabbath and because the tomb was close by, they placed Jesus' body there.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. ² She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!” ³ Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb. ⁴ The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in. ⁶ Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ and the cloth which had been around Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. (

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Then the disciples went back home.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Mary stood crying outside the tomb. While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tomb

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² and saw two angels there dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ “Woman, why are you crying?” they asked her. She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!” ¹⁴ Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not know that it was Jesus.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ “Woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who is it that you are looking for?” She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, “If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means “Teacher.”)

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ “Do not hold on to me,” Jesus told her, “because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.”

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Conclusion

²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” ²⁶ A week later the disciples were together again indoors, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!”

Jesus Weeps

Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27.1, 2, 11-14; Mark 15.1-5; Luke 23.1-5)

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me!”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ In his disciples' presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not written down in this book.

The Truth Will Set You Free

The New Commandment

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life. ^*

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus and His Brothers

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

The Parable of the Shepherd

The Death of Lazarus

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Real Vine

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

The Arrest of Jesus

The Empty Tomb

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

¹ After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened. ² Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael (the one from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together. ³ Simon Peter said to the others, “I am going fishing.” “We will come with you,” they told him. So they went out in a boat, but all that night they did not catch a thing. ⁴ As the sun was rising, Jesus stood at the water's edge, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ Then he asked them, “Young men, haven't you caught anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered. ⁶ He said to them, “Throw your net out on the right side of the boat, and you will catch some.” So they threw the net out and could not pull it back in, because they had caught so many fish.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken his clothes off) and jumped into the water. ⁸ The other disciples came to shore in the boat, pulling the net full of fish. They were not very far from land, about a hundred yards away.

The Plot against Lazarus

⁹ When they stepped ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it and some bread.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore full of big fish, a hundred and fifty-three in all; even though there were so many, still the net did not tear.

Jesus the Light of the World

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus before Annas

¹² Jesus said to them, “Come and eat.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ So Jesus went over, took the bread, and gave it to them; he did the same with the fish. ¹⁴ This, then, was the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from death.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ After they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my lambs.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

Sadness and Gladness

¹⁶ A second time Jesus said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.”

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus Is Crucified

¹⁷ A third time Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter became sad because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” and so he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.

The World's Hatred

¹⁸ I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you used to get ready and go anywhere you wanted to; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you up and take you where you don't want to go.”

The High Priest Questions Jesus

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ (In saying this, Jesus was indicating the way in which Peter would die and bring glory to God.) Then Jesus said to him, “Follow me!”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

Jesus and the Other Disciple

²⁰ Peter turned around and saw behind him that other disciple, whom Jesus loved—the one who had leaned close to Jesus at the meal and had asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”

You Cannot Go Where I Am Going

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

The People Seek Jesus

Jesus Is Rejected

²² Jesus answered him, “If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” ²³ So a report spread among the followers of Jesus that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say he would not die; he said, “If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you?”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ He is the disciple who spoke of these things, the one who also wrote them down; and we know that what he said is true.

Jesus the Bread of Life

Is He the Messiah?

Victory over the World

Peter Denies Jesus Again