9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, 1“He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”
10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered and said, a“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to 1the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”
The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man
13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees.
14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not 1keep the Sabbath.” Others said, a“How can a man who is a *sinner do such signs?” And bthere was a division among them.
17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, a“He is a prophet.”
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 “but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.”
22 His parents said these things because athey feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he bwould be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, a“Give God the glory! bWe know that this Man is a sinner.”
25 He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
29 “We know that God aspoke to bMoses; as for this fellow, cwe do not know where He is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them, a“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!
31 “Now we know that aGod does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.
32 “Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
33 a“If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34 They answered and said to him, a“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they 1cast him out.
True Vision and True Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had afound him, He said to him, “Do you bbelieve in cthe Son of 1God?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and ait is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he aworshiped Him.
39 And Jesus said, a“For judgment I have come into this world, bthat those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, aand said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, a“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
Jesus the True Shepherd
1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 “But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 “To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by aname and leads them out.
4 “And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep *follow him, for they know his voice.
5 “Yet they will by no means follow a astranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 “All who ever came 1before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 a“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 a“I am the *good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His *life for the sheep.
12 “But a 1hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and aleaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf *catches the sheep and scatters them.
13 “The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good *shepherd; and aI know My sheep, and bam known by My own.
15 a“As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; band I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “And aother sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; band there will be one flock and one shepherd.
17 “Therefore My Father aloves Me, bbecause I lay down My life that I may take it again.
18 “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ahave power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. bThis command I have received from My Father.”
19 Therefore athere was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
20 And many of them said, a“He has a demon and is 1mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. aCan a demon bopen the eyes of the blind?”
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep
22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple, ain Solomon’s porch.
24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in 1doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. aThe works that I do in My Father’s name, they bbear witness of Me.
26 “But ayou do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, 1as I said to you.
27 a“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
29 a“My Father, bwho has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to *snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30 a“I and My Father are one.”
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Then athe Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Fa-ther. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ablasphemy, and because You, being a Man, bmake Yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, a‘I said, “You are gods” ’?
35 “If He called them gods, ato whom the word of God came (and the Scripture bcannot be broken),
36 “do you say of Him awhom the Father sanctified and bsent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ cbecause I said, ‘I am dthe Son of God’?
37 a“If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
38 “but if I do, though you do not believe Me, abelieve the works, that you may know and 1believe bthat the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
39 aTherefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
The Believers Beyond Jordan
40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place awhere John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.
41 Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, abut all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”
The Death of Lazarus
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of aMary and her sister Martha.
2 aIt was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You *love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when He heard that he was sick, aHe stayed two more days in the place where He was.
7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to astone You, and are You going there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? aIf anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the blight of this world.
10 “But aif one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus asleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”
13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 “And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
16 Then aThomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about 1two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 “But even now I know that awhatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to Him, a“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am athe resurrection and the life. bHe who believes in Me, though he may cdie, he shall live.
26 “And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, aI believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy
28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.”
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose *quickly and came to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but 1was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 aThen the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, 1saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she afell down at His feet, saying to Him, b“Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He *groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 aJesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, awho opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a astone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would asee the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away the stone 1from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 “And I know that You always hear Me, but abecause of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with agraveclothes, and bhis face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, aand had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and atold them the things Jesus did.
47 aThen the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, b“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs.
48 “If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”
49 And one of them, aCaiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
50 a“nor do you consider that it is expedient for 1us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”
51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 and anot for that nation only, but balso that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to aput Him to death.
54 aTherefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called bEphraim, and there remained with His disciples.
55 aAnd the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to bpurify themselves.
56 aThen they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?”
57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might aseize Him.
The Anointing at Bethany
1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, awhere Lazarus was 1who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.
2 aThere they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.
3 Then aMary took a pound of very costly oil of bspikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
4 But one of His disciples, aJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said,
5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for 1three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and ahad the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; 1she has kept this for the day of My burial.
8 “For athe poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”
The Plot to Kill Lazarus
9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, awhom He had raised from the dead.
10 aBut the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,
11 abecause on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
The Triumphal Entry
12 aThe next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:
“Hosanna!
a‘Blessed* is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’
The King of Israel!”
14 aThen Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:
15 “Feara not, daughter of Zion;
Behold, your King is coming,
Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
16 aHis disciples did not understand these things at first; bbut when Jesus was glorified, cthen they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.
18 aFor this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, a“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
The Fruitful Grain of Wheat
20 Now there awere certain Greeks among those bwho came up to worship at the feast.
21 Then they came to Philip, awho was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 But Jesus answered them, saying, a“The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, aunless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much 1grain.
25 a“He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 “If anyone serves Me, let him afollow Me; and bwhere I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross
27 a“Now My soul is *troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, *save Me from this hour’? bBut for this purpose I came to this hour.
28 “Father, glorify Your name.” aThen a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
30 Jesus answered and said, a“This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.
31 “Now is the judgment of this world; now athe ruler of this world will be cast out.
32 “And I, aif I am 1lifted* up from the earth, will draw ball peoples to Myself.”
33 aThis He said, signifying by what death He would die.
34 The people answered Him, a“We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer athe light is with you. bWalk while you have the light, lest *darkness *overtake you; che who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
36 “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become asons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and bwas hidden from them.
Who Has Believed Our Report?
37 But although He had done so many asigns before them, they did not believe in Him,
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
a“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?”
39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
40 “Hea has blinded their eyes and *hardened their hearts,
bLest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”
41 aThese things Isaiah said 1when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but abecause of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
43 afor they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 Then Jesus cried out and said, a“He who believes in Me, bbelieves not in Me cbut in Him who sent Me.
45 “And ahe who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
46 a“I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
47 “And if anyone hears My words and does not 1believe, aI do not judge him; for bI did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
48 a“He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—bthe word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
49 “For aI have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, bwhat I should say and what I should speak.
50 “And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I aspeak.”
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
1 Now abefore the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that bHis hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He cloved them to the end.
2 And 1supper being ended, athe devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,
3 Jesus, knowing athat the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He bhad come from God and cwas going to God,
4 arose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, a“Lord, are You washing my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you ado not understand now, bbut you will know after this.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, a“If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and ayou are clean, but not all of you.”
11 For aHe knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”
12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you 1know what I have done to you?
13 a“You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
14 a“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, byou also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 “For aI have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
16 a“Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is *sent greater than he who sent him.
17 a“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Jesus Identifies His Betrayer
18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the aScripture may be fulfilled, b‘He who eats 1bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’
19 a“Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.
20 a“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
21 aWhen Jesus had said these things, bHe was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, cone of you will betray Me.”
22 Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke.
23 Now athere was 1leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.
25 Then, leaning 1back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to aJudas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 aNow after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.
29 For some thought, because aJudas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.
The New Commandment
31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, a“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and bGod is glorified in Him.
32 “If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and aglorify Him immediately.
33 “Little children, I shall be with you a alittle while longer. You will seek Me; band as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.
34 a“A *new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 a“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have *love for one another.”
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I aam going you cannot follow Me now, but byou shall follow Me afterward.”
37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will alay down my life for Your sake.”
38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not acrow till you have denied Me three times.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 “Let anot your *heart be *troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 “In My Father’s house are many 1mansions; if it were not so, 2I would have told you. aI go to prepare a place for you.
3 “And if I go and *prepare a place for you, aI will come again and receive you to Myself; that bwhere I am, there you may be also.
4 “And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
5 aThomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am athe way, bthe truth, and cthe life. dNo one comes to the Father eexcept through Me.
The Father Revealed
7 a“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you *so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? aHe who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 “Do you not believe that aI am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you bI do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
11 “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, aor else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
The Answered Prayer
12 a“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
13 a“And whatever you *ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be bglorified in the Son.
14 “If you 1ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 a“If you love Me, 1keep My commandments.
16 “And I will pray the Father, and aHe will *give you another 1Helper,* that He may abide with you forever—
17 a“the Spirit of truth, bwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you cand will be in you.
18 a“I will not leave you orphans; bI will come to you.
Indwelling of the Father and the Son
19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but ayou will see Me. bBecause I live, you will live also.
20 “At that day you will know that aI am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
21 a“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and 1manifest Myself to him.”
22 aJudas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will *manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, aand We will come to him and make Our home with him.
24 “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and athe word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
The Gift of His Peace
25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.
26 “But athe 1Helper,* the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will bsend in My name, cHe will teach you all things, and bring to your dremembrance all things that I said to you.
27 a“Peace* I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 “You have heard Me asay to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because 1I said, b‘I am going to the Father,’ for cMy Father is greater than I.
29 “And anow I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.
30 “I will no longer talk much with you, afor the ruler of this world is coming, and he has bnothing in Me.
31 “But that the world may know that I love the Father, and aas the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
The True Vine
1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 a“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He 1takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear bmore fruit.
3 a“You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 a“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much afruit; for without Me you can do bnothing.
6 “If anyone does not abide in Me, ahe is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 “If you abide in Me, and My words aabide in you, byou1 will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 a“By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; bso you will be My disciples.
Love and Joy Perfected
9 “As the Father aloved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
10 a“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and athat your joy may be full.
12 a“This is My bcommandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 a“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his *friends.
14 a“You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, afor all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
16 a“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and bappointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father cin My name He may give you.
17 “These things I command you, that you love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 a“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
19 a“If you were of the world, the world would *love its own. Yet bbecause you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 “Remember the word that I said to you, a‘A *servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. bIf they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
21 “But aall these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
22 a“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, bbut now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 a“He who hates Me hates My Father also.
24 “If I had not done among them athe works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have bseen and also hated both Me and My Father.
25 “But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, a‘They hated Me without a cause.’
The Coming Rejection
26 a“But when the 1Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, bHe will testify of Me.
27 “And ayou also will bear witness, because byou have been with Me from the beginning.
1 “These things I have spoken to you, that you ashould not be made to *stumble.
2 a“They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming bthat whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.
3 “And athese things they will do 1to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
4 “But these things I have told you, that when 1the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
5 “But now I ago away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
6 “But because I have said these things to you, asorrow has filled your heart.
7 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the *Helper will not come to you; but aif I depart, I will send Him to you.
8 “And when He has acome, He will convict the world of *sin, and of righteousness, and of *judgment:
9 a“of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 a“of righteousness, bbecause I go to My Father and you see Me no more;
11 a“of judgment, because bthe ruler of this world is judged.
12 “I still have many things to say to you, abut you cannot bear them now.
13 “However, when He, athe Spirit of truth, has come, bHe will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
14 a“He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.
15 a“All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He 1will take of Mine and declare it to you.
Sorrow Will Turn to Joy
16 “A alittle while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, bbecause I go to the Father.”
17 Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
18 They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not 1know what He is saying.”
19 Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’?
20 “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and alament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into bjoy.
21 a“A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22 “Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ayour *heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
23 “And in that day you will *ask Me nothing. aMost assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
24 “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, athat your joy may be bfull.
Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World
25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you aplainly about the Father.
26 “In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
27 a“for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and bhave believed that I came forth from God.
28 a“I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!
30 “Now we are sure that aYou know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this bwe believe that You came forth from God.”
31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32 a“Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, beach to his 1own, and will leave Me alone. And cyet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
33 “These things I have spoken to you, that ain Me you may have peace. bIn the world you 1will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, cI have overcome the world.”
Jesus Prays for Himself
1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, athe hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
2 a“as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He 1should give eternal life to as many bas You have given Him.
3 “And athis is eternal life, that they may know You, bthe only true God, and Jesus Christ cwhom You have sent.
4 a“I have glorified You on the earth. bI have *finished the work cwhich You have given Me to do.
5 “And now, O Father, glorify Me together 1with Yourself, with the glory awhich I had with You before the world was.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 a“I have 1manifested Your name to the men bwhom You have given Me out of the world. cThey were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
7 “Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
8 “For I have given to them the words awhich You have given Me; and they have received them, band have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that cYou sent Me.
9 “I pray for them. aI do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
10 “And all Mine are Yours, and aYours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
11 a“Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, bkeep1 through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one cas We are.
12 “While I was with them 1in the world, aI kept them in 2Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and bnone of them is 3lost* cexcept the son of 4perdition, dthat the Scripture might be fulfilled.
13 “But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 “I have given them Your word; aand the world has hated them because they are not of the world, bjust as I am not of the world.
15 “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but athat You should keep them from the evil one.
16 “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17 a“Sanctify1* them by Your truth. bYour word is truth.
18 a“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19 “And afor their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who 1will believe in Me through their word;
21 a“that they all may be one, as bYou, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 “And the aglory which You gave Me I have given them, bthat they may be one just as We are one:
23 “I in them, and You in Me; athat they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
24 a“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; bfor You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
25 “O righteous Father! aThe world has not known You, but bI have known You; and cthese have known that You sent Me.
26 a“And I have declared to them Your *name, and will declare it, that the love bwith which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, aHe went out with His disciples over bthe Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; afor Jesus often met there with His disciples.
3 aThen Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4 Jesus therefore, aknowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”
5 They answered Him, a“Jesus 1of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas, who bbetrayed Him, also stood with them.
6 Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,”
9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, a“Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
10 aThen Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink athe cup which My Father has given Me?”
Before the High Priest
12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
13 And athey led Him away to bAnnas first, for he was the father-in-law of cCaiaphas who was high priest that year.
14 aNow it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was 1expedient that one man should die for the people.
Peter Denies Jesus
15 aAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did banother1 disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
16 aBut Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
17 Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, “You are not also one of this Man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am anot.”
18 Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
Jesus Questioned by the High Priest
19 The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, a“I spoke *openly to the world. I always taught bin synagogues and cin the temple, where 1the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.
21 “Why do you ask Me? Ask athose who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.”
22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by astruck1 Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?”
24 aThen Annas sent Him bound to bCaiaphas the high priest.
Peter Denies Twice More
25 Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. aTherefore they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not!”
26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
27 Peter then denied again; and aimmediately a rooster crowed.
In Pilate’s Court
28 aThen they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. bBut they themselves did not go into the 1Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.
29 aPilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
30 They answered and said to him, “If He were not 1an evildoer, we would not have *delivered Him up to you.”
31 Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,”
32 athat the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, bsignifying by what death He would die.
33 aThen Pilate entered the 1Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”
35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?”
36 aJesus answered, b“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”
37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, athat I should bear bwitness to the truth. Everyone who cis of the truth dhears My voice.”
38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, a“I find no fault in Him at all.
Taking the Place of Barabbas
39 a“But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
40 aThen they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” bNow Barabbas was a robber.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
1 So then aPilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.
3 1Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they astruck Him with their hands.
4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, athat you may know that I find no fault in Him.”
Pilate’s Decision
5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
6 aTherefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him, a“We have a law, and according to 1our law He ought to die, because bHe made Himself the Son of God.”
8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,
9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” aBut Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have 1power to crucify You, and 1power to release You?”
11 Jesus answered, a“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore bthe one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s *friend. aWhoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”
13 aWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the *judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 Now ait was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, a“We have no king but Caesar!”
16 aThen he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus 1and led Him away.
The King on a Cross
17 aAnd He, bearing His cross, bwent out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and atwo others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
19 aNow Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 Then many of the Jews *read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 aThen the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:
a“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”
Therefore the soldiers did these things.
Behold Your Mother
25 aNow there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of bClopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and athe disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, b“Woman, behold your son!”