Category: John

1 Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.

3 Therefore, his sisters sent to him, saying: “Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.”

4 Then, upon hearing this, Jesus said to them: “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.

6 Even so, after he heard that he was sick, he then still remained in the same place for two days.

7 Then, after these things, he said to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

8 The disciples said to him: “Rabbi, the Jews are even now seeking to stone you. And would you go there again?”

9 Jesus responded: “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 But if he walks in the nighttime, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11 He said these things, and after this, he said to them: “Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep.”

12 And so his disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he shall be healthy.”

13 But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep.

14 Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died.

15 And I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 And then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go, too, so that we may die with him.”

17 And so Jesus went. And he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.

18 (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.)

19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.

20 Therefore, Martha, when she heard that Jesus was arriving, went out to meet him. But Mary was sitting at home.

21 And then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 But even now, I know that whatever you will request from God, God will give to you.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”

24 Martha said to him, “I know that he shall rise again, at the resurrection on the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.

26 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall not die for eternity. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to him: “Certainly, Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God, who has come into this world.”

28 And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary quietly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and he is calling you.”

29 When she heard this, she rose up quickly and went to him.

30 For Jesus had not yet arrived in the town. But he was still at that place where Martha had met him.

31 Therefore, the Jews who were with her in the house and who were consoling her, when they had seen that Mary rose up quickly and went out, they followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb, so that she may weep there.”

32 Therefore, when Mary had arrived to where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and she said to him. “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 And then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had arrived with her weeping, he groaned in spirit and became troubled.

34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 And Jesus wept.

36 Therefore, the Jews said, “See how much he loved him!”

37 But some of them said, “Would not he who opened the eyes of one born blind have been able to cause this man not to die?”

38 Therefore, Jesus, again groaning from within himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone had been placed over it.

39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, said to him, “Lord, by now it will smell, for this is the fourth day.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?”

41 Therefore, they took away the stone. Then, lifting up his eyes, Jesus said: “Father, I give thanks to you because you have heard me.

42 And I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the people who are standing nearby, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”

43 When he had said these things, he cried in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”

44 And immediately, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Jesus said to them, “Release him and let him go.”

45 Therefore, many of the Jews, who had come to Mary and Martha, and who had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.

46 But certain ones among them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.

47 And so, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and they were saying: “What can we do? For this man accomplishes many signs.

48 If we leave him alone, in this way all will believe in him. And then the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.”

49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, since he was the high priest that year, said to them: “You do not understand anything.

50 Nor do you realize that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the entire nation should not perish.”

51 Yet he did not say this from himself, but since he was the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

52 And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

53 Therefore, from that day, they planned to put him to death.

54 And so, Jesus no longer walked in public with the Jews. But he went into a region near the desert, to a city which is called Ephraim. And he lodged there with his disciples.

55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near. And many from the countryside ascended to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might sanctify themselves.

56 Therefore, they were seeking Jesus. And they conferred with one another, while standing in the temple: “What do you think? Will he come to the feast day?”

57 And the high priests and Pharisees had given an order, so that if anyone would know where he may be, he should reveal it, so that they might apprehend him.

1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethania, where Lazarus had died, whom Jesus raised up.

2 And they made a dinner for him there. And Martha was ministering. And truly, Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at table with him.

3 And then Mary took twelve ounces of pure spikenard ointment, very precious, and she anointed the feet of Jesus, and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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

5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?”

6 Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.

7 But Jesus said: “Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

8 For the poor, you have with you always. But me, you do always not have.”

9 Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was in that place, and so they came, not so much because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 And the leaders of the priests planned to put Lazarus to death also.

11 For many of the Jews, because of him, were going away and were believing in Jesus.

12 Then, on the next day, the great crowd that had come to the feast day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took branches of palm trees, and they went ahead to meet him. And they were crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!”

14 And Jesus found a small donkey, and he sat upon it, just as it is written:

15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king arrives, sitting on the colt of a donkey.”

16 At first, his disciples did not realize these things. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that these things happened to him.

17 And so the crowd that had been with him, when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, offered testimony.

18 Because of this, too, the crowd went out to meet him. For they heard that he had accomplished this sign.

19 Therefore, the Pharisees said among themselves: “Do you see that we are accomplishing nothing? Behold, the entire world has gone after him.”

20 Now there were certain Gentiles among those who went up so that they might worship on the feast day.

21 Therefore, these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they petitioned him, saying: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

22 Philip went and told Andrew. Next, Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

23 But Jesus answered them by saying: “The hour arrives when the Son of man shall be glorified.

24 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

25 it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.

26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there too my minister shall be. If anyone has served me, my Father will honor him.

27 Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say? Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this reason that I came to this hour.

28 Father, glorify your name!” And then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

29 Therefore, the crowd, which was standing near and had heard it, said that it was like thunder. Others were saying, “An Angel was speaking with him.”

30 Jesus responded and said: “This voice came, not for my sake, but for your sakes.

31 Now is the judgment of the world. Now will the prince of this world be cast out.

32 And when I have been lifted up from the earth, I will draw all things to myself.”

33 (Now he said this, signifying what kind of death he would die.)

34 The crowd answered him: “We have heard, from the law, that the Christ remains forever. And so how can you say, ‘The Son of man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of man?”

35 Therefore, Jesus said to them: “For a brief time, the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. But whoever walks in darkness does not know where is he going.

36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may be sons of the Light.” Jesus spoke these things, and then he went away and hid himself from them.

37 And although he had done such great signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, which says: “Lord, who has believed in our hearing? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39 Because of this, they were not able to believe, for Isaiah said again:

40 “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted: and then I would heal them.”

41 These things Isaiah said, when he saw his glory and was speaking about him.

42 Yet truly, many of the leaders also believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, so that they would not be cast out of the synagogue.

43 For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

44 But Jesus cried out and said: “Whoever believes in me, does not believe in me, but in him who sent me.

45 And whoever sees me, sees him who sent me.

46 I have arrived as a light to the world, so that all who believe in me might not remain in darkness.

47 And if anyone has heard my words and not kept them, I do not judge him. For I did not come so that I may judge the world, but so that I may save the world.

48 Whoever despises me and does not accept my words has one who judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him on the last day.

49 For I am not speaking from myself, but from the Father who sent me. He gave a commandment to me as to what I should say and how I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so also do I speak.”

1 Before the feast day of the Passover, Jesus knew that the hour was approaching when he would pass from this world to the Father. And since he had always loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

2 And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,

3 knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God,

4 he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself.

5 Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped.

6 And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”

7 Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.”

8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you will have no place with me.”

9 Simon Peter said to him, “Then Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”

10 Jesus said to him: “He who is washed need only wash his feet, and then he will be entirely clean. And you are clean, but not all.”

11 For he knew which one would betray him. For this reason, he said, “You are not all clean.”

12 And so, after he washed their feet and received his vestments, when he had sat down at table again, he said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you?

13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you speak well: for so I am.

14 Therefore, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.

15 For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.

16 Amen, amen, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.

17 If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it.

18 I am not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me shall lift up his heel against me.’

19 And I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it has happened, you may believe that I am.

20 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives anyone whom I send, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.”

21 When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit. And he bore witness by saying: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that one among you shall betray me.”

22 Therefore, the disciples looked around at one another, uncertain about whom he spoke.

23 And leaning against the bosom of Jesus was one of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved.

24 Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to this one and said to him, “Who is it that he is speaking about?”

25 And so, leaning against the chest of Jesus, he said to him, “Lord, who is it?”

26 Jesus responded, “It is he to whom I shall extend the dipped bread.” And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.

27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

28 Now none of those sitting at table knew why he had said this to him.

29 For some were thinking that, because Judas held the purse, that Jesus had told him, “Buy those things which are needed by us for the feast day,” or that he might give something to the needy.

30 Therefore, having accepted the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.

31 Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

32 If God has been glorified in him, then God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him without delay.

33 Little sons, for a brief while, I am with you. You shall seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go,’ so also I say to you now.

34 I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.

35 By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.”

36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus responded: “Where I am going, you are not able to follow me now. But you shall follow afterward.”

37 Peter said to him: “Why am I unable to follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”

38 Jesus answered him: “You will lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the rooster will not crow, until you deny me three times.”

1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.

2 In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.

4 And you know where I am going. And you know the way.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

7 If you had known me, certainly you would also have known my Father. And from now on, you shall know him, and you have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, reveal the Father to us, and it is enough for us.”

9 Jesus said to him: “Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me? Philip, whoever sees me, also sees the Father. How can you say, ‘Reveal the Father to us?’

10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I am speaking to you, I do not speak from myself. But the Father abiding in me, he does these works.

11 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

12 Or else, believe because of these same works. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me shall also do the works that I do. And greater things than these shall he do, for I go to the Father.

13 And whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you shall ask anything of me in my name, that I will do.

15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide with you for eternity:

17 the Spirit of Truth, whom the world is not able to accept, because it neither perceives him nor knows him. But you shall know him. For he will remain with you, and he will be in you.

18 I will not leave you orphans. I will return to you.

19 Yet a little while and the world will not see me any longer. But you will see me. For I live, and you shall live.

20 In that day, you shall know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

21 Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”

22 Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him: “Lord, how does it happen that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.

24 Whoever does not love me, does not keep my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.

25 These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you.

26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.

27 Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.

28 You have heard that I said to you: I am going away, and I am returning to you. If you loved me, certainly you would be gladdened, because I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I.

29 And now I have told you this, before it happens, so that, when it will happen, you may believe.

30 I will not now speak at length with you. For the prince of this world is coming, but he does not have anything in me.

31 Yet this is so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I am acting according to the commandment that the Father has given to me. Rise up, let us go from here.”

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are you unable, unless you abide in me.

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in me, he will be cast away, like a branch, and he will wither, and they will gather him and cast him into the fire, and he burns.

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

8 In this, my Father is glorified: that you should bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.

9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love.

10 If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father’s precepts and I abide in his love.

11 These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.

12 This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

13 No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.

14 You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.

15 I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you.

17 This I command you: that you love one another.

18 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.

19 If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you.

20 Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me.

22 If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 Whoever hates me, hates my Father also.

24 If I had not accomplished among them works that no other person has accomplished, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen me, and they have hated me and my Father.

25 But this is so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law: ‘For they hated me without cause.’

26 But when the Advocate has arrived, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will offer testimony about me.

27 And you shall offer testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.”

1 “These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble.

2 They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.

3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.

4 But these things I have spoken to you, so that, when the hour for these things will have arrived, you may remember that I told you.

5 But I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I am going to him who sent me. And no one among you has asked me, ‘Where are you going?’

6 But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 But I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I am going. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But when I will have gone away, I will send him to you.

8 And when he has arrived, he will argue against the world, about sin and about justice and about judgment:

9 about sin, indeed, because they have not believed in me;

10 about justice, truly, because I am going to the Father, and you will not see me any longer;

11 about judgment, then, because the prince of this world has already been judged.

12 I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.

13 But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.

14 He shall glorify me. For he will receive from what is mine, and he will announce it to you.

15 All things whatsoever that the Father has are mine. For this reason, I said that he will receive from what is mine and that he will announce it to you.

16 A little while, and then you will not see me. And again a little while, and you will see me. For I am going to the Father.”

17 Then some of his disciples said to one another: “What is this, that he is saying to us: ‘A little while, and you will not see me,’ and ‘Again a little while, and you will see me,’ and, ‘For I am going to the Father?’ ”

18 And they said: “What is this, that he is saying, ‘A little while?’ We do not understand what he is saying.”

19 But Jesus realized that they wanted to question him, and so he said to them: “Are you inquiring among yourselves about this, that I said: ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?’

20 Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall mourn and weep, but the world will rejoice. And you shall be greatly saddened, yet your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

21 A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to the child, then she no longer remembers the difficulties, because of the joy: for a man has been born into the world.

22 Therefore, you also, indeed, have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice. And no one will take away your joy from you.

23 And, in that day, you will not petition me for anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you.

24 Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.

25 I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.

26 In that day, you shall ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you.

27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and because you have believed that I went forth from God.

28 I went forth from the Father, and I have come into the world. Next I am leaving the world, and I am going to the Father.”

29 His disciples said to him: “Behold, now you are speaking plainly and not reciting a proverb.

30 Now we know that you know all things, and that you have no need for anyone to question you. By this, we believe that you went forth from God.”

31 Jesus answered them: “Do you believe now?

32 Behold, the hour is coming, and it has now arrived, when you will be scattered, each one on his own, and you will leave me behind, alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

33 These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”

1 Jesus said these things, and then, lifting up his eyes toward heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has arrived: glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you,

2 just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

3 And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

4 I have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish.

5 And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.

6 I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given to me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me. And they have kept your word.

7 Now they realize that all the things that you have given me are from you.

8 For I have given them the words that you gave to me. And they have accepted these words, and they have truly understood that I went forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

9 I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.

10 And all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I am glorified in this.

11 And though I am not in the world, these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Father most holy, preserve them in your name, those whom you have given to me, so that they may be one, even as we are one.

12 While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

13 And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.

14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, am not of the world.

15 I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil.

16 They are not of the world, just as I also am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.

18 Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19 And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.

20 But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.

21 So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

22 And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we also are one.

23 I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me.

24 Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.

25 Father most just, the world has not known you. But I have known you. And these have known that you sent me.

26 And I have made known your name to them, and I will make it known, so that the love in which you have loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.”

1 When Jesus had said these things, he departed with his disciples across the Torrent of Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples.

2 But Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus had frequently met with his disciples there.

3 Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4 And so Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to him, advanced and said to them, “Who are you seeking?”

5 They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.

6 Then, when he said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.

7 Then again he questioned them: “Who are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8 Jesus responded: “I told you that I am he. Therefore, if you are seeking me, permit these others to go away.”

9 This was so that the word might be fulfilled, which he said, “Of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any of them.”

10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and he struck the servant of the high priest, and he cut off his right ear. Now the name of the servant was Malchus.

11 Therefore, Jesus said to Peter: “Set your sword into the scabbard. Should I not drink the chalice which my Father has given to me?”

12 Then the cohort, and the tribune, and the attendants of the Jews apprehended Jesus and bound him.

13 And they led him away, first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.

14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.

15 And Simon Peter was following Jesus with another disciple. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and so he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest.

16 But Peter was standing outside at the entrance. Therefore, the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the woman who was the doorkeeper, and he led in Peter.

17 Therefore, the woman servant keeping the door said to Peter, “Are you not also among the disciples of this man?” He said, “I am not.”

18 Now the servants and attendants were standing before burning coals, for it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was standing with them also, warming himself.

19 Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine.

20 Jesus responded to him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews meet. And I have said nothing in secret.

21 Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. Behold, they know these things that I have said.”

22 Then, when he had said this, one the attendants standing nearby struck Jesus, saying: “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

23 Jesus answered him: “If I have spoken wrongly, offer testimony about the wrong. But if I have spoken correctly, then why do you strike me?”

24 And Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him, “Are you not also one of his disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

26 One of the servants of the high priest (a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off) said to him, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”

27 Therefore, again, Peter denied it. And immediately the rooster crowed.

28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the praetorium. Now it was morning, and so they did not enter into the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

29 Therefore, Pilate went outside to them, and he said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

30 They responded and said to him, “If he were not an evil-doer, we would not have handed him over you.”

31 Therefore, Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law.” Then the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to execute anyone.”

32 This was so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he would die.

33 Then Pilate entered the praetorium again, and he called Jesus and said to him, “You are the king of the Jews?”

34 Jesus responded, “Are you saying this of yourself, or have others spoken to you about me?”

35 Pilate responded: “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?”

36 Jesus responded: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my ministers would certainly strive so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not now from here.”

37 And so Pilate said to him, “You are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You are saying that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world: so that I may offer testimony to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.”

38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and he said to them, “I find no case against him.

39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”

40 Then they all cried out repeatedly, saying: “Not this one, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

1 Therefore, Pilate then took Jesus into custody and scourged him.

2 And the soldiers, plaiting a crown of thorns, imposed it on his head. And they put a purple garment around him.

3 And they were approaching him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.

4 Then Pilate went outside again, and he said to them: “Behold, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may realize that I find no case against him.”

5 (Then Jesus went out, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he said to them, “Behold the man.”

6 Therefore, when the high priests and the attendants had seen him, they cried out, saying: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them: “Take him yourselves and crucify him. For I find no case against him.”

7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to the law, he ought to die, for he has made himself the Son of God.”

8 Therefore, when Pilate had heard this word, he was more fearful.

9 And he entered into the praetorium again. And he said to Jesus. “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no response.

10 Therefore, Pilate said to him: “Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and I have authority to release you?”

11 Jesus responded, “You would not have any authority over me, unless it were given to you from above. For this reason, he who has handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

12 And from then on, Pilate was seeking to release him. But the Jews were crying out, saying: “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. For anyone who makes himself a king contradicts Caesar.”

13 Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus outside, and he sat down in the seat of judgment, in a place which is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, it is called the Elevation.

14 Now it was the preparation day of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your king.”

15 But they were crying out: “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests responded, “We have no king except Caesar.”

16 Therefore, he then handed him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.

17 And carrying his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew it is called the Place of the Skull.

18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

19 Then Pilate also wrote a title, and he set it above the cross. And it was written: JESUS THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS.

20 Therefore, many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was close to the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.

21 Then the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, ‘King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’

22 Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written.”

23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified him, took his garments, and they made four parts, one part to each soldier, and the tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven from above throughout the whole.

24 Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things.

25 And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

26 Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”

27 Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.

28 After this, Jesus knew that all had been accomplished, so in order that the Scripture might be completed, he said, “I thirst.”

29 And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.

30 Then Jesus, when he had received the vinegar, said: “It is consummated.” And bowing down his head, he surrendered his spirit.

31 Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

32 Therefore, the soldiers approached, and, indeed, they broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who was crucified with him.

33 But after they had approached Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

34 Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water.

35 And he who saw this has offered testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.

36 For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “You shall not break a bone of him.”

37 And again, another Scripture says: “They shall look upon him, whom they have pierced.”

38 Then, after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate so that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission. Therefore, he went and took away the body of Jesus.

39 Now Nicodemus also arrived, (who had gone to Jesus at first by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloe, weighing about seventy pounds.

40 Therefore, they took the body of Jesus, and they bound it with linen cloths and the aromatic spices, just as it is the manner of the Jews to bury.

41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden there was a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid.

42 Therefore, because of the preparation day of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

1 Then on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb.

2 Therefore, she ran and went to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and she said to them, “They have taken the Lord away from the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”

3 Therefore, Peter departed with the other disciple, and they went to the tomb.

4 Now they both ran together, but the other disciple ran more quickly, ahead of Peter, and so he arrived at the tomb first.

5 And when he bowed down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not yet enter.

6 Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he entered the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

7 and the separate cloth which had been over his head, not placed with the linen cloths, but in a separate place, wrapped up by itself.

8 Then the other disciple, who had arrived first at the tomb, also entered. And he saw and believed.

9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that it was necessary for him to rise again from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went away again, each by himself.

11 But Mary was standing outside the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bowed down and gazed into the tomb.

12 And she saw two Angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been placed, one at the head, and one at the feet.

13 They say to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have placed him.”

14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her: “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you seeking?” Considering that it was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have moved him, tell me where you have placed him, and I will take him away.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” And turning, she said to him, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her: “Do not touch me. For I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and tell them: ‘I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.’ ”

18 Mary Magdalene went, announcing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord, and these are the things that he said to me.”

19 Then, when it was late on the same day, on the first of the Sabbaths, and the doors were closed where the disciples were gathered, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and he said to them: “Peace to you.”

20 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and side. And the disciples were gladdened when they saw the Lord.

21 Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

22 When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”

24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus arrived.

25 Therefore, the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I will see in his hands the mark of the nails and place my finger into the place of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

26 And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas was with them. Jesus arrived, though the doors had been closed, and he stood in their midst and said, “Peace to you.”

27 Next, he said to Thomas: “Look at my hands, and place your finger here; and bring your hand close, and place it at my side. And do not choose to be unbelieving, but faithful.”

28 Thomas responded and said to him, “My Lord and my God.”

29 Jesus said to him: “You have seen me, Thomas, so you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

30 Jesus also accomplished many other signs in the sight of his disciples. These have not been written in this book.

31 But these things have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, in believing, you may have life in his name.