Part 18
(21)Then spake Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I am going ye cannot come. (22)The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come. (23)And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins. (25)They said, therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Assuredly the same as I am telling you. (26)I have many things to speak and to decide concerning you: but he that sent me is true; and the things which I have heard from him I speak to the world. (27)They knew not that he spake to them of the Father.
(28)Then said Jesus to them, When ye shall have lifted up on high the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am, and of myself have I done nothing; but as the Father hath instructed me, so I speak. (29)And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; because I always do the things acceptable to him. (30)As he spake these words, many believed on him.
(31)Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples; (32)and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (33)They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and never were in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, That we shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That every one who committeth sin is the slave of sin. (35)But the slave abideth not in the family for ever: but the son abideth for ever. (36)If the Son therefore make you free, ye will be truly free. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have seen with my Father: and ye do therefore what ye have seen with your father. (39)They answered and said unto him, Our Father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would have done the works of Abraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God. Abraham did not so. (41)Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We are not born of whoredom; we have one Father, even God. (42)Then said Jesus unto them, If God was your Father, ye would have loved me: for I came out from God, and I am coming; neither indeed came I of myself, but he hath sent me. (43)Wherefore do ye not understand my speech? because ye cannot hear my word. (44)Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)But because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. (46)Which of you can convict me of sin? Now if I speak the truth, why do ye not believe me? (47)He that is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of God.
(48)Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Do we not rightly affirm, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? (49)Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me. (50)But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. (51)Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any man observe my saying, he shall never see death to all eternity. (52)Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If any man observe my word, he shall never taste of death to eternity. (53)Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
(54)Jesus answered, If I assume glory to myself, my glory is nothing: it is the Father who glorifies me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: (55)yet have ye not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, that I know him not, I should be like you, a liar: but I know him, and observe his word. (56)Your father Abraham exulted for joy that he should see this day of mine: and saw it, and rejoiced. (57)Then said the Jews unto him, Thou hast not yet reached the age of fifty, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am. (59)Then took they up stones to hurl at him: but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, passing through the midst of them, and so went away.
CHAP. IX.
AND as he passed along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his disciples inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? (3)Jesus answered, Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is in order to make manifest the works of God in him. (4)I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no man can work. (5)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (6)So speaking, he spat on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and anointed with the mud the eyes of the blind man; (7)and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies, Sent.) Then he went and washed, and came seeing.
(8)The neighbours therefore, and they who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is not this the man who was sitting and begging? (9)Some said, That this is he: but others, That he is like him: he himself said, I am he. (10)When said they to him, How were thine eyes opened? (11)he answered and said, A man called Jesus made mud, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: then I went, and washing received sight. (12)They said to him, Where is he? He replied, I know not.
(13)They brought him to the Pharisees, who had before been blind. (14)(Now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.) (15)The Pharisees therefore questioned him again, How he had received sight? And he told them, He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. (16)Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them. (17)They say to the blind man again, What sayest thou of him? that he opened thine eyes? Then he replied, That he is a prophet.
(18)Then the Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and received sight, until that they had called the parents of him who had received sight. (19)And they questioned them, saying, Is this your son, of whom ye say, that he was born blind? how then doth 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 how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he himself will tell you about it. (22)So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue. (23)Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
(24)The second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said unto him, Give the glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. (25)Then answered he and said, Whether this man be a sinner, I know not: one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26)Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eves? (27)He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hearken: why do ye wish to hear it again? will ye also become his disciples? (28)Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses. (29)We know that God spake to Moses: but we know nothing of this man, whence he is. (30)The man replied, and said to them, Now herein is something very surprising, that you know not whence he is, though he hath opened my eyes. (31)Now we know that God doth not hearken to sinners: but if any man be a devout worshipper, and doeth his will, him he heareth. (32)From the creation of the world hath it never been heard, that any man opened the eyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from God, he could not do any thing. (34)They answered and said unto him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. (35)Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, said to him, Believest thou in the Son of God? (36)The man answered and said, Who is he, Sir, that I might believe on him? (37)Then said Jesus him, Thou hast even seen him, and he that is now talking with thee is the very person. (38)Then he said, Lord, I believe: and worshipped him.
(39)And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not may see; and they who see become blind. (40)And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, Are we blind also? (41)Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye should not have had sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is permanent.
CHAP. X.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber. (2)He that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. (3)To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own peculiar sheep by name, and leadeth them forth. (4)And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice. (5)And a stranger will they not follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (6)This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.
(7)Therefore Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. (8)All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them. (9)I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (10)The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (11)I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. (12)But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own property the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizes upon them, and disperseth the sheep. (13)Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. (14)I am the good shepherd, and know my own _sheep_, and am known of my own. (15)As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd. (17)Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. (18)No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.
(19)There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of these sayings. (20)Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to him? (21)Others said, These are not the discourses of a demoniac. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
(22)Then was the feast of dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter. (23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico. (24)Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. (25)Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear witness of me. (26)But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you. (27)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (28)and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand. (29)My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall pluck them out of my Father's hand. (30)I and my Father are one.
(31)Then the Jews again brought stones, in order to stone him. (32)Jesus said unto them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these are ye going to stone me? (33)The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God. (34)Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, "I said ye are gods?" (35)If he called those gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (36)do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God? (37)If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38)But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. (39)Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach, (40)and went again beyond Jordan, unto the place where John at first baptised; and there he abode. (41)And many came to him, and said, That John indeed performed no miracle: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true. (42)And many believed on him there.
CHAP. XI.
NOW there was a sick man, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (2)(It was the Mary who had anointed the Lord with the balm, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) (3)The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. (4)When Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not for death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)Then, though he heard he was ill, yet notwithstanding he abode in the same place where he was two days. (7)But after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go again into Judea. (8)The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going thither again? (9)Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world. (10)But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him. (11)These things said he: and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I go to waken him up. (12)Then said his disciples, Lord, if he is asleep, he will recover. (13)Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they apprehended that he spake of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then Jesus therefore told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. (15)And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe; but let us go to him. (16)Then said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his fellow-disciples, Let us go too, that we may die with him.
(17)Then Jesus, when he came; found that he had already lain in the tomb four days. (18)Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (19)and many of the Jews had come with the women who were about Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. (20)Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him: but Mary sat in the house. (21)And Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even now I know, that whatsoever things thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. (23)Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. (24)Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise at the resurrection in the last day. (25)Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26)and every one who is alive, and believeth in me, shall never die to eternity. Believest thou this? (27)She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, who cometh into the world.
(28)So when she had thus spoken, she went away, and called her sister Mary privately, saying, The Master is near at hand, and calleth for thee. (29)As soon as she heard it, she rose hastily, and came to him.
(30)Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was on the spot where Martha had met him. (31)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, observing Mary, that she rose up hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep there.
(32)When therefore Mary was come where Jesus was, beholding him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died! (33)When Jesus then saw her weeping, and all the Jews who came with her lamenting, he groaned in spirit, and was himself greatly agitated: (34)and he said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus wept. (36)Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! (37)But some of them said, Could not this man, who openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person should not have died? (38)Then Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. It was an excavation, and a stone lay upon it. (39)Jesus saith, Remove the stone. The sister of the deceased, Martha, said to him, Lord, he is by this time putrid: for he hath been dead four days. (40)Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? (41)Then they removed the stone where the deceased was lying. And Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me! (42)And I knew that thou always dost hear me: but for the sake of the multitude standing by I spake, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. (43)And when he had thus spoken, with a loud voice he cried, Lazarus, come forth! (44)And the deceased came forth, his feet and his hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go!
(45)Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. (46)But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. (47)The chief priests and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles. (48)If we suffer him to go on thus, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation. (49)Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, (50)nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. (51)And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the children of God wherever dispersed. (53)Then from that day they consulted together how they might kill him.
(54)Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country bordering on the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with his disciples. (55)Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, in order to purify themselves. (56)Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? (57)Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might apprehend him.
CHAP. XII.
JESUS then before the days of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. (2)Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him. (3)Then Mary taking a pound of unadulterated balm of nard, very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. (4)Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was preparing to betray him, (5)Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? (6)Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein. (7)Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this. (8)For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
(9)Then the whole multitude of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came not for the sake of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. (10)Then the chief priests consulted how they might kill Lazarus also; (11)because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
(12)On the morrow a great multitude who came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of palm, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the king of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.
(14)Then Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written, (15)"Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an ass." (16)These things indeed knew not his disciples at first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
(17)Then the multitude that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore their testimony. (18)Therefore also the multitude met him, because they had heard that he had done this miracle. (19)Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.
(20)Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast: (21)these then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida, of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. (22)Philip comes and speaks to Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. (23)Then Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it _thus_ die, it beareth abundant produce. (25)He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. (26)If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. (27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (28)Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. (29)The multitude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for your's. (31)Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out _of it_. (32)And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (33)And this he said, signifying by what death he should die.