Chapter 19

(34)Then the multitude answered him, We have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, That the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35)Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going. (36)While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed himself from them.

(37)Now, though he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not on him: (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?" (39)For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah had said again; (40)"He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." (41)These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. (42)However, notwithstanding, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the synagogues: (43)for they loved honour from men, more than honour from God.

(44)Then Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. (45)And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. (46)I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness. (47)And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48)He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. (49)Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. (50)And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.

CHAP. XIII.

NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end. (2)And supper being served, (the devil having now injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he should betray him;) (3)Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and was going to God; (4)he rises from supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about himself. (5)Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt. (6)Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and he saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. (10)Jesus saith to him, He that is washed hath need only to wash his feet, for he is entirely clean: and ye are clean, but not all. (11)(For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, Ye are not all clean.) (12)When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? (13)Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye speak truly; for such I am. (14)If therefore I have washed your feet, though the Lord and the Master; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, ye should do also. (16)Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor the messenger greater than him that sent him. (17)If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them. (18)I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me. (19)Now I tell you previously, before this comes to pass, that, when it cometh to pass, ye may believe that I am. (20)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I shall send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

(21)As Jesus was speaking these words, he was greatly agitated in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. (22)Then the disciples looked one at another, doubting of whom he spake. (23)Now there was one of the disciples reclining on the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved. (24)Therefore Simon Peter gave him a significant look, that he should inquire of Jesus, which of them it should be of whom he spake. (25)And he leaning on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, which is it? (26)Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give this morsel of bread, when I have dipped it. And dipping the morsel of bread, he gave it unto Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. (27)And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus saith to him, What thou doest, do quickly. (28)Now none of those who sat at table knew wherefore he had spoken to him. (29)For some supposed, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. (30)Having then received the sop, he went out immediately: now it was night.

(31)When therefore he was gone, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. (32)If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him with himself, and immediately glorify him. (33)My dear children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: as I said to the Jews, Whither I am going, ye cannot come; so say I now to you. (34)A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (35)By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

(36)Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, Whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me hereafter. (37)Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. (38)Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I tell thee, the cock will not crow, before thou shalt deny me thrice.

CHAP. XIV.

LET not your hearts be troubled: trust in God, and trust in me. (2)In my Father's house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3)And if I go and prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (4)And whither I am going ye know, and the way ye know.

(5)Thomas saith to him, We know not whither thou art going; and how can we know the way? (6)Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. (7)If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him.

(8)Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9)Jesus saith to him, Am I all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? (10)Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? the words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, who dwelleth in me, he performeth these works. (11)Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: and at least believe me on account of the works themselves. (12)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. (13)And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14)If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (15)If ye love me, keep my commandments. (16)And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (17)the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. (18)I will not leave you orphans: I am coming to you. (19)Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. (20)In that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (21)He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he is the person who loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

(22)Then Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not unto the world? (23)Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. (24)He that loveth me not, doth not observe my sayings: and the word which ye are hearing is not mine, but of him that sent me. (25)These things have I spoken to you, while I continue among you. (26)But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I have spoken to you. (27)Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear. (28)Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my Father is greater than I. (29)And now I have informed you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe. (30)I shall not speak many things more with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath no part. (31)But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father hath given me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

CHAP. XV.

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2)Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit. (3)Ye are already clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. (5)I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing. (6)If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (7)If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you. (8)Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (9)Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love. (10)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and as I abide in his love. (11)These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full. (12)This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you. (13)Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (14)Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever things I command you. (15)I no more call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to you all things which I have heard of my Father. (16)Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he may give it you. (17)These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18)If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you. (19)If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you. (20)Remember the word which I spake unto you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they have observed my words, they will observe your's also. (21)But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. (22)Had I not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. (23)He that hateth me hateth my Father also. (24)If I had not done among them the works which no other ever did, they would not have had sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. (25)But it is in order that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, "They hated me without a cause." (26)But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: (27)and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

CHAP. XVI.

THESE things have I spoken, that ye might not be stumbled. (2)They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service. (3)And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (4)But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you. (5)But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going? (6)But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. (7)Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. (8)And when he cometh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: (9)of sin first, because they believe not in me; (10)then of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, so ye see me no more; (11)and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.

(12)I have many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them just now. (13)But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he will conduct you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever things he shall hear, he shall speak: and he will declare to you the things that shall come hereafter. (14)He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (15)All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (16)A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.

(17)Then said some of the disciples unto each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father? (18)They said therefore, What is this which he saith, This little while? we know not what he means.

(19)Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Are ye questioning among yourselves concerning this declaration, which I spake, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me? (20)Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (21)A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into the world. (22)And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you. (23)And in that hour ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you. (24)Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete. (25)These things have I spoken to you in parables: but the hour is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but will plainly inform you respecting the Father. (26)In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I do not say to you, I will entreat the Father for you: (27)for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. (28)I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I am leaving the world, and going to the Father.

(29)His disciples said unto him, Lo! now thou speakest plainly, and speakest in no-wise proverbial. (30)Now we know that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any person should ask thee: by this we believe that thou hast come forth from God. (31)Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? (32)Behold, the hour is coming, yea, it is already come, that ye shall be dispersed, each after his own concerns, and shall leave me alone: though I am not alone, because the Father is with me. (33)These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

CHAP. XVII.

THESE things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee: (2)even as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that with regard to all those whom thou hast given him, he should give to them eternal life: (3)and this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus, the Messiah. (4)I have glorified thee upon earth: I have completed the work which thou gavest me to perform. (5)And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was. (6)I have made known thy name to the persons whom thou gavest me out of the world: for thee they had a being, and to me thou hast given them; and thy word have they kept. (7)Now have they known, that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee. (8)For the declarations which thou gavest to me I have delivered to them; and they have received them, and have known assuredly that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou hast sent me. (9)I entreat for them: I make no request for the world; but for those thou hast given me; for they are thine. (10)And all mine are thine, and thine mine; and I have been glorified in them. (11)And now no longer am I in this world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father! preserve them for thy name's sake whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. (12)When I was with them in the world, I preserved them by thy name: those whom thou hast given me have I guarded, and not one of them is perished, except the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. (13)But now I am coming to thee; and I am speaking these things in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. (14)I have given them thy word and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (15)I entreat not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest preserve them from the wicked one. (16)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (17)Sanctify them by thy truth: thy word is truth. (18)As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world. (19)And for them I devote myself, that they also might be sanctified by the truth. (20)And not for them do I make request only, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word; (21)that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that these also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (22)And I have given them the glory, which thou hast given me; that they may be one, even as we are one: (23)I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (24)Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

(25)Righteous Father! though the world hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. (26)And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

CHAP. XVIII.

HAVING thus spoken, Jesus went out with his disciples beyond the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into which he went himself, and his disciples. (2)Now Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: for frequently had Jesus consorted with his disciples there. (3)Then Judas having taken a band of soldiers, and the inferior officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and arms. (4)Jesus therefore, conscious of all things that were coming upon him, going forward, said to them, Whom are ye seeking? (5)They answered him, Jesus the Nazarean. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. Then stood also Judas, who betrayed him, with these men. (6)As he then spake to them, I am he, they retreated backward, and fell flat on the ground. (7)Again therefore he demanded of them, Whom seek ye? Then they said, Jesus the Nazarean. (8)Jesus answered, I told you that I am he: if therefore ye are seeking me, permit these to go away: (9)that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, That of those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.

(10)Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew it, and struck a servant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchas. (11)Then said Jesus to Peter, Put up thy sword into the scabbard: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

(12)The band therefore, and the chief captain, and the inferior officers of the Jews, seized on Jesus, and bound him, (13)and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high-priest of that year. (14)Now Caiaphas was the person who had given his advice to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should be destroyed instead of the people.