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Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about.

But others said, "How could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like that could give sight to a blind person!"

But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me.

But he said, "I have shown you many good things that my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?"

But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.

Again they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped

many people came to him. They were saying, "John didn't work any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true."

But he stayed where he was for two more days.

But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light."

Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep.

When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.

Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, "Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell."

I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so that the people here would believe that you sent me."

You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me."

At first, Jesus' disciples did not understand. But after he had been given his glory, they remembered all this. Everything had happened exactly as the Scriptures said it would.

But the Pharisees said to each other, "There is nothing that can be done! Everyone in the world is following Jesus."

I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat.

Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer.

He had worked a lot of miracles among the people, but they were still not willing to have faith in him.

Even then, many of the leaders put their faith in Jesus, but they did not tell anyone about it. The Pharisees had already given orders for the people not to have anything to do with anyone who had faith in Jesus.