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But some of them said, "If Jesus opened the eyes of the blind man, why couldn't he keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus said, "Move the stone away." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, "But, Lord, it has been four days since he died. There will be a bad smell."

I know that you always hear me, but I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me."

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

But the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must tell them. Then they could arrest him.

But Judas did not really care about the poor; he said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the money box, and he often stole from it.

You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me."

A large crowd of people heard that Jesus was in Bethany. So they went there to see not only Jesus but Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

The followers of Jesus did not understand this at first. But after Jesus was raised to glory, they remembered that this had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

I tell you the truth, a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.

Those who love their lives will lose them, but those who hate their lives in this world will keep true life forever.

The crowd standing there, who heard the voice, said it was thunder. But others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

But many believed in Jesus, even many of the leaders. But because of the Pharisees, they did not say they believed in him for fear they would be put out of the synagogue.

"Anyone who hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge, because I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

Jesus answered, "You don't understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later."

Simon Peter answered, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but wash my hands and my head, too!"

Jesus said, "After a person has had a bath, his whole body is clean. He needs only to wash his feet. And you men are clean, but not all of you."

"I am not talking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is to bring about what the Scripture said: ‘The man who ate at my table has turned against me.'

Simon Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow later."

If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. But now you do know him, and you have seen him."