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And I am glad I was not there, for your sakes, so that you may believe; but let us walk there.

When Martha heard that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary sat in the house.

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give you.

Jesus had not yet come into the town, but he was still at the same place where Martha met him.

And I know that you always hear me; but I say these things just because of this people who stand around, so that they may believe that you have sent me.

But one of them, called Caiaphas, who was the high priest for that year, said to them, You know nothing;

He did not say this of himself; but because he was the high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus had to die for the sake of the people;

And not only for the sake of the people, but also to gather together the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Jesus therefore did not walk openly among the Jews, but went away thence to a place which is close to the wilderness, in the province of Ephraim; and he remained there with his disciples.

But the high priests and the Pharisees had already commanded, that if any man should know where he is, to let them know, so that they might seize him.

And they gave him a banquet there; Martha served; but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with him.

He said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and the purse was with him, and he carried whatever was put in it.

For you have the poor always with you, but me you have not always.

Many people of the Jews heard that Jesus was there; so they came, not only on account of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

His disciples did not understand these things at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written concerning him, and that they had done these things to him.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that unless a grain of wheat falls and dies in the ground, it will be left alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

Now my soul is disturbed, and what shall I say? O my Father, deliver me from this hour; but for this cause I came to this very hour.

Jesus answered and said to them, This voice was not on my account, but for your sake.

Many of the leading men also believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they might not be cast out of the synagogue.

Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.