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

But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for."

(Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.)

But some of them said, "He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?"

I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me."

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

and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.

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

A large number of people heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there, not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from death.

His disciples did not understand this at the time; but when Jesus had been raised to glory, they remembered that the scripture said this about him and that they had done this for him.

"Now my heart is troubled—and what shall I say? Shall I say, ‘Father, do not let this hour come upon me'? But that is why I came—so that I might go through this hour of suffering.

But Jesus said to them, "It was not for my sake that this voice spoke, but for yours.

Even then, many Jewish authorities believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees they did not talk about it openly, so as not to be expelled from the synagogue.

Jesus said in a loud voice, "Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in him who sent me.

If people hear my message and do not obey it, I will not judge them. I came, not to judge the world, but to save it.

This is true, because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has commanded me what I must say and speak.

Jesus answered him, "You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later."