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But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself."

The man answered, "I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"

The leaders insulted the man and said, "You are his follower! We are followers of Moses.

When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice.

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others. No one can snatch them from his hands,

A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair.

The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick.

When Jesus heard this, he said, "His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son."

Then he said to his disciples, "Now we will go back to Judea."

Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

and asked, "Where have you put his body?" They replied, "Lord, come and you will see."

The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face. Jesus then told the people, "Untie him and let him go."

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. As high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.

Because of this plot against him, Jesus stopped going around in public. He went to the town of Ephraim, which was near the desert, and he stayed there with his disciples.

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.

Jesus said: The time has come for the Son of Man to be given his glory.

I know that his commands will bring eternal life. That is why I tell you exactly what the Father has told me.

It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.

So during the meal Jesus got up, removed his outer garment, and wrapped a towel around his waist.