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So they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple area, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.

So they made Him a dinner there, and Martha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

Therefore Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but so that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!"

So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him!"

So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

"While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

But though He had performed so many signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him.

This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be fulfilled: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"

"HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED, AND SO I WILL NOT HEAL THEM."

Nevertheless many, even of the rulers, believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be excommunicated from the synagogue;

"I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.

So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, You are washing my feet?"

"You call Me 'Teacher' and 'Lord'; and you are correct, for so I am.

"So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

"For I gave you an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you.

"I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have chosen; but this is happening so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'