Study Desk

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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

"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

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

"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

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

For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

"Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

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; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

"If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

"For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean."

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

"For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.