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I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.

But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.

As my Father knoweth me (and) I know my Father, and my life I lay down for the flock.

No man taketh it away from me, but I lay it down from my will; for I am able to lay it down, and I am able to take it again; for this commandment have I received from my Father.

Jeshu answered and said to them, I have told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these witness for me.

and I give to them the life which is eternal, and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch them from my hands.

For my Father who gave them to me than all is greater; and no man from the hand of my Father can snatch them.

But Jeshu said, This sickness is not of death, but for the glory of Aloha, that the Son of Aloha may be glorified on account of it.

And I am glad I was not there for your sakes, that you may believe. But let us walk thither.

And every one who liveth and believeth in me, for ever shall not die. Believest thou this ?

And when she had said these, she went, called Mariam her sister in secret, and said to her, Our Master hath come, and calleth for thee.

But those Jihudoyee who were also with her in the house to console her, when they saw that Mariam rose up hastily to go forth, went themselves after her; for they thought that to the sepulchre she went to weep.

And Jeshu said, Take up this stone. Martha, the sister of him (who was) dead, saith to him, My Lord, he now stinketh; for four days are to him.

nor reason that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people, and not all the people perish.

But this from himself he spake not, but because he was high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jeshu should die for the people,

and not only for (that) people, but also that the children of Aloha who are dispersed he should gather into one.

And they sought for Jeshu, and said one to another in the temple, What think you, that he cometh to the feast ?

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred dinoreen, and given to the poor?

But this he said, not because for the poor he had care, but because he was a thief, and the purse was with him, and whatever fell into it he carried.

But Jeshu said, Let her alone. For the day of my burial had she kept it.