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For this reason his parents said, He hath come to his years, ask him.

And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; for we know that this man is a sinner.

And we know that God conversed with Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

And Jesus said: For the judgment of this world, have I come; that they who see not, might see; and that they who see, might become blind.

I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.

And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.

As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.

For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.

There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.

For my Father, who gave [fn] to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.

Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.

And I rejoice, for your sakes, that I was not there; that ye may believe. But let us go there.

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

And when she had thus said, she went and called her sister Mary, secretly, and said to her: Our Rabbi hath come, and calleth for thee.

Those Jews also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep.

And Jesus said: Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed.

And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.

Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.

This he said, however, not from the promptings of his own mind; but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the people: