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"I did not come into the world to judge people. I came to save the people in the world. So I am not the one who judges those who hear my teaching and do not obey.

Jesus answered, "You don't know what I am doing now. But later you will understand."

You call me ‘Teacher.' And you call me ‘Lord.' And this is right, because that is what I am.

I am your Lord and Teacher. But I washed your feet. So you also should wash each other's feet.

"I am not talking about all of you. I know the people I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must happen: ‘The man who shared my food has turned against me.'

I am telling you this now before it happens. Then when it happens, you will believe that I Am .

Jesus said, "My children, I will be with you only a short time more. You will look for me, but I tell you now what I told the Jewish leaders: Where I am going you cannot come.

Simon Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow now. But you will follow later."

Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I am ready to die for you!"

There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you.

After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.

You know the way to the place where I am going."

Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you don't come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work.

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of the miracles I have done.

"I can assure you that whoever believes in me will do the same things I have done. And they will do even greater things than I have done, because I am going to the Father.

On that day you will know that I am in the Father. You will know that you are in me and I am in you.

"I have told you all these things while I am with you.

You heard me say to you, ‘I am leaving, but I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would be happy that I am going back to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

Jesus said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.