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and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

Then some of His disciples asked one another, "Why is He telling us, 'In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"

A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God."

"Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Now Judas, His betrayer, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

"We have a law," answered the Jews, "and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God."

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

"Woman, why are you weeping?" they asked. "Because they have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I do not know where they have put Him."

Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

He told them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, "If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?"

And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

David says about Him: 'I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.