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I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me."

He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.

because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

This is also why the crowd met Him, because they heard He had done this sign.

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves.

"I assure you: The one who believes in Me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn't see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.

"In a little while the world will see Me no longer, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live too.

You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away and I am coming to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.

I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn't know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don't know the One who sent Me.

You also will testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.