Study Desk

Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them.

If a baby boy can be circumcised on a Sabbath day to obey the law of Moses, why are you angry at me for healing a person's whole body on the Sabbath day?

You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am."

What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and ‘You cannot come where I am' ?"

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple, near where the money is kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going."

I am not trying to get honor for myself. There is One who wants this honor for me, and he is the judge.

These leaders did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the man's parents

But we don't know how he can now see. We don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself."

So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, "You should give God the glory by telling the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

The one who guards the door opens it for him. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

So Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the door for the sheep.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I give my life for the sheep.

The time came for the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

But he said to them, "I have done many good works from the Father. Which of these good works are you killing me for?"

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not end in death. It is for the glory of God, to bring glory to the Son of God."

But when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.

And I am glad for your sakes I was not there so that you may believe. But let's go to him now."

When Jesus arrived, he learned that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days.