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Then He said to them again, "I'm going away; you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I'm going, you cannot come."

Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn't come on My own, but He sent Me.

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for He doesn't keep the Sabbath!" But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

"But we don't know how he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he's of age. He will speak for himself."

Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind."

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?"

"We aren't stoning You for a good work," the Jews answered, "but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God."

When Jesus heard it, He said, "This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

I'm glad for you that I wasn't there so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

You're not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: "What do you think? He won't come to the festival, will He?"

So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

"Why wasn't this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?"