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So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me."

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish."

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, "What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?"

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"

"Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "She was intended to keep this perfume to prepare for the day of My burial.

for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

But Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

In response, Jesus said, "This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.

Then Jesus told them, "For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.