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So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!"

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

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

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

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

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

You call me ‘Teacher' and ‘Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

For I have given you an example—you should do just as I have done for you.

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"