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Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father'?

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.

No one has greater love than this—that one lays down his life for his friends.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go."

They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world—to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."