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Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

But by what meanes hee nowe seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, can we not tell: he is olde ynough: aske him: hee shall answere for himselfe.

These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.

The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.

I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.

Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings,

But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you.

Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?

The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.

When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.

And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

And many of ye Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother.

And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.

Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lorde, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.

Then gathered the hie Priests, & the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles.