\id JHN JOHN - Plain English Version 
\h John 
\toc3 John 
\toc2 John 
\toc1 The Good News According to John 
\mt1 John wrote this good news about Jesus  
\mt2 (The book in the Holy Bible called \k John\k*)  
\imt1 About this book  
\ip The Holy Bible has 4 books about the things that Jesus did, and the messages he told to people when he was here on the earth, about 2,000 years ago. Those books are in the 2nd part of the Holy Bible, called the \em New Testament\em*. The men that wrote them were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. They wrote their books after Jesus went back to heaven. Most of the things in their books happened in the country we now call Israel.  
\ip We have translated everything that John wrote in his book about Jesus. It is important for us today because it tells us about the things Jesus did, and the messages that he brought us from God.  
\ip John was the young brother of James. Their father’s name was Zebedee. They were fishermen on a lake called Lake Galilee, and it was also called Lake Tiberias. One day, Jesus walked along beside that lake, and he called to James and John, and he told them to follow him (see Mark 1:19-20).  
\ip Later, Jesus picked 12 men to be his special workers, and 2 of them were James and John (see Mark 3:13-19). Those 12 men went everywhere with Jesus for the next 3 years. So John saw and heard most of the things that he wrote about in this book.  
\ip John wrote this book about 50 years after those things happened. That was a long time after Matthew, Mark and Luke wrote their books about Jesus.  
\cl Chapter  
\c 1  
\s1 The one called the Word gave life to everything  
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\v 1 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* somebody \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \em the Word\em*. \w Before|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* anything, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3056"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3056"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2 Yes, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* anything \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* used \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Word \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Word worked \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, everywhere.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* everything, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* everyone.  
\v 5 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shines|strong="G5316"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* makes everything clear, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 John the Baptiser told people about God’s special man  
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\v 6 One day, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3686"\w*.\x * \xo 1:6 \xt Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:1-2\x*  
\v 7 \w His|strong="G3956"\w* job \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w his|strong="G3956"\w* message \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 8-9 John was not that real light, but he came to tell people about that light. The real light was coming into the world. That light was going to shine in the darkness so that everyone could see God.   
\s1 The one called the Word became a human being  
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\v 10 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* used \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* countrymen, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* most \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* want \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* join \w his|strong="G1519"\w* family, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own kids.  
\v 13 Yes, \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* kids \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* families. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* mother \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* wanted. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself \w gave|strong="G1080"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* new \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* kids.   
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\v 14 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Word|strong="G3056"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G4561"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* really powerful, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w only|strong="G3439"\w* special son, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4561"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Word|strong="G3588"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* everybody \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* later. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w greater|strong="G4413"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* know, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* long time ago, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1223"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* loves \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* nothing \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w ever|strong="G4455"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* special \w man|strong="G3762"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* always \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* showed \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w*.   
\s1 John the Baptiser answered questions about himself  
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2065"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* city \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* helped \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremonies, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* questions. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w John|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* straight. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G3670"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.”\fig John the Baptiser talked to some men from Jerusalem|src="SPP-141.tif" size="col" ref="1:7" \fig*   
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\v 21 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* time ago?”  
\p \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*.”  
\p \w Again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* messenger \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* time ago. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G5101"\w*, like Moses, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* message. \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w*?”  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Well, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w*? \w And|strong="G3767"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w John|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* words \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago. \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* words, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush, \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G1722"\w* mob get ready. Later \w on|strong="G1722"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* come \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country.  
\q1 \w It|strong="G2531"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* big boss comes,  
\q1 \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G2116"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’”\x * \xo 1:23 \xt Isaiah 40:3 \x*   
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\v 24-25 Some of those men from Jerusalem were from the Pharisee mob, that were strong for the law. They said to John, “You say that you are not the special man that God promised to send, called the Christ. And you say that you are not Elijah, or the messenger that God promised. So why do you baptise people? Why do you take them through that special washing ceremony?”   
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\v 26-27 John said to them, “I baptise people with water. But I am telling you, there is somebody coming after me that you don’t know yet. He is the most important one. I am not good enough to untie his shoes.”   
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\v 28 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* Bethany, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* east \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptising \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. \fig John baptised people in the Jordan River|src="gw068a.tif" size="col" ref="1:28" \fig*   
\s1 John the Baptiser told people about Jesus  
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\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* know how \w people|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young sheep \w to|strong="G4314"\w* pay \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* die, \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* young sheep. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* pay \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* everybody \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w does|strong="G2064"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w greater|strong="G4413"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always alive, \w even|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w*.’  
\v 31-34 At first I didn’t know that this was the special man that God promised to send. You see, God sent me to you Israel people to baptise you with water and get you ready, so that God can show that man to you.  
\p I didn’t know which man was the right one, but God told me this, ‘You will see the Holy Spirit coming down on to one man, and the spirit will stay on that man. Then you will know that he is the special man that I sent. He is the one that will put the Holy Spirit into people, that is, he will baptise them with the Holy Spirit.’  
\p And I saw it happen like God said. I saw the Holy Spirit come down from heaven. It looked like a pigeon. It came down and sat on him. So I’m telling you, this man is God’s son.”   
\s1 Some men started to follow Jesus  
\p
\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* near \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jordan River \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1689"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill young sheep, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pay \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* die \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w those|strong="G3588"\w* young sheep \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s 2 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* following \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Rabbi|strong="G4461"\w*, \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* camp?” (\w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* language, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \em Rabbi\em* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \em Teacher\em*.)   
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\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*.” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* camp, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 4 o’clock \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon. \fig The 2 followers of John stayed with Jesus that day|src="Bible1351.tif" size="col" ref="1:39" \fig*   
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\v 40-41 Andrew was one of the 2 men that left John and followed Jesus. Andrew went quickly and found his brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah.” (In their language that word \em Messiah\em* means \em Christ\em*. Both of those words mean \em the special man that God promised to send\em*.)  
\v 42 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* father’s \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* Kefas.” (\w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* language, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \em Kefas\em* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \em stone\em*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \em Peter\em* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \em stone\em*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* usually \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.)   
\s1 Jesus told Philip and Nathaniel to follow him  
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\v 43 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w north|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Follow \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 44 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Bethsayida, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Andrew \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* friend Nathaniel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w* books. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1161"\w* messengers talked \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G2147"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*.”   
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\v 46 Nathaniel didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rubbish \w place|strong="G1722"\w*. Nothing \w good|strong="G3588"\w* ever \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 47 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Nathaniel \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* proper \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’t try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick anyone.”   
\p
\v 48 Nathaniel \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4159"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w found|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* fruit \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*.”   
\p
\v 49 Nathaniel \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
\p
\v 50 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fruit \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*? \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, later \w on|strong="G4100"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 51 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* open \w up|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* messengers \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”\x * \xo 1:51 \xt Genesis 28:12\x*   
\c 2  
\s1 Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding party  
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\v 1-2 Later on, after 2 days, Jesus went to a wedding party, where a man and a woman got married. It was in a town called Cana, in Galilee country. And Jesus’s mother and his followers went with him.  
\v 3 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always weak \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* party, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* used \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* run \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
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\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*? \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* right \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* workers \w there|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 6 \w stone|strong="G3035"\w* pots \w for|strong="G1161"\w* water. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* used \w those|strong="G3588"\w* pots \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* washing ceremonies. \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* pot held \w about|strong="G2596"\w* 100 litres \w of|strong="G2596"\w* water.   
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\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* workers, “See \w those|strong="G3588"\w* pots. \w Go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fill|strong="G1072"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1072"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w up|strong="G1072"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* top \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*.\fig The workers filled up the pots with water|src="DN00453b.tif" size="col" ref="2:7" \fig*   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cup, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w man|strong="G3756"\w* drank \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* workers \w knew|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* getting \w married|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w At|strong="G3588"\w* wedding parties, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* family usually \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w best|strong="G4413"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* family \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* cheap \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* different. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* giving \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w best|strong="G4413"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* end \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party.”   
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\v 11 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* powerful \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G5319"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* power \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* brothers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* left Cana \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* Capernium, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.\x * \xo 2:12 \xt Matthew 4:13\x*   
\s1 Jesus stopped people selling things in God’s ceremony house  
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\v 13 Later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nearly time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremony \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* city \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ceremony.\x * \xo 2:13 \xt Exodus 12:1-27\x*   
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\v 14 \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill animals \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burn \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pay tax \w money|strong="G2773"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s house. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* cows, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bulls, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* changed \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w money|strong="G2773"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* countries \w into|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w money|strong="G2773"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* pay \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tax. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* changed \w money|strong="G2773"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G2773"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* rope, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* used \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hunt \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* animals \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* yard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* changed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G2855"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pushed \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G2855"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* everywhere \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* birds \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1782"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* turning \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* shop.”\fig Jesus stopped people selling things in God’s ceremony house|src="lll3-22.tif" size="col" ref="2:16" \fig*  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w and|strong="G3101"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* long time ago \w God|strong="G3588"\w* told \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3101"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1125"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* really love \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w so|strong="G3754"\w* much \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* anything \w to|strong="G3101"\w* look \w after|strong="G3748"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.”  
\m \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s man \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.\x * \xo 2:17 \xt Psalm 69:9\x*   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* got angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hey, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* think \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* powerful, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hunt \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house.”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* knock \w down|strong="G3089"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* house \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* build \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.”\x * \xo 2:19 \xt Matthew 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29\x*   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w*? \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* 46 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* ceremony house. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*?”   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s ceremony house. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* own \w body|strong="G4983"\w*.  
\v 22 Later \w on|strong="G1537"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* 2 nights, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 3rd \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* messages \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus knows what people are like  
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\v 23 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* ceremony, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* lots \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24-25 But Jesus knew everything about all people. He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like. And he knew that those people only believed in him after they saw him do powerful things, and that they might stop believing in him soon. So Jesus didn’t trust them.   
\c 3  
\s1 Nicodemus talked with Jesus  
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\v 1-2 One night, a man went to talk to Jesus. His name was Nicodemus. He was a leader of the Jewish people, and he was one of the mob called Pharisees, that were strong for the Jewish law. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, we’ve been watching you do powerful things, so now we know that God has sent you to teach us. Only somebody with God’s power can do those things.” \fig A man called Nicodemus talked to Jesus one night|src="8g Nicodemus&Jesus.tif" size="col" ref="3:1-2" \fig*   
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight, \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family.”   
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\v 4 \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*’s \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G1208"\w*?”   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G5100"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* clean, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* see, everybody \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* mother, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s how \w our|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G4561"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gives|strong="G1080"\w* new \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get \w born|strong="G1080"\w* again.’ Don’t get shocked \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w goes|strong="G5217"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* makes, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* makes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G4459"\w*? \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* somebody \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s spirit?”   
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\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* shocked. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Listen|strong="G1492"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w notice|strong="G1492"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happen here \w on|strong="G4100"\w* \w earth|strong="G1919"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happen \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2032"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* still \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 14 Think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* story \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* complain \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w snakes|strong="G3789"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bite \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* metal \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* pole. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, whenever \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* bit somebody, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* metal \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* pole, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* die. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w lifted|strong="G5312"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* metal \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* pole, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w me|strong="G1163"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross,\x * \xo 3:14 \xt Numbers 21:9\x*  
\v 15 \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*, \w then|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* ever.”   
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\v 16 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loved \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* loved \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* much \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* special \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die instead \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* trusts \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* finish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w You|strong="G4982"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* payback \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="G3748"\w* anyone \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* say \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* anyone \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w his|strong="G1519"\w* special \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* judge \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* love \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G3123"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* love \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dark, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w does|strong="G2064"\w* \w bad|strong="G5337"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bad|strong="G5337"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3754"\w* lives \w the|strong="G1722"\w* right \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2038"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.   
\s1 John the Baptiser told his followers about Jesus  
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\v 22 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1304"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Aynon, \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Salim|strong="G4530"\w*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.  
\v 24 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* later \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2491"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail.\x * \xo 3:24 \xt Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19-20\x*   
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\v 25 \w At|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G1537"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* making \w themselves|strong="G3326"\w* clean \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* argued \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leader \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* right \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* clean.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, remember \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* talked \w about|strong="G4314"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. Lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* baptising \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* jealous.  
\v 28 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world. Remember, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* send \w to|strong="G3004"\w* save \w his|strong="G1565"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get \w people|strong="G1510"\w* ready, \w so|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* special \w man|strong="G1565"\w*.’ \w You|strong="G5210"\w* heard \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.\x * \xo 3:28 \xt John 1:20\x*   
\p
\v 29 Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* picture story \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w wedding|strong="G2192"\w* parties. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* marries \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* important \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* waits \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really happy \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* really happy. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* get \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* important. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* important, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* later \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* like nothing.   
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\v 31 Yes, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G1537"\w* important \w one|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* see \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knows \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talks \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w in|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* believes \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* anyone \w does|strong="G1510"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* says, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* clearly \w show|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s words \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 34 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w says|strong="G2980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w words|strong="G4487"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* full \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 35 \w God|strong="G1325"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, loves \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*.\x * \xo 3:35 \xt Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22\x*  
\v 36 Anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* says, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 Jesus left Judea country and went to Galilee country  
\p
\v 1-3 More and more people were following Jesus, and his special workers were baptising all those people. Jesus himself didn’t baptise anybody, just his special workers did that. Then Jesus’s enemies, the Pharisee mob, they heard that Jesus had more followers than John had, so they started to watch Jesus. Jesus heard that they were watching him, so he left Judea country, and he went north to Galilee country.   
\s1 Jesus talked to a woman from the country called Samaria  
\p
\v 4 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* Galilee country, Jesus \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*.  
\v 5-8 They walked a long way, then they got to a water-hole. A long time ago, their grand-father, Jacob, dug that water-hole. It was near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.\x * \xo 4:5-8 \xt Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32\x* There was a little town called Sikar near that water-hole, so Jesus’s followers went into the town to buy some food. But Jesus was tired, so he sat down next to that water-hole, and he waited there.  
\p In the middle of the day, a woman came from the town and got some water from that water-hole. Jesus said to her, “Can you give me a drink?”   
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4542"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* water?” \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w friends|strong="G3844"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4542"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.\x * \xo 4:9 \xt Ezra 4:1-5; Nehemiah 4:1-2\x* \fig Jesus talked with a woman at the water-hole|src="C_064.tif" size="col" ref="4:9" \fig*   
\p
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* really, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w thing|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fresh \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w makes|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* water-hole \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really deep, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bucket. \w How|strong="G4159"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fresh \w water|strong="G5204"\w*?  
\v 12 \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-father \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3173"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w* ago, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dug \w this|strong="G3588"\w* water-hole \w for|strong="G2532"\w* himself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* animals. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* water. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*?”   
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* water-hole \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, like \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w spring|strong="G4077"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* fresh \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* live \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G1330"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* time \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w water|strong="G5204"\w*.”   
\p
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* husband \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*.”   
\p
\v 17 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* husband.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* husband \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* 5 different husbands, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* boyfriend. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* married \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* true, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* haven’t got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* husband.”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* know \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* get messages \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* Samaria \w people|strong="G1510"\w*? \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* always shown respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* doing ceremonies \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Jews \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right?”   
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* matter \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w or|strong="G3777"\w* anywhere else.  
\v 22 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* try \w to|strong="G3756"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2453"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* save everybody.  
\v 23 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* properly. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening \w now|strong="G3568"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sort \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* really respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* special \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* send. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \em Messiah\em*, \w or|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \em Christ\em*. \w After|strong="G3752"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* everything \w we|strong="G2249"\w* need \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man. Yes, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus’s followers came back  
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* back \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* shock. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w*?” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*?” \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* left \w her|strong="G1519"\w* bucket \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water-hole \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 29 “\w Come|strong="G1205"\w* \w and|strong="G3708"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ever|strong="G3745"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. Maybe \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* send, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G3956"\w*.”\fig The woman went to the town and told people about Jesus|src="CN01675b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="4:29" \fig*  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* see \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* woman \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* town \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* something.”   
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\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w his|strong="G4314"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G5315"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w while|strong="G2068"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* away?”   
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\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Nobody \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* everything \w my|strong="G1699"\w* father \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w keeps|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w My|strong="G1699"\w* father \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* picture story \w about|strong="G4314"\w* food plants. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* plant seeds, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* wait \w about|strong="G4314"\w* 4 \w months|strong="G5072"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* grow \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* food plants. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* wait \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* ready. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* news \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* work \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* wait, \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wait \w for|strong="G3754"\w* food plants \w to|strong="G4314"\w* grow.  
\v 36 Think \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* food plants. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* worker plants \w the|strong="G2532"\w* seeds, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grow \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* big plants, \w another|strong="G3588"\w* worker \w gathers|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner pays \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* worker \w that|strong="G2443"\w* plants \w the|strong="G2532"\w* seeds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* worker \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w gathers|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s workers. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* tells \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w another|strong="G3588"\w* worker \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe \w that|strong="G2443"\w* message, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* family \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* workers \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* really happy \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* see \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* workers \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* picture story got paid \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work. \fig One worker plants the seeds|src="GT Wheat field- Sower.tif" size="col" ref="4:36" \fig* \fig Then the plants grow|src="GT Wheat field- Growing Corn.tif" size="col" ref="4:36" \fig* \fig Then another worker gathers the food from those plants|src="GT Wheat field - Reaping.tif" size="col" ref="4:36" \fig*   
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\v 37 Sometimes \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*, ‘\w One|strong="G3588"\w* worker plants \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* worker gathers \w the|strong="G1722"\w* food.’ \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 38 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w workers|strong="G2872"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s story \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m sending \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family. Somebody \w else|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family.”   
\s1 Lots of Samaria people believed in Jesus  
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\v 39 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*,” \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 40 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* 2 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 41 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* ourselves, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w sure|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1135"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w people|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
\p
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* stayed \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 2 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Samaria \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* north \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country.   
\s1 Jesus made a government boss’s son better  
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\v 44-45 Galilee is the country where Jesus grew up. Before Jesus went there, he said to his followers, “If God picks a man to tell his messages, the people of that man’s own home town don’t respect him.” But the Galilee people were in Jerusalem at the Passover time, and they saw Jesus do lots of powerful things there, so they were very happy to see him come to Galilee.\x * \xo 4:44-45 \xt Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24; John 2:23\x*   
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\v 46 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* changed \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Capernium, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w worked|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* government. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sick.\x * \xo 4:46 \xt John 2:1-11\x*  
\v 47 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* better. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* sick \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* nearly dead.   
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\v 48 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* powerful.”   
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\v 49 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* man \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, please \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* house quickly \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* son dies.”   
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\v 50 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* home. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* better.”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* home.  
\v 51 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* next \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* workers \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G3816"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* better.”   
\p
\v 52 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* workers, “\w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* son \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w better|strong="G2866"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* sickness left \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* afternoon.”  
\v 53 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* worked \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G3650"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* better.” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w lived|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\p
\v 54 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* 2nd \w time|strong="G1208"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* powerful \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 A man couldn’t walk, but Jesus made him better  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* south \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Galilee country \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* city \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremony.   
\p
\v 2 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* gate \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sheep|strong="G4262"\w* Gate, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* water \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* gate. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* name \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Bethesda. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* 5 shade shelters \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w lay|strong="G2621"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* crippled, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* move \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 You see, those sick people wanted to get better, and they believed that sometimes one of God’s angel messengers came down and stirred the water in that pool. And they believed that after that, the first person to get into the water got better from any sickness they had.   
\p
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* pool, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* lying \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* crippled like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 38 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* crippled \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w*?” \fig Jesus talked to the man that couldn’t walk|src="wa03828b.tif" size="col" ref="5:6" \fig*   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* friend \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* moves. Somebody \w else|strong="G1161"\w* always gets \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*.”  
\v 9 Straight away, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* better. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, picked \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* swag, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*.  
\p \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* got better, “Hey, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* carry \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag \w on|strong="G2895"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* breaking \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law.”\x * \xo 5:10 \xt Nehemiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:21\x*   
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* better \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Pick \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Pick \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*?’”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* already left.   
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\v 14 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* better \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* better \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 17 Jesus \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* always \w working|strong="G2038"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* always \w working|strong="G2038"\w* too.”   
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\v 18 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* angry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* breaks \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s law \w and|strong="G2532"\w* works \w on|strong="G3089"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w calls|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* see \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 20 Listen, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shows|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*.  
\v 21 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2227"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w give|strong="G2227"\w* \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w does|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w*. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G2919"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* told \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 23 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w*, \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* respecting \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 24 Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* anyone listens \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trusts \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stay dead \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* different \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.   
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\v 25 Listen, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* spiritually \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* spiritually. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening \w now|strong="G3568"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* see, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* told \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge.  
\v 28 \w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* shocked? \w A|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dead \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.  
\v 29 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w me|strong="G4160"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1607"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w God|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w bad|strong="G5337"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 5:29 \xt Daniel 12:2\x*   
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\v 30 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w own|strong="G1699"\w*. \w My|strong="G1699"\w* father \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w own|strong="G1699"\w* way. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* way \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* way, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* way.   
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\v 31 Think \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tells \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* believe \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* talks \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ask \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* me. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 5:33 \xt John 1:19-27; 3:27-30\x*  
\v 34 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really need \w a|strong="G2983"\w* human \w being|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* talk \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* believe \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* me. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shining|strong="G5316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* darkness, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* told \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* clearly \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* job \w he|strong="G1161"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.   
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\v 37 Yes, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G4455"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.\x * \xo 5:37 \xt Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22\x*  
\v 38 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* read \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* find \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* ever. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 40 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* people \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* don’t \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w I|strong="G2983"\w* don’t need \w people|strong="G2983"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* say \w good|strong="G3756"\w* things about \w me|strong="G2983"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really love \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 43 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w whenever|strong="G1437"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* always listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 44 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* like \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* saying \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s way \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* care \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* think \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* thinks \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G3844"\w* \w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stand|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* followed \w the|strong="G1519"\w* law \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* write, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 46 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* see, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* really \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w things|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses \w wrote|strong="G1121"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus fed a big mob of people  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G3326"\w* special workers left Jerusalem city, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* north \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* got \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G3326"\w* boat \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* call \em Lake Galilee\em*. \w Other|strong="G4008"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* call \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \em Lake Tiberias\em*.  
\v 2-4 (It was nearly time for the big Jewish ceremony called Passover.) Jesus and his special workers got to the other side of the lake, then Jesus climbed up a hill and his special workers went with him, and they sat down. Before that time, a lot of people saw Jesus make sick people better, so they followed him up that hill.   
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\v 5-6 Jesus looked around and saw the big mob of people walking towards him. He knew what he was going to do, but he wanted to test Philip, one of his special workers. So he said, “Philip, where can we get food for all these people?” \fig Jesus asked Philip, “Where can we get food for all these people?”|src="wa03854b.tif" size="col" ref="6:5-6" \fig*   
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\v 7 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* said, “\w We|strong="G2443"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got much money. \w If|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* buy enough bread \w to|strong="G2443"\w* give \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* bit \w each|strong="G1538"\w*, \w we|strong="G2443"\w* need thousands \w of|strong="G5100"\w* dollars.”   
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\v 8 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Andrew. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s brother. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 9 “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* boy \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* 5 little loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w fish|strong="G3795"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* feed \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* sit down.” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* sat down \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w Thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* food.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \w thing|strong="G3668"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3745"\w* ate \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* ate \w so|strong="G2443"\w* much \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* full. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still food \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G4052"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G5613"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “Pick \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* left-over food. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* waste \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* walked around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1072"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* left-over bits \w of|strong="G1537"\w* food. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lots \w of|strong="G1537"\w* bread \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 5 little loaves. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w up|strong="G1072"\w* 12 big \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* left-over bits \w of|strong="G1537"\w* food. \fig Jesus fed a big mob of people|src="wa03856b.tif" size="col" ref="6:13" \fig*   
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\v 14 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* fed thousands \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* little bit \w of|strong="G3588"\w* food. \w And|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* really powerful \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* messenger \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send. \w A|strong="G1519"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w a|strong="G1519"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* like \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* force \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* big boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole Israel nation. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G3441"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus walked on top of water  
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\v 16-17 After that, the sun went down and it got dark, but Jesus didn’t come back down the hill, so his followers said to each other, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake, to the town called Capernium.” So they went down to the water, and they got into their boat. Then they started to go across that big lake.  
\v 18 \w As|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* rowed \w their|strong="G3588"\w* boat, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w got|strong="G1326"\w* \w very|strong="G3173"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* waves \w got|strong="G1326"\w* really \w big|strong="G3173"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w rowed|strong="G1643"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dark \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 5 kilometres, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* towards \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.” \fig Jesus walked on top of the water|src="gw126a.tif" size="col" ref="6:20" \fig*   
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\v 21 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w being|strong="G1096"\w* frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* straight \w away|strong="G5217"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 22 Earlier \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* away \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.  
\v 23-24 The next day, some of those people were still there. They looked around for Jesus, but they couldn’t find him or any of his followers. Some other boats from a town called Tiberias came to the place where Jesus thanked God for the food and fed all the people, so the people got into those boats and went over to Capernium, to look for Jesus there.   
\s1 Jesus is like bread that gets people to live for ever  
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\v 25 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w on|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*?”   
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\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen carefully. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*, like \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* yesterday.  
\v 27 Listen, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w*, \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ate yesterday, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* long. \w So|strong="G1519"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* gets \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* live \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* special \w food|strong="G1035"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, told \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
\p
\v 28 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* live \w for|strong="G4314"\w* ever?”   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world.”   
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\v 30-31 So the people said to him, “Then do something powerful, so that we can see it and believe what you say. A long time ago, Moses gave food from heaven to our grand-fathers. Remember that story. When they walked through the desert country, Moses gave them food called \em manna\em*. We can read these words in God’s book,  
\q1 ‘He gave people bread that came from heaven.’\x * \xo 6:30-31 \xt Exodus 16:4, 15; Psalm 78:24\x*  
\m So what will you do for us?”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G3962"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* proper bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* proper bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ever.”   
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\v 34 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* time.”   
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\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 36 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob don’t \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* already \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3748"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* still don’t \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 37 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G1854"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w own|strong="G1699"\w* ideas. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* here \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* everything \w my|strong="G1699"\w* father \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 39 Listen, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* father really \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* look \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* lose \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G2307"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* father \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* takes notice \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G2307"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2453"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* angry, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w complained|strong="G1111"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?’ \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
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\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* complaining \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w other|strong="G3361"\w* \w about|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 44 Listen. \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* brings \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* only \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* alive again \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G1473"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2064"\w*.  
\v 45 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* teach \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* happens. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w learn|strong="G3129"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.\x * \xo 6:45 \xt Isaiah 54:13\x*  
\v 46 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. Nobody \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w after|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 47 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* \w on|strong="G4100"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w am|strong="G2192"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, if anyone \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2192"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G2192"\w* ever.  
\v 48 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like bread \w that|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w people|strong="G1510"\w* live for ever.  
\v 49 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bread \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* down \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w for|strong="G1722"\w* years, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* end \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, like \w everyone|strong="G5315"\w* dies.  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special bread \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w Anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* believes \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* special bread \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w makes|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w My|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* special bread. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
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\v 52 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w argue|strong="G3164"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w meant|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3778"\w* reckons \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*.”   
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\v 53 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* picture language. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* special bread, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* blood. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.  
\v 54 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* anybody \w eats|strong="G5176"\w* \w my|strong="G5176"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G5176"\w* blood, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \w will|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* ever.   
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\v 55 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* see, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* best \w food|strong="G1035"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* best \w drink|strong="G4213"\w*.  
\v 56 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* anybody believes \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w they|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* blood. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w together|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 57 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w my|strong="G5176"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* here. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w gives|strong="G1223"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* special bread, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G5176"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 58 Yes, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. Anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* bread \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* time ago \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* desert. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bread, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* later \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* bread \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
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\v 59 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting house \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Capernium.   
\s1 Some of Jesus’s followers didn’t like what he said  
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\v 60 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* too \w hard|strong="G4642"\w*. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w it|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
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\v 61 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3101"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* message, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*? \w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* words shock \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?  
\v 62 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* think \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G2334"\w* going up, back \w to|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w*? \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* down \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven.  
\v 63 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w makes|strong="G2227"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2227"\w*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* believe \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.  
\v 64 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* always \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w his|strong="G2532"\w* enemies catch \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 65 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* gets \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.”   
\p
\v 66 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* turned \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w following|strong="G3694"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 67 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* 12 special workers, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* following \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?”   
\p
\v 68 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* said, “\w No|strong="G2192"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*. \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*? \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* make us \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* ever. Nobody else \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G4314"\w*.  
\v 69 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* message, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G2316"\w*.”\x * \xo 6:69 \xt Matthew 16:16; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20\x*   
\p
\v 70 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Yes, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 71 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s 12 special workers. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* help \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s enemies catch \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 7  
\s1 Jesus’s brothers didn’t believe in him  
\p
\v 1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* country \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* south \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* time \w was|strong="G1510"\w* coming \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* week \w of|strong="G3588"\w* ceremony, \w to|strong="G1161"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* long time ago \w their|strong="G3588"\w* grand-fathers \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* tents \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* desert. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \em Tents Ceremony\em*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* Jerusalem city, \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* country.\x * \xo 7:2 \xt Leviticus 23:33-34\x*   
\p
\v 3-5 Jesus’s brothers didn’t believe that he was the special man that God sent, so they gave him a hard time. They said to him, “You want people to think you are great, right? Well, show everyone what you can do. Don’t hide what you are doing. You have to leave Galilee and come south to Jerusalem city, in Judea, so you can show your followers more of those powerful things you do.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* go \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Jerusalem. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* go \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* keep \w on|strong="G4012"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* really \w bad|strong="G4190"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w reason|strong="G2889"\w* \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* can \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ceremony, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G3756"\w*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G3768"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* behind \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* brothers \w went|strong="G2532"\w* south \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ceremony \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, later \w on|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Tents Ceremony \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell anyone \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* anyone see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* road.   
\p
\v 11 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Tents Ceremony, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w*?”   
\p
\v 12-13 The people were all frightened of the Jewish leaders, so they didn’t talk loudly about Jesus. But they talked quietly to each other, and they talked about him a lot. Some people said, “He is a good man.”  
\p But other people said, “No. He is just tricking the people.”   
\p
\v 14 Half-way through \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Tents Ceremony, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* got \w a|strong="G1492"\w* shock, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* much? \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* our schools.”   
\p
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w mine|strong="G1699"\w*.  
\v 17 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* really \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* live \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G5100"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* words \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 18 Think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* somebody wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* look important, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* stories. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* sometimes \w a|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w sends|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* work-man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* message. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* work-man wants \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w his|strong="G1438"\w* boss \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* boss \w is|strong="G1510"\w* important, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* work-man doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* story \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* lies. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* tells \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 Listen, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* follow \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.”   
\p
\v 20 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* standing there said, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* talking \w about|strong="G2212"\w*? Nobody \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w We|strong="G2192"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w*’ve got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3793"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 21-24 Jesus said to them, “You saw me do one thing, and now you think I have a bad spirit. You shouldn’t look quickly at something and then make up your mind about it. You have to look at it properly and think about it the right way. I made a man better on our Jewish rest day, so you are angry with me. But you mob do young man operations on baby boys on our rest day. Moses told you to do it 8 days after the baby is born. (But it wasn’t really Moses that gave you that law. It was from our grand-fathers that lived a long time before Moses.) Anyway, if a boy is 8 days old on our rest day, you do that young man operation on that day, even though it is our rest day. So why are you angry with me for making a person better on our rest day?” \fig The Jewish leaders got angry with Jesus|src="cn01738b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="7:21-24" \fig*   
\s1 People talked with each other about Jesus  
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\v 25 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2415"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2415"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G3739"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G2980"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w against|strong="G3762"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Maybe \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1492"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* right. Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* town \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G1492"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* loud, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* think \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* think \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Listen|strong="G1492"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* idea \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* really \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* him. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, God \w sent|strong="G3844"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* him, \w so|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* him.”   
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\v 30 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* straight away, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* court, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* right \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* touch \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. Nobody \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w save|strong="G3361"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* saying, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work-men \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* work-men got \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* teaching \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3397"\w* bit \w longer|strong="G2089"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 34 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* look \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’t \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \w Will|strong="G3195"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* countrymen \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Greece? Maybe \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* start \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* story.  
\v 36 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* look \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.’ \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
\s1 Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit  
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\v 37 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Tents Ceremony \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*.\x * \xo 7:37 \xt Leviticus 23:36\x*  
\v 38 \w A|strong="G1519"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* write \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words, \w and|strong="G5204"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w A|strong="G1519"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w flow|strong="G4482"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* inside \w a|strong="G1519"\w* person. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* really \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G5204"\w* \w it|strong="G2531"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\x * \xo 7:38 \xt Isaiah 58:11; Ezekiel 47:1; Zechariah 14:8\x*   
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\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* “\w a|strong="G1519"\w* river \w of|strong="G4012"\w* water,” \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* really \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* heaven. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\s1 The people there argued about who Jesus is  
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\v 40 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* heard \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s messenger. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w Other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1063"\w* think \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* send \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w save|strong="G3361"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3361"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 42 \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* born \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Bethlehem, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Judea country.”\x * \xo 7:42 \xt 2 Samuel 7:12; Micah 5:2\x*   
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\v 43 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G1096"\w* argued \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3793"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1722"\w* send.”  
\p \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w*’re wrong.”  
\v 44 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* jail, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w did|strong="G5100"\w*.   
\s1 The work-men of the Jewish leaders did not want to grab Jesus  
\p
\v 45 Earlier, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work-men \w to|strong="G4314"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* work-men listened \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
\p
\v 46 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* words. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* heard anyone \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grab \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 47 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w*? \w Has|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tricked \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?  
\v 48 \w Think|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Have|strong="G5100"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish leaders \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 49 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G3793"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* stupid \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 50 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* Pharisee mob \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w*. \w Before|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3004"\w* \w time|strong="G4387"\w*, \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* night. \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* others,\x * \xo 7:50 \xt John 3:1-2\x*  
\v 51 “\w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*.”\x * \xo 7:51 \xt Deuteronomy 1:16\x*   
\p
\v 52 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* friendly \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* getting \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* message.”   
\p
\v 53 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.   
\c 8  
\b  
\iex (We are not really sure that John wrote the words in the next story. Maybe another person wrote them, and later on, they put them into John’s book.)  
\s1 The Jewish law teachers and the Pharisee mob caught a woman sleeping with a man that was not her husband  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w Trees|strong="G1636"\w* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w Early|strong="G3722"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G3722"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 3-6 Some Jewish law teachers, and some of the Pharisee mob, that were strong for the Jewish law, they brought a woman to Jesus, and they told him that she did something really bad. She slept with a man that was not her husband, and she did with him what married people do together. Those men wanted to trick Jesus. They wanted Jesus to say something bad about their law so that they could take Jesus to court and get the judge to punish him. So they made the woman stand in front of everyone, and they asked Jesus a trick question. They said, “Teacher, we caught this woman sleeping with a man that is not her husband, and they were doing what married people do together. In our law, Moses said that we have to throw big stones at her to kill her dead. But what do you reckon we have to do to her?”  
\p But Jesus didn’t answer them. He got down and wrote on the ground with his finger.   
\p
\v 7 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* kept \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w same|strong="G5613"\w* \w question|strong="G2065"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Have|strong="G5210"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* never done anything wrong? \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* go \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* throw \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* heard \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* oldest \w man|strong="G1520"\w* turned \w around|strong="G2596"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w away|strong="G1831"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* next oldest \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* followed \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*. \w Soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* blamed \w you|strong="G4771"\w*? \w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”   
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w either|strong="G3761"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* home, \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w*, stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus is a light for everybody  
\p
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. Anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w follows|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wrong \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* if \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shows \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:12 \xt Matthew 5:14; John 9:5\x*   
\p
\v 13 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* strong \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish law, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*. Nobody else \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same story, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:13 \xt John 5:31\x*   
\p
\v 14 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* story \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* beings \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w now|strong="G3756"\w*,  
\v 16 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* somebody, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* way. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \w My|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* says \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w people|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* story, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* story \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 8:17 \xt Deuteronomy 19:15\x*  
\v 18 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* person, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* story \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G1510"\w* follow \w your|strong="G2532"\w* law, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisee mob \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* somebody \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* money box. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* money \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* box \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Pharisee mob wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* right \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told the Jewish leaders, “You can’t come with me”  
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* look \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* find \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* die, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*?”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 24 Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w after|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* die, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* already.”   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, right \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* start.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* can \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* can \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can trust \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* heaven.   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G5312"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w working|strong="G4160"\w* alone. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* leave \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* happy.”   
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\v 30 \w A|strong="G1519"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* listening \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* time, \w and|strong="G2980"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus can make people free  
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\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* proper \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 32 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham’s family, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w never|strong="G4455"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* work \w for|strong="G3754"\w* somebody \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* pay, \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* slave. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* know, \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* workers \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* always \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G4459"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss tells \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w never|strong="G4455"\w* pays \w them|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham’s family, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* already \w free|strong="G1658"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’t \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:33 \xt Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8\x*   
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\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* go against \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stop \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w so|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* boss.   
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\v 35 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* boss’s family \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* family \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.  
\v 36 \w And|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boss’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w* can \w let|strong="G3767"\w* slaves go \w free|strong="G1658"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* slaves \w any|strong="G1437"\w* more. Well, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* biggest boss, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w And|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* can \w make|strong="G1659"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* properly \w free|strong="G1658"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* Abraham’s family. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* like \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 38 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard, \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Look, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham’s family. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* grand-father \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham’s family, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w*. Everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham’s family \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like Abraham \w did|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* like Abraham. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 41 Listen, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* proper kids.”   
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\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* idea \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1410"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w*? \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, really, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* anything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always \w a|strong="G2532"\w* murderer \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G2980"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells lies, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* likes \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* lies \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* lies.  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* different. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* love lies, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w wrong|strong="G1651"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, everything \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* true. \w So|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* don’t \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?  
\v 47 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family listen properly \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* family, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 48 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Hey, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* always reckoned \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* rubbish \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Samaria, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*’ve got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* inside \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w*.”   
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\v 49 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* respect \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* respect \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 50 \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w judges|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* show everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*.  
\v 51 Listen, \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
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\v 52 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w sure|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Think|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* ago. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* father Abraham \w died|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* messages. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.’ \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong.  
\v 53 \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* better \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-father Abraham? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 54 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2316"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* words \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 55 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w right|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w*, \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 56 Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, Abraham. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* happen, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really happy.”   
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\v 57 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stop. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* 50 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Abraham.”   
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\v 58 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G1096"\w*, \w it|strong="G1510"\w*’s true. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w before|strong="G4250"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* always alive.”   
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\v 59 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* saying \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* always alive. \w That|strong="G2443"\w*’s \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* saying \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* throw \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 Jesus made a blind man’s eyes better  
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\v 1 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* life, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* born.  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*? \w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* bad, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*?”   
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* said, “\w No|strong="G3777"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2041"\w* anything bad \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G5319"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* blind, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2041"\w* anything bad \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G5319"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* blind \w either|strong="G3777"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* blind \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* everyone \w can|strong="G3777"\w* see \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w great|strong="G2316"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G5319"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better.  
\v 4-5 We have to keep on doing God’s work while we can. He is the one that sent me here and gave me this special work to do. You see, my work shows God’s great power, so I am like a light for all the people in the world. I have to do God’s work while I am here. It is like I am working in day-light. But I will not always be here to do the work that God gave me. Then it will be like night time, and nobody can work at night time.”\x * \xo 9:4-5 \xt Matthew 5:14; John 8:12\x*   
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\v 6 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w spat|strong="G4429"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G5476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blind \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \fig Jesus put mud on the blind man’s eyes|src="lll7-08.tif" size="col" ref="9:6" \fig*  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* eyes \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Siloam|strong="G4611"\w*.” (\w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \em Siloam\em* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \em sent\em*.)  
\p \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* eyes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w*,  
\v 8 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* near \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* money, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* each \w other|strong="G3756"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* money \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G4387"\w*?”   
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\v 9 \w Some|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w that|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w him|strong="G1565"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G3778"\w* \w other|strong="G1565"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3780"\w*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w*’s another \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w just|strong="G1565"\w* looks \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* blind \w man|strong="G3778"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* kept \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* blind.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* come \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w now|strong="G3767"\w*?”   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pool \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Siloam|strong="G4611"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight \w away|strong="G5217"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see.”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w*?”  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* don’t \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
\s1 The Pharisee mob argued with the man that used to be blind  
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* took \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* born \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* strong \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* Jewish law.   
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\v 14 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* nobody \w was|strong="G1510"\w* allowed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blind \w man|strong="G4160"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* better.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see?”  
\p \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* man \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight away \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see.”   
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\v 16 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* respect \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s law \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* reckon \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* each \w other|strong="G5108"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* better?”  
\p \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* think \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s messages.”   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* really born \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can see, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*? \w Was|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*? \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w now|strong="G2532"\w*?”   
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\v 20-23 Before this time, the Jewish leaders agreed to punish anyone that followed Jesus. They said, “If anybody says that Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send, we will not let them come to our meeting houses and pray to God with us.” So the man’s parents were frightened, and they said, “We know he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. But we don’t know how his eyes are better, or who made them better. You can ask him. He is old enough to talk for himself. He is not a little boy.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* born \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G1208"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* goes \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* straight, \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*?”   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* don’t \w know|strong="G1492"\w* anything \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G1565"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* don’t \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* goes \w against|strong="G3756"\w* God \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3748"\w*. \w All|strong="G1492"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G1565"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1492"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*? \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* see?”   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’t listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w my|strong="G1096"\w* story \w again|strong="G3825"\w*? \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G1096"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?”   
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\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* got angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* follower, \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.  
\v 29 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G2980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* think \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w*? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* better. \w How|strong="G3754"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*?  
\v 31 \w Everyone|strong="G1437"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* respect \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says.  
\v 32 \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* time \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* everything, nobody \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* heard \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* like \w this|strong="G3588"\w* happening \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*. Nobody \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* see.  
\v 33 \w I|strong="G1487"\w* reckon \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* didn’t, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* couldn’t \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* like \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
\p
\v 34 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* got really angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’t try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* blind, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* always \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’t \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* anything. \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* meeting house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’t \w come|strong="G2532"\w* back.”   
\s1 The man that used to be blind believed in Jesus  
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting house. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven?”   
\p
\v 36 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* right \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 38 Straight away \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* knees \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect.   
\p
\v 39 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* judge \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w split|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* 2 mobs. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* mob know \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* see. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* mob think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* already see, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really understand, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*.”   
\p
\v 40 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w there|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got angry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* mob?”   
\p
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G3306"\w* guilty.”   
\c 10  
\s1 The good shepherd  
\p
\v 1-4 Jesus talked some more and said, “Listen to this picture story about a mob of sheep and some men. This picture story’s message is true.  
\p One of the men in this story owns some sheep, and he looks after them properly. He is called their \em shepherd\em*. He keeps those sheep in a yard with a big fence. And there is a man that looks after the gate of that yard. Whenever the shepherd goes there, that man always lets him in the gate. Then the shepherd calls each sheep’s name, and they know that he is their shepherd, so they come to him. Then he takes all his sheep out of the yard to a place with grass for them to eat. Wherever he walks, they follow him, because they know his voice and they trust him. \fig A shepherd looks after his sheep, and his sheep follow him|src="BK00007b.tif" size="col" ref="10:1-4" \fig*  
\p But another man in this story doesn’t own the sheep. He wants to steal them, so he doesn’t go into the yard through the gate, but he climbs over the fence.  
\v 5 \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* sheep \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* run \w away|strong="G5343"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* trust \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* somebody \w they|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* listening \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* story,  
\v 7 \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* else. Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* yard.  
\v 8-11 You know, the gate is the way for the sheep to go into the yard. Well, I am the way for people to come to God. If anybody comes to me, they will come into God’s family, and he will save them. And you know that sheep have to use the gate to go out and get grass to eat. Well just like that, people have to come to me to get whatever they need to live for God.  
\p And remember the shepherd in that picture story. Well, I am like that good shepherd that looks after his sheep properly. Some other men came before me, and they reckoned they were like shepherds, but they were liars. They were bad men, and my people didn’t listen to them, just like sheep only listen to their shepherd. Those bad people only want to steal the sheep, and kill them, and finish them up. But I am not like that. I came here to give people real life, so they can live with God for ever. You know, a good shepherd looks after his sheep properly, even if he has to die for them. Well, I am like that, I am ready to die to save my people.   
\p
\v 12-13 You know, there are also workers that don’t own the sheep. The owner pays them to look after the sheep. But they don’t really care about the sheep. If they see a wild dog coming, they get frightened, and they leave the sheep there and run away. Then the wild dog chases the sheep to grab them and eat them, and the sheep run away.  
\v 14-15 But I am not like those workers. I am like a good shepherd. I am ready to die to save my people. I know all my people, and all my people know me, just like I know God my father, and he knows me.\x * \xo 10:14-15 \xt Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22\x* \fig A good shepherd looks after his sheep properly|src="BK00010b.tif" size="col" ref="10:14-15" \fig*   
\p
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* mob. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, like \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Yes, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w look|strong="G1096"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*, like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* looks \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* save \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w then|strong="G3825"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* come \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* loves \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="G1438"\w* see, \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* forcing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w My|strong="G5087"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* gives \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* gives \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G3762"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 20 Lots \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* got \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad spirit \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* crazy. Don’t listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 21 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4487"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* hasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G1510"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sort \w of|strong="G4487"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* see again.”   
\s1 The Jewish leaders argued with Jesus  
\p
\v 22 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* ceremony \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w every|strong="G1722"\w* year, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cold weather \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* ceremony \w to|strong="G1722"\w* remember \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* grand-fathers \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s ceremony house back \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* enemies.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s veranda. \fig Solomon’s veranda at God’s ceremony house looked like this|src="LB00248b.tif" size="col" ref="10:23" \fig*   
\p
\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G2944"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w us|strong="G3004"\w* waiting. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* straight. \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G1487"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
\p
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* already \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G4100"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.  
\v 27 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 28 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w new|strong="G5100"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. Yes, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hold \w them|strong="G3588"\w* properly, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* nobody \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* grab \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* steal \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 29 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* powerful \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* grab \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* steal \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 30 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, like \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.”   
\p
\v 31 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Jesus \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* picked up \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G1223"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G1223"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \w to|strong="G2424"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* seen \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1537"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Do|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really want \w to|strong="G2424"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
\p
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* reason \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”\x * \xo 10:33 \xt Leviticus 24:16\x*   
\p
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w read|strong="G1125"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words \w there|strong="G3754"\w*, ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*.’\x * \xo 10:34 \xt Psalm 82:6\x*  
\v 35 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \em gods\em*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* remember, nobody \w can|strong="G1410"\w* change anything \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* anything bad \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* picked \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* works.  
\v 37-38 God is my father, and I do his works. You have seen me do those powerful things, so why don’t you believe me? All right, think about those things you saw me do. They can help you understand who I am. They show that my father is joined to me, so that it’s like he’s in me. And they show that I am joined to him, so that it’s like I am in him.”   
\p
\v 39 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 40 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* left \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* baptise \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w*.\x * \xo 10:40 \xt John 1:28\x*  
\v 41 Lots \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G4183"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w never|strong="G3762"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* true.”  
\v 42 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Jesus’s friend Lazarus died  
\p
\v 1-2 Jesus had a friend called Lazarus, and he lived in a little town in Judea country called Bethany. He lived there with his sisters, Mary and Martha. (Mary was the woman that, later on, rubbed Jesus’s feet with special perfume and wiped them with her hair.\x * \xo 11:1-2 \xt Luke 10:38-39; John 12:3\x*)  
\p One day, Lazarus got very sick,  
\v 3 \w so|strong="G3767"\w* Mary \w and|strong="G2962"\w* Martha sent \w a|strong="G3708"\w* message \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2962"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* friend Lazarus \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* sick.”   
\p
\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* got \w the|strong="G1161"\w* message, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Lazarus|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* sick, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* sickness \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* finish \w him|strong="G3588"\w* up. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* sick \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really powerful, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* respect \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* powerful too, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* friends \w with|strong="G2532"\w* Mary, \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*,  
\v 6 \w but|strong="G3767"\w* \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* got \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* town \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* 2 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G1899"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* special workers, “\w Let|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country.”   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w*? Teacher, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w*? \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w while|strong="G2532"\w* ago, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* throw stones \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* day-light \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w until|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun goes down. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* lets \w people|strong="G1510"\w* see \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*, \w so|strong="G4043"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* fall down.  
\v 10 \w It|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* see \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fall down.” \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* can \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w until|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* end \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* working \w until|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* end \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* die.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* wake \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w His|strong="G4982"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* Lazarus \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* soon \w get|strong="G4982"\w* better.”   
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\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Lazarus \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dead, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* straight, “\w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dead.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’t \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* died. \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* see \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G4100"\w* properly. \w Come|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G4100"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w let|strong="G3767"\w*’s \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.” (\w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*’s \w other|strong="G2443"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \em the Twin\em*.)   
\s1 Jesus went to Lazarus’s town  
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* Bethany. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* Bethany, somebody told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Lazarus \w died|strong="G3588"\w* 4 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* family \w put|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* body \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* big stone \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* block \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cave.   
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\v 18 Bethany \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 3 kilometres \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really sad, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Jerusalem \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* feel \w better|strong="G4183"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* getting close, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w stayed|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stop \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brother \w from|strong="G3588"\w* dying.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* listens \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* ask \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* anything \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G3588"\w* brother \w will|strong="G3004"\w* come back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* life again.”   
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\v 24 \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* come back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* life, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G2250"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* alive again.”   
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\v 25-26 Jesus said, “Martha, I am the one that makes dead people come alive again, and I am the one that gives people real life. If people believe in me, I will make them come alive again after they die, then they will live for ever and never die again. Do you believe that?”   
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\v 27 Martha \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* quietly, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5035"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* Mary heard \w that|strong="G1565"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5035"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* outside \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w her|strong="G1438"\w* feel better, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5030"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cave \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* Lazarus, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* cry \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w her|strong="G1438"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* cave, \w she|strong="G5613"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w She|strong="G5613"\w* got \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G4098"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w* knees \w in|strong="G4314"\w* front \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w she|strong="G5613"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stop \w my|strong="G3708"\w* brother \w from|strong="G2064"\w* dying.” \fig Mary got down on her knees in front of Jesus to show him respect|src="DN00458b.tif" size="col" ref="11:32" \fig*   
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\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Mary \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* loud, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* felt really upset \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* body?”  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w*’ll show \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w cried|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* crying, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* really \w loved|strong="G5368"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* friend.”   
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\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* see. \w Why|strong="G2443"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* dying?”   
\s1 Jesus made Lazarus alive again  
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\v 38 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* upset \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sad. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cave|strong="G4693"\w*.  
\v 39 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Move \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* away, \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* block \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cave \w any|strong="G3004"\w* more.”  
\p \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w*, Lazarus’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* sister, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G1063"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* get \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* move \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w dead|strong="G5053"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* 4 \w days|strong="G5066"\w*, \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* body \w will|strong="G1510"\w* smell really bad.”   
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\v 40 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* moved \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 42 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words \w out|strong="G1223"\w* loud, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w* here.”   
\p
\v 43 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*, \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave.”  
\v 44 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Lazarus \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still long bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w around|strong="G4019"\w* Lazarus’s arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w legs|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* over \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w face|strong="G3799"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* see, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* long bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w around|strong="G4019"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w* bodies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* cover \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w*. \fig Jesus made Lazarus alive again|src="DN00459b.tif" size="col" ref="11:44" \fig*  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G3089"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4019"\w*.”   
\s1 The Jewish leaders wanted to kill Jesus  
\p
\v 45 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Martha \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\p
\v 47 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w Leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?  
\v 48 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stop \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* trouble. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* soldiers \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* smash \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
\p
\v 49 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Cayafas. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 50 Listen. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w understand|strong="G3761"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w better|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* dies, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Romans \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. Yes, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”   
\p
\v 51 Cayafas didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* think up \w those|strong="G3588"\w* words \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* die \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*,” \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s words \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* time, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* used \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* die \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 52 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, everywhere. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1484"\w* everywhere \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob.   
\p
\v 53 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders talked \w to|strong="G2443"\w* each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*, saying, “How \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* going \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*?”  
\v 54 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* knew \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* thinking, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* stopped \w going|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* places \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* left \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="G2187"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* special workers \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w*.   
\p
\v 55 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nearly \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* ceremony \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* remember \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* time \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* got \w their|strong="G1438"\w* grand-fathers \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* everywhere \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G1451"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* ceremony, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* washed \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w way|strong="G1537"\w*.   
\p
\v 56-57 The Jewish ceremony bosses and the Pharisee mob told everyone at that ceremony to look for Jesus. They said, “If you see Jesus, you have to tell us, so that we can grab him.”  
\p So a lot of people looked for Jesus at God’s ceremony house. They asked each other, “What do you reckon? Do you think Jesus will come to this Passover ceremony?”   
\c 12  
\s1 Mary washed Jesus’s feet  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethany \w again|strong="G1453"\w* 6 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* ceremony started. Bethany \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 2 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* table \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*’s sister, \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w*, \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big bottle \w of|strong="G1537"\w* special \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cost \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* money. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4137"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* plant \w called|strong="G3767"\w* \w nard|strong="G3487"\w*. \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1591"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sweet|strong="G3744"\w* smell \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* right \w through|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.\x * \xo 12:3 \xt Luke 7:37-38\x* \fig Mary washed Jesus’s feet with perfume and wiped them with her hair|src="tlc-041.tif" size="col" ref="12:3" \fig*   
\p
\v 4 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. (\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w turned|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*.) \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 5 “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* waste \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* sell \w it|strong="G2532"\w*? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* money \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* gets \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* whole year, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* know, \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* really feel sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w bag|strong="G1101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stole \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* himself.   
\p
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Leave \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w*. \w She|strong="G2443"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* oil \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pour \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* feet, \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w she|strong="G2443"\w* knows \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die soon. \w She|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* bury \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*.”\x * \xo 12:8 \xt Deuteronomy 15:11\x*   
\s1 The Jewish leaders wanted to kill Jesus and Lazarus  
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* country \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Bethany, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 10-11 And when they heard about how Jesus made him alive again, a lot of people believed in Jesus. And they stopped following the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies. Those bosses didn’t like that, so they started to work out a way to kill Jesus, and to kill Lazarus too.   
\s1 Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey  
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* left Bethany \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w A|strong="G1519"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish Passover ceremony, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w branches|strong="G5404"\w* \w off|strong="G1831"\w* \w palm|strong="G5404"\w* \w trees|strong="G5404"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G5222"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* shouted,  
\q1 “\w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful.  
\q1 \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Make|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* happy.  
\q1 \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* happy.”\x * \xo 12:13 \xt Psalm 118:25-26\x*   
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\v 14-15 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, to ride it into Jerusalem. You know, a long time ago, God got one of his men to write about that. He wrote this in God’s book,  
\q1 “People from Jerusalem, don’t be frightened.  
\q1 Your leader will come to you, sitting on a young donkey.”\x * \xo 12:14-15 \xt Zechariah 9:9\x*  
\m And it happened just like that man wrote. \fig Jesus went into Jerusalem on a donkey|src="DN00487b.tif" size="col" ref="12:14-15" \fig*  
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* happening. \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, later \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w understood|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* rode \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* young donkey.   
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\v 17 \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* telling everyone, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w call|strong="G5455"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* story wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* young donkey.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* too. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* strong \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* Jewish law. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* still haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stopped \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* starting \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his followers that he was going to die  
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\v 20 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* mob \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Passover ceremony.  
\v 21 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Greek \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special workers. (\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Bethsayida, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country.) \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* Andrew, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* nearly \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* show everyone \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really powerful.  
\v 24 Listen carefully \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* picture story. \w A|strong="G1519"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w seed|strong="G2848"\w* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* die, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G1093"\w* new seeds. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* dies, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* gets buried, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* new seeds. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* die like \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w seed|strong="G2848"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* picture story.  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* everybody. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* cares \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*.\x * \xo 12:25 \xt Matthew 10:39; 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33\x*  
\v 26 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* workers \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* works \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* nearly \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w trouble|strong="G5015"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* start. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w and|strong="G2532"\w* worried. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w trouble|strong="G5015"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w No|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w trouble|strong="G5015"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, show \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p Straight away, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* already showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w thunder|strong="G1027"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*. \w An|strong="G2532"\w* angel messenger \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 31-33 Then Jesus told them how he was going to die. He said, “Soon my enemies are going to lift me up to die on a cross, and then I will call everyone to come to me. And when I die, God will judge everyone in the world. And you know, the boss over the bad spirits is the boss over this world too, but when I die, God will stop his power so he can’t be the boss over the world any more.”   
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\v 34 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die. \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven?”\x * \xo 12:34 \xt Psalm 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14\x*   
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shining \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w little|strong="G3397"\w* bit \w longer|strong="G2089"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* message \w and|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* shining \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* properly \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* message \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* always \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*.  
\v 36 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G4100"\w* message \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* still \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w my|strong="G4100"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m shining \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stayed away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w where|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w*.   
\s1 Some people still didn’t believe in Jesus  
\p
\v 37 \w A|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G5118"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* lots \w of|strong="G1519"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G5118"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* still \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* write \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* few \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* few \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*.”\x * \xo 12:38 \xt Isaiah 53:1 \x*   
\m
\v 39 \w And|strong="G3778"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s message.  
\v 40 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 “\w God|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w understanding|strong="G3539"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* message. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* blind, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w* dead.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G3708"\w* know, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message properly, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G4762"\w* \w back|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.”\x * \xo 12:40 \xt Isaiah 6:10 \x*   
\m
\v 41 \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really powerful.   
\p
\v 42 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell anybody \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s enemies, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* meeting houses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* stayed quiet.  
\v 43 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* say \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* say \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 44 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “Anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 45 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* looks \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, can \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2443"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 47 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* hears \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* notice \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 48 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2919"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stay guilty \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w ever|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 49 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* here \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* message.  
\v 50 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* ever, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus washed the feet of his followers  
\p
\v 1-2 It was just before the Jewish Passover ceremony, and Jesus and his followers sat down to eat together. Jesus knew that it was nearly time for him to leave this world and go back to his father. While he was in the world, he always showed his followers that he loved them. And he kept on loving them right to the end of his time on earth.  
\p Before this time, the devil, the boss over the bad spirits, gave one of Jesus’s followers the idea of turning against Jesus. That follower’s name was Judas. He was the son of a man called Simon Iscariot.  
\p Jesus and his followers were sitting at the table,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* soon.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* table, \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1241"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w towel|strong="G3012"\w* around \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bowl, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dry|strong="G1591"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towel|strong="G3012"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* got \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w it|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* right \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.” \fig Jesus washed the feet of his followers|src="cn01800b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="13:6" \fig*   
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\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* don’t \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* day \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* family.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3361"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w Wash|strong="G3361"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bath, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* body \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G3650"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* dirty \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. Most \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* against \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w One|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* finished washing \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w*’s \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* down \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*?  
\v 13 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* leader, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 14 Yes, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leader. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* worker, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* anyway. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* way, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.\x * \xo 13:14 \xt Luke 22:27\x*  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* washed \w your|strong="G2532"\w* feet \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w treat|strong="G4160"\w* each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*.   
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\v 16 Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1510"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* worker \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* boss, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* person \w that|strong="G3588"\w* takes \w a|strong="G1510"\w* message \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* person \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. Like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.\x * \xo 13:16 \xt Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; John 15:20\x*  
\v 17 \w And|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* just \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w how|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w treat|strong="G4160"\w* each other. \w So|strong="G4160"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w*, \w God|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w happy|strong="G3107"\w*. \fig Jesus and his special workers ate food together|src="wa03909b.tif" size="col" ref="13:17" \fig*  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G5101"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* turn \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w A|strong="G1909"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* got \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* write \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w A|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* ate \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w then|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* turned \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G3956"\w* \w now|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* happen, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* wrote.\x * \xo 13:18 \xt Psalm 41:9\x*  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3752"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* understand \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special man \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent.   
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\v 20 Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* out \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* messengers. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* messengers \w and|strong="G1161"\w* listens \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really listening \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* listens \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really listening \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* father \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* here.”\x * \xo 13:20 \xt Matthew 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; 10:16\x*   
\s1 Jesus’s followers asked him who will turn against him  
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really upset, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w my|strong="G1473"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* catch \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* looked \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*?”  
\v 23 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* follower \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* liked \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sitting next \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* moved \w his|strong="G4012"\w* hand \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sign \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* follower, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*?”   
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\v 25 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* follower leaned \w over|strong="G1909"\w* closer \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w*?”   
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\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w of|strong="G2532"\w* damper \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sauce, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* against \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* damper \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sauce \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* father \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Judas|strong="G5596"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* damper, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits, \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5032"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w understood|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* buy \w more|strong="G2192"\w* food \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ceremony, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* looked \w after|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w bag|strong="G1101"\w*. \w And|strong="G2424"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2112"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* damper, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*.\fig Judas left Jesus and the other followers|src="CN01802b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="13:30" \fig*   
\s1 Jesus told Peter that he will say he doesn’t know Jesus  
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\v 31 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w Judas|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful. \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful.  
\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* see \w me|strong="G1392"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w*, like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w My|strong="G2212"\w* friends, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w my|strong="G2212"\w* own \w little|strong="G3398"\w* kids, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* much \w longer|strong="G2089"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* look \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2089"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3004"\w*.\x * \xo 13:33 \xt John 7:34\x*   
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\v 34 Listen, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* much \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w This|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w thing|strong="G2537"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 13:34 \xt John 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 5\x*  
\v 35 \w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* loving each \w other|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* followers.”   
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\v 36 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w are|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’t \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w place|strong="G4226"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w But|strong="G3588"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* follow \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w now|strong="G3756"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w ready|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* really ready \w to|strong="G3004"\w* die \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, Peter? Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight, tonight \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* 3 \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* chook yells \w out|strong="G2424"\w* tomorrow morning, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w it|strong="G5087"\w* always \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sun comes \w up|strong="G5087"\w*.”   
\c 14  
\s1 Only Jesus can take us to God  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G5015"\w* anything upset \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 2 Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* each \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w*’s like \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* big \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w room|strong="G5117"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* each \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* ever.  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* track \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* track. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G4226"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* track \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w ever|strong="G3762"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* properly, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* want.”   
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\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w right|strong="G3756"\w*? Anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* looks \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G3306"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* uses \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, look \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 12 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. Yes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 13 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* ask \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* sort \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* ask. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful.  
\v 14 Yes, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit  
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\v 15 Jesus \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G1437"\w* talking \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* said, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* everything \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w helper|strong="G3875"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* teaches \w is|strong="G1510"\w* always \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w on|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G2064"\w*’m \w going|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* my father, but \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* leave \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3756"\w* alone, \w like|strong="G4314"\w* kids \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* mother or father. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w* soon. \w Yes|strong="G2089"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* each \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* love anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* loves \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* really like.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* name \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* loves \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w whatever|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
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\v 25 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* am \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* now, \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* am \w still|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 26 Later \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* teacher, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w remember|strong="G5279"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G1321"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G4771"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* go away, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* always feel happy \w and|strong="G1515"\w* quiet inside \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G1515"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* too. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*. \w So|strong="G2531"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G5015"\w* anything upset \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G1515"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G5015"\w* anything frighten \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 \w Like|strong="G4314"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w much|strong="G3173"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3568"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 30 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G2889"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* getting close \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* boss, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 31 \w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* tells \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w*, \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1097"\w*’s leave \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\c 15  
\s1 Jesus is like a good grape vine  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* told \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture story \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* plant \w that|strong="G3588"\w* grapes grow \w on|strong="G1510"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \em grape vine\em*.  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* grape vine, growing \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* garden. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gardener.  
\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* grape vine. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vine \w that|strong="G2443"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gardener cuts \w them|strong="G3588"\w* off.\fig The gardener cuts off branches that don’t grow any grapes|src="tlc-101.tif" size="col" ref="15:2" \fig* \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vine \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* grow \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \w My|strong="G1722"\w* father keeps \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gardener \w that|strong="G2443"\w* cleans \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trims \w them|strong="G3588"\w* back \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* grow \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* branches. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w And|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w branch|strong="G2814"\w* \w has|strong="G3761"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* main trunk \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vine, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* grow \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \w A|strong="G1722"\w* broken \w branch|strong="G2814"\w* lying \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* trunk \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branch|strong="G2814"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w together|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Well|strong="G1722"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* live \w God|strong="G3306"\w*’s \w way|strong="G3779"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2504"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G1722"\w* main trunk \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* grape vine, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3306"\w* wants \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* trunk \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vine, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \w Just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3306"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gardener cuts off \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throws \w away|strong="G3583"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* lie \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dry \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w on|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w burn|strong="G2545"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* taught \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* ask \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* anything, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* branch \w that|strong="G2443"\w* grows \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* loved \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* much \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* loves \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2504"\w* listen, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* loving \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* always \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* wants \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w keeps|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* loving \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* loving \w you|strong="G1437"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w be|strong="G1510"\w* properly happy. Yes, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* happy \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G4137"\w*.   
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\v 12 Yes, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* loved \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.\x * \xo 15:12 \xt John 13:34; 15:17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 5\x*  
\v 13 \w If|strong="G2443"\w* somebody \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w save|strong="G2192"\w* \w their|strong="G2192"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* shows \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* really love \w their|strong="G2192"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot.  
\v 14 Well, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* lot, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w to|strong="G4160"\w* die \w to|strong="G4160"\w* save \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* workers \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*. Workers don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* boss \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* pick \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* branches \w that|strong="G2443"\w* grow \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sort \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* stays \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* ask \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 17 Listen, \w I|strong="G3778"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* again what \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*.”   
\s1 The world’s people hate Jesus’s followers  
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\v 18 Jesus kept \w on|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w to|strong="G4413"\w* \w his|strong="G3404"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w*, “Listen. \w When|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* live \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1223"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* like \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* different, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w A|strong="G2532"\w* worker \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss.’ \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* workers. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* listened properly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* listen properly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 15:20 \xt Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; John 13:16\x*   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* argue \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w my|strong="G2192"\w* message.  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w hates|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 24 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* mob \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* notice \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* still \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really guilty.   
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\v 25 \w A|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* told \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3056"\w* anything bad \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3551"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* anyway.’\x * \xo 15:25 \xt Psalm 35:19; 69:4\x*  
\m \w And|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 26 Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G1607"\w* back \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w then|strong="G3140"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w helper|strong="G3875"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* everything \w he|strong="G3739"\w* says \w is|strong="G3588"\w* always \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w will|strong="G1510"\w* talk \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w I|strong="G1473"\w* started teaching, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\c 16  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w kept|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G2443"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G3778"\w* followers. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G2443"\w* trusting me.  
\v 2 \w After|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* away, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jewish leaders \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* meeting houses \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* kill \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* need \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2064"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 This is what the Holy Spirit does  
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* father. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* here. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*?’  
\v 6 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* know \w my|strong="G3754"\w* words \w made|strong="G4137"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* sad.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* listen, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* father, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* way. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge everyone.   
\p
\v 9 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* people \w that|strong="G3754"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* world don’t \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3748"\w* going \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G3765"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* here, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w way|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* show \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* already \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* devil. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* too, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, but \w it|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* too \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w now|strong="G2089"\w*.  
\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen later \w on|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G2983"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w mine|strong="G1699"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* message \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus’s followers were going to be sad for a while  
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\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* followers, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* away soon, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w while|strong="G3398"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.”   
\p
\v 17-18 Some of his followers didn’t understand what Jesus was saying. They asked each other, “Why did he say, ‘Soon, you will not see me. But then after a little while, you will see me again’? And why did he say, ‘I am going back to the father’? What does he mean?”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Soon, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w while|strong="G3398"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*’?  
\v 20 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cry. \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* really happy.   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* know, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w baby|strong="G5088"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2192"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* mother \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w pain|strong="G3077"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w holds|strong="G2192"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* new \w baby|strong="G5088"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* forgets \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w pain|strong="G3077"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* happy \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* new \w baby|strong="G5088"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really sad \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* feels like \w pain|strong="G3077"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* later \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* really happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* can stop \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* happy.   
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\v 23 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* asked \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* sort \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3762"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* whatever \w you|strong="G5210"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* really happy.”   
\s1 Stay happy  
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="G3765"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* been \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* stories \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* pictures, \w to|strong="G2064"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* picture stories. \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* clearly \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 27 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 Yes, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* clearly. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* picture stories.  
\v 30 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* don’t \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* already \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5100"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* said, “\w You|strong="G2424"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G2424"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* now,  
\v 32 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* soon, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* run \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hide \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* homes. Yes, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* leave \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can always feel happy \w and|strong="G3588"\w* quiet \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* feel sad. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* frightened. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* stronger \w than|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* finished \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G3528"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* strong \w and|strong="G3588"\w* brave.”   
\c 17  
\s1 Jesus asked God to look after his followers  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* finished \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* finish \w the|strong="G2532"\w* job \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* really \w great|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1849"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* live \w with|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* ever.  
\v 3 \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* real \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* me, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* us \w for|strong="G1161"\w* ever.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* everything \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1325"\w* here \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G1093"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* great \w and|strong="G1093"\w* powerful.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G3568"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w together|strong="G3844"\w*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* taught \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* told \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w sure|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world.   
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\v 9 Father, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* look \w after|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* talking \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 10 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w mine|strong="G1699"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* show \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful.  
\v 11 \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w leave|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w*, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* ask \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Join|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G4314"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w together|strong="G4314"\w*, \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* used \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* look \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* lose \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* lost \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago.\x * \xo 17:12 \xt Psalm 41:9; 109:6-8; John 13:18\x*   
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\v 13 Father, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* properly happy \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w safe|strong="G5083"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* devil, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.   
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\v 17 Make \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* special \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1438"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \w Your|strong="G4674"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="G1438"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1438"\w* message, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1438"\w* message.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* giving \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* work. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* help \w my|strong="G1722"\w* followers, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* work, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* true message.”   
\s1 Jesus prayed for the people that will believe later on  
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\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. Later \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Join|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w together|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* can \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* made \w me|strong="G1325"\w* special, \w and|strong="G1391"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* made \w them|strong="G3588"\w* special, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* join \w them|strong="G3588"\w* together \w and|strong="G1391"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G1391"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* joined together, \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.  
\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* mob, joined \w together|strong="G2532"\w* properly. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* love \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* much \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* great \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* loved \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* always \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* showed \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* showing \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* love each \w other|strong="G3739"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\c 18  
\s1 The soldiers grabbed Jesus  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* father, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* special workers \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* creek \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Kidron|strong="G2748"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w garden|strong="G2779"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w*, \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G4178"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* night \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* grab \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special workers \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* garden lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* garden \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G2983"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w where|strong="G1563"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w those|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Roman soldiers \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* fire sticks, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spears, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* long knives \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* anyway. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w*?”   
\p
\v 5-6 They said, “We are looking for Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”  
\p Jesus said, “I am Jesus.” As soon as Jesus said that, all the soldiers moved backwards and fell down to the ground. And Judas, the man that turned against Jesus, was there with them.   
\p
\v 7 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*?”  
\p \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.”   
\p
\v 8 \w And|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* already \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* other \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* free.”   
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* soldiers didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grab \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w*, \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* lose \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.” \w And|strong="G3056"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w his|strong="G1438"\w* long knife, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w hit|strong="G3817"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Malkus, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Put|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* knife away. \w My|strong="G1325"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w through|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* hard \w time|strong="G3739"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w*.’”\x * \xo 18:11 \xt Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42\x*   
\s1 They took Jesus to the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies  
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers grabbed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* hands \w together|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman soldiers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader.  
\v 13 \w At|strong="G4314"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Annas. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* son-in-law, Cayafas, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*.  
\v 14 (\w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* time, Cayafas told \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w Leaders|strong="G3754"\w* Council \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* lot \w better|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* die, \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.\x * \xo 18:14 \xt John 11:49-50\x*)   
\s1 Peter said that he was not Jesus’s follower  
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\v 15-16 When the soldiers took Jesus there, Peter and another follower of Jesus followed along behind them. Then they all got to the house that belonged to Annas. He was a boss of the Jewish ceremonies. That other follower went into the yard of that house with the rest of the mob. You see, that other follower knew that ceremony boss, so the girl that looked after the gate let him go in, but Peter had to wait outside. Then that other follower went back to the gate, and he talked to the girl, so she let Peter go in too.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “Wait, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* follower \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w* night, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* workers \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* around \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fire \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* warm. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Annas asked Jesus a lot of questions  
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\v 19 Inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* questions \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* places \w where|strong="G3699"\w* everybody can hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* meeting houses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* places \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w my|strong="G1722"\w* message \w secret|strong="G2927"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G3739"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* questions? \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* listened \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* soldiers hit \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1325"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* ceremonies \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* hit \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* Annas sent \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Cayafas, \w the|strong="G4314"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* Jewish ceremonies. Jesus still \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4314"\w* hands \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w*.   
\s1 Peter kept on saying that he was not Jesus’s follower  
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\v 25 Outside, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* yard, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fire \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* warm. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fire \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* work-man \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G4074"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w relative|strong="G4773"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w cut|strong="G4074"\w* \w off|strong="G1537"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hey, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w garden|strong="G2779"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w right|strong="G3756"\w*?”   
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\v 27 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’t \w me|strong="G5455"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* follower.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* straight away, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* chook yelled \w out|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 They took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman boss  
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\v 28 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Cayafas’s house \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government boss \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Pilate.  
\p \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* ceremony, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* house. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* see, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish culture, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* somebody \w that|strong="G2443"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* dirty, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*.  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders stayed \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* bad \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*?”   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* really \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w That|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w the|strong="G2532"\w* reason why \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G2919"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w because|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w on|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* cross, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*’s how \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Romans punished \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 18:32 \xt John 3:14; 12:32\x*   
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\v 33 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* nation?” \fig Pilate asked Jesus a lot of questions|src="C_085.tif" size="col" ref="18:33" \fig*   
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\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G2228"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* question \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w did|strong="G2228"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G2228"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 35 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* mob. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w own|strong="G4674"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* ceremonies, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”   
\p
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* big boss, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* nation \w here|strong="G1782"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w reason|strong="G1537"\w* \w why|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* fight \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders \w from|strong="G1537"\w* grabbing \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* really wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* notice \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 38 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* think \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message? \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* questions, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* think \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* wrong.  
\v 39 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w every|strong="G1722"\w* year \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* prisoner go \w free|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* me \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w your|strong="G1722"\w* big boss, go \w free|strong="G1722"\w*?”   
\p
\v 40 \w All|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* shouted \w back|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* Barabbas go free.” Barabbas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* jail \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* used \w to|strong="G3004"\w* fight \w against|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Romans.   
\c 19  
\s1 Pilate tried to let Jesus go free  
\p
\v 1 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w with|strong="G2532"\w* whips.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* made \w some|strong="G3588"\w* prickly branches into \w a|strong="G2532"\w* headband \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w*, like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss wears. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*.\fig The soldiers hit Jesus with whips and put a prickly headband on him|src="gn-16.tif" size="col" ref="19:2" \fig* \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w purple|strong="G4210"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sort \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss wears,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4314"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hey, \w you|strong="G1325"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4314"\w* hitting \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m bringing \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* done \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* wrong.”  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w wearing|strong="G5409"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prickly headband \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2400"\w* \w purple|strong="G4210"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* die \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty.”   
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* somebody says \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die.”   
\p
\v 8 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* inside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* answer \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* answer \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G2192"\w* free, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G1223"\w*, “Yes, \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w So|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* guilty \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
\p
\v 12 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* go \w free|strong="G3956"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* shouted, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* big boss. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w tries|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* nation \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* big boss \w in|strong="G3956"\w* Rome. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* go \w free|strong="G3956"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*’s \w friend|strong="G5384"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2523"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Stone Floor. (\w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish language \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \em Gabbatha\em*.) \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge’s \w seat|strong="G2523"\w*.  
\v 14 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* ceremony, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* got ready \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* big boss.”   
\p
\v 15 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* shouted, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w and|strong="G3767"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* cross.”  
\p \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really want \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w your|strong="G2192"\w* big boss?”  
\p \w The|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish ceremonies shouted back, “\w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w our|strong="G1487"\w* big boss. \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1487"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* big boss.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G3860"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* wanted, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* away \w and|strong="G2424"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G3767"\w* cross \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 They put Jesus on a cross to kill him  
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big wooden \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* forced \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* carry \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \em Skull Place\em*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish language, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \em Golgotha\em*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s hands \w and|strong="G2532"\w* feet \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* off \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w side|strong="G1782"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* told \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* flat bit \w of|strong="G2532"\w* wood, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* why \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* killing \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* nail \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.”  
\v 20 Pilate wanted \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* languages \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* crosses \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* Jerusalem, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w read|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* sign.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremonies \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* change \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sign. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* big boss over \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.’ \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* big boss over \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.’”   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* said, “\w No|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* change \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* split \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* 4 \w parts|strong="G3313"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* got \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w part|strong="G3313"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w shirt|strong="G5509"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G4160"\w* joins \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 24 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w up|strong="G4137"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* bits, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G4137"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gambled \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* ago, \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3778"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wrote,  
\q1 “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w up|strong="G4137"\w* \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gambled \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* shirt.”  
\m \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 19:24 \xt Psalm 22:18\x*\fig The soldiers gambled to get Jesus’s long shirt|src="C_087.tif" size="col" ref="19:24" \fig*   
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\v 25 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* 4 women \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* near \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* sister, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wife \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Clopas|strong="G2832"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* follower \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* liked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* near \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* follower, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* follower \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, like \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus died  
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\v 28-29 After that, Jesus knew that he finished everything that his father asked him to do. Then he said, “I’m thirsty.” So one of the soldiers got a long stick, and he tied a sponge to it. He put it into a pot of sour wine, and then he lifted it up to Jesus’s mouth, for him to drink. When that happened, they did what God’s men wrote in God’s book a long time ago.\x * \xo 19:28-29 \xt Psalm 22:15; 69:21\x*   
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\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* tasted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w*’ve \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* work here \w on|strong="G4151"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2827"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w down|strong="G3860"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really special \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Passover ceremony. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2065"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* culture \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w day|strong="G2250"\w* started \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* already afternoon, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w break|strong="G2608"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* die \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* down \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down.  
\v 32 Pilate agreed, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w break|strong="G2608"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w*’s \w legs|strong="G4628"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2608"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w on|strong="G3767"\w* each side \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w break|strong="G2608"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w*.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* poked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w spear|strong="G3057"\w* \w into|strong="G1831"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*’s \w side|strong="G4125"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dead, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* blood \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 35 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* really \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 36-37 And, you know, a long time ago, one of God’s men wrote in God’s book about what those soldiers were going to do to Jesus. He wrote,  
\q1 “They will not break any of his bones.”\x * \xo 19:36-37 \xt Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20\x*  
\m And another one of God’s men wrote,  
\q1 “They will look at the man they stabbed with a spear.”\x * \xo 19:36-37 \xt Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7\x*  
\m And those things happened when Jesus died.   
\s1 They put Jesus’s body into a cave  
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\v 38 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place \w called|strong="G3778"\w* Arimathia. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2065"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* trouble, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell anyone \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Can \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*?”  
\p \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* right.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* Joseph \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* visited \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* long \w time|strong="G4413"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w*.\x * \xo 19:39 \xt John 3:1-2\x* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 30 kilograms \w of|strong="G2532"\w* special cream \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s body. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G5342"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* plants \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w myrrh|strong="G4666"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* aloes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* smelled really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Together|strong="G3326"\w* Joseph \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Nicodemus \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cream \w all|strong="G2532"\w* over \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1210"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* long bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth. \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* buried \w their|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w garden|strong="G2779"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w garden|strong="G2779"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special cave \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* dead bodies. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big hole, like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w room|strong="G5117"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* somebody \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rock. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* cave, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* bodies \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*.\fig Caves for dead bodies looked like this|src="43_LK23_rollingstonetomb.tif" size="col" ref="19:41" \fig*  
\v 42 Joseph \w and|strong="G2453"\w* Nicodemus \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s body \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* blocked \w that|strong="G3754"\w* cave \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* big stone. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w the|strong="G1223"\w* sun \w was|strong="G1510"\w* starting \w to|strong="G2424"\w* go \w down|strong="G5087"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* soon \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* start, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* quick, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* cave \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w close|strong="G1451"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w where|strong="G1563"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 20  
\s1 Jesus came alive again  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* finished, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w body|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Sunday \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* shock \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* open. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* block \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cave \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* follower \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* liked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Somebody \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* body \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 3-4 So Peter and the other follower ran to the cave. The other follower ran faster than Peter, and he got there first.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* bent \w down|strong="G3879"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* inside. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Joseph \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Nicodemus \w put|strong="G2532"\w* around \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*’s body.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* covered \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* folded \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w itself|strong="G5565"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* follower, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave \w first|strong="G4413"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* inside \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*, \w a|strong="G1492"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1492"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w come|strong="G1537"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1492"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w yet|strong="G3764"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3101"\w* \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3101"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* homes.   
\s1 Jesus talked to Mary Magdalene  
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\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* bent \w down|strong="G3879"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w looked|strong="G3879"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 12 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* 2 angel messengers \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* clothes \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w* used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* angel \w sat|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* angel \w sat|strong="G2516"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w end|strong="G4314"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*?”  
\p Mary \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Somebody \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* leader’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* body \w away|strong="G5087"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w After|strong="G3694"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w around|strong="G3694"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w behind|strong="G3694"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w*?”  
\p Mary \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gardener|strong="G2780"\w*, \w so|strong="G2504"\w* \w she|strong="G3754"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G5087"\w* body \w away|strong="G5087"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w*, please show \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G2504"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* get \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* care \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
\p
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*.”  
\p \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* around, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* straight \w away|strong="G4762"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* language, “\em Rabboni\em*.” (\w That|strong="G3739"\w* word \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \em teacher\em*.)   
\p
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* hold \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w gone|strong="G4198"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* everything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus showed himself to his followers  
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\v 19 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Sunday, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* night \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* inside \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* frightened. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*. Suddenly \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* group. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hello. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* feel happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* quiet inside \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* holes \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w*. \w His|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* really \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \fig Suddenly Jesus was there with his followers, inside the locked house|src="tlc-114.tif" size="col" ref="20:20" \fig*   
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* feel happy \w and|strong="G3962"\w* quiet inside \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*. \w And|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* here \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3992"\w* message. \w Well|strong="G2531"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world, \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* same message.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w breathed|strong="G1720"\w* \w on|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m giving \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 23 \w When|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G5100"\w* tell \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w my|strong="G2902"\w* message, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* listen properly, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* not guilty for \w the|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* not \w do|strong="G3588"\w* payback \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. So \w you|strong="G5100"\w* can also say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* not guilty. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* not listen \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* then \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G5100"\w*. So \w you|strong="G5100"\w* can also say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty.”\x * \xo 20:23 \xt Matthew 16:19; 18:18\x*   
\s1 Jesus showed himself to Thomas  
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\v 24 \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \em the Twin\em*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s special workers, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1437"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Thomas didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* alive, \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nail holes \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* hole \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* week \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hello. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* feel happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* quiet \w inside|strong="G2080"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* holes \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w*. \w Believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* alive. \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 28 Straight away, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* alive, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* leader, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \fig Jesus said, “Thomas, put your hand into the hole in my side.”|src="wa03933b.tif" size="col" ref="20:28" \fig*   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* alive, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Listen. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* really \w happy|strong="G3107"\w*.”   
\s1 John wrote this book so that we can believe in Jesus  
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\v 30 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* can \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2443"\w* send \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w save|strong="G2192"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* can \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* ever.   
\c 21  
\s1 Jesus’s followers saw him at the lake  
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\v 1 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* showed \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Tiberias|strong="G5085"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G3674"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* (\w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \em the Twin\em*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Nathaniel (\w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* (\w the|strong="G2532"\w* 2 sons \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* fishing.”  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w*’ll \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* down \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* net, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* catch \w some|strong="G3588"\w* fish. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* catch \w anything|strong="G3762"\w*.\x * \xo 21:3 \xt Luke 5:5\x*   
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\v 4 \w Early|strong="G4405"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w morning|strong="G4405"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sun \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* land. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “Friends, \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* got \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w fish|strong="G4371"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="G3767"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w Nothing|strong="G3756"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Throw \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w side|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G3313"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* threw \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* caught lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pull \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* heavy.\x * \xo 21:6 \xt Luke 5:6\x*\fig Jesus’s followers caught lots of fish in their net|src="CN01875b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="21:6" \fig*  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* follower \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* liked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\p \w As|strong="G1519"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* coat \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w*. (\w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* off \w before|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* work better.) \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* jumped \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w boat|strong="G4142"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 100 metres, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w boat|strong="G4142"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* full \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* behind \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w a|strong="G5613"\w* fire \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* cooking \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coals. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w caught|strong="G4084"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w pulled|strong="G1670"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w full|strong="G3324"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 153 \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* break. \fig Jesus cooked fish on a fire|src="gt00104.tif" size="col" ref="21:11" \fig*   
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\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1205"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* breakfast.”  
\p \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G1833"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* really \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*?”   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* 3rd \w time|strong="G5154"\w*, \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G3101"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* showed \w himself|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G3101"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told Peter to look after his people  
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\v 15 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* finished eating, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, son \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* right, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* take care \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* properly, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G1492"\w* shepherd takes \w his|strong="G3754"\w* young sheep \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* grass \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* eat.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G3825"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, son \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\p Peter \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* right, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* take care \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* properly, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G1492"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4165"\w* looks \w after|strong="G3748"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w upset|strong="G3076"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* 3 times, “\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* right, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G1492"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* properly, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* shepherd takes \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* grass \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat.  
\v 18 Listen \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* straight. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3501"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* tied \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G4572"\w* rope belt \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G1095"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* hold \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* tie \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rope \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w take|strong="G5342"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* dies like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w*, “Keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* following \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* follower \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* liked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* walking behind \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lake. (Remember, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* last \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* leaned close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”\x * \xo 21:20 \xt John 13:25\x*)  
\v 21 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* lake, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* follower, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*?”   
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\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Maybe \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w alive|strong="G3306"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w again|strong="G2193"\w*, \w but|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* worry \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w follow|strong="G2064"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* die. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Maybe \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w alive|strong="G3306"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* worry \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
\s1 The last words of this book  
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\v 24 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* follower, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* talking \w about|strong="G4012"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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