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\h JOHN 
\toc1 John 
\toc2 John 
\toc3 Jhn 
\mt2 This book is the Gospel that John wrote. We call this book  
\mt1 John  
\c 1  
\s1 John 1:1-18  
\s1 This book is about Jesus, who was eternally with God but also became a human being to reveal God to mankind.  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* expresses [MET] ◄\add God’s character/what God is like\add*► \w has|strong="G2316"\w* always \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* beginning [MTY] \add of everything/before everything began\add*►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* always \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s nature.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* always \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add before\add* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* began [MTY] \add to create anything\add*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* caused \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* exist. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* created \w absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* [LIT].  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add caused everything to\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*, \add revealed to us the truth about God as\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET] \add reveals what is in the darkness\add*.  
\v 5 \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* reveal \add that what they do is evil\add* [MET], \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \add like\add* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* \add is evil\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like\add* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET], \add evil people have never prevented the one who was like a light from revealing God’s truth\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add evil people have never\add* \w understood|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add one who was like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*.)   
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\v 6 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* whose \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* whose \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*}.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add about the one who was like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add one who was like a light\add* [MET] \w said|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* enable \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in the one who was like a light\add*.  
\v 8 John \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add one who was like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET]. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add one who was like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*.  
\v 9  \add While John was doing that\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* truly \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* enables \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to know about God, as\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET] enables \add people to know what is in the darkness\add*.   
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\v 10 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add who was like a light\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add here\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* caused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* create everything, \add most\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY, HYP] \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* caused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* create everything, \add most\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* accept \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.)  
\v 11 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add because he created it, most of\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \add the Jews\add*, rejected \w him|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* accept \w him|strong="G3588"\w*).  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add of us who welcomed him, God\add* authorized \add that we would have a relationship with\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET] \add like\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \add have a relationship with their father\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add that what he said\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY] \add was true\add*.  
\v 13 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \add like God’s children\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* ancestors \add belonged to God\add*, \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w*’s sexual \w desires|strong="G2307"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G4561"\w* desired \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1080"\w* \w children|strong="G1080"\w* like himself. Instead, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* caused \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w us|strong="G1537"\w*} \w to|strong="G3756"\w* become \add like\add* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w children|strong="G1080"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* expresses [MET] ◄\add God’s character/what God is like\add*► \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add for a while\add*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* result, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* wonderful \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \add God\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w person|strong="G3056"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* wonderful \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* wonderful \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* always acted ◄kindly \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*/\w in|strong="G1722"\w* ways \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* deserve►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* always \add spoke\add* truthfully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add about God\add*.   
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\v 15  \add One day\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he saw Jesus\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add previously\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* later \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \add long\add* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \add is the man I was talking about\add*!”  
\v 16 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* benefited \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* done. \w Again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* acted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* toward \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* ways \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* deserve.  
\v 17 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* proclaimed \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add to our ancestors\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add was much better\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* acted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* kindness toward \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* ways \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* deserve \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \add about God\add*.  
\v 18 \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|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 God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \add Jesus\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* always \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 When religious authorities asked John about his identity, he said he was preparing people for the coming of the Messiah, who was much more important than himself.  
\sr John 1:19-28  
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Levites|strong="G3019"\w*/\w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* worked \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* temple► \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w where|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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 What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add claim about\add* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* clearly [DOU]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\add I\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s chosen \w king|strong="G3588"\w*►!”  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add do you say about yourself\add*? \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \add that was prophesied to return\add* {◄\add someone/another prophet\add*► \add prophesied would return\add*} \add before the Messiah\add*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add I\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add like Moses that\add* ◄\add we are waiting for/God promised to send\add*►?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \add claim to be\add*? \add Tell us\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \add go back and\add* report \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*?”  
\v 23 \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I\add* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add the prophet Isaiah said\add* \w would|strong="G2962"\w* proclaim \add this new message\add* loudly \add to the people who would pass by\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area: ‘Prepare \add yourselves to receive\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* comes [MET], \add just like people prepare\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add for an important official\add*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who were questioning\add* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add religious group\add* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add religious group\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*}.  
\v 25 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w*, “Since \add you say\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add like Moses\add*, \add what authority\add* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*? \add Furthermore\add*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* baptizing \add Jews, treating them as though they were non-Jews who wanted to become Jews\add*?”  
\v 26 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add just\add* baptizing \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \add to prepare them to welcome the Messiah\add*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \add right now\add* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \add will preach to you\add* \w after|strong="G3694"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am gone\add*. \add He is so important that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add serve him as a slave\add* [MET] \add by\add* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \add a place called\add* Bethany, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add east\add* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptizing \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.   
\s1 John the Baptizer announced that Jesus was the one who would become a sacrifice to remove guilt for sin, and how God had confirmed that Jesus was the Son of God.  
\sr John 1:29-34  
\p
\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 toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*! Here \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add man whom\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has appointed to be a sacrifice\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*], \add like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lambs \add that the people of Israel sacrificed! By sacrificing himself\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add make it possible for everyone in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \add guilty for having\add* sinned.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add before\add*, ‘\w Someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* later \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G5228"\w* important \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \add long\add* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’  
\v 31 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add previously\add* \w recognize|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \add was the Messiah\add*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \add now I know who he is\add*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* baptized \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* enable \add you people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* clearly \add what God had shown him about Jesus\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w descending|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* form \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w dove|strong="G4058"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w remained|strong="G3306"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 33 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add previously\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was the Messiah\add*. However, \add God\add* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* baptize \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \add people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. While I was doing that\add*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w descend|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G3992"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (pl) to truly change your lives\add*.’  
\v 34 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add the Spirit descend on him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*►.”   
\s1 After John declared again that Jesus would be a sacrifice to remove guilt for sin, four men decided to become Jesus’ disciples.  
\sr John 1:35-42  
\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 at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* place \w again|strong="G3825"\w* ◄\w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*/\w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*►.  
\v 36 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w passing|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*! \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has appointed to be a sacrifice, like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lambs [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add the people of Israel have sacrificed!\add*”  
\v 37 ◄\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w*/\w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*► heard \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w*/\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*/\w them|strong="G3588"\w* coming behind \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*/\w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w*?” \w We|strong="G2532"\w*/\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \add tell us\add* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w staying|strong="G3306"\w*, \add because we want to talk with you\add*.”  
\v 39 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \add with me\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add where I am staying\add*!” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w*/\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G3306"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w*/\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 4 o’clock (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 4 PM \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*).   
\p
\v 40 ◄\w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*/\w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*► \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Andrew, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother.  
\v 41  \add After Andrew left Jesus\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \add older\add* brother \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|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="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*!”  
\v 42 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* intently \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* father’s \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G2564"\w* {\add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w Cephas|strong="G2786"\w*.” \add Cephas is an Aramaic name that means ‘solid rock’. It\add* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \add the same in Greek as the name\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told Nathaniel that he knew about him supernaturally, but that he would do things that were more surprising than that.  
\sr John 1:43-51  
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\v 43 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \add Jesus\add* decided \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \add the Jordan River valley\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*) \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 44 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Bethsaida \add town\add*.  
\v 45 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \add searched for\add* Nathaniel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \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* met \add the Messiah\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add wrote about\add*! \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add prophesied that he would come\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \add town\add*. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* father’s \w name|strong="G2147"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*.”  
\v 46 Nathaniel \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*? ◄Nothing \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add such an unimportant place\add*!/\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add such an unimportant place\add*?► [RHQ]” \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*!”  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Nathaniel approaching, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* Nathaniel, “\w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* example \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w Israelite|strong="G2475"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* never deceives anyone!”  
\v 48 Nathaniel \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4159"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am like\add*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add by yourself\add* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*.”  
\v 49 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Nathaniel declared, “Teacher, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add must be\add* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*►! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \add we have been waiting for\add*!”  
\v 50 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* [RHQ] \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add those things about me\add* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*. \add I was able to see you supernaturally even though I was far away from you\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me do\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w surprising|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w that|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* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* absolute truth: \add Just like what your ancestor Jacob saw long ago in a vision\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* opened \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 angels ascending \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w descending|strong="G2597"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”   
\c 2  
\s1 In Cana Jesus did his first miracle, turning water into delicious wine.  
\sr John 2:1-11  
\p
\v 1 Two \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \add celebration\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w* \add town\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add were also there, because\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* {someone \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*} \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guests \w had|strong="G2192"\w* drunk \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \add that was there\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* gone; \add can you do something about that\add*?”  
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “Ma’\w am|strong="G1473"\w*/\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, ◄\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \add tell \add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add what to do\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add tell \add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add what to do\add*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* [MTY] \add to show \add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add the Messiah by working miracles\add*.”  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \add empty\add* \w stone|strong="G3035"\w* jars \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add habitually put water in them\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* washing \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add to make them acceptable to God\add*. \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* jar held ◄20 \w to|strong="G2596"\w* 30 \w gallons|strong="G3355"\w*/80 \w to|strong="G2596"\w* 120 liters►.  
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* servants, “\w Fill|strong="G1072"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jars \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 the|strong="G2532"\w* jars \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brim.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w*, ladle \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add of it\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* head waiter/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* master \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies►.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* servants \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 ◄\w The|strong="G2532"\w* head waiter/\w The|strong="G2532"\w* master \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies► \w tasted|strong="G1089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* ladled \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w*. \add The wine was delicious\add*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w over|strong="G1096"\w*,  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add else\add* \w serves|strong="G5087"\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 when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guests \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \add that they cannot tell the difference\add*, \add they serve\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cheap \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add have not done what others do\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w best|strong="G4413"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 11 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\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* \add town\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* awesome \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \add we\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add truly was the Messiah\add*.   
\s1 Jesus and others went to Capernaum and stayed there several days.  
\sr John 2:12  
\p
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w several|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\s1 After Jesus expelled the merchants from the temple, the Jewish leaders wanted him to do a miracle to show by what authority he did that. He told them metaphorically that he would become alive again three days after he died.  
\sr John 2:13-25  
\p
\v 13 Later, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* almost time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and we his disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 14 \w There|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* cattle, \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w* \add for sacrifices\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* tables, \add making a big profit as they\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add Temple tax\add* coins \w in|strong="G1722"\w* exchange \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add their Roman\add* coins.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w cords|strong="G4979"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add used it to\add* chase \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cattle \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w By|strong="G1537"\w* overturning \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w scattered|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coins|strong="G2772"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* exchanging \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w doves|strong="G4058"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w doves|strong="G4058"\w* away \add from here\add*! \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* \add defiling\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’s Temple \add by\add* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* market!”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add someone/David\add* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add these words\add*} \add in the Scriptures prophesying what the Messiah would say\add*: “\w Others|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="G1510"\w* strongly oppose \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* greatly desire \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people respect\add* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* Sacred Tent.”   
\p
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add one of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you have authority from God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*?”  
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w*/\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w destroy|strong="G3089"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w temple|strong="G3485"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* build \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 46 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \add and it is not finished yet\add*! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*!/\w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w temple|strong="G3485"\w*, \add he was really talking about\add* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* own \w body|strong="G4983"\w*.  
\v 22  \add Later\add*, \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \add died and had\add* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \add we\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add what had been prophesied in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add about the Messiah becoming alive again\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add was true\add*.   
\p
\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 at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* celebration, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that he was the Messiah\add* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \add as the Messiah\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w within|strong="G1223"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add thinking\add*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* thinking, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* already \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add thinking and wanting\add*.   
\c 3  
\s1 Jesus told Nicodemus that people needed to be born again spiritually to have eternal life.  
\sr John 3:1-15  
\p
\v 1 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* man \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* member \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* religious council. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add religious sect\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \add to talk to him about God’s kingdom\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \add we believe that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \add We believe this because\add* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w Unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add have a new life from God\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place \w where|strong="G5100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*]!”  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w No|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w old|strong="G1088"\w*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* anyone \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w old|strong="G1088"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* way \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*’s \w womb|strong="G2836"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*’s \w womb|strong="G2836"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Being|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* naturally \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add enough\add*; \w people|strong="G5100"\w* need \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* experience \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ruling [MET] \add their lives\add*.  
\v 6 Humans give \w birth|strong="G1080"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* humans. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \add again \add* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s \add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does receive a new \add* \w spiritual|strong="G4151"\w* \add nature from God\add*.  
\v 7 \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* again \add and have a new life from God\add*.  
\v 8  \add Let me illustrate\add*: \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w blows|strong="G4154"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w blow|strong="G4154"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*. Similarly, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who do not know God cannot understand/control/predict\add* \w how|strong="G1492"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does\add*.”  
\v 9 \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*?”  
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add well-known\add* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \add us\add* Israelite \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* surprised \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*!/\w how|strong="G1097"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 11 \w Listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: ◄\w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*/\w I|strong="G1473"\w*► \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add are true\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* admit \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add is true\add*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that happen here\add* \w on|strong="G4100"\w* \w earth|strong="G1919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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* \add (sg)\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that happen\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2032"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 13 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* gone \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*; \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* gone \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \add So I know what happens there\add*.  
\v 14  \add Long ago when the Israelite people rebelled against God\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area, \add God sent poisonous snakes to bite them\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w lifted|strong="G5312"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \add on a pole\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add model of a\add* poisonous \w snake|strong="G3789"\w*, \add everyone who looked at that model was healed from their snake bites\add*. Similarly, \add even though I\add* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \add some day people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w me|strong="G1163"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \add on a cross to kill me\add*.  
\v 15 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*/trusts \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”   
\s1 God sent his Son into the world to save everyone who trusts in him.  
\sr John 3:16-21  
\p
\v 16 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loved \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* much \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \add as a sacrifice for us\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* separated \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. Instead, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="G2919"\w* \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 his|strong="G1223"\w* purpose \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add people in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* sins. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* {\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add from being\add* ◄\add guilty/punished\add*► \add for their sins\add*.  
\v 18 \w Everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \add God says that they\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* punished {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \add said that\add* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* punished {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*}, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trusted \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \add has done for them\add*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who was like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET] \add to reveal God’s truth to us\add* \w came|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* loved \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add evil, like\add* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* [MET] \add is evil\add*, \w instead|strong="G3123"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* loving \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who was like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G2889"\w* \add God will\add* judge \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add and condemn them\add*.  
\v 20 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2064"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G5337"\w* \w hates|strong="G3404"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who is like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who is like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* shown {\add the one who is like a light\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w*} \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \add are evil, and he would rebuke them\add*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* live \w according|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add God’s\add* truth \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add one who is like a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* seen clearly {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* see clearly} \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add they have depended\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 When many people began to become Jesus’ disciples, and John the Baptizer declared that Jesus was greater than he, the Jewish leaders rejected John’s and Jesus’ testimony that Jesus was equal to God.  
\sr John 3:22-36  
\p
\v 22 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1304"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* district. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add directed us as we\add* baptized \w people|strong="G3778"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* baptizing \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Aenon \add village\add* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Salim|strong="G4530"\w* \add town in Samaria district\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* springs \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* area. \add Many\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G3854"\w* \add to John\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* baptized {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptizing \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 24 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* {\w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* certain \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* arguing \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* rituals \w of|strong="G1537"\w* washing \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add to make them acceptable to God\add*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\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* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \add do you remember\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* baptizing \w people|strong="G3956"\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? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* baptizing \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* many \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* \add instead of coming to us\add*!”  
\v 27 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add important\add* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY] permits \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add So\add* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \add should not be jealous about Jesus being popular\add*!  
\v 28 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* verify \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \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 not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*/\w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s promised \w king|strong="G3588"\w*►. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add told you that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sent {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w to|strong="G3004"\w* prepare \w the|strong="G3588"\w* way \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Let me illustrate\add* [MET]: \add He is like a\add* ◄\add bridegroom/man who is being married\add*►, \add and I am like his friend\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w stands|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* waits \add for him to come\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* hears \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \add when he arrives\add*. Similarly, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add about what you have told me\add*.  
\v 30 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1565"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* important \add by making more disciples than I have\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* less \add important\add*.”   
\p
\v 31  \add Jesus\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* born \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add parents here\add* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* humans, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that happen here\add* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \add words are\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*’s.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add in heaven\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* few \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [HYP] listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says.  
\v 33 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* verify \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 34  \add We know it is true\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w*, \w speaks|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \add That is also true\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* causes \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* live \add in Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* completely \add direct everything he says and does\add*.  
\v 35 \w God|strong="G1325"\w* loves \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* control/\w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* reject \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and he will surely punish them\add*.   
\c 4  
\s1 John 4:1-30  
\s1 While Jesus talked with a Samaritan woman, he showed by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that he is the life-giving Messiah.  
\p
\v 1-2  \add At that time, many people were asking\add* Jesus to baptize them. He did not baptize people; it was \add we\add* his disciples who were doing the baptizing. But when some of the Pharisee \add religious group\add* heard \add people say that\add* Jesus was making more disciples than John \add the Baptizer\add* and was baptizing them, \add they became very jealous\add*.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus\add* heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add so that the Pharisees would not cause trouble for him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \add with us disciples\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* district.   
\p
\v 4  \add He\add* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* travel \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add district\add*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Sychar|strong="G4965"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add district\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G4139"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* plot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w ground|strong="G5564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add our ancestor\add* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \add long ago\add*.  
\v 6-8 The well that \add used to\add* belong to Jacob was on that plot of ground. Jesus was tired from walking. So while \add we\add* disciples went into the town to buy some food, he sat down alongside the well. It was about noontime. A woman who \add lived there\add* in Samaria came to get some water \add from the well\add*. Jesus said to her, “Will you give me \add from the well\add* some water \add to drink\add*?” The \add woman knew that\add* Jews did not like ◄\add to touch things that belong to\add* Samaritans/\add to\add* come near Samaritans►, (OR, Jews did not like to associate with Samaritans,)  
\v 9 \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|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 am|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4542"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G1063"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\add I am surprised\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add of water\add*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add of water\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add wanted to\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \add thought he was talking about\add* ordinary \add water. So she\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bucket \add or a rope with which to get water from the well\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* deep. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add since you cannot get water from this well\add*, \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* life-giving \w water|strong="G5204"\w*?  
\v 12 \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* left \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* water \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add enough good water\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* flocks \add of sheep\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* goats \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Do you claim that\add* \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*, \add and because of that you can give us life-giving water\add*?”  
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add well\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* later become \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* contrary, \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 will|strong="G3739"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* inner beings like \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w spring|strong="G4077"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add did not understand that Jesus was speaking figuratively about something that would sustain her spiritually. So she\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* get \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* again, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* returning \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w water|strong="G5204"\w*!”   
\p
\v 16  \add Jesus knew that she did not understand, but he wanted to show her by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that because he was the Messiah he could supply her spiritual need. So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “Woman, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\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*!”  
\v 17 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* husband!” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* husband, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 18 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* true \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* husbands \add one by one\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* husband! \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* true.”   
\p
\v 19 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w perceive|strong="G2334"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add because you are\add* able \add to know people’s secrets\add*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add let me ask you a different question\add*: \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \add Gerizim Mountain\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jews\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \add God. So who is right\add*?”  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add when I say that\add* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \add matter whether\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \add God our\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\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* \add or somewhere else\add*.  
\v 22 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add people from Samaria\add* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w worshipping|strong="G4352"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc) Jews\add* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add us\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God has sent the one who\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* save \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \add from the guilt of their sins\add*.  
\v 23 However, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* genuinely \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add directs\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w according|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add God’s\add* truth. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* fact, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w kind|strong="G5108"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w worshipers|strong="G4353"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w seeks|strong="G2212"\w*.  
\v 24 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4151"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add directs\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add according to God’s\add* truth.”  
\v 25 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*. \w When|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 \add we need to know\add*.” (‘\w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*’ \w and|strong="G2064"\w* ‘\w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*’ \add both mean ‘God’s promised king\add*’.)  
\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 the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add the Messiah\add*!”   
\p
\v 27 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \add from town\add*. \add Since it was contrary to our custom for Jewish religious teachers to converse with a woman they did not know\add*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \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 However|strong="G3305"\w*, \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|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 none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*?”   
\p
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* left \w her|strong="G1519"\w* water jar \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\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 who|strong="G3739"\w* \add was able to\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* past life [HYP], \add even though I never met him before\add* \w Could|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*?”  
\v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add many people\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* where \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples that what sustained him was doing his Father’s will, which meant convincing non-Jewish people to believe in him.  
\sr John 4:31-38  
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\v 31 \w Meanwhile|strong="G3342"\w*, \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w urging|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add some of the food we brought\add*!”  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\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* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* started \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G5100"\w*, “◄\w Surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \add when we\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add here\add*!/\w Has|strong="G5100"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \add when we\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add here\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add my Father\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \add me to do\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* finishing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave me to do\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\add what sustains me/like\add* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w*► [MET].  
\v 35  \add At this time of the year\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ancestors used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*), ‘\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5072"\w* \w months|strong="G5072"\w* left \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* \add the crops\add*.’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w look|strong="G2400"\w* carefully \add at the non-Jewish people around here. God says, ‘They are ready to accept my message\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*], \add like crops in\add* \w fields|strong="G5561"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w*.  
\v 36  \add If you help them to accept my message\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*], \add as an owner of a field\add* pays \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2590"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crops|strong="G2590"\w*. \w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* work, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* gain eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.’ \add I have been telling people God’s message. That is like\add* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* plants seeds. \add You will help people to accept my message. That will be like\add* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*] \w harvesting|strong="G2325"\w* \w crops|strong="G2590"\w*. \add When that happens\add*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 37 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*: \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G3056"\w* plants \add seeds\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* harvest \add the crops\add*.  
\v 38 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to enable people to accept my message, but you will not be the first ones who tell them God’s message\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \add previously\add* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \add to tell people God’s message\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w harvesting|strong="G2325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* results \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w*.”   
\s1 Many Samaritans believed that Jesus was the Messiah.  
\sr John 4:39-42  
\p
\v 39 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria \add district\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add lived\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add was the Messiah\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \add was able to\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* past life [HYP]!”  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Samaria \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* urged \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 So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* ◄\add in Jesus/that he was the Messiah\add*► \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add now\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add just \add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* ourselves. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* truly \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add can \add* save \add people\add* [MTY] \add from the guilt of their sins\add*.”   
\s1 After Jesus healed an official’s son, the official and his family believed that Jesus is the Messiah.  
\sr John 4:43-54  
\p
\v 43-44 Jesus had said \add previously\add* that people did not honor prophets \add like himself when they tried to teach people\add* in their own home area. So, two days later, Jesus and \add we\add* disciples left that area and went to \add his own area in\add* Galilee \add district, because he knew that people there would not think very highly of him, and as a result the Jewish leaders would not be jealous\add*.  
\v 45 \w However|strong="G5613"\w*, \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district, many\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G1209"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add previously\add* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s officials \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sick.  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* heard \add others say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add in Cana\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Please|strong="G2065"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add to Capernaum\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2390"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die!”  
\v 48 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* message \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* perform \add more\add* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*!”  
\v 49 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* official \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, ◄\add I\add* believe \add in you/I believe that you came from God\add*►. \add So please\add* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add to my home\add* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* son dies!”  
\v 50 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add home\add*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* ◄\w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*/\w not|strong="G3739"\w* die►!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left.  
\v 51  \add The next day\add* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way home, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3816"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*!”  
\v 52 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* son start \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w well|strong="G1722"\w*?” \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* ceased \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w* \add afternoon\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* o’clock.”  
\v 53 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G3650"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w live|strong="G2198"\w*/\w not|strong="G3739"\w* die►.” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add that Jesus was the Messiah\add*.   
\p
\v 54 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*.   
\c 5  
\s1 The Jewish leaders did not like the fact that Jesus healed a paralyzed man on the Sabbath day.  
\sr John 5:1-13  
\p
\v 1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* time \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \add another\add* celebration.  
\v 2 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gates \add into the city\add* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sheep|strong="G4262"\w* Gate, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* language \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* Bethzatha. \add Around the pool\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* open areas \w with|strong="G1722"\w* roofs \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3-4 Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.\f + \fr 5:3-4 \ft send down an angel, and the angel would stir the water. Then the first person who got down into the water after the water was stirred would be healed of whatever disease that person had.\f*  
\v 5 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* paralyzed \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 38 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G1096"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* paralyzed \w man|strong="G1519"\w* replied \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \add I want to get well, but\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w stirred|strong="G5015"\w* {stirs}. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \add to the pool\add*, \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G1161"\w* always gets \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\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*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!”  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*!  
\p \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*, “Today \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add in our Jewish\add* laws \add it is written that people should not work on our\add* ◄\add Sabbath/rest day\add*►, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* carrying \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w*!”  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘Pick \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!’”  
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, ‘Pick \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!’?”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* disappeared \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add without telling the man his name\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add who had healed him\add*.   
\s1 The Jewish leaders became very angry with Jesus for saying that he was the man who was also God.  
\sr John 5:14-18  
\p
\v 14 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add told the man his name, and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w*! \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* sinning! \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* sinning, \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* \add than the illness you had before\add*!”  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* harass \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Jesus replied \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* always been \w working|strong="G2038"\w* \w every|strong="G1161"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \add including\add* ◄\add the Sabbath/the day of rest\add*►, up \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G2038"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* same \w thing|strong="G2504"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* [SYN] considered \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* disobeying \w their|strong="G1438"\w* rules \w about|strong="G2212"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w equal|strong="G2470"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* considered \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* grounds \w for|strong="G3754"\w* killing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* harder \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*.   
\s1 Jesus replied to their objections by stating five reasons why they should believe that he is the ◄Son of/man who was also► God.  
\sr John 5:19-45  
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add authority\add*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add kind of\add* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* see \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Whatever|strong="G3739"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 20  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \add the miracles\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add he wants me to do\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ones|strong="G3173"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add you have already seen me do\add*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*.  
\v 21  \add For example\add*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* causes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become \w alive|strong="G2227"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w give|strong="G2227"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Furthermore|strong="G1063"\w*, \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w judges|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add concerning their sins\add*. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*,  
\v 23 \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add considers that\add* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G5091"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* honoring \add him\add*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w*.  
\v 24 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \add God will\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄condemn \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/\w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*►. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* longer separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. Instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.   
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\v 25 Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ◄spiritually \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*/separated \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*► \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* already. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \add and pay attention to my message\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 26  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \add power to\add* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*. Similarly, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add power to enable\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally\add*.  
\v 27 \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add concerning their sins\add*.  
\v 28 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*,  
\v 29 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \add lives\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rise \add from their graves\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G5337"\w* lives \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rise, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄condemn \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/declare \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add for their sins\add*►.  
\v 30 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \add like that\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w own|strong="G1699"\w* \w authority|strong="G2212"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w according|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* hear \add my Father tell me\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* fairly, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* please \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* please \add my Father\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \add people could rightly say that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* tells \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* messengers \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer to ask about me\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \add about me\add*.  
\v 34 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need that\add* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add about me\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* reminding \add you about what John told people about me\add*, \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \add believe it and\add* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}.  
\v 35  \add John’s message about me\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add John\add*) [MET] \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w shines|strong="G5316"\w* brightly. \w For|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G5610"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* happy \add by that message\add* {\w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \add that message\add* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* happy}.   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* something \w else|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \add It should prove who I am\add* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add said about me\add*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* [PRS] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* told \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w show|strong="G4160"\w* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, prove) \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 37 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, tells \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G4455"\w* heard \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add believed\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* inner beings.  
\v 39 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* carefully study (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, Study) \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add studying\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add find the way to\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*/\w to|strong="G4314"\w* believe \w my|strong="G1473"\w* message► \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w It|strong="G2983"\w* \w does|strong="G2983"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add matter to\add* \w me|strong="G2983"\w* whether \w people|strong="G2983"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w me|strong="G2983"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add want people to praise you\add*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’s authority [MTY], \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* someone \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* authority [MTY], \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 44 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* praising each \w other|strong="G3756"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* result \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G3441"\w* praising \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* way \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in me\add*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add my message\add*?► [RHQ]   
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\v 45 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* listening! \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \add defend you\add*.  
\v 46 \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* \w had|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1565"\w* \add wrote\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G4100"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add said\add*  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1121"\w* \add about me\add*, ◄\w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G4100"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G4100"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w*?► [RHQ]”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus miraculously fed more than 5,000 people.  
\sr John 6:1-15  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* time \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w when|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3326"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* district, near \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish Passover celebration, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \add with us disciples by boat\add* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* crossed \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* place along \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add also called\add* \w Tiberias|strong="G5085"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*.  
\v 2 \w A|strong="G1909"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* following \w Jesus|strong="G4160"\w* \add on land\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G4183"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \add by healing\add* sick \w people|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hillside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add to teach us\add*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* looked up \w and|strong="G1161"\w* saw \w a|strong="G1510"\w* great crowd \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* coming toward \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* buy \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*?”  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* only \w to|strong="G3004"\w* find \w out|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* Philip believed \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add Jesus could do\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* already \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* himself \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* replied \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Even if we had\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* amount \w of|strong="G5100"\w* money \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* earns \w in|strong="G3756"\w* eight months, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2443"\w* buy bread \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w person|strong="G1538"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* bit!”  
\v 8 \w Another|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, Andrew, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother, \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* boy \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w small|strong="G1417"\w* \w barley|strong="G2916"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add cooked\add* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* help \w much|strong="G5118"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 10 \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 There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* plenty \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* sat down \add comfortably\add*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add among the crowd\add*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G1537"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God\add* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave them to us, and we\add* \w distributed|strong="G1239"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G1537"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground. \add Because God caused the food to keep increasing\add*, \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*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* everyone \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* food \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wanted, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w Gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G4052"\w*. \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* wasted!”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w up|strong="G1072"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G1537"\w* loaves \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* eaten. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w*!   
\p
\v 14 \w After|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w*, \add many of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “Surely \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add like Moses\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God promised\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add their\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G3441"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus miraculously walked on the water.  
\sr John 6:16-24  
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\v 16 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add Galilee\add* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w still|strong="G3768"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \add we\add* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* towards \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 18 \w A|strong="G5037"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* started \w to|strong="G5037"\w* \w blow|strong="G4154"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* caused \w the|strong="G3588"\w* water ◄\w to|strong="G5037"\w* become \w very|strong="G3173"\w* rough/\w to|strong="G5037"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G3173"\w* waves►.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w rowed|strong="G1643"\w* ◄\w three|strong="G1501"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w four|strong="G5613"\w* \w miles|strong="G4712"\w*/\w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* six kilometers►, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w terrified|strong="G5399"\w*!  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 21 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* glad \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add we\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w reached|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \add we\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*!   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\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* \add were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add the previous day\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* gone away \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G3756"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* gone \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 23 Then \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add men came\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Tiberias|strong="G5085"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w boats|strong="G4142"\w*. \add They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w eaten|strong="G5315"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G2168"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \add and caused it to multiply\add*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \add some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w boats|strong="G4142"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* find \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught them figuratively of the need for them to take for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins.  
\sr John 6:25-59  
\p
\v 25 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in Capernaum\add* further around \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \add since you(sg) did not come in a boat\add*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add and how\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*?”  
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add me perform\add* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \add and as a result have realized who I really am\add*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add only\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* plenty \w of|strong="G1537"\w* bread \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add after I provided it for you by performing a miracle\add*.  
\v 27 \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* desiring \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w soon|strong="G3361"\w* spoil! Instead, desire \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \add spiritual\add* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! Yearn \w for|strong="G1063"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*! \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* shown \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* approves \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add enabling me to do that\add*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add to please\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add wants you\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 30 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \add another\add* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add you came from God\add*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w*?  
\v 31 \w Our|strong="G1722"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add food called\add* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w* \add that God provided for them by a miracle\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add The Psalmist\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add what Moses caused to happen:\add* ‘\w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.’ \add Will you perform a miracle like that\add*?”   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1537"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add ancestors\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* food \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who gave it to them. And my Father is the one\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* food \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\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 he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the people of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY].”   
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\v 34  \add Not understanding what he meant\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2962"\w* bread \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* time!”  
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Just like\add* food [MET] \add sustains physical life\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who enables you to have spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to receive that life\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \add lack anything spiritually\add*.  
\v 36 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \add miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 37 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* entrusts \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\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* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* ◄welcome/\w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w away|strong="G1854"\w*► [LIT] \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 38 \w When|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w*. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\add God/my Father\add*►, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*.  
\v 39 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* ◄\w keep|strong="G3361"\w* forever \w all|strong="G3956"\w*/\w never|strong="G3361"\w* lose \w any|strong="G3956"\w*► [LIT] \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* entrusted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add when I judge everyone\add*► [MTY].  
\v 40  \add Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed\add* [MET]. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add similarly\add* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* looks \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \add what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add have done\add* \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 have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add when I judge everyone\add*► [MTY].”   
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\v 41 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] began \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w grumble|strong="G1111"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*!/Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*?► [RHQ] \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add the names of\add* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. \add He certainly did not come from heaven\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add lying\add* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.’/\w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?’► [RHQ]”  
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w grumbling|strong="G1111"\w* \w among|strong="G3326"\w* yourselves \add about what I just said\add*!  
\v 44  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, makes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to receive eternal life\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* only ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* believe \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* ◄\w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* alive again/raise \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add from the dead\add*► ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add judgment\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*►.  
\v 45 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* ◄\add by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah\add*► {◄\add One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah\add*► \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add about all those who will trust in me\add*, ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* teach \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.’ \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* listens \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add says\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w learns|strong="G3129"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*/believe \w in|strong="G1722"\w*► \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 46 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 47 Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: Everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* ◄\add my message/in me\add*► \w has|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 48  \add Just like\add* food [MET] \add sustains your physical life\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add one who enables you to have spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 49 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w* \add while they were traveling\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add anyway\add*.  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \add I am talking about\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \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 If|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* bread, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add spirits\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* die.  
\v 51 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* enable \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add all the people in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”   
\p
\v 52 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] began \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w argue|strong="G3164"\w* \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w There|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G1410"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*?►” [RHQ]  
\v 53 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \add speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins\add* [MET], \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \add Although\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* blood, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 54 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* eat \w my|strong="G5176"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G5176"\w* blood \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add judgment\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*►,  
\v 55 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w are|strong="G1510"\w* truly spiritual \w food|strong="G1035"\w*.  
\v 56 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* eat \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \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 have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 57  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add source of everything that\add* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w*, \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \add given me life\add*. Similarly \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* eat \w my|strong="G5176"\w* \add flesh\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add eternally\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add do for them\add*.  
\v 58  \add I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\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*. \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \add manna\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add anyway\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* bread \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.”  
\v 59 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1722"\w*► \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*.   
\s1 Some of Jesus’ disciples left him because of this teaching.  
\sr John 6:60-71  
\p
\v 60 \w After|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w hard|strong="G4642"\w* \add to understand\add*; ◄\w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w difficult|strong="G4642"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* anyone \w to|strong="G3004"\w* accept \w it|strong="G3778"\w*!/\w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* anyone accept \w it|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 61 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w aware|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w grumbling|strong="G1111"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* offending \w you|strong="G5210"\w*./\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* offending \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 62 ◄\add Perhaps you will believe my message\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G2334"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, ascending \add there\add* \w to|strong="G3767"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G4386"\w*!/\add (What will you think if you see me\add*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, ascending \add there\add* \w to|strong="G3767"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G4386"\w*)?► [RHQ]  
\v 63  \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w gives|strong="G2227"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w Human|strong="G4561"\w* efforts \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add for giving people eternal life\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add gives spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add comes from\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add and gives eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.)  
\v 64 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add my message.” Jesus said that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started [MTY] \add his ministry\add* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* message. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/enable \w his|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.   
\p
\v 65 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \add to believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add and receive eternal life\add*.”   
\p
\v 66 \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add time\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 67 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles\add*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”  
\v 68 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* replied \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G4314"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \add we\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2192"\w* \add leave you\add*, \add because\add* ◄there \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w no|strong="G2192"\w* other \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \add like you\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* can \w go|strong="G2192"\w*!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* other \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* there \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \add you\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* can \w go|strong="G2192"\w*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*!  
\v 69 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* holy \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add who has come\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 70 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*, “\add You are saying that as though all\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add men\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* [RHQ] believe \w that|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* \add under the control of\add* Satan!”  
\v 71 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \add son\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Kerioth \add village\add*. \add Even though\add* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*/\w to|strong="G3004"\w* enable \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.   
\c 7  
\s1 Jesus rejected his younger brothers’ suggestion that he go immediately to Jerusalem.  
\sr John 7:1-9  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add province\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* travel \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \add province\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \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* \add leaders there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w wanting|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* celebration \add called\add* ‘Celebration \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \add Living in\add* Shelters’ \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*,  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \add younger\add* brothers \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Since many people\add* \w here|strong="G1782"\w* \add have left you\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w leave|strong="G3327"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province and perform\add* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 4 \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* famous \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* secretly. \add You say\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* miracles, \add so do some miracles there\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* everyone [MTY] \w can|strong="G4160"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 5  \add They said this critically\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \add though they were\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own \add younger\add* brothers, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add was from God\add*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \add to go to the celebration\add*. \w For|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \add to go to the celebration\add*.  
\v 7  \add The people\add* [MTY] \add who\add* ◄\add do not believe in me/do not belong to God\add*► \w cannot|strong="G1410"\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 because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w ahead|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* celebration. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* celebration \add yet\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w now|strong="G3756"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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* \add to go\add*.”  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \add a little longer\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus went to the celebration.  
\sr John 7:10-13  
\p
\v 10 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add a few days\add* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* younger brothers left \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* celebration, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 11 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* celebration, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Has|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 12 \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* whispering \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w deceiving|strong="G4105"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*!”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G3305"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN].   
\s1 After Jesus taught people, the Jewish leaders wanted to arrest him, but many others believed he was the Messiah.  
\sr John 7:14-36  
\p
\v 14 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* days \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* celebration, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add elders\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \add at what he was saying\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* studied \add in one of our religious schools\add*! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \add so much about Scripture\add*?/\w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* difficult \w for|strong="G3778"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \add so much about Scripture\add*!► [RHQ]”  
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* teach \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* choose \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w whether|strong="G1437"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w teach|strong="G5100"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w whether|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \add only\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w own|strong="G1683"\w* \add authority\add*.  
\v 18 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add only\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \add authority\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add doing things so that others\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G3992"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaks|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* lie.  
\v 19  \add Think about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [RHQ]. \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add completely\add* \w obeys|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \add saying I do not obey the laws concerning\add* ◄\add the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest\add*►?”   
\p
\v 20 Someone \w in|strong="G3793"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* answered, “\add By saying this you show that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* crazy (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* controlling \w you|strong="G4771"\w*)! \w Certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G2041"\w* \add of healing someone\add* ◄\w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G3956"\w*/\w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest day►, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* shocked.  
\v 22 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add a law that you must\add* \w circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \add the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \add Abraham and Isaac and Jacob\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add started that ritual\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* law, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* sometimes \w circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \add but that is working, too\add*  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \add sometimes\add* circumcise boys ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* disobeyed {\add you\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* disobey \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*}, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ridiculous \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w angry|strong="G5520"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \add I worked\add* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \w by|strong="G1722"\w* healing \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*!/\w why|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w angry|strong="G5520"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \add I worked\add* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \w by|strong="G1722"\w* healing \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*?► [RHQ] \add Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy\add*!  
\v 24 \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* deciding whether \w my|strong="G2596"\w* healing \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3361"\w* see! Instead, decide \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* action \add to help people\add*”!   
\p
\v 25 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2415"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2415"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|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 they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill!/Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill?► [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* ◄\w publicly|strong="G3954"\w*/\w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*►, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* rulers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add oppose\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* truly ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s chosen \w king|strong="G3588"\w*►?  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add he cannot be the Messiah, because\add* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* really \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*.”   
\p
\v 28  \add They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “Yes, \add you say that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add you think\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* [IRO] \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* appointed \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*/\w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w own|strong="G1683"\w* authority►. Instead, \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* him, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* him. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w sent|strong="G3844"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add because he said that he had come from God\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to do that\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* [MTY] \add for him to die\add*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add had come from God\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* whispering \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Temple guards \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w seize|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \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 will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \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="G1510"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \add Some Jewish people have\add* \w dispersed|strong="G1290"\w* \add and live\add* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add and live among them\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?  
\v 36 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \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 be|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \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="G1510"\w*,’ \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add did he mean\add*?”   
\s1 Many people were divided after Jesus said that the Spirit would produce eternal life within those who come to him.  
\sr John 7:37-53  
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\v 37  \add On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \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* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \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* \add in the Temple courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* voice, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add what I will give them\add*.  
\v 38 \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* teach, streams \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w shall|strong="G2198"\w* \w flow|strong="G4482"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w within|strong="G2836"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G5204"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add eternally\add*.”  
\v 39 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* referring \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*. \w Up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add to live within believers\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \add died and returned to his\add* \w glorious|strong="G1392"\w* \add home in\add* heaven, \add from where he would send the Spirit\add*.   
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\v 40 \w When|strong="G3767"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* heard \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Surely \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add whom God promised to send who would be like Moses\add*!”  
\v 41 \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \add thinking Jesus was born in Galilee\add*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add province\add*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w*?  
\v 42 ◄\w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* write \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* born \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Bethlehem, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*?/\add It is written\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* born \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Bethlehem, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*!► [RHQ]”  
\v 43 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G1096"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add what they thought about\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 44 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w seize|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* tried \add to do that\add*.   
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\v 45 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Temple guards \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \add the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guards, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add seize him and\add* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add here\add*?”  
\v 46 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w ever|strong="G3763"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w such|strong="G3779"\w* \add amazing things\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w does|strong="G2980"\w*!”  
\v 47 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* replied, “\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceived|strong="G4105"\w* {\w Has|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w deceived|strong="G4105"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?  
\v 48 ◄\w None|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G4100"\w* rulers \w nor|strong="G2228"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* <\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add is the Messiah\add*!/\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add came from God\add*!>/\w Have|strong="G5100"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G4100"\w* \add Jewish\add* rulers \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* <\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add is the Messiah\add*?/\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add came from God\add*?>► [RHQ]  
\v 49 \w Not|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*! \w But|strong="G3361"\w*, \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* contrary, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add have believed in him\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add the true teachings of\add* \w our|strong="G1510"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*! \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* go \w to|strong="G3361"\w* hell \add for listening to him\add*!”   
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\v 50 \w Then|strong="G3004"\w* \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G1520"\w* earlier \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add at night\add*. \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* also \w a|strong="G1510"\w* member \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Jewish council. \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the rest of the Council members\add*,  
\v 51 “\add We\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. ◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* permitted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS] \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, \w before|strong="G3844"\w* questioning someone, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* permitted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS] \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, \w before|strong="G3844"\w* questioning someone, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 52 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \add disgusting person\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*?/\add You talk like\add* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \add disgusting person\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*!► [RHQ] Read \add what is written in the Scriptures\add* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* find \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add province, like he does\add*!”  
\v 53 [\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* left \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w homes|strong="G3624"\w*.   
\c 8  
\s1 Jesus evaded a trap about condemning a woman who had been caught committing adultery.  
\sr John 8:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \add with us disciples\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w* \add and we stayed near there that night\add*.  
\v 2 \w Early|strong="G3722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w morning|strong="G3722"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*. Many \w people|strong="G2992"\w* gathered \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add religious group\add* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* seized {\add They\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add arranged to\add* seize \w her|strong="G3588"\w*} \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sex \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* husband. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* group \add that was listening to Jesus\add*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* seized {\add we\add* seized \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*} \w while|strong="G3778"\w* \w she|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* having sex \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1320"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* husband.  
\v 5 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he gave us\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* throw \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w women|strong="G5108"\w* \add and kill them\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add we should do\add*?”  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* question \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* trap \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If he said that they should not kill her, they would shame him for disobeying the law of Moses. If he said that they should kill her, they could accuse him to the Roman governor\add*.  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* bent \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* something \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w*.  
\v 7 \w While|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w continued|strong="G1961"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w question|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\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*, “Whichever \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* has never sinned \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* start throwing \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stooped|strong="G2955"\w* \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add some more\add* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who were questioning him\add* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* \w ones|strong="G4245"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w* \add and then the younger ones, knowing they were all sinners\add*. \w Finally|strong="G2078"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w*? \w Has|strong="G3762"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* die \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sin?”  
\v 11 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3762"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w either|strong="G3761"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \add home\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sinful \add life\add* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w*!”]   
\s1 Jesus replied to the Pharisees’ objection to his claim to be like a light for the people of the world.  
\sr John 8:12-20  
\p
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoke|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* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET] \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add all the people in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \add Just like a light reveals what has been in the darkness\add* [MET], \add I reveal God’s truth to them\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* \add are unaware of what is around them\add*. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* always \w be|strong="G1510"\w* aware \add of God’s truth\add* [MET]. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \add which shows them how to have eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*! \add Since there is no one else to verify these things that you say about yourself\add*, \add we\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need to accept that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add only one to\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add heaven\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \add back to heaven\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \bd \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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 or|strong="G2228"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*.  
\v 15  \bd \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* standards. \add The reason\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \bd \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*\bd* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add here is\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w*/\w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* punish \w people|strong="G2919"\w*► \add for their sins\add*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add people\add*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* correct, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add who will decide those things\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* decide.  
\v 17 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* testify \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add some event has happened\add*, \add people should consider\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \add So you should believe that what we declare is true\add*.”   
\p
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add If you have a\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add we can question about you\add*, \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add who\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* offerings. \add This was also very close to the place where the Jewish council met\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w seized|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrest|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* [MTY] \add for him to suffer and die\add*.   
\s1 Jesus replied to the Pharisees’ continued rejection of Jesus’ claims about himself.  
\sr John 8:21-30  
\p
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will soon be\add* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add at the end of your life\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G2212"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die \add without God forgiving\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins. \w Where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\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*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* reason \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*’?”  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* continued \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* born \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY]. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die \add without God forgiving\add* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* sins. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add who I say that I am\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die \add without God forgiving\add* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* sins.”   
\p
\v 25 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w*! \w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Ever since \w I|strong="G3739"\w* began \add teaching\add*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*!  
\v 26 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add you are guilty of\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* instead, \add I will say only\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* tells \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. \add What he says\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY] \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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* \add in heaven\add*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* down \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G5312"\w* \add on a cross to kill me\add*, \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 You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w own|strong="G1683"\w* \add authority\add*. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* helps \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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* please \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 30 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G2980"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \add was\add* ◄\add from God/the Messiah\add*►.   
\s1 Jesus told his critics which people were true believers like Abraham and which ones really were serving Satan.  
\sr John 8:31-59  
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w continue|strong="G3306"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add live in accordance with\add* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add God’s\add* truth, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add your believing his\add* truth, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add from being controlled by the one who has made you his slaves\add*.”  
\v 33 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G4455"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w*’s \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add we will\add* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* freed \add from being someone’s slaves\add*?”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* sin \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add forced to obey\add* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* sinful desires [MET], \add just like\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \add is forced to obey his master\add*.  
\v 35 \w A|strong="G1519"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* permanent member \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* family. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* member \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* family \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \add Similarly, you say you are members of God’s family because you are descendants of Abraham, but really, because you are like slaves of your sinful desires, you are no longer permanent members of God’s family\add*.  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* allow me \w to|strong="G3767"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* truly \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w*.  
\v 37 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* Abraham’s \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add you are not\add* allowing [PRS] \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* continue \add to change\add* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* inner \w being|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 38 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Abraham \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w*.” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* Abraham’s descendants, \add your character would be like Abraham’s character, and\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add good\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like Abraham \w did|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* truth \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|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*. Abraham \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 41 \w No|strong="G3756"\w*! \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* \add real\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w*.”  
\p \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add We do not know about you, but\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* illegitimate \w children|strong="G1080"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \add spiritually\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \add to this world\add*. \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* ◄\w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add appointed\add* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*/\w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w own|strong="G1683"\w* \add authority\add*►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 43 ◄\w And|strong="G3056"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* tell \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w to|strong="G1410"\w* accept \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 44 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*/Satan►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \add caused people to become\add* murderers \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add people\add* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \add sinned\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* abandoned \add God’s\add* truth \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* nature. \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* lies, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w according|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add nature\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* originates [MET] \w all|strong="G2532"\w* lies.  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* truth, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!  
\v 46  \add Since I have never sinned\add*, ◄\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 have|strong="G1473"\w* sinned./\w can|strong="G3004"\w* anyone \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w show|strong="G1651"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* sinned?► [RHQ] \w So|strong="G1223"\w*, \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* truth, ◄\w there|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 47 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* habitually obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G4487"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obey \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w*.”   
\p
\v 48 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add believe what is false as\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaritans|strong="G4541"\w* \add do\add*!/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add believe what is false as\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaritans|strong="G4541"\w* \add do\add*?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w*/\w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w*► \add controls\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 49 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add control\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!  
\v 50 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* someone \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* desires \add to honor me\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add whether it is I who am telling the truth or whether it is you who are telling the truth\add*.  
\v 51 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w obeys|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*!”   
\p
\v 52 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN], \add thinking that he was talking about ordinary death and not about spiritual death\add*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sure|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \add controls\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! Abraham \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \add long ago\add*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w obeys|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*!  
\v 53 ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham!/\w Do|strong="G4160"\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 our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham?► [RHQ] \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 prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\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* \add by saying something like that\add*?”  
\v 54 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* honoring \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w worthless|strong="G3762"\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 who|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* honors \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 55 \w Although|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and have a close relationship with him\add*. \w If|strong="G2579"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\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 obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 56 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add do during\add* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* life [MTY]. \add It was as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* happy.”   
\p
\v 57 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* 50 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!/how \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ] \add Because he died long ago\add*!”  
\v 58 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3004"\w* truth \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w*!”  
\v 59 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \add because they were very angry about Jesus thus saying that he\add* ◄\add had eternally existed/was equal with God\add*►, \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* \add to kill him\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus\add* caused \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* courtyard.   
\c 9  
\s1 Jesus healed a man who was born blind.  
\sr John 9:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add with us\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \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 We|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Teacher, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* sinned \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* himself sinned?”  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G2443"\w* blind \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* sinned. Instead, \add he has been blind\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people can\add* see \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3777"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* seen} \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add what will now happen\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w While|strong="G2193"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add wants me to do. Just like daytime is followed by\add* nighttime \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*, \add at the end of our lives\add* [MET] \add it is too late for us to do what God wants\add*.  
\v 5 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G3752"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* still \add living\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w I|strong="G3752"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add one who enables people to know about God, like\add* [MET] \add a\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* enables \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY] \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \add to see what is in the darkness\add*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G4429"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G5476"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \add a little bit of\add* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saliva, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\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 in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Siloam|strong="G4611"\w* \w pool|strong="G2861"\w*!” (\w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w sent|strong="G2532"\w*;’ \add just like they sent the water by a channel into the pool, God sent Jesus\add*). \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* \add in the pool\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see!  
\v 8 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G1069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w previously|strong="G4386"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w begging|strong="G4319"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beg|strong="G4319"\w*, isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 9 \w Some|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*.” \w Others|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3780"\w*, \add he is not\add*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* looks \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w*!” \w But|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see?”  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\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 to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Siloam|strong="G4611"\w* \add pool\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see.”  
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\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* \add now\add*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
\s1 The Pharisees investigated the healing of the blind man.  
\sr John 9:13-41  
\p
\v 13 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* took \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* previously \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w mud|strong="G4081"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*►. \add The Pharisees considered that healing someone was work, and their rules did not permit people to do any work\add* ◄\add on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day\add*►.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|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 Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see!”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add Jesus\add* disobeys \add our rules about working\add* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sinner, ◄\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*?► [RHQ]” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* divided.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* enabled \w to|strong="G3004"\w* see. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I think\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*!” \add So they told him to go\add*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w still|strong="G2193"\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* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* born, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add now\add* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*’s \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*.  
\v 19  \add When they got there\add*, \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*? \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*? \add If that is true\add*, \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see?”  
\v 20 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* enabled \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*. \w Ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* son! \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w old|strong="G2192"\w* enough \add to answer questions from authorities like you\add* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w tell|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w had|strong="G3588"\w* previously \w declared|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* prevent \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add entering\add* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* synagogues. \w His|strong="G3754"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \add knew that, so\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN].  
\v 23 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w old|strong="G2192"\w* enough \add to answer questions\add*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”   
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\v 24 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*. \add When he got there\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is listening\add* [IDM], \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth! \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 who|strong="G3739"\w* healed \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sinner.”  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G3754"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* sinner \w or|strong="G1487"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\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*!”  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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* enable \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* see?”  
\v 27 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* [RHQ] pay attention! \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 me|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*? ◄\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*?/\w You|strong="G5210"\w* talk \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* [IRO] \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* [RHQ]►.”  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* angrily. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w*’s \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*!  
\v 29 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add gets any authority\add* \w from|strong="G3756"\w*!”  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* surprising! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add say that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gets any authority\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*!  
\v 31 \w We|strong="G1437"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* help sinners \add who ask God to help them\add*. Instead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* listens \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add and helps\add* \w godly|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* pray. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* listens \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*.  
\v 32 \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* enabled \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* see \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w when|strong="G5100"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \add like I was\add*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* world began!  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \add like that\add*!”  
\v 34 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* ◄\w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \add as a result of your parents’\add* sin [EUP]/bastard►! ◄\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* qualified \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?/\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* qualified \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!► [RHQ]” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \add of the synagogue\add*.   
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\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \add people say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w thrown|strong="G1544"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* down \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven \add is the Messiah\add*?”  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*? \add Tell me\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w*.”  
\v 37 \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 have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add In fact, it is I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you are the Messiah\add*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add knelt down before\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* judge \add the people in the world\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add those who realize that they do not know God’s truth will perceive it. That is like\add* [MET] \add enabling\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add falsely think\add* [IRO] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add they understand God’s truth will never understand it. That is like\add* [MET] \add people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* remaining \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* permanently.”  
\v 40 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* suggesting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add realized that you did not yet know God’s truth, but you wanted to, then you would be like\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who wanted to see. God would be able to\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2192"\w* sins. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \add falsely\add* \w claiming|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add know God’s truth, so you are like people who are blind who claim that they\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see. \add Because of that, God is not able to\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2192"\w* sins.”   
\c 10  
\s1 Jesus explained why he is like a good shepherd.  
\sr John 10:1-21  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus continued by saying to us\add*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. Anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the sheep pen\add* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* climbs \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w thief|strong="G2812"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bandit.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \add the pen\add* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* watches \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \add night\add* opens \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* recognize \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shepherd’s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* summons \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \add calling out\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w* \add he has given\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w leads|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* outside \add the pen\add*.  
\v 4 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \add sheep\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w follow|strong="G4198"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1492"\w* \add and pay attention to\add* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* stranger. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* run \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G5456"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* stranger’s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* [MET] \add to illustrate the difference between himself and the Pharisees, who were deceiving the people\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \add to enter the sheepfold, because I am the one who allows people to enter God’s presence\add*.  
\v 8 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add your religious leaders\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* previously \add without my authority\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w thieves|strong="G2812"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bandits \add because they act violently and dishonestly for their own benefit\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add obey strangers, God’s people do not\add* pay attention \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w*} \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \add to God\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add trusting in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \add Just like sheep\add* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add through the gate safely\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w pasture|strong="G3542"\w* [MET], \add I will provide for them and protect them\add*.  
\v 10 \w Thieves|strong="G2812"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to a sheep pen\add* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \add sheep\add* [MET]. \add Similarly, your religious leaders injure God’s people spiritually\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add eternal/spiritual\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w abundantly|strong="G4053"\w* \add all they need to sustain them spiritually\add*.   
\p
\v 11 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \add is willing to\add* die \w to|strong="G1510"\w* save \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* [MET]. \add Similarly, I am ready to sacrifice myself to save those who belong to me\add*.  
\v 12 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* worker \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w hired|strong="G3411"\w* \add to look after the sheep\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w owns|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sees|strong="G2334"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w wolf|strong="G3074"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* leaves \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* runs \w away|strong="G5343"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wolf|strong="G3074"\w* attacks \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flock \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add seizes one sheep and\add* causes \add the others\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* scatter.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* worker runs away \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* someone \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w hired|strong="G3411"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add really\add* \w concerned|strong="G3199"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add what happens to\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* [MET]. \add Similarly, your religious teachers do not really care what happens to you\add*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w*. \add Just like a good shepherd knows his\add* sheep [MET], \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*  
\v 15 \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* way \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add ready to\add* sacrifice \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \add those who belong to me\add*.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who are not Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add will some day\add* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* pen. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to God/myself\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* eventually \add all those who belong to me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add like\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w flock|strong="G4167"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* loves \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* sacrifice \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \add after I do that\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 18 \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add have chosen to\add* sacrifice \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* alive \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19 \w After|strong="G1223"\w* hearing \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \add that Jesus said\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G1096"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \add controlling\add* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* caused \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* crazy. ◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* useless \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w something|strong="G3788"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* controlling \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. ◄\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* enable \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* see \add like he did!/\add* How \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* enable \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* see \add like he did\add*?► [RHQ]”   
\s1 The Jewish leaders tried to kill or arrest Jesus for claiming that he was equal with God.  
\sr John 10:22-42  
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* celebration \add to remember when our ancestors\add* rededicated \add the Temple in Jerusalem\add*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w winter|strong="G5494"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add the place that people called King\add* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s \w porch|strong="G4745"\w*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w gathered|strong="G2944"\w* \w around|strong="G2944"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* keep \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* knowing \w for|strong="G2532"\w* sure \add if you are the Messiah\add*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* clearly!”  
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add that I am the Messiah\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’s authority [MTY].  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* instead, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G4100"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \add me. You are like\add* [MET] \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \add who belong to a different shepherd\add*.  
\v 27  \add Just like sheep\add* heed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \add of their true shepherd\add* [MET], \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \add people pay attention to what I say\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* become \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* separate \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* pull \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* belonging \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Those\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* precious \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* opposes \w them|strong="G3588"\w*). \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* pull \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w belonging|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY].  
\v 30  \add My\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* equal.”   
\p
\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w again|strong="G3825"\w* picked up \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* throw \w at|strong="G3588"\w* Jesus \add and kill him because they were angry at his saying that he was equal with God\add*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* seen \w me|strong="G1473"\w* perform \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add told me to do. You should realize from seeing them that I am equal with God\add*. \w So|strong="G1223"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* [IRO] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wanting \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \add kill me by\add* throwing stones \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] replied, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add wanting to\add* throw stones \w at|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G2041"\w*. Instead, \add we are wanting to do it\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* dishonoring \w God|strong="G2316"\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 are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Scriptures \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {◄\add someone/the Psalmist\add*► \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} [RHQ] \add what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*.’  
\v 35 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w set|strong="G1096"\w* aside {\w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w set|strong="G1096"\w* aside anything \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*}.  
\v 36 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* apart \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w why|strong="G1519"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I am equal with God when I say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?/\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I am equal with God when I say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*!► [RHQ]  
\v 37 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add told me to do, I would not expect\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G4160"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w*, \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add what\add* \w these|strong="G4160"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \add show about me\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add say\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.”   
\p
\v 39 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \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* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add with us\add*, \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \add to the east side of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \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* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* previously baptizing \add people\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w*/\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add for a few weeks\add*.  
\v 41 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w never|strong="G3762"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*, \add but this man has performed many miracles\add*! \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 Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add who came\add* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* ◄\add that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God\add*►.   
\c 11  
\s1 Jesus’ friend, Lazarus, died.  
\sr John 11:1-16  
\p
\v 1  \add One time\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add very\add* sick. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Bethany \add village\add*, \w where|strong="G5100"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \add older\add* sisters \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add later\add* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1591"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* two sisters sent \add someone to tell\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add about Lazarus\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \add very much\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* sick.”  
\v 4  \add They hoped that Jesus would come\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* message, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w His|strong="G1223"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* sick \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w end|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* dying. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \add people realizing\add* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w honored|strong="G1392"\w* {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*}, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add what I will do\add*.”  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* loved \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \add younger\add* sister \add Mary\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Lazarus \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sick, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \add where he was\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* more \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add wanted to see Lazarus\add*. \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\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*.”  
\v 8 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* ago \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add kill you by\add* throwing stones \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add we think that you should not\add* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*!/\add are you sure that you want to\add* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 9  \add To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen\add* [MET], \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w There|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* [RHQ] \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daytime|strong="G2250"\w*, \add which is enough time to do what God wants us to do\add*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daytime|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stumble|strong="G4350"\w* \add over things they cannot see\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* see \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun.  
\v 10 \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nighttime \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w stumble|strong="G4350"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w gone|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w sleep|strong="G2837"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* wake \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w get|strong="G4982"\w* \w well|strong="G4982"\w*. \add So you do not need to risk your life by going there\add*.”  
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \add figuratively\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* Lazarus’ \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* really \w being|strong="G2424"\w* asleep.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w plainly|strong="G3954"\w*, “\w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dead.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w glad|strong="G5463"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add when he died\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add more firmly that I\add* ◄\add am the Messiah/came from God\add*►. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \add instead of staying here\add*, \w let|strong="G2443"\w*’s \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w*} \w called|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* Twin’, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G4827"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G3767"\w*’s \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* die \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add when his enemies kill him\add*.”   
\s1 Lazarus’ sisters expressed disappointment that Jesus did not come and heal Lazarus before he died.  
\sr John 11:17-40  
\p
\v 17 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \add close to Bethany\add*, someone told \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Lazarus \add had died and had been buried and his body had\add* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 18 Bethany \w is|strong="G1510"\w* less than ◄\w two|strong="G5613"\w* \w miles|strong="G4712"\w*/three kilometers► \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add from Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w console|strong="G3888"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \add the death of\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \add younger\add* brother.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* heard \add someone say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add along the road\add* \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 When|strong="G3767"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \add got to where Jesus was\add*, \w she|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brother \w would|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add because you would have healed him\add*!  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ask \add concerning my brother\add*.”  
\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* become alive again!”  
\v 24 \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* become alive again \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* become alive again \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Judgment\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.”  
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add enables people to\add* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add causes people to\add* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add eternally\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add again\add*.  
\v 26 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \add their souls\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* die \add forever\add*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 27 \w She|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Lord|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 Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add God promised to send\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*!”   
\p
\v 28 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* returned \add to the house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* \add younger\add* sister, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, aside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* close \add to our village\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\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 him|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G2089"\w* \w entered|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w*; \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\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 The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w consoling|strong="G3888"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5030"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w thinking|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* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \add where they had buried Lazarus\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* cry \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.   
\p
\v 32 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* got \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w she|strong="G5613"\w* prostrated herself \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G4098"\w*!”  
\v 33 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry \add that Satan had caused Lazarus to die\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w troubled|strong="G5015"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w disturbed|strong="G5015"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* buried ◄\w him|strong="G3708"\w*/\w his|strong="G3708"\w* body►?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* began \w to|strong="G2424"\w* cry.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* much \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w loved|strong="G5368"\w* Lazarus!”  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* ◄\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add heal this man so that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* die!/\w why|strong="G2443"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add heal this man so that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* die?► [RHQ]”   
\p
\v 38 \w Within|strong="G1722"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry \add about Lazarus dying\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* troubled). \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cave|strong="G4693"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* entrance \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* covered \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.  
\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Take away \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*!” \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w*, \add who, as I mentioned before, was an older\add* sister \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \add body\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \add in the tomb\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w four|strong="G5066"\w* \w days|strong="G5066"\w*, \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w now|strong="G2235"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* bad smell!”  
\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* [RHQ] \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in\add* ◄\add me/what I can do\add*►, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Have|strong="G3748"\w* \add you forgotten that\add*?”   
\s1 Jesus caused Lazarus to be alive again.  
\sr John 11:41-48  
\p
\v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* away \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \add toward heaven\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G2168"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* heard \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add when I prayed about this earlier\add*.  
\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* hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add when I pray\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \add of just praying silently\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G4026"\w* here. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 43 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*, \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w*!”  
\v 44 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2348"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add had been\add* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*! \w The|strong="G2532"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still \w wrapped|strong="G4019"\w* \w around|strong="G4019"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \add hands and feet\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still \w around|strong="G4019"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w face|strong="G3799"\w*, \add but he came out\add*! \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G3089"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cloths \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* easily!” \add So they did that\add*.   
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\v 45 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add see\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add was the Messiah/had come from God\add*►.  
\v 46 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add others\add* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \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 had|strong="G2424"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 47 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add to each other\add*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add about Jesus\add*? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*!  
\v 48 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* allow \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* keep \add doing this\add*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* ◄\w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add is the Messiah\add*►, \add and they will make him their king\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add army\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Temple \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Israel!”   
\s1 The Jewish leaders decided to kill Jesus.  
\sr John 11:49-57  
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\v 49 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \add Jewish Council\add* members \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Jewish \w high|strong="G5100"\w* priest \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*. \add Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add talk as though you\add* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* [HYP]!  
\v 50 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w realize|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* much \w better|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* us \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sake|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* rather \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the Romans kill\add* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add people of our Jewish\add* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.”  
\v 51 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G5228"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophesying|strong="G4395"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* die \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* whole \add Jewish\add* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 52 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* prophesying \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* living \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* lands \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add would belong\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* unite \add all of them into\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add group\add*.  
\v 53 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* started \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G3767"\w* plans how \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*.   
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\v 54 \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* traveled \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w publicly|strong="G3954"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* left \add Jerusalem, along\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* village \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="G2187"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* area \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*. \w We|strong="G3767"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \add for a while\add*.   
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\v 55 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* almost time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add Jews\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* places \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* perform \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rituals \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* acceptable \add to God\add* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration started\add*.  
\v 56-57 The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. \add So the people thought that Jesus would\add* probably \add not dare to come to the celebration\add*. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple \add courtyard\add* they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”   
\c 12  
\s1 A woman anointed Jesus with perfume  
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\v 1 \w Six|strong="G1803"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration started\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Bethany \add village, along with us\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add previously\add* caused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add honor\add* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal. \add Her younger brother\add*, \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \add a bottle\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w expensive|strong="G3464"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \add called\add* \w nard|strong="G3487"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \add to honor him\add*. \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* whole \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add beautiful\add* smell \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w*, (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*) objected. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w* enabled \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “◄\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* sell \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money for it\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ] \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* gotten 300 days’ wages \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cared|strong="G3199"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w thief|strong="G2812"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bag|strong="G1101"\w* \add of funds that people gave to help Jesus and us his disciples\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* often stole \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add*} \w put|strong="G2532"\w* into \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* bother \w her|strong="G1438"\w*! \add She bought this perfume\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w it|strong="G2443"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* bury \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add after I die\add*.  
\v 8 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*, \add so you can help them whenever you want to\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* much longer, \add so it is good that she showed right now how much she appreciates me\add*.”   
\s1 The Jewish leaders decided to kill Lazarus, too.  
\sr John 12:9-11  
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\v 9 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \add people say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add in Bethany\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \add to see\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* caused \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests decided \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 11 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add deserting them and\add* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add Jesus causing\add* Lazarus \add to be alive again\add*.   
\s1 Jesus entered Jerusalem as a king, but a humble one.  
\sr John 12:12-19  
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* huge \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration 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* \add cut\add* \w branches|strong="G5404"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w palm|strong="G5404"\w* \w trees|strong="G5404"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G5404"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the city\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add wave them when they\add* met \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2905"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like, “Hooray!” “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* authority [MTY]!” \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2905"\w*, “\add May God bless\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*!”  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add came near to Jerusalem\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* got \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w young|strong="G3678"\w* \w donkey|strong="G3678"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \add as he rode into the city\add*. \w By|strong="G1909"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he fulfilled\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in Scripture\add*,   
\q1
\v 15 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q1 \w do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*!  
\q1 \w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \w Your|strong="G3708"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*!  
\q1 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* riding \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w donkey|strong="G3688"\w*’s \w colt|strong="G4454"\w*!   
\p
\v 16 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w returned|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*} \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add by\add* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add the people had fulfilled what the prophet prophesied\add*.   
\p
\v 17 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w continued|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\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* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*, \add and that Lazarus had then become alive again\add*.  
\v 18 \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w many|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add others say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*, \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* obvious \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* making \w no|strong="G3756"\w* progress \add in trying to stop him! It looks like\add* [HYP] \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* becoming \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus told some Greeks what people who wanted to be his disciples had to be ready to do.  
\sr John 12:20-28a  
\p
\v 20 \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \add God\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Bethsaida \add town\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add province\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w*, \add to show them that he must die in order to give eternal life to non-Jews like those Greeks\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven. \add That will happen when I die\add*.  
\v 24 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \add My life is like a seed\add* [MET]. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \add someone\add* \w does|strong="G3306"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* plant \w a|strong="G1519"\w* kernel \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G3306"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* change. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w remains|strong="G3306"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add seed\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* changes \add after it is planted in the ground, it will grow and\add* \w produce|strong="G2590"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* seeds.  
\v 25 Anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* strongly wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G5442"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2222"\w* \add here on earth\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* surely lose \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die [HYP] \add for my sake\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* surely gain eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 26 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \add any of these Greeks or\add* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \add else\add* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add after they die\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \add in heaven\add*. \w My|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
\p
\v 27 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* deeply \w disturbed|strong="G5015"\w*. ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*./\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Should|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \add when I will suffer and die!’\add*? \w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \add I should not say that, because\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* ◄\add into this world/from heaven\add*► \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add suffer\add* [MTY] \w now|strong="G3568"\w*.  
\v 28 \w My|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, show how \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\s1 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* encouraged \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* death \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\sr John 12:28b-36a  
\p \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add God\add* spoke [EUP] \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* already shown how \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \add I am\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add it but they did not understand the words. Some said\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w thunder|strong="G1027"\w*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* heard \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \add was God’s voice, but\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* benefit. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* benefit!  
\v 31 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* \w for|strong="G3778"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* judge \add the people in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* \w when|strong="G1510"\w* \add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* destroy \add the power of Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1437"\w* \w as|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1683"\w*, \w when|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w am|strong="G2504"\w* \w lifted|strong="G5312"\w* {\w when|strong="G1437"\w* \add men\add* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w me|strong="G1683"\w*} \w up|strong="G5312"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \add on a cross, I will make a way for\add* gathering \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*.”  
\v 33 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w which|strong="G4169"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.   
\p
\v 34  \add Someone in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* understand \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \add who is the Messiah\add*, \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w lifted|strong="G5312"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add men\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w lift|strong="G5312"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \add who is the Messiah\add*,} \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* kind \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add talking about\add*? (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add kind\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \add we are expecting\add*!)”  
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add My message is like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w little|strong="G3397"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w*. \w Live|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* act \add as you should\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add because suddenly you will have no more opportunity to hear my message! You do not want to be like\add* [MET] \add someone\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \add when it suddenly\add* becomes \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*!  
\v 36 \w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G4100"\w* message [MET] \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* still \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* opportunity \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* accepted \w my|strong="G4100"\w* truth [MET]!”  
\s1 Most \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* reject \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ message.  
\sr John 12:36b-43  
\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 them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 37 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G4160"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G5118"\w* \w were|strong="G4592"\w* watching, \add most of\add* \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add is\add* ◄\add the Messiah/from God\add*►.  
\v 38  \add Their stubbornness and refusal to believe was similar to the stubbornness of the people that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w* long ago:  
\q1 \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, ◄hardly \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*!/\w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\q1 Most \w people|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2443"\w* accept \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* power!   
\p
\v 39 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*. \add It was like\add* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote somewhere else \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*:   
\q1
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add refused to understand; they acted as though they were\add* blind \w people|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* insensible \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* inner beings!  
\q1 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* perceived \add my truth\add*!  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w understood|strong="G3539"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* inner beings!  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \add from their sinful lives\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!   
\p
\v 41 \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add it was as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add ahead of time\add* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w great|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prophesied \add those things\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 42 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\add the Messiah/from God\add*►, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* tell anyone \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add they were afraid that if they said that\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* worship \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogues.  
\v 43 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2260"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus warned that God would condemn those who rejected his message.  
\sr John 12:44-50  
\p
\v 44  \add Another day, when\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add was teaching the people, he\add* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add me alone\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 45 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and what I am doing, it is as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 46 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \add to show people God’s truth\add*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \add shows people what is around them\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \add ignorant of God’s truth\add* [MET], \add as those who are\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4653"\w* \add are ignorant of what is around them\add*.   
\p
\v 47 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \add its commands\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add the one who\add* \w judges|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add The main reason\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* ◄\add into the world/from heaven\add*► \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add the people of\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. Instead, \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* \add from being punished for their sins\add*.  
\v 48 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* something \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* reject \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add because they rejected\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 49 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w own|strong="G1683"\w* \add authority\add*. Instead, \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, instructed \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 how|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 50 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add paying attention to\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* instructed \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add leads to\add* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w exactly|strong="G3779"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w only|strong="G2532"\w*) \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus washed the disciples’ feet as an example of humble service to each other.  
\sr John 13:1-17  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* evening \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* celebration, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G3327"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add to return\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add his\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add in heaven\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* loved \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add were his disciples\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \add we would continue to live here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add showed us\add* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* loved \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 2 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* eating \add the Passover meal\add*. ◄\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*/Satan► \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* suggested \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*), \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*/enable \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* \w authority|strong="G5495"\w* \add to control the situation\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* soon return \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 4  \add But before he left us, he wanted to show us how we should love each other\add*. \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w where|strong="G5087"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* eating. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add outer\add* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wrapped \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add long\add* \w towel|strong="G3012"\w* around \w his|strong="G1438"\w* waist, \add as a slave would do\add*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w basin|strong="G3537"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|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* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* wrapped around \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w When|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* right \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add humble yourself by\add* washing \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*!”  
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \add the meaning of\add* \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 you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w*, \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*, \add allow you to\add* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*!” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* continue ◄\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciple/to belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*►.”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \add in that case\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w wash|strong="G3361"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\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 my|strong="G1473"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*, \add too\add*!”  
\v 10  \add Then, to show him that after God had cleansed people from being guilty for sin, they needed only for God to forgive their daily sins\add* [MET], \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* recently \w bathed|strong="G3068"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w*, \add because they get dirty very quickly on the dusty roads\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add rest of their bodies are\add* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*. Similarly, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add disciples\add* \w free|strong="G3956"\w*/\w clean|strong="G2513"\w* \add from the guilt of your sins\add*, \w although|strong="G1487"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* guilt.”  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \add of us\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Not|strong="G3780"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* guilt.”   
\p
\v 12 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* finished washing \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* down \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?  
\v 13 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add show that you respect me by\add* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* ‘\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ought|strong="G3784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add serve each other by doing things like\add* washing each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w example|strong="G5262"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \add humbly serve each other\add* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 16 Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w his|strong="G3992"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* messenger \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So, since you are not greater than I am, you should not be proud and unwilling to serve each other\add*.  
\v 17 \w Since|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \add God will\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus predicted that one of them would betray him to his enemies.  
\sr John 13:18-30  
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\v 18 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God will bless\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \add what all of you were like when\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \add I also chose the one who will betray me\add*, \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w might|strong="G5210"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* someone/\w the|strong="G3956"\w* psalmist wrote \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*}, ‘\w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add acting like he is my friend by\add* \w eating|strong="G5176"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* become \w my|strong="G3956"\w* enemy [IDM].’   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add about someone betraying me\add* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*, \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\add the Messiah/who I say I am\add*►.  
\v 20 Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* out, \add God will consider that\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w accepting|strong="G2983"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add God will consider that\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w accepting|strong="G2983"\w* \add my Father\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w troubled|strong="G5015"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* solemnly \w declared|strong="G3754"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* carefully: \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable \add my enemies\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w We|strong="G3588"\w* looked \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w*. \w We|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* way \add to know\add* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*.  
\v 23  \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add man other people call\add* ‘\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* loved’, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sitting \w very|strong="G3588"\w* close \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* motioned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* indicate \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* leaned close \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G3779"\w*?”  
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* answered, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* piece \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* dip \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add in the sauce in the dish\add*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w*, \add to show us that he knew who would enable his enemies to seize him\add*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dipped \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \add in the sauce\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*).  
\v 27 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G5032"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add Judas ate\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* control \w of|strong="G2532"\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 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 do|strong="G4160"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5032"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* rest \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sitting \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Since|strong="G1893"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w took|strong="G2192"\w* care \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \add people gave us to help us\add*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go and\add* buy \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration. \add Some thought he was telling him\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w money|strong="G1101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 30 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2112"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* eaten \w the|strong="G1161"\w* bread, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* dark \add outside\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* dark [MET] \add in his soul, too\add*.   
\s1 Jesus commanded his disciples that they should love each other.  
\sr John 13:31-35  
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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 Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* shown {\add my Father\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show} \w how|strong="G1722"\w* wonderful \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w am|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* seen {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see} \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 Since \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \w how|strong="G1722"\w* awesome \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* awesome \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w*.   
\p
\v 33  \add You whom I love as though you were\add* \w my|strong="G2212"\w* \w children|strong="G5040"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* time \w longer|strong="G2089"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\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 I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN], \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add yet\add*.  
\v 34 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w*: \w You|strong="G5210"\w* must love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* must love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 35 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w keep|strong="G2192"\w* loving each \w other|strong="G1722"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add who is aware of that\add* [HYP] \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* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus also prophesied that Peter would deny that he knew Jesus.  
\sr John 13:36-38  
\p
\v 36 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w are|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|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 you|strong="G3004"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G3568"\w* \w with|strong="G2962"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w come|strong="G3568"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G3756"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w now|strong="G3756"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am ready\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add You say\add* [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are ready\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* die \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w* \add early tomorrow morning\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add know\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
\c 14  
\s1 Jesus encouraged his disciples and told them that he is the only way to the Father.  
\sr John 14:1-14  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus continued by saying to us\add*, “\w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* anxious/worried. \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*); \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Where|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* plenty \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w room|strong="G5117"\w*! \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add there\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add there\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* return \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 4 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \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*.”   
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\v 5 \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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*. \add So\add* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*?”  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* [MET] \add to where my Father is\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who reveals\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \add about God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add one who gives eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \add to people\add*. \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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \add enable people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w other|strong="G3762"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 7 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add really\add* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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 So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄surely \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*!/\w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*?► [RHQ] \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add your\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’?/\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Show|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add your\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’!► [RHQ]  
\v 10 \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* [RHQ] \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w The|strong="G1722"\w* messages \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* enabling \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add teach these things, and\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add wants me to perform\add*.  
\v 11 \w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w*, \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \add that I have done\add*.  
\v 12 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* carefully: \add You\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add kinds of\add* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w* \add that I have done\add*. \add Because of what I will do for you\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add Because I will send God’s Spirit to you\add*) \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add miracles\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \add the ones I have done\add*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*, using \w my|strong="G1722"\w* authority, ask \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \add you\add* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* ask \add my Father to do, anything that you ask\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \add authority\add* [MTY], \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to them.  
\sr John 14:15-31  
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\v 15 “\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* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* myself \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w request|strong="G2065"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* someone \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* ◄encourage/\w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* legal counsel \w for|strong="G1519"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 17  \add I am talking about\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add will teach you God’s\add* truth. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* forever. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add does\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 18  \add When I leave you\add*, \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* alone/helpless [MET]. \add When I send the Spirit, it will be like\add* \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w am|strong="G2064"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* (OR, \add When I rise from the dead\add*, \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 Soon \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \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* \add when the Spirit comes to you, it will be as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add after I become alive again\add*, \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*.) \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 20 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\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 have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \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 have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* accepted \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w My|strong="G5083"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* love \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fully reveal \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what I am like\add*.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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 OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*), \add but instead a disciple whose other name was Thaddeus\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* fully reveal \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* reveal \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY]?”  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w My|strong="G5083"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add be able to\add* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w*/\w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* personal relationship \w with|strong="G4314"\w*►.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So I cannot reveal to them what I am really like\add*.  
\p \w These|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 25 \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \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 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add my\add* \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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄encourage/\w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* legal counsel \w for|strong="G1161"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* authority [MTY]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \add God’s truth that you need to know\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G5279"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 27 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w leave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* causing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* comes \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* causing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY] \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add So\add* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w being|strong="G3361"\w* anxious/worried, \w and|strong="G1515"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* afraid.   
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\v 28 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* heard \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\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* \add later\add* \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 If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* loved \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w glad|strong="G5463"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \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* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \add and there he will honor me and will send the Spirit to you\add*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add these things now\add* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that what I said is true\add*.  
\v 30 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add be able to\add* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* happens \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \add to attack me\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \add control over what happens to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 31 Instead, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w learn|strong="G1097"\w* \add from what happens to me\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w let|strong="G1097"\w*’s \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w here|strong="G1782"\w*.”   
\c 15  
\s1 Jesus taught them that they needed to remain closely united to him in order to live in a way that would please God.  
\sr John 15:1-17  
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\v 1  \add Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said\add*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* like [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* genuine vine, \add not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth\add*. \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* gardener \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add works to\add* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard.  
\v 2  \add Just like a gardener\add* cuts off \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* grapes [MET], \add God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \add the gardener\add* trims \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* grapes. \add Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live\add*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \add like\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* branches \add that a gardener\add* trims \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you have believed\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w having|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \add If you do that\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w having|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w A|strong="G1722"\w* \w branch|strong="G2814"\w* \add of a vine\add* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \add if it is cut off and left\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w itself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w To|strong="G1410"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* attached \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vine. Similarly, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \add live the way that God wants you to\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* united \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MET].   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1722"\w* vine. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2814"\w*. \w All|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* close relationship \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add do much that pleases God, like\add* [MET] \add a vine that\add* \w bears|strong="G4160"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*. \add Remember that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* [HYP] \add that truly pleases God\add* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \add help\add*.  
\v 6  \add A gardener cuts off and\add* throws \w away|strong="G3583"\w* useless \w branches|strong="G2814"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* dry \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \add he\add* picks \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throws \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 burns|strong="G2545"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [SIM]. Similarly, \w everyone|strong="G1437"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G3306"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* rid \w of|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* keep \add living in accordance with\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* ask \add God to do\add* anything \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w honored|strong="G1392"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* {\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w*} \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* pleases \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* loved \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* loved \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1722"\w* keep \w living|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add a way that is appropriate for those whom\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love.  
\v 10 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* acting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add a way that is appropriate for those whom\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* act \add in a way that is appropriate for someone\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* loves.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am joyful\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* completely \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 12 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* commanding \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: Love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* loved \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* best \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* can \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* love someone \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w*. \w There|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* can love someone \w in|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add show that you\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add why\add* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w masters|strong="G2962"\w* \add want them to\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \add acting like a friend\add*, \w have|strong="G1473"\w* revealed \w to|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*.  
\v 16 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* decide \w to|strong="G2443"\w* become \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \add disciples\add*. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* please \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET]. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* results \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* last \add forever\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, using \w my|strong="G1722"\w* authority, ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY].  
\v 17  \add I repeat what\add* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: Love each \w other|strong="G2443"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught them that those who were opposed to God would hate them, too.  
\sr John 15:18—16:4  
\p
\v 18 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G4413"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w When|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* happens, 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 If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY], \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2889"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \add you like they love\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY]. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2889"\w* separate \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* [MTY] \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: ‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*.’ \add That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, since \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*/caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*►, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*► \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* paid attention \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* taught \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G5083"\w* attention \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* teach \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w treat|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 22 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \add God’s message\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \add of rejecting me and my message\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \add I have come and told them God’s message, so\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w excuse|strong="G4392"\w* \add when God judges them\add* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sin.  
\v 23 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 24 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add miracles\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sin \add of rejecting me\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \add although\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add those miracles\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* been \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* Scriptures \w might|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add ◄someone/the Psalmist\add*► \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* Scriptures}: ‘\w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3754"\w* \w reason|strong="G3056"\w*.’   
\p
\v 26  \add Later\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* ◄encourage/\w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* legal counsel \w for|strong="G4012"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add who will teach you God’s\add* truth. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add disciples\add* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add about me\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|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 when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* started \add my ministry\add* [MTY].”   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus continued by saying to us\add*, “\w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G2980"\w* me \add when people\add* ◄\add cause you to suffer/persecute you\add*►.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* allow \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* ◄synagogues/\add their\add* meeting places►. \w In|strong="G2316"\w* fact, \w there|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* kills \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* serving \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add by doing that\add*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add is\add*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add they start\add* ◄\add to cause you to suffer\add*/\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add persecute you\add*► [MTY], \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* warned \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* started \add to accompany me\add* [MTY] \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*, \add and they were causing trouble for me, not for you\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them some things that the Holy Spirit would do.  
\sr John 16:5-15  
\p
\v 5 “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add about to\add* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add I am disappointed that\add* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|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 Instead, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* sad.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Holy Spirit\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* ◄encourage/\w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* legal counsel \w for|strong="G1063"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\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 when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* prove \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \add are wrong about what is\add* sinful \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really righteous \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God will\add* judge \add and condemn for their sin\add*.  
\v 9  \add He will tell people that their greatest\add* sin \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 10  \add He will tell people that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add you will know that I am the one who was truly\add* righteous.  
\v 11  \add He will tell people that the fact\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* already \w determined|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* punish \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, shows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add some day God\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* punish \add those who do not belong to him\add*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \add I would like\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, but \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G4183"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* accept \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2089"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add God’s\add* truth. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w guide|strong="G3594"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add understand\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add spiritual\add* truth. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add authority\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* hears \add my Father say\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\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 \add later\add*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* revealing \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \add truth\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w mine|strong="G1699"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* reveal \w my|strong="G1699"\w* truth \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them that after he left they would be sad, but that they would later be joyful when they saw him again.  
\sr John 16:16-33  
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\v 16 “\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3398"\w* time \add I will leave you, and\add* \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 Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3398"\w* time \add after that\add* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add again\add*.”  
\v 17  \add So\add* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ‘\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*’? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add what does he mean by\add* ‘\w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’?”  
\v 18 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \add does he mean by\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w After|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w while|strong="G2980"\w*’? \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \add about that\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* [RHQ] \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \add what I meant\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3398"\w* time \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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3398"\w* time \add after that\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add again\add*.’  
\v 20 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \add After I\add* ◄\add leave you/die\add*►, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* oppose \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* happy, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add later\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 21 \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bear|strong="G5088"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* feels \w pain|strong="G3077"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add what happens\add* [MTY] \add at\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w baby|strong="G5088"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* forgets \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w pain|strong="G3077"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.  
\v 22 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add I will soon die and\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sad. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 23 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happens, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* questions \add about anything\add*. Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \add After that happens, my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY].  
\v 24 \w Up|strong="G4137"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* present \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, using \w my|strong="G1722"\w* authority \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* asked \add God to do\add* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MTY]. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* keep asking \add him for things that you need. If you do that\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*.   
\p
\v 25 \w Although|strong="G5210"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* been \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* using \w figurative|strong="G3942"\w* \w language|strong="G3942"\w*, \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w language|strong="G3942"\w*. Instead, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w plainly|strong="G3954"\w* ◄\w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*/\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add wants\add*►.  
\v 26 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \add him for things\add* ◄\w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*/\w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* authority► [MTY]. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need to\add* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w*.  
\v 27  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* himself \w loves|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w loved|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add my Father\add*, \add so he wants you to ask\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add so he does not need anyone to persuade\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to help you\add*)  
\v 28 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.”   
\p
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add*, \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w plainly|strong="G3954"\w*, \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w figurative|strong="G3942"\w* \w language|strong="G3942"\w*.  
\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 You|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* questions \add about anything, because you know what we want to ask before we ask you\add*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \add also\add* leads \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\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*.”   
\p
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “Now \w you|strong="G2424"\w* [RHQ] say \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w you|strong="G2424"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that I came from God\add*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* soon \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* already \w here|strong="G2400"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* run \w away|strong="G3326"\w*! \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* run \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* leave \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* \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* \add really\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \add at that time\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* always \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 33 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* courageous! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* defeated \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \add you can defeat them, too\add*!”   
\c 17  
\s1 Jesus prayed that God would honor him.  
\sr John 17:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \add up\add* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prayed, “\add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* [MTY] \add for me to suffer and die\add*. \w Honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add as I do that\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 2 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1849"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w might|strong="G3956"\w* enable \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* chose \add to come\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* live eternally.  
\v 3  \add The way for people\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\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* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add I\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w honored|strong="G1392"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* here \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* completing \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 5  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add again\add*, \w by|strong="G3844"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* greatness \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w began|strong="G2192"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus prayed that God would protect his disciples.  
\sr John 17:6-19  
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\v 6 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5319"\w* \add what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are like\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY]. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who came to me\add* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\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 you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \add your message and your work\add*, \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \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* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G2065"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w praying|strong="G2065"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who do not belong to you\add* [MTY]. Instead, \add I am praying\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w brought|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 10 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add the disciples\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1392"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* shown \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add staying\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w*, however, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \add among those who are opposed to you\add*. \add My\add* Holy \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, protect \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* spiritual harm \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY], \w the|strong="G1722"\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 in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* united \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* united.  
\v 12 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add completely\add* protected \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* eternally separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* doomed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* eternally separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \add That has happened\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \add what a prophet wrote\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add would happen\add*.   
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\v 13  \add Father\add*, \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \add disciples\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w fully|strong="G4137"\w* experience \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add my disciples\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* oppose \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY], \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* oppose \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY].  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w take|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* instead \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* protect \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY], \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* also \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17 Set \add my disciples\add* apart \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* may ◄completely \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w*/serve► \w you|strong="G1722"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add enabling them to live in accordance with\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Your|strong="G4674"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* sent \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, now \w I|strong="G1473"\w* surely \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* sending \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to other places\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* dedicate \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* completely \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* dedicated {dedicate \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w*} completely \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus prayed for future believers.  
\sr John 17:20-26  
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\v 20 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w praying|strong="G2065"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add eleven disciples\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w praying|strong="G2065"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add will\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \add hearing\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 21  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add I want\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* united, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* united \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* united \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* united \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \add I want that to happen\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 22 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w honored|strong="G1391"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w honored|strong="G1391"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* united, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* united.  
\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* united \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* united \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* united \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w completely|strong="G5048"\w* united, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w may|strong="G2532"\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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 24  \add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add the disciples\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w brought|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add some day\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add in heaven\add*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\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 my|strong="G1699"\w* greatness. \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 the|strong="G3588"\w* greatness \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* loved \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* greatness \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* created \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.   
\p
\v 25  \add My\add* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w although|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are like\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are like\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciples|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*.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* revealed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are like\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* reveal \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are like\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* love \add others\add* \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 in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add by my Spirit\add*.”   
\c 18  
\s1 They seized Jesus in a grove of olive trees.  
\sr John 18:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* finished praying, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Kidron|strong="G2748"\w* \w Brook|strong="G5493"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* grove \add of olive trees\add*.   
\p
\v 2 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add about to\add* enable \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add he would probably be\add* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \add He knew that because\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* us.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* grove. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w a|strong="G2532"\w* troop \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Roman \add soldiers\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Temple guards \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w torches|strong="G2985"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lamps|strong="G2985"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w weapons|strong="G3696"\w*.  
\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 about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add as they approached\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stepped forward \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\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*?”  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*.” \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* enabling \w his|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*,” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lurched \w backward|strong="G3694"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G5476"\w* \add because of his power\add*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\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*?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add the man\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \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 So|strong="G3767"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w*, allow \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add disciples of mine\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*.”  
\v 9  \add This happened\add* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add when they did what he asked them to do\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w would|strong="G3762"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* prayed, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* lose \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add long\add* dagger. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w drew|strong="G1670"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add tried to kill\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*, \add but he only\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Malchus|strong="G3124"\w*.  
\v 11 \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 your|strong="G3588"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \add back\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w its|strong="G1325"\w* \w sheath|strong="G2336"\w*! ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* \w endure|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* wants \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w*./\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* think \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* \w endure|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* wants \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w*?► [MET, RHQ]”   
\s1 They took Jesus to be questioned by Annas, the former high priest.  
\sr John 18:12-14  
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* troop \w of|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* Temple guards, \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* hands \add behind his back\add*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Annas, \add who was previously the high priest\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father-in-law|strong="G3995"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*. \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add previously\add* \w advised|strong="G4823"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add Council\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G2992"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G4851"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sake|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die\add*.   
\s1 Peter denied that he was Jesus’ disciple.  
\sr John 18:15-18  
\p
\v 15 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* following \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest knew \add me\add*, \add his doorkeeper permitted me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courtyard.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add had to\add* wait \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* doorway. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* doorway \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add she allowed\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* guarding \w the|strong="G2532"\w* doorway \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add they have arrested\add*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest’s \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Temple guards \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* charcoal fire \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* around \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* warm. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* near \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G2328"\w*.   
\s1 The High Priest questioned Jesus.  
\sr John 18:19-24  
\p
\v 19  \add While Peter was doing that\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY, HYP] \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/\w their|strong="G2532"\w* meeting places► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* courtyard, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* places \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* [HYP] \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* secretly.  
\v 21  \add So\add* ◄\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* questions \add like this illegally\add*?/\w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* questions \add like this illegally\add*!► [RHQ] \w Ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* taught! \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Temple guards \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w him|strong="G3588"\w* slapped \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* face. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* answer \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest!/\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* answer \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest?► [RHQ]”  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* contrary \add to your laws\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \add me that what I said that\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* striking \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* striking \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w after|strong="G3767"\w* Jesus’ hands \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* {\w after|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* Jesus hands} \add again\add*, Annas sent \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*, \w the|strong="G4314"\w* high priest.   
\s1 Peter denied two more times that he knew Jesus.  
\sr John 18:25-27  
\p
\v 25 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \add at the fire\add*, someone \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* denied \add that he was\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.”  
\v 26  \add Later\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* high priest’s \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|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 had|strong="G1510"\w* \w cut|strong="G4074"\w* \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \add before\add*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* grove \add of olive trees\add*, \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?”  
\v 27 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* denied \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w*, \add as Jesus had said would happen\add*.   
\s1 Pilate the governor questioned Jesus.  
\sr John 18:28-40  
\p
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* [SYN] \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add home of\add* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* headquarters \add of Pilate, the Roman governor\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* dawn. \add Pilate was a non-Jew\add*, \add and they thought that if they entered his headquarters\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* {\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* reject \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \add and as a result\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add the food during\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*. \add Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters\add*.  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add talk to\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* law \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* disobeyed?”  
\v 30  \add They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* criminal, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \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* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w*!”  
\v 32  \add The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross\add*. \add So\add*, \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add the Jewish leaders said\add*, \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\add the Romans\add* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w*} \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* previously \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\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*.   
\p
\v 33 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* inside \w his|strong="G1519"\w* headquarters. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king\add*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add scornfully\add*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \add want to know if I claim to be a king\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* ◄someone \w else|strong="G2228"\w*/Caiaphas► \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add that I claim to be their king\add*?”  
\v 35 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* replied, “\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*, \add so\add* ◄\add I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters\add*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* fellow \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \add to make them want to execute you\add*?”  
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* [MTY] \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add making me\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* making \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w would|strong="G2889"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* fought \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w would|strong="G2889"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w prevented|strong="G3361"\w* {\w to|strong="G2443"\w* prevent \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN]} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* seizing \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add someone here in\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* making \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w So|strong="G2443"\w* \add are you saying that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \add is correct\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \add about God\add*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add believes\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth pays attention \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add How can anyone know\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w is|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\p \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jews\add* customarily, \add every year\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*, ask me \w to|strong="G2443"\w* release \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add someone who is in prison\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G1014"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* me \w to|strong="G2443"\w* release \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add man who you\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add say is your\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* shouted \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add release\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*! \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add release\add* Barrabas!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Barrabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add in prison because he was\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* revolutionist!   
\c 19  
\s1 Pilate finally permitted them to crucify Jesus.  
\sr John 19:1-16a  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add inside and had soldiers\add* ◄\w scourge|strong="G3146"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*/strike \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* pieces \w of|strong="G2532"\w* metal \w or|strong="G2532"\w* bone fastened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*►.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \add some branches with\add* thorns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wove \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \add something like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w*. \w Then|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*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4210"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They did these things to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king\add*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hooray \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [IRO]!” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* slapping \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add on his face\add*.   
\p
\v 4 \w Once|strong="G3825"\w* \w more|strong="G3825"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* crowd, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* bringing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add any more\add*.”  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \w wearing|strong="G5409"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* thorns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4210"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add wretched\add* man!”  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Temple guards \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\w Command|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross! \w Crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \add knowing that they could not legally do it themselves\add*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross! \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] replied, “\add Our ancestor Moses gave us\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* says \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G2453"\w* kill anyone \add who claims to be God\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* claims \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*► \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add so you must have him killed\add* {\add command your soldiers to kill him\add*}.”  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus\add*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add took Jesus\add* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* headquarters. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add really\add* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* answer \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* refusing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* answer \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* release \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add also\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add have\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}?”  
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\w The|strong="G1223"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY] {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY] \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}. \w The|strong="G1223"\w* \add high priest\add* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w into|strong="G3860"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w*. \add He has done to me what he wanted to do, and you do not really want to do it\add*. \w So|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G1223"\w* committing \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* sin \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Because|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* release \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders \add*[SYN], \add threatening to report to the Emperor that Pilate was not going to punish a man who claimed he was a king\add*, continued \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w shout|strong="G2905"\w*, “\w Anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w claims|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* opposing \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Emperor! \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* release \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \add we will make sure that\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Emperor \add learns about it, and then he will not consider you as\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w*!”  
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G5117"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* decisions \add about punishing people\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* {\w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Stone \w Pavement|strong="G3038"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Aramaic language its name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gabbatha|strong="G1042"\w*.  
\v 14 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* almost noontime, \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prepared \add things for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Sabbath during\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*).  
\p \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* \add leaders\add* [SYN], \add ridiculing them\add*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* shouted, “\w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away! \w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away! \add Have\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\w Command|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G3004"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* cross}!” \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add He is\add* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really want \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add tell my soldiers to\add* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* cross?” \w The|strong="G3588"\w* chief priests \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* Emperor \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1487"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*! \w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add at last\add* \w Pilate|strong="G3860"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* \add what they wanted, and he told the soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\s1 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G3767"\w* cross.  
\sr John 19:16b-24  
\p \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* away.  
\v 17  \add As they left\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \add on which they were going to nail him\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Place|strong="G5117"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Skull|strong="G2898"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Aramaic language \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w Golgotha|strong="G1115"\w*.  
\v 18 \w There|strong="G2532"\w*, \add after removing most of his clothes\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers nailed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add nailed\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add criminals to crosses\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w side|strong="G1782"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add had them\add* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \add on a board\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* notice \add that stated why they were executing him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fasten \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*’.  
\v 20 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add able to\add* \w read|strong="G1125"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sign, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nailed {\w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w close|strong="G1451"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jerusalem, where many people had come for the celebration\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* three languages: \w Hebrew|strong="G1447"\w*, \w Latin|strong="G4515"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* priests \w went|strong="G3767"\w* back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G2453"\w* protested, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Change \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*’ \w to|strong="G3004"\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* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*’!”  
\v 22 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* replied, “\w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add told them to\add* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, \add and I\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \add change it\add*.”   
\p
\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* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* divided \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w parts|strong="G3313"\w*, \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w part|strong="G3313"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \add separate\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* seam, \w woven|strong="G5307"\w* \add from top to bottom\add*, \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w piece|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* cloth.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G3767"\w*’s \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w tear|strong="G4977"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. Instead, \w let|strong="G3767"\w*’s \add decide\add* ◄\add by\add* throwing \w lots|strong="G2819"\w*/\add by\add* gambling► \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w*, \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*} \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add the Psalmist had written\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*,  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w* \add most of\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w lots|strong="G2819"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \add one piece of\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus entrusted his mother to John’s care.  
\sr John 19:25-27  
\p
\v 25 Near \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* where \add they had nailed\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*’s sister, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add wife\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Clopas|strong="G2832"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add another\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w from|strong="G3844"\w* Magdala \add village\add*.  
\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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w nearby|strong="G3936"\w*. \w Then|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 This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \add will now be like\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Treat this\add* woman \w as|strong="G1519"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \add and took care of her\add*.   
\s1 Jesus died.  
\sr John 19:28-37  
\p
\v 28 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that God sent him to do\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w now|strong="G2235"\w* \w been|strong="G2235"\w* \w completed|strong="G5055"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w now|strong="G2235"\w* \w completed|strong="G5055"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that God sent him to do\add*}, \add but he knew that something else that was written in\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add had\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G5055"\w* {\add that he had\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G5048"\w* \add something else that they had written in\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*}. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w There|strong="G3767"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G4060"\w* \w jar|strong="G4632"\w* \w of|strong="G4750"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w* \w there|strong="G3767"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add someone took\add* \w a|strong="G4060"\w* stalk \w of|strong="G4750"\w* \add a plant called\add* \w hyssop|strong="G5301"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \add fastened\add* \w a|strong="G4060"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w* \add to it. Then\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* dipped \add the sponge into the wine and\add* \w lifted|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G3767"\w* Jesus’ \w lips|strong="G4750"\w*.  
\v 30 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* tasted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \add all that I came to do\add*!” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w bowed|strong="G2827"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w died|strong="G3588"\w*/\w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add to God\add*►.   
\p
\v 31 \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prepared \add everything for their\add* ◄\add Sabbath/day of rest\add*►. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* next \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*, \add because it was the day of rest during the Passover celebration\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* want \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add of the three men\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*► \add because leaving bodies hanging overnight would be contrary to their Jewish laws\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to command that\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w* \add of the three men on the crosses\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w broken|strong="G2608"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w break|strong="G2608"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w* \add of the three men on the crosses\add*}, \add so that they would die quickly\add*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add bodies\add* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* taken down \add and buried\add* {someone \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* down \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add and bury them\add*}.  
\v 32 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \add after Pilate agreed\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|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 first|strong="G4413"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w on|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross near \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\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* second \w man|strong="G4413"\w*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\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 dead|strong="G2348"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w break|strong="G2608"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w legs|strong="G4628"\w*.  
\v 34 Instead, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w pierced|strong="G3572"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*’ \w side|strong="G4125"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w spear|strong="G3057"\w* \add to make sure that Jesus was dead\add*. \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* blood \add clots\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* liquid flowed \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \add which showed that Jesus was really dead\add*.  
\v 35 \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \add John\add*, \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* myself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* writing \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add know that\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add my testimony about\add*) \add Jesus\add*.  
\v 36 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* words \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* words} \add that are written in\add* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*: “\w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w bones|strong="G3747"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w broken|strong="G4937"\w* {\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* break \w any|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w bones|strong="G3747"\w*}.”   
\p
\v 37 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add they fulfilled\add* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* passage \add that has these words\add*: ‘\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w pierced|strong="G1574"\w*’.   
\s1 Joseph and others put Jesus’ body in a cave.  
\sr John 19:38-42  
\p
\v 38 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Arimathea \add town, went to Pilate and\add* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \add to allow him\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add down from the cross\add*. \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* tell anyone \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN]. \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add with others\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add down from the cross\add*.  
\v 39 \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* previously \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*. \w Nicodemus|strong="G3530"\w* bought \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add expensive\add* \w mixture|strong="G3395"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w myrrh|strong="G4666"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* aloe \add spices to put on the body\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* weighed \w about|strong="G5613"\w* ◄75 \w pounds|strong="G3046"\w*/35 kilograms►.  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1210"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G3608"\w* cloth around \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* spices \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \add about burying bodies in tombs\add*.  
\v 41 Close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cross} \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* grove \add of trees\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add at the edge of\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* grove \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* burial cave. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3762"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* cave \add previously\add*.  
\v 42 \w The|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* start \add at sunset, and they had to finish burying his body before then\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* cave \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w nearby|strong="G1451"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ body \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add and rolled a huge stone in front of the entrance\add*.   
\c 20  
\s1 On Sunday morning they discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty.  
\sr John 20:1-9  
\p
\v 1 \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Sunday \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Magdala \add village\add*, \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add burial\add* cave \add with some other women\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* removed {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* removed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add entrance to the\add* cave.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* Mary \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add were staying in Jerusalem\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taken \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \add body\add* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* burial cave, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* started \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave.  
\v 4 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w running|strong="G5143"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* faster \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w stooped|strong="G3879"\w* \w down|strong="G3879"\w* \add at the entrance\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* inside. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G3608"\w* cloth \w lying|strong="G2749"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add where his body had been laid\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* inside.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w running|strong="G2532"\w* behind \w me|strong="G2334"\w*, \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w He|strong="G2532"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G3608"\w* cloth \w lying|strong="G2749"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add saw the\add* \w cloth|strong="G4676"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add wrapped\add* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’ \w head|strong="G2776"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* folded \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* {\w Someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* folded \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} aside, \w separate|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G3608"\w* strips.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* inside. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add those things\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add that Jesus had truly become alive again\add*.  
\v 9 \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G1163"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add what the prophets had written in\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w after|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus appeared to Mary from Magdala.  
\sr John 20:10-18  
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \add we two\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G3101"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* where \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* staying. \add In the meantime\add*, Mary \add returned to the cave\add*.  
\v 11 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* cave \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w stooped|strong="G3879"\w* \w down|strong="G3879"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w look|strong="G3879"\w* inside \w the|strong="G1519"\w* cave.  
\v 12 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* angels \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \add clothing\add*, \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*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2749"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\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*?” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taken \w away|strong="G5087"\w* \add the body of\add* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|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 Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \add there\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|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*?” \w Thinking|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gardener|strong="G2780"\w*, \w she|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* taken \w his|strong="G5087"\w* \add body\add* \w away|strong="G5087"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2424"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* get \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \add and bury it properly\add*.”  
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w*, “\w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*!” \w She|strong="G3739"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* toward \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \add again and recognized him\add*. \w Then|strong="G2424"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* Aramaic, “\w Rabboni|strong="G4462"\w*!” \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*’.  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* clinging \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* returned \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’.”  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* where \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add alive again\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \add should tell us\add*.   
\s1 Jesus appeared to many of his disciples.  
\sr John 20:19-25  
\p
\v 19 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Sunday \w evening|strong="G3798"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* {\add We\add* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Jewish leaders\add* [SYN] \add might arrest us. Suddenly\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* appeared \add miraculously\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*!”  
\v 20 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add the wounds in\add* \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 We|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w May|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*! \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \add my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to proclaim my message\add*.”  
\v 22 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w breathed|strong="G1720"\w* \w on|strong="G4151"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*!  
\v 23 If \w you|strong="G5100"\w* forgive \w people|strong="G5100"\w* for \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w having|strong="G5100"\w* sinned, \add God will already\add* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* forgiven \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. If \w you|strong="G5100"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* not forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \add God\add* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* not forgiven \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 24 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w The|strong="G1537"\w* Twin, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* appeared \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marks \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nails|strong="G2247"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w fingers|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nails|strong="G2247"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w* \add where the soldier thrust the spear\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that he was the one you saw\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus appeared to all of his disciples, including Thomas.  
\sr John 20:26-29  
\p
\v 26 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* week \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add the house\add* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Although|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* {\add we\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*}, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add again\add* appeared \add miraculously\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!”  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add showed\add* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \add his hands\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Put|strong="G1096"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! \w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \add the wounds in\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*! \w Reach|strong="G5342"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add the wound in\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w*! \w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* doubting [LIT/DOU]! Instead, \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \add that I am alive again\add*!”  
\v 28 \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add You are truly\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add that about me\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add is truly\add* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add that about me\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
\s1 John stated the purpose of this book.  
\sr John 20:30-31  
\p
\v 30  \add We\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add that I have written about, I\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \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 Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \add by trusting\add* ◄\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*\add /\add*\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add has done for you\add*► [MTY].   
\c 21  
\s1 Jesus appeared to seven disciples and enabled them miraculously to catch a lot of fish.  
\sr John 21:1-14  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* showed \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w Tiberias|strong="G5085"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \add which is another name for Galilee Lake\add*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\v 2 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add we\add* \w called|strong="G3004"\w*} \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Twin, Nathaniel \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cana|strong="G2580"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w my|strong="G3004"\w* older brother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G3674"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I\add* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add try to\add* catch \w some|strong="G3588"\w* fish.” \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* down \add to the lake\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w caught|strong="G4084"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Early|strong="G4405"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w morning|strong="G4405"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* shore, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G2192"\w* friends, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add caught\add* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w fish|strong="G4371"\w*, \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*?” \w We|strong="G2192"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G2192"\w* correct, \add we have not caught any\add*.”  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “Throw \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\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 Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* caught \w so|strong="G3767"\w* many \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \add in the net\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* unable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pull \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add the boat\add*!  
\v 7  \add But I knew that it was Jesus\add*, \add so\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* taken off \w his|strong="G1438"\w* cloak \add while he was working\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add me say\add* “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wrapped \w his|strong="G1438"\w* cloak around \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* jumped \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \add and swam to shore\add*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1093"\w* us \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to the shore\add* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w boat|strong="G4142"\w*, pulling \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* full \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w*, \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 100 \w yards|strong="G4083"\w*/meters.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \add we\add* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* fire \w of|strong="G2532"\w* burning coals \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \add large\add* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fire, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* buns.  
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w caught|strong="G4084"\w*!”  
\v 11 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add the boat\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w full|strong="G3324"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 153 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* spite \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w net|strong="G1350"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w torn|strong="G4977"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1205"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* eat \w some|strong="G3588"\w* breakfast!” \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G1833"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* buns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G3795"\w*.  
\v 14 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G3101"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \add God\add* caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3101"\w* \w become|strong="G5319"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus asked Peter three times if he really loved Jesus. Then Jesus told Peter how Peter would die.  
\sr John 21:15-19  
\p
\v 15 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* finished eating, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \add son\add* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\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* \add other disciples do\add*?” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* dear \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*).” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add those who belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add what they need spiritually, like\add* [MET] \add a shepherd provides\add* food \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* lambs.”  
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \add son\add* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* dear \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*).” \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Take care \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \add those who belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1492"\w* \add shepherd takes care of his\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* son \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really dear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* really \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*)?” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w grieved|strong="G3076"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* three times, \add and because the third time he changed the question\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* dear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*).” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add those who belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add what they need spiritually, as\add* [MET] \add a shepherd provides\add* food \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add his\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w young|strong="G3501"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* clothes \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\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 when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w old|strong="G1095"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w stretch|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* arms, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w will|strong="G2309"\w* fasten \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add with a rope\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\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* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add go\add*.”  
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w indicate|strong="G4591"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* ◄\add violently/on a cross\add*► \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Keep \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* faithful \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w* \add until you die\add*.”   
\s1 Peter asked Jesus what would happen to John.  
\sr John 21:20-23  
\p
\v 20 \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 that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* leaned close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Passover\add* meal \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w your|strong="G2962"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\v 21 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add is going to happen\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 22 \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="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \add alive\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* return, ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* concern!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add faithful\add* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* believers heard \add a report of\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they thought that Jesus meant\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* die. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* die. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \add alive\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* return, ◄\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* concern!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?► [RHQ]”   
\s1 A statement about the truth and accuracy of this document.  
\sr John 21:24-25  
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\v 24  \add I, John\add*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w seen|strong="G1492"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G1125"\w*.  
\p \w My|strong="G3754"\w* \add fellow apostles\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add I have written\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \add all\add*} \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \add in detail\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w suppose|strong="G3633"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w enough|strong="G4183"\w* space [HYP] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w contain|strong="G5562"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* books \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*} \add about what he did\add*.