Then Jesus said, “The light will be with you for only a short time more. So walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you.
People who walk in the darkness don’t know where they are going. So put your trust in the light while you still have it. Then you will be children of light.”
When Jesus finished saying these things, he went away to a place where the people could not find him.
John 12:35-36 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.35-36.ERV
Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
I will be lifted up from the earth. When that happens, I will draw all people to myself.”
John 12:31-32 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.31-32.ERV
“Now I am very troubled. What should I say? Should I say, ‘Father save me from this time of suffering’? No, I came to this time so that I could suffer. Father, do what will bring you glory!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have already brought glory to myself. I will do it again.”
John 12:27-28 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.27-28.ERV
Whoever serves me must follow me. My servants must be with me everywhere I am. My Father will give honor to anyone who serves me.
John 12:26 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.26.ERV
It is a fact that a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die before it can grow and produce much more wheat. If it never dies, it will never be more than a single seed.
Whoever loves the life they have now will lose it. But whoever is willing to give up their life in this world will keep it. They will have eternal life.
John 12:24-25 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.24-25.ERV
There were many people with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from death and told him to come out of the tomb. Now they were telling others about what Jesus did.
That’s why so many people went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign he did.
John 12:17-18 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.17-18.ERV
The next day the people in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was coming there. These were the crowds of people who had come to the Passover festival.
They took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Jesus. They shouted, “‘Praise Him!’ ‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Psalm 118:25-26
God bless the King of Israel!”
John 12:12-13 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.12.12-13.ERV
Yes, he would die for the Jewish people. But he would also die for God’s other children scattered all over the world. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.
John 11:52 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.52.ERV
One of the men there was Caiaphas. He was the high priest that year.
He said, “You people know nothing! It is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed. But you don’t realize this.”
Caiaphas did not think of this himself. As that year’s high priest, he was really prophesying that Jesus would die for the Jewish people.
John 11:49-51 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.49-51.ERV
He said, “Move the stone away.” Martha said, “But, Lord, it has been four days since Lazarus died. There will be a bad smell.” Martha was the sister of the dead man.
Then Jesus said to her, “Remember what I told you? I said that if you believed, you would see God’s divine greatness.”
So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. I know that you always hear me. But I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
After Jesus said this he called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face.
Jesus said to the people, “Take off the cloth and let him go.”
John 11:39-44 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.39-44.ERV
When Jesus saw Mary crying and the people with her crying too, he was very upset and deeply troubled.
He asked, “Where did you put him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus cried. And the Jews said, “Look! He loved Lazarus very much!”
John 11:33-36 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.33-36.ERV
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. I am life. Everyone who believes in me will have life, even if they die. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never really die. Martha, do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.25-26.ERV
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you anything you ask.”
Jesus said, “Your brother will rise and be alive again.”
John 11:21-23 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.21-23.ERV
So then Jesus said plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad I was not there. I am happy for you because now you will believe in me. We will go to him now.”
John 11:14-15 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.14-15.ERV
So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, “Lord, your dear friend Lazarus is sick.”
When Jesus heard this he said, “The end of this sickness will not be death. No, this sickness is for the glory of God. This has happened to bring glory to the Son of God.”
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days
John 11:3-6 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.11.3-6.ERV
So why do you accuse me of insulting God for saying, ‘I am God’s Son’? I am the one God chose and sent into the world.
If I don’t do what my Father does, then don’t believe what I say. But if I do what my Father does, you should believe in what I do.
You might not believe in me, but you should believe in the things I do. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
John 10:36-38 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.36-38.ERV
My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me.
I give my sheep eternal life. They will never die, and no one can take them out of my hand.
My Father is the one who gave them to me, and he is greater than all.
No one can steal my sheep out of his hand. The Father and I are one.”
John 10:27-30 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.27-30.ERV
The Jewish leaders gathered around him. They said, “How long will you make us wonder about you? If you are the Messiah, then tell us clearly.”
Jesus answered, “I told you already, but you did not believe. I do miracles in my Father’s name. These miracles show who I am.
But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.
John 10:24-26 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.24-26.ERV
“I am the shepherd who cares for the sheep. I know my sheep just as the Father knows me. And my sheep know me just as I know the Father. I give my life for these sheep.
John 10:14-15 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.14-15.ERV
“I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 10:11 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.11.ERV
I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will be able to come in and go out. They will find everything they need.
A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came to give life—life that is full and good.
John 10:9-10 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.9-10.ERV
God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/1th.5.9.ERV
But the man who takes care of the sheep enters through the gate. He is the shepherd. The man who guards the gate opens the gate for the shepherd.
And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep, using their names, and he leads them out. He brings all of his sheep out. Then he goes ahead of them and leads them.
The sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But sheep will never follow someone they don’t know. They will run away from him, because they don’t know his voice.”
John 10:2-5 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.10.2-5.ERV
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that people who are blind could see. And I came so that people who think they see would become blind.”
Some of the Pharisees were near Jesus. They heard him say this. They asked, “What? Are you saying that we are blind too?”
Jesus said, “If you were really blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But you say that you see, so you are still guilty.”
John 9:39-41 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.9.39-41.ERV
We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he will listen to anyone who worships and obeys him.
This is the first time we have ever heard of anyone healing the eyes of someone born blind.
This man must be from God. If he were not from God, he could not do anything like this.”
John 9:31-33 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.9.31-33.ERV
After Jesus said this, he spit on the dirt, made some mud and put it on the man’s eyes. Jesus told him, “Go and wash in Siloam pool.” (Siloam means “Sent.”)
So the man went to the pool, washed and came back. He was now able to see.
John 9:6-7 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.9.6-7.ERV
