Holy Bible

  Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet 13  It was now the day before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. He had always loved those in the world who were his own, and he loved them to the very end. 2  Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus.   3  Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God.  4  So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel around his waist.  5  Then he poured some water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.  6  He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?” 7  Jesus answered him, “You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later.” 8  Peter declared, “Never at any time will you wa

  Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany 12  Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.  2  They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus.  3  Then Mary took a whole pint of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house.  4  One of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot—the one who was going to betray him—said,  5  “Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins  and the money given to the poor?”  6  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it. 7  But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.  8  You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.” The Plot against Lazaru

  The Death of Lazarus 11  A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.  ( 2  This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)  3  The sisters sent Jesus a message: “Lord, your dear friend is sick.” 4  When Jesus heard it, he said, “The final result of this sickness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory.” 5  Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.  6  Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.  7  Then he said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” 8  “Teacher,” the disciples answered, “just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?” 9  Jesus said, “A day has twelve hours, doesn't it? So those who wal

  The Parable of the Shepherd 10  Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.  2  The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  3  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.  4  When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.  5  They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice.” 6  Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant. Jesus the Good Shepherd 7  So Jesus said again, “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep.  8  All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.  9  I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

  Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind 9  As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.  2  His disciples asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?” 3  Jesus answered, “His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him.  4  As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.  5  While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.” 6  After he said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the man's eyes  7  and told him, “Go and wash your face in the Pool of Siloam.” (This name means “Sent.”) So the man went, washed his face, and came back seeing. 8  His neighbors, then, and the people who had seen him begging before this, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9  Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No he

  The Woman Caught in Adultery 8  Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.  2  Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.  3  The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before them all.  4  “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.  5  In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to death. Now, what do you say?”  6  They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.  7  As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone at her.”  8  Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.  9  When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older ones first. Jesus was left a