But he had to pass through Samaria.

and because of his word many more believed.

So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

For this reason his parents said, “He is a mature adult, ask him.”)

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.