Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

Others said, “This is the Christ!” But still others said, “No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me –

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep.

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.