Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, “You know nothing at all!

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.

There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”