I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

Jesus replied, “If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”

They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

They came up to him again and again and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.

After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty!”

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me.

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Jesus said a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” and said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied, “Feed my sheep.

John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’