Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, “Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

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.

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”

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

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, “I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”

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

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

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

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 we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.”

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, “Is that the way you answer the high priest?”

So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”