<p class="bodytext">Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, &#8220;Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.&#8221;

The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth,<n id="1" /> and a cloth wrapped around his face.<n id="2" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;Unwrap him<n id="3" /> and let him go.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? &#8216;Father, deliver me<n id="1" /> from this hour&#8217;?<n id="2" /> No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>The one who eats my breadi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>has turned against mei>b>.&#8217;<n id="3" />

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast,<n id="1" /> or to give something to the poor.)<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Peace I leave with you;<n id="1" /> my peace I give to you; I do not give it<n id="2" /> to you as the world does.<n id="3" /> Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains<n id="1" /> in me &#8211; and I in him &#8211; bears<n id="2" /> much fruit,<n id="3" /> because apart from me you can accomplish<n id="4" /> nothing.

But I have told you these things<n id="1" /> so that when their time<n id="2" /> comes, you will remember that I told you about them.<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.<n id="4" />

I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="1" /> you will weep<n id="2" /> and wail,<n id="3" /> but the world will rejoice; you will be sad,<n id="4" /> but your sadness will turn into<n id="5" /> joy.

So also you have sorrow<n id="1" /> now, but <i>I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from youi>.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward<n id="1" /> to heaven<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;Father, the time<n id="3" /> has come. Glorify your Son, so that your<n id="4" /> Son may glorify you &#8211;

When I was with them I kept them safe<n id="1" /> and watched over them<n id="2" /> in your name<n id="3" /> that you have given me. Not one<n id="4" /> of them was lost except the one destined for destruction,<n id="5" /> so that the scripture could be fulfilled.<n id="6" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now very early on the first day of the week,<n id="1" /> while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene<n id="2" /> came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.<n id="3" />

&#8220;For it is written in the book of Psalms, &#8216;<b><i>Let his house become deserted,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>and let there be no one to live in iti>b>,&#8217;<n id="2" /> and &#8216;<b><i>Let another take his position of responsibilityi>b>.&#8217;<n id="3" />

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people<n id="1" /> by which we must<n id="2" /> be saved.&#8221;p>

So he replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather<n id="2" /> Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Our ancestors<n id="1" /> had the tabernacle<n id="2" /> of testimony in the wilderness,<n id="3" /> just as God<n id="4" /> who spoke to Moses ordered him<n id="5" /> to make it according to the design he had seen.

Now the passage of scripture the man<n id="1" /> was reading was this:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>He was led like a sheep to slaughter,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so he didi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>not open his mouthb>.i>p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the church throughout Judea, Galilee,<n id="2" /> and Samaria experienced<n id="3" /> peace and thus was strengthened.<n id="4" /> Living<n id="5" /> in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church<n id="6" /> increased in numbers.p>

But Peter sent them all outside,<n id="1" /> knelt down,<n id="2" /> and prayed. Turning<n id="3" /> to the body, he said, &#8220;Tabitha, get up.&#8221; Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.<n id="4" />