But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate,<n id="1" /> because I am not alone when I judge,<n id="2" /> but I and the Father who sent me do so together.<n id="3" />

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone,<n id="1" /> because I always do those things that please him.&#8221;

&#8220;We are descendants<n id="1" /> of Abraham,&#8221; they replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;and have never been anyone&#8217;s slaves! How can you say,<n id="3" /> &#8216;You will become free&#8217;?&#8221;

I am telling you the things I have seen while with the<n id="1" /> Father;<n id="2" /> as for you,<n id="3" /> practice the things you have heard from the<n id="4" /> Father!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Now the Jewish religious leaders<n id="1" /> refused to believe<n id="2" /> that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned<n id="3" /> the parents of the man who had become able to see.<n id="4" />

We know that God doesn&#8217;t listen to<n id="1" /> sinners, but if anyone is devout<n id="2" /> and does his will, God<n id="3" /> listens to<n id="4" /> him.<n id="5" />

When he has brought all his own sheep<n id="1" /> out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize<n id="2" /> his voice.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I am the good<n id="1" /> shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life<n id="2" /> for the sheep.

Jesus said to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I have shown you many good deeds<n id="2" /> from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?&#8221;

The Jewish leaders<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;We are not going to stone you for a good deed<n id="3" /> but for blasphemy,<n id="4" /> because<n id="5" /> you, a man, are claiming to be God.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then many of the people,<n id="1" /> who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus<n id="2" /> did, believed in him.

If we allow him to go on in this way,<n id="1" /> everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary<n id="2" /> and our nation.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You know nothing at all!

You do not realize<n id="1" /> that it is more to your advantage to have one man<n id="2" /> die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Now the Jewish feast of Passover<n id="1" /> was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he<n id="1" /> had raised from the dead.

<p class="bodytext">Nevertheless, even among the rulers<n id="1" /> many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees<n id="2" /> they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ,<n id="3" /> so that they would not be put out of<n id="4" /> the synagogue.<n id="5" />

And I know that his commandment is eternal life.<n id="1" /> Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="1" /> the slave<n id="2" /> is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger<n id="3" /> greater than the one who sent him.

There are many dwelling places<n id="1" /> in my Father&#8217;s house.<n id="2" /> Otherwise, I would have told you, because<n id="3" /> I am going away to make ready<n id="4" /> a place for you.<n id="5" />