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¹⁷When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.¹⁸Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,¹⁹and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.²⁰When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.²¹Martha …

Lazarus: A Model of Jesus’ Resurrection

¹A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.²This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick.³So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.”

⁴But …

Jesus at Hanukkah

²²It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.²³He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.²⁴The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

²⁵Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and …

¹¹“I am the good ^hshepherd. The good ^hshepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. ¹²A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their ⁱshepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.¹³The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and …

¹“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!²But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and …

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

³⁶The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”

³⁷“You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”

³⁸“Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.

³⁹Then Jesus told him, “I entered …

 Jesus Brings Light to the Blind

¹As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.²“Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”

³“It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in …

“You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.³²And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

The Unbelieving People Warned

²¹Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”

²²The people asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”

²³Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; …

Jesus, the Light of the World

¹²Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

¹³The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid.”

¹⁴Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though …