John 11
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Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of l Mary and her sister Martha.
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m It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
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So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, n he whom you love is ill."
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But when Jesus heard it he said, o "This illness does not lead to death. It is for p the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
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Now q Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
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So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, r he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
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Then after this he said to the disciples, s "Let us go to Judea again."
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The disciples said to him, t "Rabbi, u the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?"
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Jesus answered, v "Are there not twelve hours in the day? w If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
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But x if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not x in him."
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After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus y has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him."
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The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
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Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
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Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
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and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."
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z So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, a that we may die with him."
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Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb b four days.
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Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
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and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary c to console them concerning their brother.
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d So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.
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Martha said to e Jesus, "Lord, f if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, g God will give you."
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Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
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h Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in i the resurrection on the last day."
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Jesus said to her, j "I am the resurrection and k the life. Whoever believes in me, l though he die, m yet shall he live,
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and everyone who lives and believes in me n shall never die. Do you believe this?"
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She said to him, "Yes, Lord; o I believe that p you are the Christ, the Son of God, q who is coming into the world."
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When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, r "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."
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And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.
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Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
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When the Jews s who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, t "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
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When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he u was deeply moved in his spirit and v greatly troubled.
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And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."
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w Jesus wept.
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So the Jews said, "See x how he loved him!"
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But some of them said, "Could not he y who opened the eyes of the blind man z also have kept this man from dying?"
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Then Jesus, a deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was b a cave, and c a stone lay against it.
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Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for d he has been dead four days."
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Jesus said to her, e "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see f the glory of God?"
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So they took away the stone. And Jesus g lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
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h I knew that you always hear me, but I said this i on account of the people standing around, j that they may believe that you sent me."
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When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
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k The man who had died came out, l his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and m his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
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n Many of the Jews therefore, o who had come with Mary and p had seen what he did, believed in him,
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but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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So the chief priests and the Pharisees q gathered r the Council and said, s "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
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If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and t the Romans will come and take away both our u place and our nation."
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But one of them, v Caiaphas, w who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
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Nor do you understand that x it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."
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He did not say this of his own accord, but y being high priest that year z he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
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and a not for the nation only, but also b to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
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So from that day on they c made plans to put him to death.
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Jesus therefore d no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
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Now e the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and f many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover g to purify themselves.
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h They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?"
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Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
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Luke 10:38 - 39
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
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John 12:3
Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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John 11:5
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:11
After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.
John 11:36
So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!
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John 11:11
After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.
Matthew 9:24
He said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.
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John 11:40
Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?
John 9:3
Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
John 13:31
When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
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John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill.
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John 2:4
And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
John 7:6
Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
John 7:8
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.
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John 10:40
He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
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John 1:38
Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?
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John 8:59
So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 10:31
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
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Luke 13:33
Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.
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John 9:4
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
1 John 2:10
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
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Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
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Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
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Matthew 27:52
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
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John 14:5
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where...
John 20:24
Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin,...
John 20:26 - 28
Eight days later, his disciples were inside aga...
John 21:2
Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanae...
Matthew 10:3
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the ...
Mark 3:18
Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthe...
Luke 6:15
And Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of A...
Acts 1:13
And when they had entered, they went up to the ...
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John 13:37
Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.
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John 11:39
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.
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John 11:31
When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
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Luke 10:38 - 39
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
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John 11:32
Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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John 11:37
But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?
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John 11:42
I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
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John 11:39
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.
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John 5:29
And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Luke 14:14
And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
John 6:39
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
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John 5:21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
1 Corinthians 15:21
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 6:57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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John 12:25
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
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John 6:50 - 51
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
John 8:51
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
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John 6:69
And we have believed, and have come to know, th...
John 20:31
But these are written so that you may believe t...
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ ...
1 John 5:5
Who is it that overcomes the world except the o...
John 8:24
I told you that you would die in your sins, for...
John 13:19
I am telling you this now, before it takes plac...
1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love...
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Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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John 6:14
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!
Matthew 11:3
And said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?
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Matthew 26:18
He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'
Mark 14:14
And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?
Luke 22:11
And tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?
John 13:13
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
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John 11:19
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
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John 11:21
Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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John 11:38
Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Mark 14:5
For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.
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John 12:27
Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
John 13:21
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.
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Luke 19:41
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.
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John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill.
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John 9:6 - 7
Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud
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John 11:21
Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11:32
Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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John 11:33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.
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Isaiah 22:16
What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?
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John 20:1
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
Mark 15:46
And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
Luke 24:2
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
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John 11:17
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
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John 11:25 - 26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
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John 11:4
But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.
Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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John 17:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.
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John 11:22
But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.
Matthew 26:53
Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
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John 12:29 - 30
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.
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John 17:8
For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
John 17:21
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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John 5:28 - 29
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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John 19:40
So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
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John 20:7
And the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.
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John 12:11
Because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
Acts 9:42
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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John 11:19
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
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John 2:23
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
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Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas.
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
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John 12:19
So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.
Acts 4:16
Saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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John 6:15
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
John 18:36 - 37
Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.
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Acts 21:28
Crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.
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Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas.
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John 11:51
He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.
John 18:13
First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
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John 18:14
It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
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John 11:49
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
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Exodus 28:30
And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall pu...
Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, w...
1 Samuel 23:9
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against ...
1 Samuel 30:7
And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son ...
Ezra 2:63
The governor told them that they were not to pa...
Nehemiah 7:65
The governor told them that they were not to pa...
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Isaiah 49:6
He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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John 7:1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
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John 7:1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
John 7:4
For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.
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John 6:4
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
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Luke 2:42
And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.
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2 Chronicles 30:17 - 18
For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites had to slaughter the Passover lamb for everyone who was not clean, to consecrate it to the Lord.
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Acts 21:24
Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.
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John 7:11
The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?
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