Worsley(i)
1 Now there was a certain person sick, to wit, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and Martha her sister.
2 (And it was Mary, that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 His sisters therefore sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 But when Jesus heard it, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Therefore when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed indeed two days in the place where He was:
7 and after that He saith to his disciples, Let us go again into Judea.
8 The disciples say unto Him, Master, the Jews very lately attempted to stone thee, and art thou going thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble; for he seeth the light of this world:
10 but if any one walk in the night, he stumbleth; because he hath no light.
11 Having thus answered them, He afterwards saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I am going to awake him.
12 Therefore his disciples said, Lord, if he sleep, he will do well.
13 But Jesus spake of his death; though they thought that He was speaking of the refreshment of sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead:
15 and I am glad for your sakes, I was not there, that ye may believe: but let us go to him.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 And when Jesus came, He found that he had been four days in the grave.
18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, being but about fifteen furlongs from it:
19 and many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him: but Mary was sitting in the house.
21 And Martha said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I know that even now whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will grant it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus then told her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, shall live again.
26 And every one that is alive, and believeth in me, shall never die.
27 Dost thou believe this? She saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
28 And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister, telling her privately, The Master is coming and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard it, she gets up with all speed and comes to Him.
30 For Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 The Jews therefore that were with her in the house to comfort her, seeing Mary that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there.
32 Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw Him, fell down at his feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 Jesus therefore, when He saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping, that came with her, groaned in spirit and was troubled.
34 And He said, Where have ye laid him?
35 They say unto Him, Lord, come and see: and Jesus wept.
36 The Jews therefore said, Behold, how he loved him!
37 but some of them said, Could not He, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused also that this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre: which was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he is offensive; for it is the fourth day.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that if thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?
41 So they took away the stone from the place where the corpse was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank Thee, that Thou hast heard me.
42 I knew indeed that Thou always hearest me: but because of the people standing by I say this, that they may believe that Thou hast sent me.
43 And when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that had been dead came forth, having his feet and hands rolled up in grave-cloths: and his face bound about with a napkin. Then Jesus bid them, Loosen him and let him go.
45 Therefore many of the Jews, that came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed on Him.
46 But some of them went to the pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Therefore the chief priests and the pharisees held a council and said, What are we doing? for this man worketh many miracles.
48 If we suffer Him to go on thus, all the people will believe on Him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and nation.
49 But Caiaphas who was one of them, being high-priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all;
50 nor do ye consider, that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, than that the whole nation should perish.
51 This however he spake not of himself, but being high-priest at that time he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation:
52 and not for the Jewish nation only, but that he might also gather together the children of God that are dispersed.
53 From that day therefore they consulted together to put Him to death.
54 Wherefore Jesus appeared no longer publicly among the Jews; but went away from thence into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 So they sought for Jesus, and said to one another in the temple, What think ye? that He will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and the pharisees had given order, that if any one knew where He was, he should inform them, that they might take Him.
12 1 Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.
2 Therefore they made Him a supper there, and Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of them that sat down with Him.
3 And Mary taking a pound of ointment of spikenard of great value, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4 Therefore said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was about to betray Him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?
6 He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the common purse he carried what was put into it.
7 Jesus therefore said, Let her alone, she hath reserved this as for the day of my burial.
8 For the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always.
9 And a great number of the Jews understanding that He was there, came not only on account of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised from the dead.
10 Wherefore the chief priests took counsel to put Lazarus also to death.
11 Because on his account many of the Jews went away from them, and believed on Jesus.
12 The next day a great multitude that were come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees,
13 and went out to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed be the king of Israel, who cometh in the name of the Lord.
14 And Jesus having gotten a young ass sat thereon,
15 as it is written, "Fear not, O daughter of Sion, behold thy king cometh sitting on an ass's colt."
16 Now his disciples did not understand these things at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written concerning Him, and that they had done thus unto Him.
17 And the people that were with Him testified, that He called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead:
18 and for this reason the people went to meet Him, because they heard that He had done this miracle.
19 The pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye not see that ye prevail nothing? Behold, all the world is gone after Him.
20 And among those that came up to worship at the feast there were certain Greeks:
21 that came to Philip who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.
22 And Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them saying, The time is come that the Son of man is to be glorified.
24 Though I tell you indeed and in truth, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remaineth alone; but if it die, it produceth much fruit.
25 So he, that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it unto life eternal.
26 If any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: and if any one serve me, him will my Father honour.
27 Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I to this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said, That it was thunder: but others said, it was an angel spake to Him.
30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for yours.
31 Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto me.
33 This He said, signifying what death He should die.
34 The people answered Him, We have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while the light is to be with you; walk while ye have the light, least darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the dark knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and then went away, and concealed himself from them.
37 But though He had done so many miracles before their eyes, yet they did not believe on Him:
38 so that the word of Esaias the prophet was fulfilled, which he spake, saying, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 And therefore they could not believe; for Esaias had also said,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias when he saw his glory, and spake concerning Him.
42 There were however many of the chief rulers that believed on Him; but because of the pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be excommunicated.
43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 And Jesus raised his voice, and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me only, but on Him that sent me:
45 and he that beholdeth me, beholdeth Him that sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, might not abide in darkness.
47 And if any one hear my words and believe not, I do not condemn him: for I am not now come to condemn the world, but to save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word, that I have spoken, will condemn him at the last day.
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father, who sent me, gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, I so speak, as the Father hath directed me.
13 1 Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)
2 supper being prepared, (the devil having put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him) Jesus,
3 who knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that He came from God, and was going to God,
4 riseth from supper, and turneth aside his clothes, and took a towel and tied it about Him;
5 and then pouring water into a bason, began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.
6 He cometh therefore to Simon Peter among the rest, who saith unto Him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou dost not now understand, but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith to Him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash thee, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that hath been bathing, hath need only to wash his feet, being then clean all over: and thus ye are clean, but not all of you.
11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, Ye are not all clean.
12 And when He had washed their feet, and taken his clothes about Him, He sat down again, and said to them, Do ye know the intent of what I have been doing to you?
13 Ye call me, Master, and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.
16 Verily, verily I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord, nor is the messenger greater than he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye, if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen: but have done it that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me.
19 And I tell you now, before it come, that when it comes to pass ye may believe that I am the Messiah.
20 Verily, verily I say unto you, He that receiveth him, whom I shall send, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth Him that sent me.
21 Jesus having said these things was troubled in spirit, and He openly testified and said, Verily, verily I tell you, that one of you will betray me.
22 The disciples therefore looked on one another, doubting of whom He spake.
23 Now there was one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, sitting next Him.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him to ask, who it was concerning whom He spake.
25 And he, reclining on the breast of Jesus, saith unto Him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it: and He dipped in a sop and gave it to Judas the Iscariot the son of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entred into him. Then Jesus saith unto him, What thou dost, do quickly.
28 But none of those that sat at table knew wherefore He said this to him.
29 For some of them thought, because Judas kept the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of against the feast: or that he should give something to the poor.
30 He therefore, when he had taken the sop, immediately went out. And it was night.
31 And when he was gone out Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him:
32 and if God be glorified in Him, God will glorify Him in Himself, and will soon glorify Him.
33 Little children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. Ye will wish for me, and as I said to the Jews, "Whither I go ye cannot come", so I now tell you.
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; ---as I have loved you, that ye also love one another: for by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
35 if ye have mutual love to each other.
36 Simon Peter saith unto Him, Lord, whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me hereafter.
37 Peter saith unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily verily I tell thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice.
14 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house there are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 And as I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may also be.
4 And ye know where I am going, and ye know the way.
5 Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither thou art going, and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye do know Him, and may be said to have seen Him.
8 Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long with you, and dost thou not know me? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father: and how then dost thou say, Shew us the Father?
10 Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? as to the words which I speak to you, I speak them not of my self; and the Father who abideth in me, doth the works.
11 Believe me therefore that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: at lest, believe me for the very works.
12 Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I perform he also shall perform, and greater than these shall he do: because I am going to the Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father,
16 and He will give you another comforter to abide with you for ever:
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, because He abideth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more; but ye shall see me: and because I live, ye shall live also.
20 Then ye shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest my self to him.
22 Judas (not the Iscariot) saith unto Him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self to us, and not to the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If any one love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and will make our abode with him.
24 He that doth not love me, doth not observe my words: and yet the word that ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who hath sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, while I have been with you.
26 But the comforter, that is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard, how I said unto you, "I am going away, and I shall come again to you." If ye loved me, ye would rejoice that I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it cometh to pass ye may believe.
30 I shall not have much more conversation with you: for the prince of this world is coming; not that he hath any thing in me,
31 but that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father hath commanded me. Arise, let us go hence.
15 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman:
2 every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide therefore in me, and I will abide in you: for as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing.
6 If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as a useless branch and withereth: and they gather them up, and throw them into the fire, and they are burnt.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you.
8 Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, and I have loved you, continue in my love:
10 and if ye keep my commandments ye will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy in you may continue, and that your joy may be full.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends:
14 and ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.
15 I no longer stile you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for whatsoever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 Ye did not first choose me, but I chose you, and have appointed you to go forth, and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be lasting: that whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, He may give it you.
17 These commands I give you, that ye should love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember what I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.
21 But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had not comparatively had sin: but now they have both seen, and hated, both me and my Father.
25 But thus it is that the word might be fulfilled, which is written in their law, they hated me without a cause.
26 But when the comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,) He shall testify of me.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
16 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye may not be offended:
2 for they will excommunicate you: yea, the time is coming, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he offers an acceptable service to God.
3 And these things will they do unto you; because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But I have told you these things, that when the time cometh, ye may remember that I told you of them. Though I did not tell you of them at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I am going away to Him that sent me, and yet none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going? but because I have said these things to you,
6 sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.
8 And when He comes, He will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement:
9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to my Father and ye shall see me no more;
11 and of judgement, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 But when the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He will not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that will He speak, and will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me, for He shall take of mine and shew it unto you.
15 All that the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that He shall take of mine and shew it unto you.
16 A little while and ye shall not see me: and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.
17 Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is the meaning of this that He saith to us, A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me, and---because I am going to the Father?
18 they said therefore, What is this little while that He speaks of? we do not understand what He means.
19 Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, and therefore said unto them, Are ye enquiring among each other about this, that I said, A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me?
20 Verily I tell you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in labor, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she is delivered of the child, she thinks no more of the anguish, for joy, that a man is born into the world.
22 And ye therefore now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy shall no one take from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing: but I assure you, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He will give it you.
24 Hitherto ye have asked for nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken to you in parables: but the time is coming when I shall no more speak to you in parables, but tell you with plainness concerning the Father.
26 In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
27 For the Father himself loveth you; because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came from God: and I indeed came from the Father,
28 and am come into the world: but now I am leaving the world again, and am going to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto Him, Now indeed Thou speakest plainly, and usest no parable.
30 Now we are convinced that Thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any one should ask Thee: by this we believe that Thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the time is coming, and is even now come, that ye shall be dispersed every one his own way, and shall leave me alone: but I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.