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"I knew that You alwayshear Me; but 1because of the peoplestandingaround I said it, so that they may believe that 2You sent Me."
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When He had saidthesethings, He cried out with a loudvoice, "Lazarus, comeforth."
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The man who had diedcameforth, 3boundhand and foot with wrappings, and 4his face was wrappedaround with a cloth. Jesussaid to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
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5Thereforemany of the Jews6who came to Mary, and 7sawwhat He had done, believed in Him.
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But some of them went to the 8Pharisees and told them the things whichJesus had done.
Conspiracy to Kill Jesus
47Therefore9the chiefpriests and the Pharisees10convened a 11council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For thisman is performingmany12signs.
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"If we let Him go on likethis, allmen will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and takeawayboth our 13place and our nation."
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But one of them, 14Caiaphas, 15who was highpriest that year, said to them, "You knownothing at all,
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nor do you take into account that 16it is expedient for you that onemandie for the people, and that the wholenation not perish."
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Now he did not saythis on his owninitiative, but 17beinghighpriest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
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and not for the nationonly, but in order that He might also18gathertogether into one the children of God who are scatteredabroad.