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1Thereforemany of the Jews2who came to Mary, and 3sawwhat He had done, believed in Him.
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But some of them went to the 4Pharisees and told them the things whichJesus had done.
Conspiracy to Kill Jesus
47Therefore5the chiefpriests and the Pharisees6convened a 7council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For thisman is performingmany8signs.
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"If we let Him go on likethis, allmen will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and takeawayboth our 9place and our nation."
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But one of them, 10Caiaphas, 11who was highpriest that year, said to them, "You knownothing at all,
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nor do you take into account that 12it 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 13beinghighpriest 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 also14gathertogether into one the children of God who are scatteredabroad.
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So from that day on they 15plannedtogether to kill Him.
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ThereforeJesus16nolonger continued to walkpubliclyamong the Jews, but wentaway from there to the countrynear the wilderness, into a citycalled17Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
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Now18the Passover of the Jews was near, and manywent up to Jerusalem out of the countrybefore the Passover19to purifythemselves.