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and not for the nationonly, but in order that He might also1gathertogether into one the children of God who are scatteredabroad.
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So from that day on they 2plannedtogether to kill Him.
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ThereforeJesus3nolonger continued to walkpubliclyamong the Jews, but wentaway from there to the countrynear the wilderness, into a citycalled4Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
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Now5the Passover of the Jews was near, and manywent up to Jerusalem out of the countrybefore the Passover6to purifythemselves.
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So they 7were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to oneanother as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all*?"
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Now8the chiefpriests and the Pharisees had givenorders that ifanyoneknewwhere He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.