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45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,
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45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.
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46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
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47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs.
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48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
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48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
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49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
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49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all!
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50 Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."
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50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish."
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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,
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51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
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52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
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52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
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53 So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
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53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
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54 Jesus therefore 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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54 Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the Jews. Instead he withdrew to a region near the desert, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
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55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
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55 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
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56 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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56 They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple area they asked one another, "What do you think? Isn't he coming to the Feast at all?"
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57 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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57 But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone found out where Jesus was, he should report it so that they might arrest him.
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