The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (109 page)

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"
Fear not, daughter of Zion
;

  
behold, your king is coming,

  
sitting on a donkey's colt!"

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His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then
they remembered
that this had been written of him and had been done to him.
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The crowd that had been with him when he called Laz'arus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.
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The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
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The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing; look,
the world has gone after him
."

Some Greeks Wish to See Jesus

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 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were
some Greeks
.
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So these came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
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Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.
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And Jesus answered them, "
The hour has come
for the Son of man to be glorified.
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

Jesus Speaks about His Death

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 "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour.
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Father, glorify your name." Then
a voice
came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
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The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
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Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.
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Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the
ruler of this world
be cast out;
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and I,
when I am lifted up
 
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from the earth, will draw all men to myself."
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He said this to show by what death he was to die.
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The crowd answered him, "We have heard from
the law
that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"
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Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
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While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become
sons of light
."

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.
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Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him;
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it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

  
"
Lord, who has believed
our report,

  
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

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Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said,

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"
He has blinded
their eyes and hardened their heart,

  
lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart,

  
and turn for me to heal them."

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Isaiah said this because he
saw his glory
and spoke of him.
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Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
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for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Summary of Jesus' Teaching

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 And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, believes not in me but in
him who sent me
.
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And he who sees me sees him who sent me.
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I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
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If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
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He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.
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For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
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And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me."

Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

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Now
before the
feast of the Passover
, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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And
during supper
, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
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Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,
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rose from supper, laid aside
his garments
, and tied a towel around himself.
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Then he poured water into a basin, and began to
wash the disciples' feet
, and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.
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He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
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Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand."
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Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have
no part in me
."
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Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"
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Jesus said to him, "
He who has bathed
does not need to wash, except for his feet,
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but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not all of you."
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For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "You are not all clean."

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 When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
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You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
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If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
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For I have given you
an example
, that you also should do as I have done to you.
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
a servant
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is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He
who ate my bread
has lifted his heel against me.'
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I tell you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may
believe that I am
he.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me."

Jesus Foretells His Betrayal

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 When Jesus had thus spoken, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
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The disciples looked at one another,
uncertain of whom
he spoke.
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One of his disciples,
whom Jesus loved
, was lying close to the breast of Jesus;
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so Simon Peter beckoned to him and said, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."
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So lying thus, close to the breast of Jesus, he said to him, "Lord, who is it?"
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Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I shall give this morsel when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
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Then
after the morsel, Satan
entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."
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Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
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Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; or, that he should give something to the poor.
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So, after receiving the morsel, he immediately went out; and it was night.

The New Commandment

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 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him
God is glorified
;
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if God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.
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Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'
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A
new commandment
 
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I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

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 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow afterward."
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Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will
lay down my life
for you."
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Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow, till you have denied me three times.

Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life

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"
Let not your hearts
be troubled; believe
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in God, believe also in me.
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In
my Father's house
are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
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And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
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And you know the way where I am going."
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Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"
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Jesus said to him, "
I am the way
, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.
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If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him."

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 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied."
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Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me
has seen the Father
; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
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Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
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Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.