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Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
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“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
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Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
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So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
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Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
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The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.
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But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.
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The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
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Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?
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Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
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Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
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“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
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They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.
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When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
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At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
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But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
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The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”
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After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
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Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
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Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
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(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)
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Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
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When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
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When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
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Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
