John:11:45-57

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* Therefore many of the Jews , who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did , believed in him . * But some of them went away to the Pharisees , and told them the things which Jesus had done . * The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council , and said , "What are we doing ? For this man does many signs . * If we leave him alone like this , everyone will believe in him , and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation ." * But a certain one of them , Caiaphas , being high priest that year , said to them , "You know nothing at all , * nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people , and that the whole nation not perish ." * Now he didn 't say this of himself , but being high priest that year , he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation , * and not for the nation only , but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad . * So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death . * Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews , but departed from there into the country near the wilderness , to a city called Ephraim . He stayed there with his disciples . * Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand . Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover , to purify themselves . * Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another , as they stood in the temple , "What do you think--that he isn 't coming to the feast at all ?" * Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was , he should report it , that they might seize him .

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