¹⁵ You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.^(A) We are witnesses^(B) of this.

²² This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.^(A)

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(B)

¹⁷ The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life^(A)—only to take it up again.

³⁷ Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world.^(A) A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

²⁷ To them God has chosen to make known^(A) among the Gentiles the glorious riches^(B) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,^(C) the hope of glory.

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am^(A) the way^(B) and the truth^(C) and the life.^(D) No one comes to the Father except through me.^(E)

⁴⁹ Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,^(A) you are the Son of God;^(B) you are the king of Israel.”^(C)