John 11:45-53

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁵^(A)Many of the Jews therefore, ^(B)who had come with Mary and ^(C)had seen what he did, believed in him, ⁴⁶but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(D)gathered ^(E)the council and said, ^(F)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. ⁴⁸If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^(G)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(H)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹But one of them, ^(I)Caiaphas, ^(J)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰Nor do you understand that ^(K)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹He did not say this of his own accord, but ^(L)being high priest that year ^(M)he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵²and ^(N)not for the nation only, but also ^(O)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³So from that day on they ^(P)made plans to put him to death.

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John 12:9-11

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The Plot to Kill Lazarus

⁹When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus^[a] was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, ^(A)whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰^(B)So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, ¹¹because ^(C)on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.