The Siege of Jerusalem

24 ^(A)In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (B)“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³ And ^(C)utter a parable to ^(D)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

⁶ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(G)Woe to the bloody city, to ^(H)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.^{[b] 7} For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^(I)the bare rock; ^(J)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(K)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰ Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[c] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^(L)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ^12 (M)She has wearied herself with toil;^[d] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³ On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^(N)you shall not be cleansed anymore till ^(O)I have satisfied my fury upon you. ^14 (P)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; ^(Q)I will not spare; ^(R)I will not relent; ^(S)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ^16 (T)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(U)Bind on your turban, and ^(V)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(W)nor eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and ^(X)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did ^(Y)as I was commanded.

¹⁹ And ^(Z)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” ²⁰ Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹ ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(AA)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and ^(AB)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²² And ^(AC)you shall do as I have done; ^(AD)you shall not cover your lips, ^(AE)nor eat the bread of men. ^23 (AF)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but ^(AG)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. ²⁴ Thus shall Ezekiel be to you ^(AH)a sign; ^(AI)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then ^(AJ)you will know that I am the Lord God.’

²⁵ “As for you, ^(AK)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them ^(AL)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, ^26 (AM)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷ On that day your mouth ^(AN)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. ^(AO)So you will be a sign to them, and ^(AP)they will know that I am the Lord.”

Prophecy Against Ammon

25 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (AQ)“Son of man, ^(AR)set your face toward ^(AS)the Ammonites and prophesy against them. ³ Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^(AT)Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^(AU)‘Aha!’ over my ^(AV)sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴ therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^(AW)the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. ⁵ I will make ^(AX)Rabbah a ^(AY)pasture for camels and Ammon^{[e] (AZ)}a fold for flocks. ^(BA)Then you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶ For thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BB)you have clapped your hands ^(BC)and stamped your feet and ^(BD)rejoiced with all the ^(BE)malice within your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷ therefore, behold, ^(BF)I have stretched out my hand against you, and ^(BG)will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

⁸ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BH)Moab and ^(BI)Seir^[f] said, ‘Behold, the ^(BJ)house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ ⁹ therefore ^(BK)I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^(BL)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(BM)Baal-meon, and ^(BN)Kiriathaim. ¹⁰ I will give it ^(BO)along with the Ammonites ^(BP)to the people of the East as a possession, ^(BQ)that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, ^11 (BR)and I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^(BS)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

¹² “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BT)Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^(BU)in taking vengeance on them, ¹³ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(BV)I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^(BW)Teman even to ^(BX)Dedan they shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^(BY)by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^(BZ)they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(CA)the Philistines ^(CB)acted revengefully and took vengeance ^(CC)with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, ¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(CD)Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^(CE)the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will execute great vengeance on them ^(CF)with wrathful rebukes. ^(CG)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

13 Now ^(A)before ^(B)the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that ^(C)his hour had come ^(D)to depart out of this world to the Father, ^(E)having loved ^(F)his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ² During supper, when ^(G)the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, ³ Jesus, knowing ^(H)that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that ^(I)he had come from God and ^(J)was going back to God, ⁴ rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, ^(K)tied it around his waist. ⁵ Then he ^(L)poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” ^7 (M)Jesus answered him, “What I am doing ^(N)you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” ^8 (O)Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, ^(P)“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, ^(Q)except for his feet,^[a] but is completely clean. And ^(R)you^[b] are clean, ^(S)but not every one of you.” ^11 (T)For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹² When he had washed their feet and ^(U)put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ^(V)“Do you understand what I have done to you? ^13 (W)You call me ^(X)Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^(Y)you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, ^(Z)that you also should do just as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AA)a servant^[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, ^(AB)blessed are you if you do them. ^18 (AC)I am not speaking of all of you; I know ^(AD)whom I have chosen. But ^(AE)the Scripture will be fulfilled,^{[d] (AF)}‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ ^19 (AG)I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AH)whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

One of You Will Betray Me

²¹ After saying these things, ^(AI)Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, ^(AJ)“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AK)one of you will betray me.” ^22 (AL)The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. ^23 (AM)One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table ^(AN)at Jesus' side,^{[e] 24} so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus^[f] of whom he was speaking. ^25 (AO)So that disciple, ^(AP)leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶ Jesus answered, ^(AQ)“It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread ^(AR)when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, ^(AS)he gave it to Judas, ^(AT)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ Then after he had taken the morsel, ^(AU)Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ^(AV)“What you are going to do, do quickly.” ²⁸ Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. ²⁹ Some thought that, ^(AW)because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need ^(AX)for the feast,” or that he should ^(AY)give something to the poor. ³⁰ So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. ^(AZ)And it was night.

A New Commandment

³¹ When he had gone out, Jesus said, ^(BA)“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and ^(BB)God is glorified in him. ³² If God is glorified in him, ^(BC)God will also glorify him in himself, and ^(BD)glorify him at once. ³³ Little children, ^(BE)yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just ^(BF)as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ ^34 (BG)A new commandment ^(BH)I give to you, ^(BI)that you love one another: ^(BJ)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ^35 (BK)By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” ^(BL)Jesus answered him, “Where I am going ^(BM)you cannot follow me now, ^(BN)but you will follow afterward.” ^37 (BO)Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” ³⁸ Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BP)the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 ^(BQ)“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^(BR)Believe in God;^[g] believe also in me. ² In ^(BS)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^(BT)I go to prepare a place for you?^{[h] 3} And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^(BU)to myself, that ^(BV)where I am you may be also. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going.”^{[i] 5 (BW)}Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^(BX)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am ^(BY)the way, and ^(BZ)the truth, and ^(CA)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ^7 (CB)If you had known me, you would have ^(CC)known my Father also.^[j] From now on you do know him and ^(CD)have seen him.”

^8 (CE)Philip said to him, “Lord, ^(CF)show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^(CG)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that ^(CH)I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^(CI)I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹ Believe me that ^(CJ)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^(CK)believe on account of the works themselves.

¹² “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(CL)whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^(CM)am going to the Father. ^13 (CN)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^(CO)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ^14 (CP)If you ask me^[k] anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

^15 (CQ)“If you love me, you will ^(CR)keep my commandments. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(CS)Helper,^[l] to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even ^(CT)the Spirit of truth, ^(CU)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(CV)will be^[m] in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(CW)I will come to you. ^19 (CX)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^(CY)you will see me. ^(CZ)Because I live, you also will live. ^20 (DA)In that day you will know that ^(DB)I am in my Father, and ^(DC)you in me, and ^(DD)I in you. ^21 (DE)Whoever has my commandments and ^(DF)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(DG)he who loves me ^(DH)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(DI)manifest myself to him.” ^22 (DJ)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^(DK)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered him, ^(DL)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^(DM)we will come to him and ^(DN)make our home with him. ²⁴ Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^(DO)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶ But the ^(DP)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(DQ)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(DR)he will teach you all things and ^(DS)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27 (DT)Peace I leave with you; ^(DU)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(DV)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(DW)let them be afraid. ^28 (DX)You heard me say to you, ^(DY)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^(DZ)am going to the Father, for ^(EA)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And ^(EB)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for ^(EC)the ruler of this world is coming. ^(ED)He has no claim on me, ³¹ but I do ^(EE)as the Father has commanded me, ^(EF)so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(EG)true vine, and my Father is ^(EH)the vinedresser. ^2 (EI)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(EJ)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(EK)that it may bear more fruit. ³ Already ^(EL)you are clean ^(EM)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4 (EN)Abide ^(EO)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine; ^(EP)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(EQ)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in me, ^(ER)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(ES)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷ If ^(ET)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(EU)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8 (EV)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(EW)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ^9 (EX)As the Father has loved me, ^(EY)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10 (EZ)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(FA)I have kept ^(FB)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you, ^(FC)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(FD)your joy may be full.

^12 (FE)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13 (FF)Greater love has no one than this, ^(FG)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are ^(FH)my friends ^(FI)if you do what I command you. ^15 (FJ)No longer do I call you servants,^[n] for the servant ^(FK)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(FL)all that I have heard from my Father ^(FM)I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but ^(FN)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(FO)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(FP)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷ These things I command you, ^(FQ)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

^18 (FR)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19 (FS)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(FT)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ^(FU)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(FV)they will also persecute you. ^(FW)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But ^(FX)all these things they will do to you ^(FY)on account of my name, ^(FZ)because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(GA)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[o] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ^23 (GB)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24 (GC)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(GD)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(GE)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But ^(GF)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(GG)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶ “But ^(GH)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(GI)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And ^(GJ)you also will bear witness, ^(GK)because you have been with me ^(GL)from the beginning.