JOHN SWEET SIXTEEN

We have all received from his fullness, yes, grace upon grace.

...and to the pigeon-sellers he said, “Get these things out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market?”

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed.

He said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.”

...and on account of this, the Judeans began harassing Yeshua because he did these things on Shabbat.

When evening came, his talmidim went down to the lake,

So Yeshua gave them an answer: “My teaching is not my own, it comes from the One who sent me.

...but if I were indeed to pass judgment, my judgment would be valid; because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the One who sent me.

At this, some of the P’rushim said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep Shabbat.” But others said, “How could a man who is a sinner do miracles like these?” And there was a split among them.

Also I have other sheep which are not from this pen; I need to bring them, and they will hear my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Then T’oma (the name means “twin”) said to his fellow talmidim, “Yes, we should go, so that we can die with him!”

His talmidim did not understand this at first; but after Yeshua had been glorified, then they remembered that the Tanakh said this about him, and that they had done this for him.

Yes, indeed! I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is an emissary greater than the one who sent him.

and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforting Counselor like me, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever.

You did not choose me, I chose you; and I have commissioned you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last; so that whatever you ask from the Father in my name he may give you.

“In a little while, you will see me no more; then, a little while later, you will see me.”

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

...but Kefa stood outside by the gate. So the other talmid, the one known to the cohen hagadol, went back out and spoke to the woman on duty at the gate, then brought Kefa inside.

Then Pilate handed Yeshua over to them to have him put to death on the stake. So they took charge of Yeshua.

Yeshua said to her, “Miryam!” Turning, she cried out to him in Hebrew, “Rabbani!” (that is, “Teacher!”)

A second time he said to him, “Shim‘on Bar-Yochanan, do you love me?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I’m your friend.” He said to him, “Shepherd my sheep.”