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Not for my sake, but for your sakes (ou di' eme, alla di' humas). These words seem to contradict Joh 12:28, Joh 12:29. Bernard suggests an interpolation into the words of Jesus. But why not take it to be the figure of exaggerated contrast, “not merely for my sake, but also for yours”?