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But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
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and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
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“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
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But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
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My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
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I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
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My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
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I and the Father are one.”
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At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
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But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
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“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
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Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
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If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
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then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
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If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
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But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
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At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
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Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
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Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
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And many in that place believed in Jesus.