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Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
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You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
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But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
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Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
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I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
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“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
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He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
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Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
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So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
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Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
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“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
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“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
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They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
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So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
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He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
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As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
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So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
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Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
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I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
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“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
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But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
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You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
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Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
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Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
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Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
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Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
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The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
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“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
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I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
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Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
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“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
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Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
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Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
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You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
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Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
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Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
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“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.