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Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
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When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
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So the Pharisees objected, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”
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I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
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Then they began asking him, “Who is your father?” Jesus answered, “You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”
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(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)
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Then Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.
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While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.
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But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!
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Jesus replied, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
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Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?
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The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”
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Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father—and yet you dishonor me.
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I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
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I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”
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Then the Judeans responded, “Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, ‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’
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You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”
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Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, ‘He is our God.’
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Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.
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Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”
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Then the Judeans replied, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
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Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
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Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.