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Jesus replied, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me!
50
But I do not seek my [own] glory. There is one who seeks and judges!
51
Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never experience death {forever}."
52
The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'
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You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?"
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Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. The one who glorifies me is my Father, [about] whom you say, 'He is our God.'
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And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.
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Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw [it] and was glad."
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So the Jews said to him, "{You are} not yet fifty years [old], and have you seen Abraham?"
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Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!"
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Then they picked up stones in order to throw [them] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple [courts].