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Thesewords He spoke in 1the treasury, as 2He taught in the temple; and nooneseized Him, because3His hour had not yetcome.
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Then He saidagain to them, "I goaway, and 4you will seek Me, and 5will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot*come."
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So6the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not killHimself, will He, since He says, '7Where I am going, you cannot*come '?"
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And He was saying to them, "8You are from below, I am from above; 9you are of thisworld, 10I am not of thisworld.
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"Therefore I said to you that you 11will die in your sins; for unless* you believe that 12I am He, 13you will die in your sins."
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So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesussaid to them, "What* have I been saying to you from the beginning?
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"I havemanythings to speak and to judgeconcerning you, but 14He who sent Me is true; and 15the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."
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They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.
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SoJesussaid, "When you 16lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that 17I am He, and 18I donothing on My owninitiative, but I speakthesethings as the Fathertaught Me.
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"And He who sent Me is with Me; 19He has not left Me alone, for 20I alwaysdo the things that are pleasing to Him."
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As He spokethesethings, 21many came to believe in Him.