12ThenJesusagainspoke to them, saying, "1I am the Light of the world; 2he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
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So the Phariseessaid to Him, "3You are testifyingaboutYourself; Your testimony is not true."
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Jesusanswered and said to them, "4Evenif I testifyaboutMyself, My testimony is true, for I know5where I came from and where I am going; but 6you do not knowwhere I come from orwhere I am going.
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"7You judgeaccording to the flesh; 8I am not judginganyone.
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"But even9if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
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"Even in 10your law it has been written that the testimony of 11twomen is true.
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"I am He who testifiesaboutMyself, and 12the Father who sent Me testifiesabout Me."
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So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesusanswered, "You knowneither Me nor My Father; 13if you knew Me, you would know My Fatheralso."
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Thesewords He spoke in 14the treasury, as 15He taught in the temple; and nooneseized Him, because16His hour had not yetcome.
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Then He saidagain to them, "I goaway, and 17you will seek Me, and 18will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot*come."
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So19the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not killHimself, will He, since He says, '20Where I am going, you cannot*come '?"
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And He was saying to them, "21You are from below, I am from above; 22you are of thisworld, 23I am not of thisworld.
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"Therefore I said to you that you 24will die in your sins; for unless* you believe that 25I am He, 26you 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 27He who sent Me is true; and 28the 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 29lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that 30I am He, and 31I donothing on My owninitiative, but I speakthesethings as the Fathertaught Me.
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"And He who sent Me is with Me; 32He has not left Me alone, for 33I alwaysdo the things that are pleasing to Him."
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As He spokethesethings, 34many came to believe in Him.