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"This is why the Father loves me: because I lay down my life -- in order to take it up again!
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No one takes it away from me; on the contrary, I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it up again. This is what my Father commanded me to do."
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Again there was a split among the Judeans because of what he said.
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Many of them said, "He has a demon!" and "He's meshugga! Why do you listen to him?"
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Others said, "These are not the deeds of a man who is demonized -- how can a demon open blind people's eyes?"
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Then came Hanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter,
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and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonnade.
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So the Judeans surrounded him and said to him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us publicly!"
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Yeshua answered them, "I have already told you, and you don't trust me. The works I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,
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but the reason you don't trust is that you are not included among my sheep.
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My sheep listen to my voice, I recognize them, they follow me,