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The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
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Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
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But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
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My sheep hear my voice. And I know them: and they follow me.
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And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
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That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.
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I and the Father are one.
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The Jews then took up stones to stone him.
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Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?
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The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou. being a, man, makest thyself God.
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Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said, you are gods?