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Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe.
1The works that I do
2in my Father’s name bear witness about me,
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but
3you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
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4My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
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5I give them eternal life, and
6they will never perish, and
7no one will snatch them out of my hand.
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My Father,
8who has given them to me,
9is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of
10the Father’s hand.
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11I and the Father are one. ”
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12The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
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Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me? ”
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The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but
13for blasphemy, because you, being a man,
14make yourself God. ”
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Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in
15your Law,
16‘I said, you are gods’?
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If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be
17broken—