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"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you alsodo the things which you heard from 1your father."
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They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is 2our father." Jesussaid to them, "3If you are Abraham'schildren, do the deeds of Abraham.
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"But as it is, 4you are seeking to kill Me, a manwho has 5told you the truth, which I heard from God; thisAbraham did not do.
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"You are doing the deeds of 6your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; 7we haveoneFather: God."
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Jesussaid to them, "IfGod were your Father, 8you would love Me, 9for I proceededforth and havecome from God, for I have 10not evencome on My owninitiative, but 11He sent Me.
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"Why* do you not understand12what I am saying? It is because you cannot*13hear My word.
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"14You are of 15your father the devil, and 16you want to do the desires of your father. 17He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truthbecause18there is notruth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he 19speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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"But because20I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
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"Whichone of you convicts Me of sin? If21I speaktruth, why* do you not believe Me?
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"22He who is of Godhears the words of God; for thisreason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."
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23The Jewsanswered and said to Him, "Do we not sayrightly that You are a 24Samaritan and 25have a demon?"
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Jesusanswered, "I do not 26have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
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"But 27I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, ifanyone28keeps My word he will never*29seedeath."
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30The Jewssaid to Him, "Now we know that You 31have a demon. Abrahamdied, and the prophets also; and You say, 'Ifanyone32keeps My word, he will never*33taste of death.'
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"Surely You 34are not greater than our fatherAbraham, whodied? The prophetsdiedtoo; whom do You makeYourself out to be?"
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Jesusanswered, "35If I glorifyMyself, My glory is nothing; 36it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God ';
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and 37you have not come to know Him, 38but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be 39a liarlike you, 40but I do know Him and 41keep His word.
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"42Your fatherAbraham43rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
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44So the Jewssaid to Him, "You are not yetfiftyyears old, and have You seenAbraham?"
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Jesussaid to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, beforeAbraham was born, 45I am."
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Therefore they 46picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus47hid Himself and went out of the temple.