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Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
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And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?
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Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
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And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.
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And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
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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.