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`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
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no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'
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Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
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and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'
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others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
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And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
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and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
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the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'
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Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;
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but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
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according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,