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it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
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So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
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Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me;
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but you do not believe, because you do not belong to 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 eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
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My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
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I and the Father are one."
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The Jews took 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 these do you stone me?"
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The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God."