John 10:37-42

37 If I don't do the things my Father does, well and good; don't believe me.
38 But if I am doing them, put aside for a moment what you hear me say about myself and just take the evidence of the actions that are right before your eyes. Then perhaps things will come together for you, and you'll see that not only are we doing the same thing, we are the same - Father and Son. He is in me; I am in him."
39 They tried yet again to arrest him, but he slipped through their fingers.
40 He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and stayed there.
41 A lot of people followed him over. They were saying, "John did no miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true."
42 Many believed in him then and there.
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