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Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
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Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God:
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Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
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Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw [it], and was glad.
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Then said the Jews to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
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Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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Then they took up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.