A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda

5 After ^(A)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus ^(B)went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is in Jerusalem ^(C)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, ^[a]Bethesda, having five porches. ³ In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, ^[b]paralyzed, ^[c]waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴ For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. ⁵ Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

⁸ Jesus said to him, ^(D)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” ⁹ And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.

And ^(E)that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰ The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^(F)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

¹¹ He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

¹² Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” ¹³ But the one who was ^(G)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^(H)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

¹⁵ The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶ For this reason the Jews ^(I)persecuted Jesus, ^[d]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, ^(J)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸ Therefore the Jews ^(K)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(L)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(M)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰ For ^(N)the Father loves the Son, and ^(O)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(P)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²² For the Father judges no one, but ^(Q)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(R)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴ “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(S)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(T)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵ Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(U)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For ^(V)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(W)life in Himself, ²⁷ and ^(X)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(Y)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(Z)hear His voice ^29 (AA)and come forth—^(AB)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ^30 (AC)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(AD)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

^31 (AE)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not ^[e]true. ^32 (AF)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. ³³ You have sent to John, ^(AG)and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the burning and ^(AH)shining lamp, and ^(AI)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶ But ^(AJ)I have a greater witness than John’s; for ^(AK)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very ^(AL)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷ And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ^(AM)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, ^(AN)nor seen His form. ³⁸ But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ^39 (AO)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and ^(AP)these are they which testify of Me. ^40 (AQ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

^41 (AR)“I do not receive honor from men. ⁴² But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ^44 (AS)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^(AT)the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(AU)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; ^(AV)for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But if you ^(AW)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Feeding the Five Thousand^(AX)

6 After ^(AY)these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of ^(AZ)Tiberias. ² Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were ^(BA)diseased.^{[f] 3} And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

^4 (BB)Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. ^5 (BC)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to ^(BD)Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” ⁶ But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

⁷ Philip answered Him, ^(BE)“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

⁸ One of His disciples, ^(BF)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ⁹ “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, ^(BG)but what are they among so many?”

¹⁰ Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them ^[g]to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” ¹³ Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴ Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly ^(BH)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Sea^(BI)

¹⁵ Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him ^(BJ)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

^16 (BK)Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ¹⁸ Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. ¹⁹ So when they had rowed about ^[h]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were ^(BL)afraid. ²⁰ But He said to them, ^(BM)“It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹ Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

The Bread from Heaven

²² On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except ^[i]that one ^[j]which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— ²³ however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— ²⁴ when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, ^(BN)seeking Jesus. ²⁵ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ^27 (BO)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but ^(BP)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^(BQ)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

²⁸ Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, ^(BR)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

³⁰ Therefore they said to Him, ^(BS)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? ^31 (BT)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^(BU)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

³² Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but ^(BV)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

^34 (BW)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ And Jesus said to them, ^(BX)“I am the bread of life. ^(BY)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(BZ)thirst. ^36 (CA)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^(CB)do not believe. ^37 (CC)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^(CD)the one who comes to Me I will ^[k]by no means cast out. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, ^(CE)not to do My own will, ^(CF)but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹ This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^(CG)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, ^(CH)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[l]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴² And they said, ^(CI)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said to them, ^[m]“Do not murmur among yourselves. ^44 (CJ)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(CK)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(CL)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(CM)Therefore everyone who ^[n]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (CN)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(CO)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(CP)he who believes ^[o]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (CQ)I am the bread of life. ^49 (CR)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (CS)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(CT)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(CU)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(CV)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(CW)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (CX)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[p]food indeed, and My blood is ^[q]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(CY)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (CZ)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(DA)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

⁵⁹ These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

^60 (DB)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a ^[r]hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples ^[s]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this ^[t]offend you? ^62 (DC)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ^63 (DD)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(DE)flesh profits nothing. The ^(DF)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But ^(DG)there are some of you who do not believe.” For ^(DH)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore ^(DI)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

^66 (DJ)From that time many of His disciples went ^[u]back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(DK)the words of eternal life. ^69 (DL)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the ^[v]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(DM)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, ^(DN)and one of you is a devil?” ⁷¹ He spoke of ^(DO)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would ^(DP)betray Him, being one of the twelve.

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, ^(DQ)because the ^[w]Jews sought to kill Him. ^2 (DR)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. ^3 (DS)His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For ^(DT)even His ^(DU)brothers did not believe in Him.

⁶ Then Jesus said to them, ^(DV)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. ^7 (DW)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me ^(DX)because I testify of it that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to this feast. I am not ^[x]yet going up to this feast, ^(DY)for My time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

The Heavenly Scholar

¹⁰ But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ Then ^(DZ)the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” ¹² And ^(EA)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. ^(EB)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” ¹³ However, no one spoke openly of Him ^(EC)for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ^(ED)taught. ^15 (EE)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

^16 [y]Jesus answered them and said, ^(EF)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^17 (EG)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. ^18 (EH)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who ^(EI)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and ^(EJ)no unrighteousness is in Him. ^19 (EK)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? ^(EL)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

²⁰ The people answered and said, ^(EM)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

²¹ Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. ^22 (EN)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, ^(EO)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because ^(EP)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? ^24 (EQ)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Could This Be the Christ?

²⁵ Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to ^(ER)kill? ²⁶ But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. ^(ES)Do the rulers know indeed that this is ^[z]truly the Christ? ^27 (ET)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ^(EU)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^(EV)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^(EW)is true, ^(EX)whom you do not know. ^29 [aa]But ^(EY)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

³⁰ Therefore ^(EZ)they sought to take Him; but ^(FA)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ And ^(FB)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. ³³ Then Jesus said ^[ab]to them, ^(FC)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I ^(FD)go to Him who sent Me. ³⁴ You ^(FE)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^(FF)cannot come.”

³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^(FG)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

^37 (FH)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^(FI)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. ^38 (FJ)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ^(FK)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” ^39 (FL)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those ^[ac]believing in Him would receive; for the ^[ad]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(FM)glorified.

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[ae]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(FN)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(FO)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? ^42 (FP)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, ^(FQ)where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(FR)there was a division among the people because of Him. ⁴⁴ Now ^(FS)some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Rejected by the Authorities

⁴⁵ Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”

⁴⁶ The officers answered, ^(FT)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus ^(FU)(he who came to ^[af]Jesus ^[ag]by night, being one of them) said to them, ^51 (FV)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

⁵² They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for ^(FW)no prophet ^[ah]has arisen out of Galilee.”

An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World

^53 [ai]And everyone went to his own house.

Jesus the Light of the World

8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

² Now ^[aj]early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and ^(FX)taught them. ³ Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, ⁴ they said to Him, “Teacher, ^[ak]this woman was caught in ^(FY)adultery, in the very act. ^5 (FZ)Now ^[al]Moses, in the law, commanded us ^[am]that such should be stoned. But what do You ^[an]say?” ⁶ This they said, testing Him, that they ^(GA)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, ^[ao]as though He did not hear.

⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He ^[ap]raised Himself up and said to them, ^(GB)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ Then those who heard it, ^(GC)being^[aq] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ When Jesus had raised Himself up ^[ar]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers ^[as]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, ^(GD)“Neither do I condemn you; go ^[at]and ^(GE)sin no more.”

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ^(GF)“I am the light of the world. He who ^(GG)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Jesus Defends His Self-Witness

¹³ The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ^(GH)“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not ^[au]true.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but ^(GI)you do not know where I come from and where I am going. ^15 (GJ)You judge according to the flesh; ^(GK)I judge no one. ¹⁶ And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for ^(GL)I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. ^17 (GM)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸ I am One who bears witness of Myself, and ^(GN)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹ Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, ^(GO)“You know neither Me nor My Father. ^(GP)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

²⁰ These words Jesus spoke in ^(GQ)the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and ^(GR)no one laid hands on Him, for ^(GS)His hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and ^(GT)you will seek Me, and ^(GU)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

²² So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”

²³ And He said to them, ^(GV)“You are from beneath; I am from above. ^(GW)You are of this world; I am not of this world. ^24 (GX)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; ^(GY)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I ^(GZ)have been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but ^(HA)He who sent Me is true; and ^(HB)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

²⁷ They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸ Then Jesus said to them, “When you ^(HC)lift^[av] up the Son of Man, ^(HD)then you will know that I am He, and ^(HE)that I do nothing of Myself; but ^(HF)as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. ²⁹ And ^(HG)He who sent Me is with Me. ^(HH)The Father has not left Me alone, ^(HI)for I always do those things that please Him.” ³⁰ As He spoke these words, ^(HJ)many believed in Him.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

³¹ Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you ^(HK)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. ³² And you shall know the ^(HL)truth, and ^(HM)the truth shall make you free.”

³³ They answered Him, ^(HN)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(HO)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. ³⁵ And ^(HP)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. ^36 (HQ)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s

³⁷ “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but ^(HR)you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. ^38 (HS)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have ^[aw]seen with your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, ^(HT)“Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, ^(HU)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. ^40 (HV)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth ^(HW)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹ You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^(HX)we have one Father—God.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(HY)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for ^(HZ)I proceeded forth and came from God; ^(IA)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. ^43 (IB)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. ^44 (IC)You are of your father the devil, and the ^(ID)desires of your father you want to ^(IE)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(IF)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47 (IG)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I AM

⁴⁸ Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and ^(IH)have a demon?”

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and ^(II)you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ And ^(IJ)I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. ⁵¹ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(IK)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

⁵² Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(IL)have a demon! ^(IM)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ ⁵³ Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. ^(IN)Who do You make Yourself out to be?”

⁵⁴ Jesus answered, ^(IO)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. ^(IP)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is ^[ax]your God. ⁵⁵ Yet ^(IQ)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and ^(IR)keep His word. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham ^(IS)rejoiced to see My day, ^(IT)and he saw it and was glad.”

⁵⁷ Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(IU)before Abraham was, ^(IV)I AM.”

⁵⁹ Then ^(IW)they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, ^(IX)going^[ay] through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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