⁷ Then after this he said to the disciples, ^(A)“Let us go to Judea again.” ⁸ The disciples said to him, ^(B)“Rabbi, ^(C)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”

^53 (A)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, ^(B)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ^(C)It is my Father who glorifies me, ^(D)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’^{[a] 55} But ^(E)you have not known him. ^(F)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ^(G)a liar ^(H)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. ^56 (I)Your father Abraham ^(J)rejoiced ^(K)that he would see my day. ^(L)He saw it and was glad.” ⁵⁷ So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”^{[b] 58} Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ^(M)I am.” ⁵⁹ So ^(N)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

I and the Father Are One

²² At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(A)in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(B)the Christ, ^(C)tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(D)The works that I do ^(E)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶ but ^(F)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ^27 (G)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ^28 (H)I give them eternal life, and ^(I)they will never perish, and ^(J)no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, ^(K)who has given them to me,^{[a] (L)}is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^(M)the Father's hand. ^30 (N)I and the Father are one.”

^31 (O)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.