John 10:31-36

Contemporary English Version

³¹ Once again the people picked up stones in order to kill Jesus. ³² But he said, “I have shown you many good things my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?”

³³ They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”

^34 (A) Jesus replied:

In your Scriptures doesn't God say, “You are gods”? ³⁵ You can't argue with the Scriptures, and God spoke to those people and called them gods. ³⁶ So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world.