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When Jesus said this, the people tried to grab him. But no one was able even to touch him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, "We are waiting for the Messiah to come. When he comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"

You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am."

He says, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me.' He also says, ‘You cannot come where I am.' What does this mean?"

Jesus was talking about the Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Some of the people wanted to arrest him. But no one tried to do it.

But those people out there know nothing about the law. They are under God's curse!"

But Nicodemus was there in that group. He was the one who had gone to see Jesus before. He said,

They were saying this to trick Jesus. They wanted to catch him saying something wrong so that they could have a charge against him. But Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.

She answered, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "I don't judge you either. You can go now, but don't sin again."

But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "When you talk about yourself, you are the only one to say that these things are true. So we cannot accept what you say."

Jesus answered, "Yes, I am saying these things about myself. But people can believe what I say, because I know where I came from. And I know where I am going. But you don't know where I came from or where I am going.

But if I judge, my judging is true, because when I judge I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.

The people asked, "Where is your father?" Jesus answered, "You don't know me or my Father. But if you knew me, you would know my Father too."

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple area, near the room where the Temple offerings were kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

But Jesus said to them, "You people are from here below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't belong to this world.

I have much more I could say to judge you. But I tell people only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he speaks the truth."

A slave does not stay with a family forever. But a son belongs to the family forever.

I know you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because you don't want to accept my teaching.