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Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would have loved me, because I came from God and am here. For I have not come on my own accord, but he sent me.John 5:43; 7:28-29; 16:27; 1 John 5:1;">[xr]

Why don't you understand my language? It's because you can't listen to my words.John 7:17;">[xr]

But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.

The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you do not listen is because you do not belong to God."John 10:26-27; 1 John 4:6;">[xr]

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.John 3:2; 9:33; 10:19;">[xr]

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews.[fn] For the Jews[fn] had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesushe">[fn] was the Christ[fn] would be thrown out of the synagogue.John 5:34; 7:13; 12:42; 16:2; 19:38; Acts 5:13;">[xr]

When he has driven out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.Isaiah 53:7-8,12; Hebrews 2:9;">[xr]

Once again there was a division among the Jews[fn] because of these words.John 7:43; 9:16;">[xr]

but you do not believe because you do not belong to my sheep.my sheep, just as I told you">[fn]John 8:47; 1 John 4:6;">[xr]

The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good work but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"John 5:18;">[xr]

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?Luke 1:35; John 3:17; 6:27; 8:42;">[xr]

Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.John 9:4;">[xr]

But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."John 12:35;">[xr]

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.John 13:29;">[xr]

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.John 11:43-44;">[xr]

Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it for fear that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.John 7:13; 9:22;">[xr]

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are rightyou speak well">[fn] because that is what I am.Matthew 23:8,10; Luke 6:46; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 12:3; Philippians 2:11;">[xr]