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Then Jesus cried out in the temple courts, teaching and saying, "You both know me and you know where I am from! And I have not come from myself, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, "Whenever the Christ comes, he will not perform more signs than this man has done, will he?"

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?

And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with his finger on the ground, taking no notice.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.

But even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but the one who sent me is true, and the things which I heard from him, these things I say to the world."

Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will recognize that I am he, and I do nothing from myself, but just as the Father taught me, I say these things.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you.

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me.

But because I am telling the truth, you do not believe me.

Jesus replied, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me!

But I do not seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges!

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

Then they picked up stones in order to throw them at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple courts.