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Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

"But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

"But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.

Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.

Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one."

Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from."

"We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

"But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."