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And they were saying, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

"It is written in the Prophets: 'AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

"Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

"But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him.

"And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

So they were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has done, will He?"

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"

They answered and said to him, "You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

Now they were saying this to test Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

When they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard.

And straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free'?"

They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

And they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."

So they said again to the man who was blind, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

The Jews then did not believe it about him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

and they questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"