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And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, master, when did you arrive here?

is not this, said they, Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how comes he then to say, I came down from heaven?

it is written in the prophets, "they shall be all taught of God." every man therefore that hath heard the father, and been instructed by him, cometh unto me.

your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and there they died.

but there are some of you who do not believe. (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who should betray him.)

(the Pharisees being inform'd what the people rumour'd concerning him, they and the chief priests sent their officers to seize him.)

when the officers return'd to the chief priests and Pharisees, they asked them, why have ye not brought him?

they answered him, are you also of Galilee? search the scriptures, and you will not find that a prophet did ever arise out of Galilee.

then the Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman surprized in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle of the assembly,

they said this only to ensnare him, that they might have some accusation against him. but Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

and as they pressed him to answer, he rais'd himself, and said to them, he that is without sin among you, let him be the first that throws a stone at her.

but they who heard that, being convicted by their own conscience, they all went old and young one after another, so that Jesus was left alone with the woman, who still kept her place.

then said they to him, what art thou? and Jesus answered them, I am what I just now told you.

they answered him, we are Abraham's offspring, and were never slaves to any man: why then do you say, "ye shall be made free?"

then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus was conceal'd by the crowd which he pass'd thro', and so got out of the temple.

the neighbours therefore, and they who before had seen him begging, said, is not this he that used to sit begging?

but the Jews were so incredulous about his having been blind, and obtain'd sight, that they sent for his parents,

They therefore again call'd the man that had been blind, and said to him, in the name of God tell the truth: for we know that this man is an impostor.

then they reviled him, and said, thou art his disciple; but we are Moses disciples.

they answered, you were a vicious fellow from your very birth, and do you pretend to preach to us? and then they excommunicated him.