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The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.

You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come."

However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.

Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, "Where is that man?"

Others replied, "No, he deceives the people." But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?

Jesus said, "I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me.

You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come."

What did he mean when he said, 'You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and 'Where I am, you cannot come'?"

They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me."

Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come."

The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him."

I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.