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Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."

Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."

And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

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

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.

But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."

(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

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

Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.