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For sure, I tell you, if anyone keeps My Word, that one will never die."

Jesus said to them, "For sure, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I was and am and always will be!"

They spoke again to the blind man, saying, "What do you say about Him since He opened your eyes?" He answered, "He is One Who speaks for God."

"For sure, I tell you, the man who goes into the sheep-pen some other way than through the door is one who steals and robs.

The one who watches the door opens it for him. The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.

Again Jesus said to them, "For sure, I tell you, I am the Door of the sheep.

"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

I know My Father as My Father knows Me. I give My life for the sheep.

"For this reason My Father loves Me. It is because I give My life that I might take it back again.

It was time for the religious gathering of remembering how the house of God was opened in Jerusalem.

Jesus said to them, "Many good things have I shown you from My Father. For which of these things are you going to throw stones at Me?"

They said, "We are not going to throw stones at You for any good work. It is because of the way You talk against God. It is because You make Yourself to be God when You are only a man."

But God has set Me apart for Himself. He sent Me into the world. Then how can you say that I am speaking against God because I said, ‘I am the Son of God'?

After Martha said this, she went and called her sister Mary. She said without anyone else hearing, "The Teacher is here and has sent for you."

They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank You for hearing Me.

I know You always hear Me. But I have said this for the people standing here, so they may believe You have sent Me."

Do you not see it is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?"

Caiaphas did not think of these words himself. He spoke what God had said would happen. He was telling before it happened that Jesus must die for the nation.

He must die not only for the nation, but also to bring together into one group the children of God who were living in many places.

For this reason Jesus did not walk out in the open among the Jews. He went to a town called Ephraim. It was near a desert. He stayed there with His followers.