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Jesus answered, "You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't.

That is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, you will die, and your sins will not be forgiven."

"Who are you?" they asked Jesus. Jesus answered, "I am exactly who I told you at the beginning.

Jesus went on to say, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, you will know who I am. You will also know that I don't do anything on my own. I say only what my Father taught me.

I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.

Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?

Can any of you accuse me of sin? If you cannot, why won't you have faith in me? After all, I am telling you the truth.

Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am."

While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."

Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, "I am that man."

Jesus told him, "I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see."

Jesus said: I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep.

I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me.

Jesus answered: I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am.

and I am one with the Father.

So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world.

But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.

Then he told them, "Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up."