Study Desk

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. "I am the light of the world," he said. "Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness."

"No," Jesus answered, "even though I do testify on my own behalf, what I say is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You do not know where I came from or where I am going.

But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me.

Again Jesus said to them, "I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going."

Jesus answered, "You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world.

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. And you will die in your sins if you do not believe that ‘I Am Who I Am'."

So he said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that ‘I Am Who I Am'; then you will know that I do nothing on my own authority, but I say only what the Father has instructed me to say.

Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

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

Which one of you can prove that I am guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, then why do you not believe me?

I am not seeking honor for myself. But there is one who is seeking it and who judges in my favor.

I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die."

"I am telling you the truth," Jesus replied. "Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am'."

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

Some said, "He is the one," but others said, "No he isn't; he just looks like him." So the man himself said, "I am the man."

Jesus said, "I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

So Jesus said again, "I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep.

I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

"I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them.