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Why therefore do you not understand my word? Because you cannot obey my word?

You are from the father of accusation, and you want to do the lusts of your father, he who is a murderer of men from the very beginning and who never stands by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks he speaks his own lie, because he is a liar, and the father of it.

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

Which one of you can rebuke me because of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?

He who is of God, hears God''s words; for this reason you do not hear, because you are not of God.

Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not observe the sabbath; others said, How can a man who is a sinner do these miracles? And there was a division among them.

His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had decided already, that if any man should confess that he is the Christ, they would put him out of the synagogue.

Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see; because of this your sin remains.

And when he has brought out his sheep, he goes before them; and his own sheep * follow him, because they know his voice.

The sheep do not follow a stranger, but they run away from him; because they do not know the voice of a stranger.

The hired person runs away, because he is hired, and he does not care for the sheep.

This is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.

There was again a division among the Jews because of these sayings.

But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, just as I told you.

The Jews said to him, It is not because of the good works we stone you, but because you blaspheme; for while you are only a man, you make yourself God.

If he called them gods, because the word of God was with them, and the scripture cannot be broken;

Yet to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent to the world, you say, You blaspheme, just because I said to you, I am the Son of God.

Jesus said to them, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks by day time, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if a man travels at night time, he will stumble, because there is no light in it.

As Jesus was disturbed in himself because of them, he came to the tomb. That tomb was a cave, and a stone was placed at the entrance.