John:10:22-42

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* It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem ; * it was winter , and Jesus was walking in the temple , in the portico of Solomon . * So the Jews gathered round him and said to him , "How long will you keep us in suspense ? If you are the Christ , tell us plainly ." * Jesus answered them , "I told you , and you do not believe . The works that I do in my Father 's name , they bear witness to me ; * but you do not believe , because you do not belong to my sheep . * My sheep hear my voice , and I know them , and they follow me ; * and I give them eternal life , and they shall never perish , and no one shall snatch them out of my hand . * My Father , who has given them to me , is greater than all , and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father 's hand . * I and the Father are one ." * The Jews took up stones again to stone him . * Jesus answered them , "I have shown you many good works from the Father ; for which of these do you stone me ?" * The Jews answered him , "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy ; because you , being a man , make yourself God ." * Jesus answered them , "Is it not written in your law , `I said , you are gods '? * If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken ), * do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world , `You are blaspheming ,' because I said , `I am the Son of God '? * If I am not doing the works of my Father , then do not believe me ; * but if I do them , even though you do not believe me , believe the works , that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father ." * Again they tried to arrest him , but he escaped from their hands . * He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized , and there he remained . * And many came to him ; and they said , "John did no sign , but everything that John said about this man was true ." * And many believed in him there .

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