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Jesus replied: Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going.

You judge in the same way that everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone.

Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.

Jesus also told them, "I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven."

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

There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him."

But you are doing exactly what your father does." "Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!" they said. "We just have one father, and he is God."

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don't belong to God.

I don't want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges.

even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says.

The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.

"No, it wasn't!" Jesus answered. "But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him.

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."

But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents

But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself."

The man replied, "I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!"

We are sure that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from."

Jesus answered, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty."

But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd's voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out.