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But I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

When Jesus said this, they tried to seize him. But no one was able to touch him, because it was not yet the right time.

But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he do more miracles than this man has done?"

You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am."

What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and ‘You cannot come where I am' ?"

Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one was able to touch him.

But these people, who know nothing about the law, are under God's curse."

But early in the morning he went back to the Temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat and taught them.

They were asking this to trick Jesus so that they could have some charge against him. But Jesus bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

She answered, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "I also don't judge you guilty. You may go now, but don't sin anymore." ]

Later, Jesus talked to the people again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The person who follows me will never live in darkness but will have the light that gives life."

Jesus answered, "Yes, I am saying these things about myself, but they are true. I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I came from or where I am going.

But when I do judge, I judge truthfully, because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple, near where the money is kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going."

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

I have many things to say and decide about you. But I tell people only the things I have heard from the One who sent me, and he speaks the truth."

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that I am he. You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority but that I say only what the Father has taught me.

A slave does not stay with a family forever, but a son belongs to the family forever.