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What does He mean by saying, 'You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,' and, 'Where I am, you cannot come'?"

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

Again He said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was division among them.

But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself."

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

Then Jesus declared, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind."

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

So He said to them again, "Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

But Jesus responded, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?"

"We are not stoning You for any good work," said the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God."

then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

When Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."