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Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."

Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

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

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."

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

The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."

I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."

The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"