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8:20-59 He spoke these words (re his relationship to the
Father) in the treasury while teaching in the temple and nobody arrested him because his hour had not yet come. He therefore repeated to them
"I go and you will look for me.
You will die in your sin.
Where I go you cannot come." The Jews therefore said "Will
he kill himself because he says "Where I go you cannot
come." He said to
them. "You are of the
things below. I am of the
things above. You are of this
world. I am not of this
world. I therefore said to you
that you will die in your sins.
For, if you do not believe who I am you will die in your sins." They therefore said to him "Who
are you?" Jesus said to
them "Why do I talk to you at all? I have much to say about you and
much to judge. But the one who
has sent me is true. I heard
from himself these things that I speak about in the world." They did not know that he spoke of
the Father to them. Jesus
therefore said "When you lift up the Son of man then you will know
that I am. From myself I do
nothing. But I speak thee
things as taught to me by the Father.
The one who sent me is with me. He did not leave me alone because I
always do what is pleasing to him."
As he said these things many believed in him. Jesus therefore said to the Jews who
believed in him. "If you
continue in my word you are truly my disciples. You will know the truth and the
truth will set you free."
They (those who believe and yet are critics?) answered him "We are the seed of Abraham and
no one has ever enslaved us.
How is that you say that you will become free?" Jesus answered them "Truly
truly I tell you that everyone committing sin is a slave of sin. But the slave does not remain in the
house until the end time. It is
the son who remains until the end time. If therefore you are freed by the
Son then you will indeed be free.
I know that you are the descendants of Abraham. But you seek to kill me because my
word finds no room in you. What
I have seen with the Father I speak about. And as for you, you do what you have
heard from your father. They
answered and said to him "Our father is Abraham." Jesus says to them "If you are
children of Abraham you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me. A man who has the truth has spoken
to you. This (is truth) which I
heard from God. Abraham did not
hear this. You do the works of your father." They said to him "We
were not born of fornication.
We have one father that is God." Jesus said to them. "If God was your father you
would have loved me, for I have come forth from God. I have not come from myself but from
the one who sent me. Why do you not understand my speech. It is because you cannot Continued
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12: 20-23 Now there were some Greeks who were going up (to Jerusalem) in order to worship at the
feast. These therefore
approached Philip. This is the one
who was from Bethsaida of Galilee.
They asked him saying "Sir we want to see Jesus." Philip comes and tells Andrew
then Andrew and Phillip come and tell Jesus (who was teaching in the temple). Jesus answers them saying "The
hour has come that the Son of man is to be glorified. Truly, truly
I say to you unless the grain of wheat falling in to the ground dies, it
remains on its own. But if it
dies it bears much fruit. The
one who loves his life loses it.
The one who hates his life in this world keeps it into eternal
life. 26-36 "If anyone serves me then let him
follow (me). Where I am, there
also my servant will be.
If anyone serves me the Father will honor him. Now my soul has been troubled and
what may I say? Father save me
from this hour. But it is
because of this hour that I came.
Father glorify your name.
A voice therefore came out of
heaven
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