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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel

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of John, chapters 7 and 8. Chapter 7. After these

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things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for he did not

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want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought

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to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles

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was at hand. His brothers therefore said to him,

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Depart from here and go into Judea, that your

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disciples also may see the works that you are

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doing. For no one does anything in secret while

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he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do

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these things, show yourself to the world. For

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even his brothers did not believe in him. Then

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Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come,

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but your time is always ready. The world cannot

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hate you, but it hates me because I testify of

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it that its works are evil. You go up to this

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feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for

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my time has not yet fully come. When he had said

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these things to them, he remained in Galilee.

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But when his brothers had gone up, then he also

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went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were

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in secret. Then the Jews sought him at the feast

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and said, Where is he? And there was much complaining

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among the people concerning him. Some said he

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is good. Others said, No, on the contrary, he

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deceives the people. However, no one spoke openly

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of him for fear of the Jews. Now about the middle

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of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and

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taught. And the Jews marveled, saying, How does

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this man know letters, having never studied?

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Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is

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not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone wills

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to do his will, he shall know concerning the

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doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I

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speak on my own authority. He also speaks from

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himself, seeks his own glory, but he who speaks

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the glory of the one who sent him is true, and

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no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give

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you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why

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do you seek to kill me? The people answered and

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said, You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill

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you? Do not judge according to appearance, but

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judge with righteous judgment. Now some of them...

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from Jerusalem, said, Is this not he whom they

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seek to kill? But look, he speaks boldly, and

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they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed

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that this is truly the Christ? However, we know

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where this man is from. But when the Christ comes,

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no one knows where he is from. Then Jesus cried

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out as he taught in the temple, saying, You both

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know me, and you know where I am from, and I

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have not come of myself, but he who sent me is

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true, whom you do not know, but I know him, for

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I am from him, and he sent me. Therefore they

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sought to take him, but no one laid a hand on

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him, because his hour had not yet come. And many

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of the people believed in him, and said, When

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the Christ comes, will he do more signs than

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these which this man has done? The Pharisees

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heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning

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him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests

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sent officers to take him. Then Jesus said to

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them, I shall be with you a little while longer,

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and then I go to him who sent me. You will seek

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me and not find me, and where I am you cannot

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come. Then the Jews said among themselves, Where

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does he intend to go that we shall not find him?

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Does he intend to go to the dispersion among

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the Greeks and teach the Greeks? What is this

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thing that he said, You will seek me and not

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find me, and where I am you cannot come? On the

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last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus

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stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts,

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let him come to me and drink. He who believes

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in me, as the scripture has said, out of his

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heart will flow rivers of living water. But this

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he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing

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in him would receive. for the holy spirit was

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not yet given because jesus was not yet glorified

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therefore many from the crowd when they heard

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this saying said truly this is the prophet others

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said this is the christ but some said will the

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christ come out of galilee has not the scripture

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said that the christ comes from the seed of david

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and from the town of bethlehem where david was

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so there was a division among the people because

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of him now some of them wanted to take him but

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no one laid hands on him. Then the officers came

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to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said

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to them, Why have you not brought him? The officers

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answered, No man ever spoke like this man. Then

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the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived?

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Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed

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in him? But this crowd that does not know the

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law is accursed. Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus

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by night, being one of them, said to them, Does

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our law judge a man before it hears him and knows

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what he is doing? They answered and said to him,

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Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for

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no prophet has arisen out of Galilee. And everyone

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went to his own house. But Jesus went to the

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Mount of Olives. Now early in the morning he

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came again into the temple, and all the people

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came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

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Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to him

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a woman caught in adultery. And when they had

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set her in the midst, they said to him, Teacher,

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this woman was caught in adultery in the very

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act. Now Moses in the law commanded us that such

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should be stoned. But what do you say? This they

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said, testing him, that they might have something

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of which to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down

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and wrote on the ground with his finger, as though

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he did not hear. So when they continued asking

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him, he raised himself up and said to them, He

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who is without sin among you, let him throw a

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stone at her first. And again he stooped down

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and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard

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it, being convicted by their conscience, went

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out one by one, beginning with the oldest even

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to the last. And Jesus was left alone and the

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woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised

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himself up and saw no one but the woman, he said

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to her, Woman, where are those accusers of yours?

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Has no one condemned you? She said, No one, Lord.

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And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you.

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Go and sin no more. Then Jesus spoke to them

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again, saying, I am the light of the world. He

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who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but

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have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore

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said to him, You bear witness of yourself. Your

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witness is not true. Jesus answered and said

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to them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my

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witness is true, for I know where I came from

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and where I am going. But you do not know where

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I come from and where I am going. You judge according

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to the flesh. I judge no one. And yet, if I do

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judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone,

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but I am with the Father who sent me. It is also

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written in your law that the testimony of two

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men is true. I am one who bears witness of myself.

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and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

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Then they said to him, Where is your father?

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Jesus answered, You know neither me nor my father.

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If you had known me, you would have known my

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father also. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury,

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as he taught in the temple, and no one laid hands

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on him, for his hour had not yet come. Then Jesus

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said to them again, I am going away, and you

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will seek me, and will die in your sin. Where

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I go you cannot come. So the Jews said, Will

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he kill himself? Because he says, Where I go,

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you cannot come. And he said to them, You are

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from beneath, I am from above. You are of this

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world, I am not of this world. Therefore I said

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to you that you will die in your sins. For if

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you do not believe that I am he, you will die

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in your sins. Then they said to him, Who are

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you? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have

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been saying to you from the beginning. I have

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many things to say and to judge concerning you.

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But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the

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world those things which I heard from him. They

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did not understand that he spoke to them of the

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Father. Then Jesus said to them, When you lift

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up the Son of Man, then you will know that I

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am he, and that I do nothing of myself. But as

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my Father taught me, I speak these things. And

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he who sent me is with me. The Father has not

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left me alone. for I always do those things that

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please him. As he spoke these words, many believed

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in him. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed

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in him, If you abide in my word, you are my disciples

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indeed, and you shall know the truth, and the

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truth shall make you free. They answered him,

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We are Abraham's descendants, and have never

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been in bondage to anyone. How can you say you

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will be made free? Jesus answered them, Most

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assuredly I say to you, whoever commits sin is

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a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in

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the house forever, but a son abides forever.

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Therefore, if the son makes you free, you shall

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be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham's

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descendants, but you seek to kill me because

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my word has no place in you. I speak what I have

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seen with my father, and you do what you have

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seen with your father. They answered and said

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to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to

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them, If you were Abraham's children, you would

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do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to

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kill me, a man who has told you the truth which

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I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. You

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do the deeds of your father. Then they said to

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him, We were not born of fornication. We have

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one father, God. Jesus said to them, If God were

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your father, you would love me, for I proceeded

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forth and came from God. nor have I come of myself,

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but he sent me. Why do you not understand my

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speech? Because you are not able to listen to

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my word. You are of your father the devil, and

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the desires of your father you want to do. He

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was a murderer from the beginning, and does not

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stand in the truth, because there is no truth

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in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from

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his own resources, for he is a liar and the father

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of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not

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believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin?

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And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe

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me? He who is of God hears God's words. Therefore

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you do not hear, because you are not of God.

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Then the Jews answered and said to him, Do we

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not say rightly that you are a Samaritan and

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have a demon? Jesus answered, I do not have a

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demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor

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me. And I do not seek my own glory. There is

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one who seeks and judges. Most assuredly I say

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to you, if anyone keeps my word, he shall never

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see death. Then the Jews said to him, Now we

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know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead,

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and the prophets. And you say, if anyone keeps

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my word, he shall never taste death. Are you

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greater than our father Abraham who is dead?

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And the prophets are dead. Who do you make yourself

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out to be? Jesus answered, If I honor myself,

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my honor is nothing. It is my father who honors

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me, of whom you say that he is your God. Yet

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you have not known him, but I know him. And if

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I say I do not know him, I shall be a liar like

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you. But I do know him and keep his word. Your

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father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he

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saw it and was glad. Then the Jews said to him,

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You are not yet fifty years old, and have you

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seen Abraham? Jesus said to them, Most assuredly,

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I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. Then

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they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus

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hid himself and went out of the temple, going

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through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as

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I did, and I look forward to seeing you again

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tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless

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you and have a great day.