John 10:17-21
English Standard Version
17 (A)For this reason the Father loves me, (B)because (C)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 (D)No one takes it from me, but (E)I lay it down (F)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and (G)I have authority to take it up again. (H)This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 (I)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, (J)“He has a demon, and (K)is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. (L)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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John 10:39-42
English Standard Version
39 (A)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place (B)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but (C)everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And (D)many believed in him there.
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