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“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
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It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
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No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
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Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
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He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”
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But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
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I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
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Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
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They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.
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So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.
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I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”
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“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.
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You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
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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; God sent me.
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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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“I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
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Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
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Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.
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Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”
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just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.
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No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
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Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me,
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My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
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I and the Father are one.”