Before Abraham Was, I Am
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Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and k have a demon?"
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Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and l you dishonor Me.
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"And m I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges.
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"Most assuredly, I say to you, n if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death."
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Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You o have a demon! p Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.'
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"Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. q Who do You make Yourself out to be?"
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Jesus answered, r "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. s It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
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"Yet t you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and u keep His word.
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"Your father Abraham v rejoiced to see My day, w and he saw it and was glad."
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Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"
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Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, x before Abraham was, y I AM."
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Then z they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, a going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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John 7:20
The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?
John 10:20
And many of them said, "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?
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John 5:41
I do not receive honor from men.
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John 5:41
I do not receive honor from men.
John 7:18
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
Philippians 2:6 - 8
Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God.
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John 5:24
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 11:26
"And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
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John 7:20
The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?
John 10:20
And many of them said, "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?
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Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.
John 19:7
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.
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John 5:31
If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
John 5:32
There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
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John 5:41
I do not receive honor from men.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
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John 7:28
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
John 7:29
"But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."
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John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
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Luke 10:24
"for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it."
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Matthew 13:17
For assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Micah 5:2
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."
John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Hebrews 7:3
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
Revelation 22:13
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."
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Exodus 3:14
And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He ...
Isaiah 43:13
Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there i...
John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify Me together with You...
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom You gave M...
Colossians 1:17
And He is before all things, and in Him all thi...
Revelation 1:8
" I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning a...
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John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
John 11:8
The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?
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Luke 4:30
Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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