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Jn 8:48: Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

Jn 8:49: Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

Jn 8:50: And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

Jn 8:51: Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

Jn 8:52: Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

Jn 8:53: Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Jn 8:54: Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

Jn 8:55: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Jn 8:56: Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

Jn 8:57: Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Jn 8:58: Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Jn 8:59: Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.