I and the Father Are One
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Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
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And Jesus walked in the temple, t in Solomon's porch.
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Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
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Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. u The works that I do in My Father's name, they v bear witness of Me.
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"But w you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
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x "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
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"And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
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y "My Father, z who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.
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a "I and My Father are one."
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Then b the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
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Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"
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The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for c blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, d make Yourself God."
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Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, e 'I said, "You are gods" '?
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"If He called them gods, f to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture g cannot be broken),
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"do you say of Him h whom the Father sanctified and i sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' j because I said, 'I am k the Son of God'?
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l "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
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"but if I do, though you do not believe Me, m believe the works, that you may know and believe n that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."
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o Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place p where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.
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Then many came to Him and said, "John performed no sign, q but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true."
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And many believed in Him there.
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Acts 3:11
Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed.
Acts 5:12
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch.
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John 5:36
But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish - the very works that I do - bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 10:38
"but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."
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Matthew 11:4
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
John 2:11
This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
John 20:30
And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
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John 8:47
"He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
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John 10:4
And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
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John 14:28
You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
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John 17:2
As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
John 17:6
I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
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John 17:11
Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
John 17:21 - 24
That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
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John 8:59
Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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Matthew 9:3
And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!
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John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
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Psalms 82:6
I said, "You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.
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Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Matthew 5:18
For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
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1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
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John 6:27
"Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."
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John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
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Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said to her, " The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
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John 10:25
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.
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John 5:36
But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish - the very works that I do - bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
John 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
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John 7:30
Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:44
Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
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John 1:28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!
John 3:28 - 36
"You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
John 5:33
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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