Eternally His!

^[22] Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, ^[23] and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. ^[24] The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” ^[25] Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, ^[26] but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. ^[27] My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. ^[28] I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. ^[29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. ^[30] I and the Father are one.” ^[31] Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, ^[32] but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” ^[33] “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” ^[34] Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”‘? ^[35] If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came-and Scripture cannot be set aside- ^[36] what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? ^[37] Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. ^[38] But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” ^[39] Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. ^[40] Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, ^[41] and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.” ^[42] And in that place many believed in Jesus.

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