Before Abraham Was, I Am

⁴⁸The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ghave a demon?” ⁴⁹Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but hI honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰Yet iI do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹Truly, truly, jI say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ksee death.” ⁵²The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! lAbraham died, as did the prophets, yet myou say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ntaste death.’ ⁵³oAre you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴Jesus answered, p“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. qIt is my Father who glorifies me, rof whom you say, ‘He is our God.’3 ⁵⁵But syou have not known him. tI know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ua liar vlike you, but I do know him and I keep his word. ⁵⁶wYour father Abraham xrejoiced ythat he would see my day. zHe saw it and was glad.” ⁵⁷So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”4 ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, aI am.” ⁵⁹So bthey picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

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