Jesus answered, "I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The deeds I do by my Father's authority speak on my behalf;
(Joh 10:25 GNB)
but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep.
(Joh 10:26 GNB)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
(Joh 10:27 GNB)
I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.
(Joh 10:28 GNB)
What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.
(Joh 10:29 GNB)
The Father and I are one."
(Joh 10:30 GNB)
Then the people again picked up stones to throw at him.
(Joh 10:31 GNB)
Jesus said to them, "I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?"
(Joh 10:32 GNB)
They answered, "We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!"
(Joh 10:33 GNB)
Jesus answered, "It is written in your own Law that God said, 'You are gods.'
(Joh 10:34 GNB)
We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given.
(Joh 10:35 GNB)
As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?
(Joh 10:36 GNB)
Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do.
(Joh 10:37 GNB)
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