John 8:39-59 - The Priority Of Jesus Over Abraham
39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.
42 Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his 45 And I, because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
48 Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
49 Jesus answered, I have no demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. 50 But I seek not my own glory. He is who seeks and judges. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if any man keeps my word, he will, no, not see death, into the age.
52 The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets, and thou say, If any man keeps my word, he will, no, not taste of death, into the age. 53 Are thou greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do thou make thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is he who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God. 55 And ye do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he could see my day, and he saw it, and was glad.
57 The Jews therefore said to him, Thou have not yet fifty years, and thou have seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.
59 Therefore they took up stones so that they might throw at him, but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, having passed through the midst of them, and thus passed on.