At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, "So you know me and know where I've come from? I haven't come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he's the one you don't know.

Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me.

because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.

They'll do this because they haven't known the Father or me.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"