He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”

The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.”