20. Many of them said, “He has a demon in him! He is mad! Why listen to him?”
21. But others said, “How could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like that could give sight to a blind person!”
22. That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival.
23. One day he was walking in that part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch,
24. and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”
25. Jesus answered:I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am.
26. But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me.
27. My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me,
28. and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand.
29. My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others. No one can snatch them from his hands,
30. and I am one with the Father.
31. Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones in order to kill Jesus.
32. But he said, “I have shown you many good things that my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?”
33. They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”
34. Jesus replied:In your Scriptures doesn't God say, “You are gods”?