31. Again the Jews there picked up stones to kill Jesus.
32. But he said to them, “The many wonderful things you have seen me do are from the Father. Which of these good things are you killing me for?”
33. They answered, “We are not killing you for any good thing you did. But you say things that insult God. You are only a man, but you say you are the same as God! That is why we are trying to kill you!”
34. Jesus answered, “It is written in your law that God said, ‘I said you are gods.’
35. This Scripture called those people gods—the people who received God’s message. And Scripture is always true.
36. So why do you accuse me of insulting God for saying, ‘I am God’s Son’? I am the one God chose and sent into the world.
37. If I don’t do what my Father does, then don’t believe what I say.
38. But if I do what my Father does, you should believe in what I do. You might not believe in me, but you should believe in the things I do. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
39. They tried to get Jesus again, but he escaped from them.
40. Then he went back across the Jordan River to the place where John began his work of baptizing people. Jesus stayed there,
41. and many people came to him. They said, “John never did any miraculous signs, but everything John said about this man is true.”
42. And many people there believed in Jesus.