20. And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind! Why do you listen to him?”
21. Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is possessed by a demon! A demon is not able to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”
22. Then the feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23. and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.
24. So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!”
25. Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe! The deeds that I do in the name of my Father, these testify about me.
26. But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!
27. My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28. And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish forever, and no one will seize them out of my hand.