20. He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple area. He was near the place where the offerings were put. But no one arrested him. His time had not yet come.
21. Once more Jesus spoke to them. "I am going away," he said. "You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. You can't come where I am going."
22. This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'You can't come where I am going'?"
23. But Jesus said, "You are from below. I am from heaven. You are from this world. I am not from this world.
24. I told you that you would die in your sins. Do you believe that I am the one I claim to be? If you don't, you will certainly die in your sins."
25. "Who are you?" they asked. "Just what I have been claiming all along," Jesus replied.
26. "I have a lot to say that will judge you. But the One who sent me can be trusted. And I tell the world what I have heard from him."
27. They did not understand that Jesus was telling them about his Father.