John 8:20-31

²⁰Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. No one took him, because his hour had not yet come.

²¹Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins. Where I go, you can`t come." <sup>22</sup>The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, `Where I am going, you can`t come?`" ²³He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. ²⁴I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins." ²⁵They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world." ²⁷They didn`t perceive that he spoke to them about the Father. <sup>28</sup>Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then will you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things. <sup>29</sup>He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn`t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him." ³⁰As he spoke these things, many believed in him.

³¹Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.