Before Abraham Was, I Am
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The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and 1have a demon?"
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Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but 2I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
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Yet 3I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
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The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! 6Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet 7you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never 8taste death.'
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9Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"
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Jesus answered, 10"If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. 11It is my Father who glorifies me, 12of whom you say, 'He is our God.'a
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But 13you have not known him. 14I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be 15a liar 16like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
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So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"b
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Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, 21I am."
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So 22they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
João 8:48
Responderam-lhe os judeus: Não dizemos com razão que és samaritano, e que tens demônio?
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)