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|Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

|Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

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|Jesus answered, "I am not demon possessed. On the contrary, I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

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|And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

|And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

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|But while I do not pursue my own glory, there is one who pursues it, and He is the judge.

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|Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

|Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

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|Truly, truly, I say to you, If anyone holds firmly to my message, he shall never see death for all eternity."

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|Although "never see death for all eternity" is a little awkward, it more accurately reflects the force of the construction in the Greek, which includes the idiom "into the ages" ("forever") in the sentence, than simply saying "never." Another option might be "never, ever see death."

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|Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

|Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

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|Then the Jews said, "Now we know for sure that you are demon possessed. Abraham and the prophets are all dead, yet you say, If anyone holds firmly to my message, he shall never see death for all eternity.

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|Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

|Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

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|You are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? He and the prophets all died. Just who do you think you are?"

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|Rhetorical question implying a "no" answer. Note that the exchange between Jesus and the Jews is escalating from a discussion of being set free from sin to counter accusations of being Satanic. Jesus tells them their father is not Abraham or God, but the devil. This is a more forceful way of saying what Paul later posited: that the real circumcision, and real Jews, are those who follow Jesus, not those who happen to have Jewish bloodlines. The Jews counter with "you are a demon possessed Samaritan," which is about the worst insult one could give a Jew, as, in addition to the counter charge of demon possession, it carries the implied accusations the Jews made against Samaritans: "your doctrines are false," and "your bloodlines are impure."

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