⁴⁹“I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰I do not seek my own glory;^z there is one who seeks it and judges. ⁵¹Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word,^aa he will never see death.”

⁵²Then the Jews said, “Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ ⁵³Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?”

⁵⁴“If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father—about whom you say, ‘He is our God’—he is the one who glorifies me. ⁵⁵You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him,^ab I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,^ac and I keep his word. ⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it^ad and was glad.”

⁵⁷The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?”^C

⁵⁸Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”^ae

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Footnotes

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Cross references

x Lk 9:52; Ac 1:8
y Jn 7:20; 10:20; Rv 9:20; 18:2
z Jn 17:24; Php 3:19; 1Pt 5:4
aa Jn 8:52,55; 14:23–24; 15:20; 17:6; 18:32; 1Jn 2:5; Rv 1:3; 3:8,10; 22:7,9
ab Jn 7:28
ac Mt 11:27
ad Lk 10:24; Heb 11:13–19
ae Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 1:15; 8:24; 17:5; Col 1:17