17. “Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, in order to receive it again.
18. “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This command I have received from My Father.”
19. Again there came a division among the Yehuḏim because of these words,
20. and many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad, why do you listen to Him?”
21. Others said, “These are not the words of one possessed by a demon. Is a demon able to open the eyes of the blind?”
22. At that time the Ḥanukkah came to be in Yerushalayim, and it was winter.
23. And יהושע was walking in the Set-apart Place, in the porch of Shelomoh.
24. So the Yehuḏim surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, say to us plainly.”
25. יהושע answered them, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s Name, they bear witness concerning Me.
26. “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
27. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28. “And I give them everlasting life, and they shall by no means ever perish, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.
29. “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30. “I and My Father are one.”
31. Again the Yehuḏim picked up stones to stone Him.
32. יהושע answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. Because of which of these works do you stone Me?”