Jesus replied, “If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

Jesus replied, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.