I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father – and yet you dishonor me.

I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me –

This is why the Father loves me – because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

So when Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.

Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you