John 10:18-20

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¹⁸ Nobody takes it from me; I lay it down of my own accord. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my father.”

The Messiah and the father

¹⁹ So there was again a division among the Judaeans because of what Jesus had said.

²⁰ “He’s demon-possessed!” some were saying. “He’s raving mad! Why listen to him?”