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John 8:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Jewish leaders asked, “Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?”

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and we can't take more abuse from those proud, conceited people.

But I am merely a worm, far less than human, and I am hated and rejected by people everywhere.

Silence those proud liars! Make them stop boasting and insulting your people.

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”

Many of them said, “He has a demon in him! He is mad! Why listen to him?”

The crowd replied, “You're mad! What makes you think someone wants to kill you?”

The Jewish leaders asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks?

The people told Jesus, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon in you!”

Then the people said, “Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die?

So keep your mind on Jesus, who put up with many insults from sinners. Then you won't get discouraged and give up.

That's why we should go outside the camp to Jesus and share in his disgrace.




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