52. 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?
53. Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54. Jesus replied, “If I honoured myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honours me. You claim that he is your God,
55. even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says.
56. Your father Abraham was really glad to see me.”
57. “You are not even fifty years old!” they said. “How could you have seen Abraham?”