51. I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die.”
52. They said to him, “Now we are certain that you have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever obeys your teaching will never die.
53. Our father Abraham died; you do not claim to be greater than Abraham, do you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?”
54. Jesus answered, “If I were to honour myself, that honour would be worth nothing. The one who honours me is my Father — the very one you say is your God.
55. You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.
56. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad.”
57. They said to him, “You are not even fifty years old — and you have seen Abraham?”
58. “I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.”