20. Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him? ”
21. Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? ”
22. Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23. Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24. Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25. “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.
26. But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep.
27. My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.
28. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish — ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.