23. But Jesus said, “You people are from here below. But I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don’t belong to this world.
24. So I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, you will die in your sins if you don’t believe that I am he.”
25. They asked, “Then who are you?”Jesus answered, “I am what I have told you from the beginning.
26. I have many things to say about you and to judge you for. But I tell people only the things I have heard from the One who sent me. And he speaks the truth.”
27. The people did not understand that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.
28. So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I am he. You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority. You will know that I say only what the Father has taught me.