Jesus replied,
“If I glorify myself,
my glory means nothing.
My Father, whom you claim as your God,
is the one who glorifies me.
Though you do not know him, I know him.
If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you,
but I do know him and keep his word.
Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day,
he saw it and was glad.”
“You are not yet fifty years old,”
the Jews said to him,
“and you have seen Abraham!”
“I tell you the truth,”
Jesus answered,
“before Abraham was born, I am!”
