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  "source": "John",
  "pericope": "I am the Light of the World",
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  "verse_start": 12,
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      "v": 12,
      "text": "Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying,"
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      "text": "“I am the light of the world.",
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      "v": 12,
      "text": "He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”",
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      "text": "The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”"
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      "text": "Jesus answered them,"
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      "text": "“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.",
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.",
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.",
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      "v": 17,
      "text": "It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.",
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      "text": "I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”",
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      "text": "They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?”"
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      "text": "Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come."
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      "text": "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,"
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      "text": "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.",
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true."
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      "text": "Jesus answered and said unto them,"
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      "text": "Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.",
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      "text": "Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.",
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      "text": "And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.",
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      "text": "It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.",
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      "v": 18,
      "text": "I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.",
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      "v": 19,
      "text": "Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered,"
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      "v": 19,
      "text": "Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.",
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      "v": 20,
      "text": "These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come."
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      "slug": "judging-others",
      "title": "Judging Others",
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      "source": "Thomas",
      "pericope": "Jesus is the All",
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          "v": 77,
          "text": "Jesus said,"
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          "v": 77,
          "text": "\"I'm the light that's over all. I am the All. The All has come from me and unfolds toward me. Split a log; I'm there. Lift the stone, and you'll find me there.\"",
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