John 8:28-31

²⁸Then Jesus said to them: “When you lift up the Son of the Man, then you will know that I am and that I do nothing from myself; but just as my Father has taught me, these things I speak.

²⁹And the One who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do the things that please Him.”

³⁰While He was saying these things many believed into Him.

³¹So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him: “If you abide in my word, you really are my disciples;