I know that you are Abraham's seed; but you seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you.

I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; so then, you also do the things which you have heard from your father.

They answered and said to Him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

But now you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.

You do the works of your father. They then said to Him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.

Jesus said to them, If God were your Father you would love Me; for I came forth out from God and have come from Him; for I have not come of Myself, but He  ¹sent Me.

Why do you not understand My speaking? It is because you cannot hear My word.

You are of your  ¹father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks it out of his own  ²possessions; for he is a liar and the  ³father of it.

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

Which of you convicts Me of sin? Since I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

He who is of God hears the  ¹words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.

The Jews answered and said to Him, Have we not spoken well in saying that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?

Jesus answered, I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks glory for Me and judges.

Truly, truly, I say to you, If anyone keeps My word, he shall by no means see  ¹death forever.

The Jews therefore said to Him, Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets too; yet You say, If anyone keeps My word, he shall by no means taste death forever.

Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too. Who are You making Yourself?

Jesus answered, If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is your God.

Yet you have not  ¹known Him, but I  ¹know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be like you, a liar; but I do know Him and I keep His word.

Your father Abraham exulted that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.

The Jews then said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came into being,  ¹I am.

So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.

And when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is that you, the troubler of Israel?

And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah and have gone after the Baals.

And now send word, and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, as well as the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.

So Ahab sent word to all the children of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel.

Then Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go hopping between two opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal is, follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

And Elijah said to the people, I alone am left as a prophet of Jehovah, but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Let them therefore give us two bulls. And let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and put it on the wood, but let them apply no fire; and I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood, and I will apply no fire.

Then call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the God who answers by fire, He will be God. And all the people answered and said, The word seems good.

And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first, for there are many of you. And call on the name of your god, but apply no fire.

So they took the bull which had been given them and prepared it; and they called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they leaped around the altar that had been made.

Then at noon Elijah mocked them and said, Cry out with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating or has wandered off or is on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and will awake.

And they cried out with a loud voice and cut themselves, according to their custom, with swords and spears until blood gushed out all over them.

And when noon had passed, they prophesied until the time of the offering up of the meal offering; but there was no voice nor any that answered nor any attention paid.

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah which was broken down.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob (to whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be your name);

And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and he made a trench around the altar, with a capacity of two measures of seed.

And he arranged the wood and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour the water on the burnt offering and on the wood.

And he said, Do it a second time. And they did it a second time. And he said, Do it a third time. And they did it a third time.

And the water went around the altar, and he filled the trench also with water.

Then at the time of the offering up of the meal offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things by Your word.

Answer me, O Jehovah; answer me, that this people may know that You, O Jehovah, are God and that You have turned their heart back again.

And the fire of Jehovah fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah — He is God! Jehovah — He is God!

And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.

Then Elijah said to Ahab, Go up; eat and drink, for there is the sound of an abundance of rain.

And Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he bowed down on the earth and put his face between his knees.

And he said to his attendant, Go up now; look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, There is nothing. And he said seven times, Go back.

And at the seventh time the attendant said, Now there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, coming up out of the sea. And Elijah said, Go up and say to Ahab, Prepare a chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.

And in the meantime the heavens became black with clouds, and there was wind and a great rain. And Ahab mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel.

And the  ¹hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and all about how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, The gods do so to me and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them!

And because he was afraid, he rose up and went away for his life; and he came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his attendant there.

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a certain broom shrub; and he requested for himself that he might die and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

And he lay down and slept under the broom shrub. And suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, Rise up and eat.

And he looked, and there at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time and touched him and said, Rise up and eat; for the journey is too great for you.

And he rose up and ate and drank, and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

And there he went into a cave and lodged there.

And at that time the word of Jehovah came to him; and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.

And He said, Go out, and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah. And suddenly Jehovah passed by, and a great, strong wind rent the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before Jehovah — Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake — Jehovah was not in the earthquake.

And after the earthquake, a fire — Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire,  ¹a gentle, quiet voice.

And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And then a voice came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.

And Jehovah said to him, Go; return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you come there, anoint Hazael as king over Syria;

And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

And him who escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and him who escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

Yet I have left Myself  ¹seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.

And he went from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat. And he was plowing with twelve yokes before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah went over to him and threw his mantle upon him.

And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

And he returned from him and took the yoke of oxen and slaughtered them; and he boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. And he rose up and went after Elijah and ministered to him.