¹⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,”^(A) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”^(B)

²¹ They will treat you this way because of my name,^(A) for they do not know the one who sent me.^(B)

²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,^(A) yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets^(B) that are read every Sabbath.

² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.