So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
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