“ If you are the Messiah,” they said,“ tell us.” Jesus answered,“ If I tell you, you will not believe me.

说：“你若是基督，就告诉我们。”耶稣说：“我若告诉你们，你们也不信；

说：“如果你是基督，就告诉我们。”耶稣对他们说：“我若告诉你们，你们也不信；

说：“如果你是基督，就告诉我们。”耶稣对他们说：“我若告诉你们，你们也不信；

对祂说：“如果你是基督，就告诉我们。”耶稣说：“即使我告诉你们，你们也不会相信。

“你若是基督，就告诉我们吧。”耶稣说：“就算我告诉你们，你们也决不相信。

说：“你如果是基督，就告诉我们吧。”耶稣对他们说：“就算我告诉你们，你们也绝不会相信；

說：「你若是基督，就告訴我們。」耶穌說：「我若告訴你們，你們也不信；

說：「如果你是基督，就告訴我們。」耶穌對他們說：「我若告訴你們，你們也不信；

說：「如果你是基督，就告訴我們。」耶穌對他們說：「我若告訴你們，你們也不信；

對祂說：「如果你是基督，就告訴我們。」耶穌說：「即使我告訴你們，你們也不會相信。

“你若是基督，就告訴我們吧。”耶穌說：“就算我告訴你們，你們也決不相信。

『你、若是上帝所膏立者基督，請告訴我們。』耶穌對他們說：『我若告訴你們，你們也決不信；

說：「你如果是基督，就告訴我們吧。」耶穌對他們說：「就算我告訴你們，你們也絕不會相信；

曰、爾若基督、其告我、曰、我若告爾、爾必不信、

曰、爾誠基督、明以告我、曰我告爾、爾不信、

問曰、爾誠基督否、可明告我、耶穌曰、我若告爾、爾不信、

『爾苟為基督、請明以見告。』耶穌曰：『予告爾、爾不信也。

“ If you are the Messiah,” they said,“ tell us.” Jesus answered,“ If I tell you, you will not believe me,

“ If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“ If I tell you, you will not believe,

and they said,“ Tell us, are you the Messiah?” But he replied,“ If I tell you, you won’t believe me.

They said,“ If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them,“ If I do tell you, you will not believe.

“ If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them,“ If I tell you, you will not believe;

“ If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them,“ If I tell you, you will by no means believe.

If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

They said,“ If You are the Messiah, tell us.” But He said to them,“ If I do tell you, you will not believe.

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

and said,“ If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“ If I tell you, you will not believe,

“ If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“ If I tell you, you won’t believe,

The Jews who were gathered there around Jesus spoke to him. They said,“ How long will you keep us waiting? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”Jesus answered,“ I did tell you. But you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name are a witness for me.But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.

He answered,“ I have already told you. But you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”Then they began to attack him with their words.“ You are this fellow’s disciple!” they said.“ We are disciples of Moses!

You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me.But you refuse to come to me and receive life.“ I do not accept praise from human beings.But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts.I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?“ Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on.Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me.But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?”

Why aren’t my words clear to you? Because you can’t really hear what I say.You belong to your father, the devil. You want to obey your father’s wishes. From the beginning, the devil was a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his natural language. He does this because he is a liar. He is the father of lies.But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me!

But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him,“ I am commanding you in the name of the living God. May he judge you if you don’t tell the truth. Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”“ You have said so,” Jesus replied.“ But here is what I say to all of you. From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”Then the high priest tore his clothes. He said,“ He has spoken a very evil thing against God! Why do we need any more witnesses? You have heard him say this evil thing.What do you think?”“ He must die!” they answered.Then they spit in his face. They hit him with their fists. Others slapped him.They said,“ Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who hit you?”

They asked Jesus,“ Are you the one who is supposed to come? Or should we look for someone else?”Jesus replied,“ Go back to John. Report to him what you hear and see.Blind people receive sight. Disabled people walk. Those who have skin diseases are made‘ clean.’ Deaf people hear. Those who are dead are raised to life. And the good news is preached to those who are poor.

Jesus had performed so many signs in front of them. But they still would not believe in him.This happened as Isaiah the prophet had said it would. He had said,“ Lord, who has believed what we’ve been saying? Who has seen the Lord’s saving power?”( Isaiah 53:1)For this reason, they could not believe. As Isaiah says in another place,“ The Lord has blinded their eyes. He has closed their minds. So they can’t see with their eyes. They can’t understand with their minds. They can’t turn to the Lord. If they could, he would heal them.”( Isaiah 6:10)Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.At the same time that Jesus did those signs, many of the Jewish leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they would not openly admit they believed. They were afraid they would be thrown out of the synagogue.They loved praise from people more than praise from God.

But Jesus remained silent. He gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Messiah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”“ I am,” said Jesus.“ And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”The high priest tore his clothes.“ Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.“ You have heard him say a very evil thing against God. What do you think?” They all found him guilty and said he must die.Then some began to spit at him. They blindfolded him. They hit him with their fists. They said,“ Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.Peter was below in the courtyard. One of the high priest’s female servants came by.

“ Abraham said to him,‘ They do not listen to Moses and the Prophets. So they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”