(Now the man Moses [was] very humble, more than all men who [were] on the face of the earth.)

Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor's provisions.

Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants [were] gathered there for the work.

Now [that] which was prepared daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this I did not demand the governor's provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.

Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ. But [we do] all things, beloved, for your edification.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

"But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."

"As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

"do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own [authority;] but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.

"I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father."

"For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received [them,] and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

"However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from."

Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

"We know that God spoke to Moses; [as for] this [fellow,] we do not know where He is from."

The man answered and said to them, "Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!