John 10:31-42 NRSVue

³¹The Jews took up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?” ³³The Jews answered, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human, are making yourself God.” ³⁴Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵If those to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’—and the scripture cannot be annulled—³⁶can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? ³⁷If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me. ³⁸But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ³⁹Then they tried to arrest him again, but he escaped from their hands.

⁴⁰He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. ⁴¹Many came to him, and they were saying, “John performed no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” ⁴²And many believed in him there.

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
The air and cyberspace are thick with prophets. We need to discern every day which are the trustworthy ones. I need to look at their lives.

Reflection
The works of healing, teaching and forgiveness were among other works of Jesus done in the name of God. All of Jesus leads us to his divine origin, the Son and Word of God. Something more than human seemed to touch others through him, as some believed and many did not. Prayer is a moment of admitting and deepening our faith in the Divine Son of God.

Reflection
Jesus was not putting himself above the people, but was calling them to realise their true worth. I think of how Jesus was born and became like me so that I may know myself truly as he accompanies me.

Reflection
The message of Jesus was threatening to the people of his time and remains threatening today. What might have to change for me if I were to accept what Jesus proclaims?

Reflection
Jesus asserts the dignity that I have in being a child of God. I pray for people who suffer injustice.

Reflection
I think of what I might do to express the vision that Jesus gives me.