If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
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10Jesus answered him, “You are the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand this? 11Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, and you people do not accept our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has gone up into heaven except the one who came down from heaven — the Son of Man, who is in heaven. 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,