³⁴ Jesus answered them, “·It is written [^LIs it not written…?] in your law that God said, ‘I said, you are gods’ [Ps. 82:6; ^Cthe “gods” here may be Israel’s judges, or the Israelites generally, or angelic powers]. ³⁵ This Scripture called those people gods who received God’s ·message [word], and Scripture ·is always true [^Lcannot be broken/annulled/set aside]. ³⁶ So why do you say that I ·speak against God [^Lblaspheme] because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? [^CJesus is not denying he is God, but is making a lesser-to-greater argument; if Scripture calls lesser beings “gods,” why should they object that he—the One God sent—calls himself the Son of God?] I am the one ·God [^Lthe Father] ·chose [consecrated; set apart] and sent into the world.