22 ^xIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,¹ but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 ^yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be ^zfulfilled: ^a‘They hated me without a cause.’