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Joh 10:37 Strong Concordance If [1487] I do [4160] not [3756] the works [2041] of my [3450] Father [3962], believe [4100] me [3427] not [3361].
  King James If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
though ye believe not me, believe the works--There was in Christ's words, independently of any miracles, a self-evidencing truth, majesty and grace, which those who had any spiritual susceptibility were unable to resist (Joh 7:46; Joh 8:30). But, for those who wanted this, "the works" were a mighty help. When these failed, the case was desperate indeed.

that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him--thus reiterating His claim to essential oneness with the Father, which He had only seemed to soften down, that He might calm their rage and get their ear again for a moment.
 
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30 As he [846] spake [2980] these words [5023], many [4183] believed [4100] on [1519] him [846].
46 The officers [5257] answered [611], Never [3763] man [444] spake [3779] [2980] like [5613] this [3778] man [444].
12 But [1161] as many as [3745] received [2983] him [846], to them [846] gave he [1325] power [1849] to become [1096] the sons [5043] of God [2316], even to them that believe [4100] on [1519] his [846] name [3686]: