Did Jesus claim to be God?

Sure did!

Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”

John 8:58

The phrase I am capitalized, always means I am God in the Hebrew speaking world.

I am the Father are one.

John 10:30

The Father and the Holy Spirit and the Son are one God.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 14:9

We may not understand fully the holy trinity, but it is truth. The Father I was in Jesus.

 10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, 11“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

12And immediately the man got up, picked up hi

Mark 10:10-12

Forgiving sins and healing are things that God does. So we really should listen to what he said was here; it’s probably important don’t you think?

Furthermore, Jesus said:

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

That’s pretty clear that Jesus is the only way. All the other religions strive to get to God Jesus came and plowed the way for you! Turn to him today my friends.