John 8
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1And Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he returned to the temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and taught them. 3The legal experts and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. Placing her in the center of the group, 4they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. 5In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone women like this. What do you say?” 6They said this to test him, because they wanted a reason to bring an accusation against him. Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7They continued to question him, so he stood up and replied, “Whoever hasn’t sinned should throw the first stone.” 8Bending down again, he wrote on the ground. 9Those who heard him went away, one by one, beginning with the elders. Finally, only Jesus and the woman were left in the middle of the crowd.
10Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Is there no one to condemn you?”
11She said, “No one, sir.”#8.11 Or Lord
Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on, don’t sin anymore.”#8.11 Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not contain 7:53–8:11.
Jesus continues to teach in the temple
12Jesus spoke to the people again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me won’t walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
13Then the Pharisees said to him, “Because you are testifying about yourself, your testimony isn’t valid.”
14Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, since I know where I came from and where I’m going. You don’t know where I come from or where I’m going. 15You judge according to human standards, but I judge no one. 16Even if I do judge, my judgment is truthful, because I’m not alone. My judgments come from me and from the Father who sent me. 17In your Law it is written that the witness of two people is true. 18I am one witness concerning myself, and the Father who sent me is the other.”
19They asked him, “Where is your Father?”
Jesus answered, “You don’t know me and you don’t know my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.” 20He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple area known as the treasury. No one arrested him, because his time hadn’t yet come.
21Jesus continued, “I’m going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you can’t come.”
22The Jewish leaders said, “He isn’t going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, ‘Where I’m going, you can’t come’?”
23He said to them, “You are from below; I’m from above. You are from this world; I’m not from this world. 24This is why I told you that you would die in your sins. If you don’t believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.”
25“Who are you?” they asked.
Jesus replied, “I’m exactly who I have claimed to be from the beginning. 26I have many things to say in judgment concerning you. The one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.” 27They didn’t know he was speaking about his Father. 28So Jesus said to them, “When the Human One#8.28 Or Son of Man is lifted up,#8.28 Or exalted then you will know that I Am.#8.28 Or that I am he Then you will know that I do nothing on my own, but I say just what the Father has taught me. 29He who sent me is with me. He doesn’t leave me by myself, because I always do what makes him happy.” 30While Jesus was saying these things, many people came to believe in him.
Children of Abraham
31Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teaching. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33They responded, “We are Abraham’s children; we’ve never been anyone’s slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?”
34Jesus answered, “I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35A slave isn’t a permanent member of the household, but a son is. 36Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you really will be free. 37I know that you are Abraham’s children, yet you want to kill me because you don’t welcome my teaching. 38I’m telling you what I’ve seen when I am with the Father, but you are doing what you’ve heard from your father.”
39They replied, “Our father is Abraham.”
Jesus responded, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do Abraham’s works. 40Instead, you want to kill me, though I am the one who has spoken the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this. 41You are doing your father’s works.”
They said, “Our ancestry isn’t in question! The only Father we have is God!”
42Jesus replied, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God. Here I am. I haven’t come on my own. God sent me. 43Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? It’s because you can’t really hear my words. 44Your father is the devil. You are his children, and you want to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has never stood for the truth, because there’s no truth in him. Whenever that liar speaks, he speaks according to his own nature, because he’s a liar and the father of liars. 45Because I speak the truth, you don’t believe me. 46Who among you can show I’m guilty of sin? Since I speak the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47God’s children listen to God’s words. You don’t listen to me because you aren’t God’s children.”
48The Jewish opposition answered, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, weren’t we?”
49“I don’t have a demon,” Jesus replied. “But I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50I’m not trying to bring glory to myself. There’s one who is seeking to glorify me, and he’s the judge. 51I assure you that whoever keeps my word will never die.”
Abraham and Jesus
52The Jewish opposition said to Jesus, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham and the prophets died, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never die.’ 53Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died and the prophets died, so who do you make yourself out to be?”
54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is meaningless. My Father, who you say is your God, is the one who glorifies me. 55You don’t know him, but I do. If I said I didn’t know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I keep his word. 56Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see my day. He saw it and was happy.”
57“You aren’t even 50 years old!” the Jewish opposition replied. “How can you say that you have seen Abraham?”
58“I assure you,” Jesus replied, “before Abraham was, I Am.” 59So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple.
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John 8
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1Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
The Light of the World
12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 26I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. 27They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. 30As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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