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1 but
Jesus went to
the Mount of
Olives.
2 Now
very early in
the morning, he
came again into
the temple, and
all the people
came to him.
He sat down
and taught them.
3 The
scribes and the
Pharisees brought
a woman taken
in adultery.
Having set her
in the middle,
4 they
told him, “Teacher,
we found this
woman in adultery,
in the very
act.
5 Now
in our law,
Moses commanded us
to stone such
women.
What then do
you say about
her?”
6 They
said this testing
him, that they
might have something
to accuse him
of.
But Jesus stooped
down and wrote
on the ground
with his finger.
7 But
when they
continued asking
him, he looked up
and said to
them,
“He who is
without sin among
you, let
him throw the
first stone at
her.”
8 Again
he stooped down
and wrote on
the ground with
his finger.
9 They,
when they heard it,
being convicted by
their conscience,
went out one
by one, beginning
from the oldest,
even to the
last. Jesus was
left alone with
the woman where
she was, in
the middle.
10 Jesus,
standing up, saw
her and said,
“Woman, where
are your
accusers? Did no
one condemn
you?”
11 She
said, “No one,
Lord.”
Jesus said,
“Neither do I
condemn you. Go
your way. From
now on, sin no
more.”
12 Again,
therefore, Jesus
spoke to them,
saying,
“I am the
light of the
world.
He who follows
me will not
walk in the
darkness, but
will have the
light of
life.”
13 The
Pharisees therefore
said to him, “You
testify about
yourself. Your
testimony is
not valid.”
14 Jesus
answered them,
“Even if I
testify about
myself, my
testimony is
true, for I
know where I
came from, and
where I am
going; but
you don’t know
where I came
from, or where
I am going.
15 You judge
according to the
flesh. I judge
no one.
16 Even if I
do judge, my
judgment is true,
for I am
not alone, but
I am with
the Father who
sent me.
17 It’s also
written in your
law that the
testimony of two
people is valid.
18 I am one
who testifies
about myself,
and the Father
who sent me
testifies about
me.”
19 They
said therefore to
him, “Where is
your Father?”
Jesus answered,
“You know
neither me nor
my Father. If
you knew me,
you would know
my Father
also.”
20 Jesus
spoke these words
in the treasury,
as he taught
in the temple.
Yet no one arrested
him, because his
hour had not
yet come.
21 Jesus
said therefore
again to them,
“I am going
away, and you
will seek me,
and you will die
in your sins.
Where I go,
you can’t
come.”
22 The
Jews therefore
said, “Will he kill
himself, because
he says,
‘Where I am
going, you can’t
come’?”
23 He
said to them,
“You are from
beneath. I am
from above. You
are of this
world. I am
not of this
world.
24 I said
therefore to you
that you will die
in your sins;
for unless you
believe that I
am
he, you will die
in your sins.”
25 They
said therefore to
him, “Who are
you?”
Jesus said to
them,
“Just what I
have been saying
to you from
the beginning.
26 I have many
things to speak
and to judge
concerning you. However,
he who sent
me is true;
and the things
which I heard
from him, these
I say to
the world.”
27 They didn’t
understand that he
spoke to them
about the Father.
28 Jesus
therefore said to
them,
“When you have
lifted up the
Son of Man,
then you will
know that I
am he, and
I do nothing
of myself, but
as my Father
taught me, I
say these things.
29 He who sent
me is with
me. The Father hasn’t
left me alone,
for I always
do the things
that are pleasing
to him.”
30 As
he spoke these
things, many
believed in him.
31 Jesus
therefore said to
those Jews who
had believed him,
“If you remain
in my word,
then you are
truly my
disciples.
32 You will know
the truth, and
the truth will
make you
free.”
33 They
answered him, “We
are Abraham’s offspring, and
have never been
in bondage to
anyone. How do
you say,
‘You will be
made free’?”
34 Jesus
answered them,
“Most certainly I tell
you, everyone
who commits sin
is the bondservant
of sin.
35 A bondservant doesn’t live
in the house
forever. A son
remains forever.
36 If therefore
the Son makes
you free, you
will be free
indeed.
37 I know that
you are Abraham’s offspring,
yet you seek
to kill me,
because my
word finds no
place in you.
38 I say the
things which I
have seen with
my Father; and
you also do
the things which
you have seen
with your
father.”
39 They
answered him, “Our
father is Abraham.”
Jesus said to
them,
“If you
were Abraham’s children,
you would do
the works
of Abraham.
40 But now you
seek to kill me,
a man who
has told you
the truth which
I heard from God.
Abraham didn’t do
this.
41 You do the
works of your
father.”
They said to
him, “We were
not born of
sexual immorality.
We have one
Father, God.”
42 Therefore
Jesus said to
them,
“If God were
your father, you
would love me,
for I came
out and have
come from God.
For I haven’t
come of myself,
but he sent
me.
43 Why don’t you
understand my
speech? Because
you can’t
hear my word.
44 You are of
your father the
devil, and you
want to do
the desires of
your father. He
was a murderer
from the beginning,
and doesn’t
stand in
the truth, because
there is no truth
in him. When
he speaks a
lie, he speaks
on his own;
for he is
a liar, and
the father
of lies.
45 But because I
tell the truth,
you don’t
believe me.
46 Which of you
convicts me
of sin? If I
tell the truth,
why do you
not believe me?
47 He who is
of God hears the
words of God.
For this cause
you don’t hear,
because you are
not of
God.”
48 Then
the Jews answered
him, “Don’t we
say well that
you are a
Samaritan, and
have a demon?”
49 Jesus answered,
“I don’t have
a demon, but
I honor my
Father and
you dishonor me.
50 But I don’t
seek my own
glory. There is
one who seeks
and judges.
51 Most certainly, I
tell you, if
a person keeps
my word, he
will never see
death.”
52 Then
the Jews said
to him, “Now
we know that
you have a
demon. Abraham died,
as did the
prophets; and you
say,
‘If a man
keeps my word,
he will never
taste of
death.’
53 Are
you greater than
our father Abraham,
who died? The
prophets died. Who
do you make
yourself out to
be?”
54 Jesus
answered,
“If I glorify
myself, my glory
is nothing. It
is my Father
who glorifies me,
of whom you
say that he
is our God.
55 You have not
known him, but
I know him.
If I said, ‘I
don’t know him,’
I would be
like you, a
liar. But I
know him and
keep his word.
56 Your father Abraham
rejoiced to see
my day. He
saw it and
was glad.”
57 The
Jews therefore
said to him, “You
are not yet
fifty years old!
Have you
seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus
said to them,
“Most certainly, I tell
you, before Abraham
came into existence,
I AM.”
59 Therefore
they took up
stones to throw at
him, but Jesus
hid himself and
went out of
the temple, having
gone through
the middle of them,
and so passed
by.