John 8:12–20

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

¹²Jesus spoke to them again: “I am^r the light^s of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”^t

¹³So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

¹⁴“Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.^{u 15}You judge^v by human standards.^Dw I judge no one.^{x 16}And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.^{y 17}Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.^{z 18}I am the one who testifies^aa about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

¹⁹Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?”

“You know neither me nor my Father,”^ab Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”^{ac 20}He spoke these words by the treasury,^ad while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.