John 8:12–30

The Light of the World

¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am ^tthe light ^uof the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.” ^v

¹³So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid.” ^w

¹⁴“Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid, ^xbecause 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. ^y15You judge ^zby human standards. ^abI judge no one. ^c16And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge ^dtogether. ^e17Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid. ^f18I am the One who testifies ^gabout 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,” ^hJesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.” ⁱ²⁰He spoke these words by the treasury, ^jkwhile teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour ^lhad not come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

²¹Then He said to them again, “I’m going away; ^myou will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. ⁿWhere I’m going, you cannot come.” ^o

²²So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’ ^p?”

²³“You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above. ^qYou are of this world; ^rI am not of this ^•world. ^s24Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, ^tyou will die in your sins.”

²⁵“Who are You?” they questioned.

“Precisely what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them. ²⁶“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me ^uis true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.” ^v

²⁷They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the ^•Son of Man, ^wthen you will know that I am ^xHe, and that I do nothing on My own. ^yBut just as the Father taught Me, I say these things. ²⁹The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, ^zbecause I always do what pleases Him.”

Truth and Freedom

³⁰As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.