John 7–8

7After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for ^ahe would not walk in Jewry, ^bbecause ^cthe Jews sought to kill him. ²Now the Jews’ ^dfeast of tabernacles was at hand. ^3eHis brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that ^fthy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. ⁴For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, ^gshew thyself to the world. ⁵For ^hneither did ^ehis brethren believe in him. ⁶Then Jesus said unto them, ⁱMy time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. ^7jThe world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that ^kthe works thereof are evil. ^8lGo ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for ^immy time is not yet full come. ⁹When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

¹⁰But when ^ehis brethren were ^lgone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ⁿThen ^cthe Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? ¹²And ^othere was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, ^pHe is a good man: others said, Nay; but he ^ppdeceiveth the people. ¹³Howbeit no man spake openly of him ^qfor fear of ^cthe Jews.

¹⁴Now about the midst of the feast Jesus ^lwent up ^rinto the temple, and taught. ¹⁵And ^cthe Jews ^smarvelled, saying, How knoweth this man ^||letters, having never learned? ¹⁶Jesus answered them, and said, ^tMy doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. ^17uIf any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. ¹⁸He that speaketh of himself ^xseeketh his own glory: but he that ^xseeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ^19yDid not Moses give you the law, and yet ^znone of you keepeth the law? ^aWhy go ye about to kill me? ²⁰The people answered and said, ^bThou hast a devil: ^awho goeth about to kill thee? ²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done ^cone work, and ye all marvel. ^22dMoses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but ^eof the fathers;) and ^fye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. ²³If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, ^||dthat the law of Moses should not be broken; ^gare ye angry at me, because ^hI have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? ²⁴ⁱJudge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. ²⁵Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, ^awhom they seek to kill? ²⁶But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do ^kthe rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? ^27lHowbeit ^mwe know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth ⁿwhence he is. ²⁸Then ^ocried Jesus ^pin the temple as he taught, saying, ^qYe both know me, and ye know whence I am: and ^rI am not come of myself, but he that sent me is ^strue, ^twhom ye know not. ²⁹But ^uI know him: for I am ^wfrom him, and ^xhe hath sent me. ³⁰Then ^ythey sought to take him: but ^zno man laid hands on him, because ^zahis hour was not yet come. ³¹And ^bmany of the people believed on him, and said, ^cWhen Christ cometh, will he do more ^dmiracles than these which this man hath done? ³²The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent ^eofficers to take him. ³³Then said Jesus unto them, ^fYet a little while am I with you, and then ^gI go unto him that sent me. ^34fhYe shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where ⁱI am, thither ^jye cannot come. ³⁵Then said ^kthe Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto ^lthe dispersed among the ^||Gentiles, and teach the ^||Gentiles? ³⁶What manner of saying is this that he said, ^mYe shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

³⁷In the last day, ⁿthat great day of the feast, Jesus stood and ^ocried, saying, ^pIf any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. ^38qHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, ^rout of his belly shall flow rivers of ^sliving water. ³⁹(But ^tthis spake he of ^uthe Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: ^xfor the Holy Ghost was not yet ^ygiven; ^zbecause that Jesus was not yet ^aglorified.) ⁴⁰Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is ^bthe Prophet. ⁴¹Others said, ^cThis is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come ^dout of Galilee? ⁴²Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh ^eof the seed of David, and out of the town of ^fBeth-lehem, ^gwhere David was? ⁴³So there was ^ha division among the people because of him. ⁴⁴And ⁱsome of them would have taken him; ⁱbut no man laid hands on him.

⁴⁵Then came ^kthe officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, ^kWhy have ye not brought him? ^46kThe officers answered, ^lNever man spake like this man. ⁴⁷Then answered them the Pharisees, ^mAre ye also deceived? ⁴⁸ⁿHave any of ^othe rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? ⁴⁹But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. ^50oNicodemus saith unto them, ^p(he that came ^†to Jesus by night, being one of them,) ⁵¹Doth ^qour law judge any man, before it ^rhear him, and know what he doeth? ⁵²They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for ^sout of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

⁵³And every man went unto his own house.

8Jesus went ^abunto the mount of Olives. ²And ^bearly in the morning he came again ^bcinto the temple, and all the people came unto him; and ^che 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 ^dMoses in the law commanded us, that such ^eshould be stoned: but what sayest thou? ⁶This they said, ^ftempting him, ^gthat they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger ^hwrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. ⁷So when they continued asking him, he ⁱlifted up himself, and said unto them, ^kHe that is without sin among you, ^llet him first cast a stone at her. ⁸And again he stooped down, and ^hwrote on the ground. ⁹And they which heard it, ^mbeing convicted ⁿby their own conscience, went out ^oone 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 ⁱlifted 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, ^pNeither do I condemn thee: go, and ^qsin no more.

¹²Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, ^rI am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have ^rthe 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, ^sThough I bear record of myself, yet ^tmy record is true: for I know ^uxwhence I came, and ^xwhither I go; but ^yye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. ¹⁵Ye judge ^zafter the flesh; ^aI judge no man. ¹⁶And yet if I judge, ^bmy judgment is true: for ^cI am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. ¹⁷It is also written ^din your law, that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸I am one that bear witness of myself, and ^ethe Father that sent me beareth witness of me. ¹⁹Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, ^fYe neither know me, nor my Father: ^gif ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. ²⁰These words spake Jesus in ^hthe treasury, ⁱas he taught in the temple: and ^kno man laid hands on him; for ^klhis hour was not yet come.

²¹Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ^mye shall seek me, and ⁿshall die in your sins: ^mqwhither I go, ye cannot come. ²²Then said ^othe Jews, ^pWill he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. ²³And he said unto them, ^qYe are from beneath; ^rI am from above: ye are ^rsof this world; ^tI am not of this world. ²⁴I said therefore unto you, that ^uye shall die in your sins: ^xfor if ye believe not that ^yI am he, ye shall die in your sins. ²⁵Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same ^zthat I said unto you from the beginning. ²⁶I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is ^atrue; and I speak to the world those things which I have ^bheard of him. ^27cThey understood not that he spake to them of the Father. ²⁸Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have ^dlifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that ^yI am he, and that ^eI do nothing of myself; but ^fas my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. ²⁹And he that sent me is ^gwith me: ^hthe Father hath not left me alone; ⁱfor I do always those things that please him. ³⁰As he spake these words, ^kmany believed on him.

³¹Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ^lIf ye continue in my word, then ^lare ye my disciples indeed; ³²And ye shall know ^mthe truth, and the truth ⁿshall make you free. ³³They answered him, ^oWe be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, ^pYe shall be made free? ³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^qWhosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. ³⁵And ^rthe servant abideth not in the house for ever: but ^sthe Son abideth ever. ³⁶If ^tthe Son therefore ⁿshall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. ³⁷I know that ^oye are Abraham’s ^useed; but ^wye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. ³⁸I speak that which I have ^xseen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with ^yyour father. ³⁹They answered and said unto him, ^oAbraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, ^zIf ye were Abraham’s ^uchildren, ye would do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰But now ^aye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have ^bheard of God: this did not Abraham. ⁴¹Ye do the deeds of your father. Then…