John 8:1–20

An Adulteress Forgiven

¹But Jesus went to ^athe Mount of Olives.

²Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and ^aHe sat down and began to teach them.

³The scribes and the Pharisees ^*brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,

⁴they ^*said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

⁵“Now in the Law ^aMoses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?”

⁶They were saying this, ^atesting Him, ^bso that they might have evidence to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

⁷But when they persisted in asking Him, ^aHe straightened up and said to them, “^bLet him who is without sin among you be the ^cfirst to throw a stone at her.”

⁸Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

^10aStraightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

¹¹She said, “No one, ¹Lord.” And Jesus said, “^aI do not condemn you, either. Go, and from now on ^bsin no more.”]

I Am the Light of the World

¹²Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “^aI am the Light of the world; ^bhe who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

¹³So the Pharisees said to Him, “^aYou are bearing witness about Yourself; Your witness is not ¹true.”

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, “^aEven if I bear witness about Myself, My witness is ¹true, for I know ^bwhere I came from and where I am going; but ^cyou do not know where I come from or where I am going.

¹⁵“^aYou judge ¹according to the flesh; ^bI am not judging anyone.

¹⁶“But even ^aif I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

¹⁷“Even in ^ayour law it has been written that the witness of ^btwo men is ¹true.

¹⁸“I am He who bears witness about Myself, and ^athe Father who sent Me bears witness about Me.”

¹⁹So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; ^aif you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

²⁰These words He spoke in ^athe treasury, as ^bHe was teaching in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ^cHis hour had not yet come.