John 7:45–8:1

Some Leaders Won’t Believe

⁴⁵The Temple guards went back to the leading priests and the Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?”

⁴⁶The guards answered, “The words he says are greater than the words of any other person who has ever spoken!”

⁴⁷The Pharisees answered, “So Jesus has fooled you also! ⁴⁸Have any of the leaders or the Pharisees believed in him? No! ⁴⁹But these people, who know nothing about the law, are under God’s curse.”

⁵⁰Nicodemus, who had gone to see Jesus before, was in that group. ⁿ He said, ⁵¹“Our law does not judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”

⁵²They answered, “Are you from Galilee, too? Study the Scriptures, and you will learn that no prophet comes from Galilee.”

⁵³And everyone left and went home.

The Woman Caught in Adultery

8Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.