John 7:53–8:59

⁵³⁴And everyone went to his own house.

A Woman is Caught in Adultery

8But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ²Now ¹early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and ^ataught them. ³Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, ⁴they said to Him, “Teacher, ²this woman was caught in ^badultery, in the very act. ^5cNow ³Moses, in the law, commanded us ⁴that such should be stoned. But what do You ⁵say?” ⁶This they said, testing Him, that they ^dmight have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, ⁶as though He did not hear.

⁷So when they continued asking Him, He ⁷raised Himself up and said to them, ^e“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹Then those who heard it, ^fbeing ⁸convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰When Jesus had raised Himself up ⁹and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers ¹of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, ^g“Neither do I condemn you; go ²and ^hsin no more.”

“I Am the Light of the World”

¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ⁱ“I am the light of the world. He who ^jfollows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

¹³The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ^k“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not ³true.”

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but ^lyou do not know where I come from and where I am going. ^15mYou judge according to the flesh; ⁿI judge no one. ¹⁶And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for ^oI am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. ^17pIt is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸I am One who bears witness of Myself, and ^qthe Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, ^r“You know neither Me nor My Father. ^sIf you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

²⁰These words Jesus spoke in ^tthe treasury, as He taught in the temple; and ^uno one laid hands on Him, for ^vHis hour had not yet come.

²¹Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and ^wyou will seek Me, and ^xwill die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

²²So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?” ²³And He said to them, ^y“You are from beneath; I am from above. ^zYou are of this world; I am not of this world. ^24aTherefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; ^bfor if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I ^chave been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but ^dHe who sent Me is true; and ^eI speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

²⁷They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸Then Jesus said to them, “When you ^flift ⁴up the Son of Man, ^gthen you will know that I am He, and ^hthat I do nothing of Myself; but ⁱas My Father taught Me, I speak these things. ²⁹And ^jHe who sent Me is with Me. ^kThe Father has not left Me alone, ^lfor I always do those things that please Him.” ³⁰As He spoke these words, ^mmany believed in Him.

³¹Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you ⁿabide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. ³²And you shall know the ^otruth, and ^pthe truth shall make you free.”

³³They answered Him, ^q“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^rwhoever commits sin is a slave of sin. ³⁵And ^sa slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. ^36tTherefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

³⁷“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but ^uyou seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. ^38vI speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have ⁵seen with your father.”

³⁹They answered and said to Him, ^w“Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, ^x“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. ^40yBut now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth ^zwhich I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^awe have one Father—God.”

⁴²Jesus said to them, ^b“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for ^cI proceeded forth and came from God; ^dnor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. ^43eWhy do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. ^44fYou are of your father the devil, and the ^gdesires of your father you want to ^hdo. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ⁱdoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. ⁴⁵But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47jHe who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

⁴⁸Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and ^khave a demon?”

⁴⁹Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and ^lyou dishonor Me. ⁵⁰And ^mI do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. ⁵¹Most assuredly, I say to you, ⁿif anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

⁵²Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^ohave a demon! ^pAbraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ ⁵³Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. ^qWho do You make Yourself out to be?”

⁵⁴Jesus answered, ^r“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. ^sIt is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is ⁶your God. ⁵⁵Yet ^tyou have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and ^ukeep His word. ⁵⁶Your father Abraham ^vrejoiced to see My day, ^wand he saw it and was glad.”

⁵⁷Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

⁵⁸Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^xbefore Abraham was, ^yI AM.”

⁵⁹Then ^zthey took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, ^agoing ⁷through the midst of them, and so passed by.