John 8:2–20

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.