Chapter 7

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1 After these things Jesus awas walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because bthe Jews cwere seeking to kill Him.

2 Now the feast of the Jews, athe Feast of Booths, was near.

3 Therefore His abrothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your bdisciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

4 “For no one does anything in secret 1when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

5 For not even His abrothers were believing in Him.

6 So Jesus * said to them, “aMy time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.

7 “aThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that bits deeds are evil.

8 “Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because aMy time has not yet fully come.”

9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His abrothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.

11 aSo the Jews bwere seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?”

12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; asome were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”

13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for afear of the Jews.

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ateach.

15 aThe Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man bbecome learned, having never been educated?”

16 So Jesus answered them and said, “aMy teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

17 “aIf anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

18 “He who speaks from himself aseeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

19 “aDid not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you bseek to kill Me?”

20 The crowd answered, “aYou have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”

21 Jesus answered them, “I did aone 1deed, and you all marvel.

22 “For this reason aMoses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from bthe fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

23 “aIf a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

24 “Do not ajudge according to appearance, but 1judge with righteous judgment.”

25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

26 “Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. aThe rulers do not really know that this is 1the Christ, do they?

27 “However, awe know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”

28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ateaching and saying, “bYou both know Me and know where I am from; and cI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

29 “aI know Him, because bI am from Him, and cHe sent Me.”

30 So they awere seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His bhour had not yet come.

31 But amany of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “bWhen 1the Christ comes, He will not perform more 2csigns than those which this man has, will He?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent aofficers to bseize Him.

33 Therefore Jesus said, “aFor a little while longer I am with you, then bI go to Him who sent Me.

34 “aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35 aThe Jews then said to one another, “bWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to cthe Dispersion among dthe Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

36 “What is this statement that He said, ‘aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 Now on athe last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “1bIf anyone is thirsty, 2let him come to Me and drink.

38 “He who believes in Me, aas the Scripture said, ‘From 1his innermost being will flow rivers of bliving water.’ ”

39 But this He spoke aof the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for bthe Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet cglorified.

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is athe Prophet.”

41 Others were saying, “This is 1the Christ.” Still others were saying, “aSurely 1the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

42 “Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from athe descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

43 So aa division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

44 aSome of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45 The aofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”

46 The aofficers answered, “bNever has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”

47 The Pharisees then answered them, “aYou have not also been led astray, have you?

48 “aNo one of bthe rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

49 “But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

50 aNicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) * said to them,

51 “aOur Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

52 They answered him, “aYou are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”

53 [1Everyone went to his home.

Chapter 8

The Adulterous Woman

1 But Jesus went to athe Mount of Olives.

2 Early 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.

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

4 they * 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?”

6 They were saying this, atesting Him, bso that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

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

8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9 When 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.

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

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

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “aI am the Light of the world; bhe who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

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

14 Jesus answered and said to them, “aEven if I testify about Myself, My testimony 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 testimony of btwo men is 1true.

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

19 So 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.”

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

21 Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ayou will seek Me, and bwill die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”

22 So athe Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘bWhere I am going, you cannot come’?”

23 And He was saying to them, “aYou are from below, I am from above; byou are of this world, cI am not of this world.

24 “Therefore I said to you that you awill die in your sins; for unless you believe that 1bI am He, ayou will die in your sins.”

25 So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “1What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

26 “I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but aHe who sent Me is true; and bthe things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said, “When you alift up the Son of Man, then you will know that 1bI am He, and cI do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 “And He who sent Me is with Me; aHe 1has not left Me alone, for bI always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

30 As He spoke these things, amany came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “aIf you continue in My word, then you are truly bdisciples of Mine;

32 and ayou will know the truth, and bthe truth will make you free.”

33 They answered Him, “aWe are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, aeveryone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

35 “aThe slave does not remain in the house forever; bthe son does remain forever.

36 “So if the Son amakes you free, you will be free indeed.

37 “I know that you are aAbraham’s descendants; yet byou seek to kill Me, because My word 1has no place in you.

38 “I speak the things which I have seen 1with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ayour father.”

39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is aour father.” Jesus * said to them, “bIf you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.

40 “But as it is, ayou are seeking to kill Me, a man who has btold you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

41 “You are doing the deeds of ayour father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; bwe have one Father: God.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ayou would love Me, bfor I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have cnot even come on My own initiative, but 1dHe sent Me.

43 “Why do you not understand 1awhat I am saying? It is because you cannot bhear My word.

44 “aYou are of byour father the devil, and cyou want to do the desires of your father. dHe was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ethere is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks 1a lie, he fspeaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of 2lies.

45 “But because aI speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

46 “Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If aI speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

47 “aHe who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

48 aThe Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a bSamaritan and chave a demon?”

49 Jesus answered, “I do not ahave a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

50 “But aI do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

51 “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone akeeps My word he will never bsee death.”

52 aThe Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You bhave a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone ckeeps My word, he will never dtaste of death.’

53 “Surely You aare not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”

54 Jesus answered, “aIf I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; bit is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’;

55 and ayou have not come to know Him, bbut I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ca liar like you, bbut I do know Him and dkeep His word.

56 “aYour father Abraham brejoiced 1to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”

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

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham 1was born, aI am.”

59 Therefore they apicked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus 1bhid Himself and went out of the temple.

Chapter 9

Healing the Man Born Blind

1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

2 And His disciples asked Him, “aRabbi, who sinned, bthis man or his cparents, that he would be born blind?”

3 Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so athat the works of God might be displayed in him.

4 “We must work the works of Him who sent Me aas long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

5 “While I am in the world, I am athe Light of the world.”

6 When He had said this, He aspat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes,

7 and said to him, “Go, wash in athe pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and bwashed, and ccame back seeing.

8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to asit and beg?”

9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” 1He kept saying, “I am the one.”

10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”

11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to aSiloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”

12 They said to him, “Where is He?” He * said, “I do not know.”

Controversy over the Man

13 They * brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.

14 aNow it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

15 aThen the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He adoes not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such 1bsigns?” And cthere was a division among them.

17 So they * said to the blind man aagain, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a bprophet.”

18 aThe Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”

22 His parents said this because they awere afraid of the Jews; for the Jews bhad already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be 1Christ, che was to be put out of the synagogue.

23 For this reason his parents said, “aHe is of age; ask him.”

24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “aGive glory to God; we know that bthis man is a sinner.”

25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

26 So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

27 He answered them, “aI told you already and you did not blisten; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?”

28 They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but awe are disciples of Moses.

29 “We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, awe do not know where He is from.”

30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

31 “We know that aGod does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

32 “1Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

33 “aIf this man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

34 They answered him, “aYou were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they bput him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

35 Jesus heard that they had aput him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the bSon of Man?”

36 He answered, “aWho is He, 1Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and aHe is the one who is talking with you.”

38 And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he aworshiped Him.

39 And Jesus said, “aFor judgment I came into this world, so that bthose who do not see may see, and that cthose who see may become blind.”

40 Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “aWe are not blind too, are we?”

41 Jesus said to them, “aIf you were blind, you would have no sin; but 1since you say, ‘bWe see,’ your sin remains.