[1] but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [2] At dawn, he came again into
the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
[3] The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having
set her in the midst, [4] they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in
adultery, in the very act. [5] Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone
such. What then do you say about her?" [6] They said this testing him, that
they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and
wrote on the ground with his finger, as if he didn`t hear. [7] But when
they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, "He who
is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her." [8] Again
he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. [9] They, when
they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one,
beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the
woman where she was, in the midst. [10] Jesus lifted himself up, and seeing
no one but the woman, said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one
condemn you?" [11] She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I
condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more." [12] Again, therefore,
Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows
me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life." [13]
The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your
witness is not valid." [14] Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about
myself, my witness is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am
going; but you don`t know where I came from, or where I am going. [15] You
judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. [16] Even if I do judge, my
judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
[17] It`s also written in your law that the testimony of two men is valid.
[18] I am he who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me
testifies about me." [19] They said therefore to him, "Where is your
Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you
knew me, you would know my Father also." [20] Jesus spoke these words in
the treasury, as he taught in the temple. No one took him, because his hour
had not yet come. [21] Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going
away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins. Where I go, you
can`t come." [22] The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he
says, `Where I am going, you can`t come?`" [23] He said to them, "You are
from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this
world. [24] I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for
unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins." [25] They said
therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have
been saying to you from the beginning. [26] I have many things to speak and
to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things
which I heard from him, these I say to the world." [27] They didn`t
perceive that he spoke to them about the Father. [28] Jesus therefore said
to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then will you know that I
am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say
these things. [29] He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn`t left me
alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him." [30] As he
spoke these things, many believed in him. [31] Jesus therefore said to
those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are
truly my disciples. [32] You will know the truth, and the truth will make
you free." [33] They answered him, "We are Abraham`s seed, and have never
yet been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, `You will be made free?`"
[34] Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits
sin is the bondservant of sin. [35] A bondservant doesn`t live in the house
forever. A son remains forever. [36] If therefore the Son makes you free,
you will be free indeed. [37] I know that you are Abraham`s seed, yet you
seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. [38] I say the
things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which
you have seen with your father." [39] They answered him, "Our father is
Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham`s children, you
would do the works of Abraham. [40] But now you seek to kill me, a man who
has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn`t do this.
[41] You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not
born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God." [42] Therefore Jesus
said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came forth
and have come from God. For neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why don`t you understand my speech? Because you can`t hear my word.
[44] You are of your Father, the devil, and it is your desire to do the
lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn`t
stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie,
he speaks of his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it. [45] But
because I tell the truth, you don`t believe me. [46] Which of you convicts
me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? [47] He who is
of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don`t hear, because you
are not of God." [48] Then the Jews answered him, "Don`t we say well that
you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?" [49] Jesus answered, "I don`t have
a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. [50] But I don`t seek
my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges. [51] Most assuredly, I
tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death." [52] Then
the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and
the prophets; and you say, `If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of
death.` [53] Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The
prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?" [54] Jesus answered,
"If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies
me, of whom you say that he is our God. [55] You have not known him, but I
know him. If I said, `I don`t know him,` I would be like you, a liar. But I
know him, and keep his word. [56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my
day. He saw it, and was glad." [57] The Jews therefore said to him, "You
are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" [58] Jesus said to
them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM." [59]
They took up stones therefore to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
