Jesus Delivers the Adulterous Woman
1 And at dawn he came again to the temple, 2 and all the people were coming unto him , and having sat down , he was teaching them; 3 and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery , and having set her in the midst, 4 they say to him , ‘Teacher , this woman was taken in the very crime —committing adultery, 5 and in the law , Moses did command us that such be stoned ; thou , therefore , what dost thou say?’ 6 and this they said , trying him , that they might have to accuse him . And Jesus , having stooped down , with the finger he was writing on the ground, 7 and when they continued asking him , having bent himself back , he said unto them , ‘The sinless of you —let him first cast the stone at her;’ 8 and again having stooped down , he was writing on the ground, 9 and they having heard , and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one , having begun from the elders —unto the last; and Jesus was left alone , and the woman standing in the midst. 10 And Jesus having bent himself back , and having seen no one but the woman, said to her , ‘Woman , where are those—thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?’ 11 and she said , ‘No one , Sir ;’ and Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I pass sentence on thee ; be going on , and no more sin.’
Jesus the Light of the World
12 Again , therefore , Jesus spake to them , saying , ‘I am the light of the world ; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness , but he shall have the light of the life.’ 13 The Pharisees , therefore , said to him , ‘Thou of thyself dost testify , thy testimony is not true;’ 14 Jesus answered and said to them , ‘And if I testify of myself —my testimony is true , because I have known whence I came , and whither I go , and ye —ye have not known whence I come , or whither I go. 15 ‘Ye according to the flesh do judge ; I do not judge any one, 16 and even if I do judge my judgment is true , because I am not alone , but I and the Father who sent me; 17 and also in your law it hath been written , that the testimony of two men are true; 18 I am [one] who is testifying of myself , and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.’ 19 They said , therefore , to him , ‘Where is thy father ?’ Jesus answered , ‘Ye have neither known me nor my Father : if me ye had known , my Father also ye had known.’ 20 These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury , teaching in the temple , and no one seized him , because his hour had not yet come;
21 therefore said Jesus again to them , ‘I go away , and ye will seek me , and in your sin ye shall die ; whither I go away , ye are not able to come.’ 22 The Jews , therefore , said , ‘Will he kill himself , because he saith , Whither I go away , ye are not able to come?’ 23 and he said to them , ‘Ye are from beneath , I am from above ; ye are of this world , I am not of this world; 24 I said , therefore , to you , that ye shall die in your sins , for if ye may not believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.’ 25 They said , therefore , to him , ‘Thou —who art thou?’ and Jesus said to them , ‘Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning; 26 many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge , but He who sent me is true , and I —what things I heard from Him —these I say to the world.’ 27 They knew not that of the Father he spake to them; 28 Jesus , therefore , said to them , ‘When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am [he]; and of myself I do nothing , but according as my Father did teach me , these things I speak; 29 and He who sent me is with me ; the Father did not leave me alone , because I , the things pleasing to Him , do always.’ 30 As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;
The Truth will Set You Free
31 Jesus , therefore , said unto the Jews who believed in him , ‘If ye may remain in my word , truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, 32 and the truth shall make you free.’ 33 They answered him , ‘Seed of Abraham we are ; and to no one have we been servants at any time ; how dost thou say —Ye shall become free?’
34 Jesus answered them , ‘Verily , verily , I say to you —Every one who is committing sin , is a servant of the sin, 35 and the servant doth not remain in the house —to the age , the son doth remain —to the age; 36 if then the son may make you free , in reality ye shall be free. 37 ‘I have known that ye are seed of Abraham , but ye seek to kill me , because my word hath no place in you; 38 I—that which I have seen with my Father do speak , and ye , therefore , that which ye have seen with your father —ye do.’
39 They answered and said to him , ‘Our father is Abraham ;’ Jesus saith to them , ‘If children of Abraham ye were , the works of Abraham ye were doing; 40 and now , ye seek to kill me —a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God ; this Abraham did not; 41 ye do the works of your father .’ They said , therefore , to him , ‘We of whoredom have not been born ; one Father we have —God;’
The Children of the Devil
42 Jesus then said to them , ‘If God were your father , ye were loving me , for I came forth from God , and am come ; for neither have I come of myself , but He sent me; 43 wherefore do ye not know my speech ? because ye are not able to hear my word. 44 ‘Ye are of a father —the devil , and the desires of your father ye will to do ; he was a man-slayer from the beginning , and in the truth he hath not stood , because there is no truth in him ; when one may speak the falsehood , of his own he speaketh , because he is a liar —also his father. 45 ‘And because I say the truth , ye do not believe me. 46 Who of you doth convict me of sin ? and if I speak truth , wherefore do ye not believe me? 47 he who is of God , the sayings of God he doth hear ; because of this ye do not hear , because of God ye are not.’
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews , therefore, answered and said to him , ‘Do we not say well , that thou art a Samaritan , and hast a demon?’ 49 Jesus answered , ‘I have not a demon , but I honour my Father , and ye dishonour me; 50 and I do not seek my own glory ; there is who is seeking and is judging; 51 verily , verily , I say to you , If any one may keep my word , death he may not see —to the age.’ 52 The Jews , therefore , said to him , ‘Now we have known that thou hast a demon ; Abraham did die , and the prophets , and thou dost say , If any one may keep my word , he shall not taste of death —to the age! 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham , who died ? and the prophets died ; whom dost thou make thyself?’ 54 Jesus answered , ‘If I glorify myself , my glory is nothing ; it is my Father who is glorifying me , of whom ye say that He is your God; 55 and ye have not known Him , and I have known Him , and if I say that I have not known Him , I shall be like you —speaking falsely ; but I have known Him , and His word I keep; 56 Abraham , your father , was glad that he might see my day ; and he saw , and did rejoice.’ 57 The Jews , therefore , said unto him , ‘Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?’ 58 Jesus said to them , ‘Verily , verily , I say to you , Before Abraham’s coming —I am;’ 59 they took up , therefore , stones that they may cast at him , but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.