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All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the law <i>Moses commanded us to stone to death</i> such women. What then do you say?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus stood up straight and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>She replied, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”]]</p> <p class="title">Jesus as the Light of the World</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So the Pharisees objected, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jesus answered, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>It is written in your law that <i>the testimony of two men is true</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they began asking him, “Who is your father?” Jesus answered, “You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)</p> <p class="title">Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So the Jewish leaders began to say, “Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus replied, “What I have told you from the beginning. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.</p> <p class="title">Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So if the son sets you free, you will be really free. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>They answered him, “Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied, “If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>You people are doing the deeds of your father.”</p><p class="bodytext">Then they said to Jesus, “We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father – and yet you dishonor me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Then the Judeans responded, “Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, ‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, ‘He is our God.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Then the Judeans replied, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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