1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He 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 Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?|
6 They were saying this, testing Him, so 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, He straightened up, and said to them, |He who is without sin among you, let him [be the] first 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 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, |Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?|
11 She said, |No one, Lord.| And Jesus said, |I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.]|
12 Then Jesus again 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 So the Pharisees said to Him, |You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true.|
14 Jesus answered and said to them, |Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
15 |You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.
16 |But even if 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 your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.
18 |I am He who testifies about Myself, and the 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; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.|
20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, |I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.|
22 So the Jews were saying, |Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, Where I am going, you cannot come'?|
23 And He was saying to them, |You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
24 |Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am [He], you will die in your sins.|
25 So they were saying to Him, |Who are You?| Jesus said to them, |What have I been saying to you [from] the beginning?
26 |I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the 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 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 these things as the Father taught Me.
29 |And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.|
30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.
31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, |If you continue in My word, [then] you are truly disciples of Mine;
32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.|
33 They answered Him, |We 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, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
35 |The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.
36 |So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 |I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
38 |I speak the things which I have seen with [My] Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from [your] father.|
39 They answered and said to Him, |Abraham is our father.| Jesus said to them, |If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.
40 |But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
41 |You are doing the deeds of your father.| They said to Him, |We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.|
42 Jesus said to them, |If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 |Why do you not understand what I am saying? [It is] because you cannot hear My word.
44 |You are of [your] father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own [nature], for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 |But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 |Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
47 |He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear [them], because you are not of God.|
48 The Jews answered and said to Him, |Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?|
49 Jesus answered, |I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
