| 1. | while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
| 2. | But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. |
| 3. | Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. |
| 4. | They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. |
| 5. | Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" |
| 6. | They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. |
| 7. | But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." |
| 8. | Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. |
| 9. | And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. |
| 10. | Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" |
| 11. | She replied, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, (and) from now on do not sin any more." |
| 12. | Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." |
| 13. | So the Pharisees said to him, "You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified." |
| 14. | Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because 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 by appearances, but I do not judge anyone. |
| 16. | And even if I should judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me. |
| 17. | Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified. |
| 18. | I testify on my behalf and so does the Father who sent me." |
| 19. | So they said 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. | He spoke these words while teaching in the treasury in the temple area. But no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come. |
| 21. | He said to them again, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come." |
| 22. | So the Jews said, "He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?" |
| 23. | He said to them, "You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. |
| 24. | That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins." |
| 25. | So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning. |
| 26. | I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world." |
| 27. | They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. |
| 28. | So Jesus said (to them), "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. |
| 29. | The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him." |
| 30. | Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him. |
| 31. | Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, |
| 32. | and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." |
| 33. | They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, 'You will become free'?" |
| 34. | Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. |
| 35. | A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. |
| 36. | So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free. |
| 37. | I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. |
| 38. | I tell you what I have seen in the Father's presence; then do what you have heard from the Father." |
| 39. | They answered and said to him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. |
| 40. | But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. |
| 41. | You are doing the works of your father!" (So) they said to him, "We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God." |
| 42. | Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me. |
| 43. | Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word. |
| 44. | You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies. |
| 45. | But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me. |
| 46. | Can any of you charge me with sin? If I am telling the truth, why do you not believe me? |
| 47. | Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not listen, because you do not belong to God." |
| 48. | The Jews answered and said to him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed?" |
| 49. | Jesus answered, "I am not possessed; I honor my Father, but you dishonor me. |
| 50. | I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges. |
| 51. | Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death." |
| 52. | (So) the Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.' |
| 53. | Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?" |
| 54. | Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.' |
| 55. | You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. |
| 56. | Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad. |
| 57. | So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?" |
| 58. | Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM." |
| 59. | So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. |
