Gospel of John, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of John—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ But Jesus went to ¹the Mount of Olives.
Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and ²He sat down and began to teach them.
The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,
they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
Now in the Law ³Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?”
They were saying this, ⁴testing Him, ⁵so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.
But when they persisted in asking Him, ⁶He straightened up, and said to them, “⁷He who is without sin among you, let him be the ⁸first to throw a stone at her.”
Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
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.
⁹Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”
She said, “No one, ^[a]Lord.” And Jesus said, “¹⁰I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on ¹¹sin no more.”]
¶ Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “¹²I am the Light of the world; ¹³he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
So the Pharisees said to Him, “¹⁴You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not ^[b]true.”
Jesus answered and said to them, “¹⁵Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is ^[c]true, for I know ¹⁶where I came from and where I am going; but ¹⁷you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
¹⁸You judge ^[d]according to the flesh; ¹⁹I am not judging anyone.
But even ²⁰if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
Even in ²¹your law it has been written that the testimony of ²²two men is ^[e]true.
I am He who testifies about Myself, and ²³the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”
So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; ²⁴if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”
These words He spoke in ²⁵the treasury, as ²⁶He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ²⁷His hour had not yet come.
¶ Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ²⁸you will seek Me, and ²⁹will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
So ³⁰the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘³¹Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
And He was saying to them, “³²You are from below, I am from above; ³³you are of this world, ³⁴I am not of this world.
Therefore I said to you that you ³⁵will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[f]³⁶I am He, ³⁷you will die in your sins.”
So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[g]What have I been saying to you from the beginning?
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ³⁸He who sent Me is true; and ³⁹the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”
They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.
So Jesus said, “When you ⁴⁰lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[h]⁴¹I am He, and ⁴²I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.
And He who sent Me is with Me; ⁴³He ^[i]has not left Me alone, for ⁴⁴I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
As He spoke these things, ⁴⁵many came to believe in Him.
¶ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “⁴⁶If you continue in My word, then you are truly ⁴⁷disciples of Mine;
and ⁴⁸you will know the truth, and ⁴⁹the truth will make you free.”
They answered Him, “⁵⁰We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
¶ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁵¹everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
⁵²The slave does not remain in the house forever; ⁵³the son does remain forever.
So if the Son ⁵⁴makes you free, you will be free indeed.
I know that you are ⁵⁵Abraham’s descendants; yet ⁵⁶you seek to kill Me, because My word ^[j]has no place in you.
I speak the things which I have seen ^[k]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ⁵⁷your father.”
¶ They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ⁵⁸our father.” Jesus *said to them, “⁵⁹If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.
But as it is, ⁶⁰you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ⁶¹told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
You are doing the deeds of ⁶²your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ⁶³we have one Father: God.”
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ⁶⁴you would love Me, ⁶⁵for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ⁶⁶not even come on My own initiative, but ^[l]⁶⁷He sent Me.
Why do you not understand ^[m]⁶⁸what I am saying? It is because you cannot ⁶⁹hear My word.
⁷⁰You are of ⁷¹your father the devil, and ⁷²you want to do the desires of your father. ⁷³He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ⁷⁴there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ^[n]a lie, he ⁷⁵speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ^[o]lies.
But because ⁷⁶I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ⁷⁷I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
⁷⁸He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
¶ ⁷⁹The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a ⁸⁰Samaritan and ⁸¹have a demon?”
Jesus answered, “I do not ⁸²have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
But ⁸³I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone ⁸⁴keeps My word he will never ⁸⁵see death.”
⁸⁶The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ⁸⁷have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone ⁸⁸keeps My word, he will never ⁸⁹taste of death.’
Surely You ⁹⁰are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”
Jesus answered, “⁹¹If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ⁹²it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’;
and ⁹³you have not come to know Him, ⁹⁴but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ⁹⁵a liar like you, ⁹⁶but I do know Him and ⁹⁷keep His word.
⁹⁸Your father Abraham ⁹⁹rejoiced ^[p]to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”
¹⁰⁰So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham ^[q]was born, ¹⁰¹I am.”
Therefore they ¹⁰²picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^[r]¹⁰³hid Himself and went out of the temple.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Or Sir
^ Or valid
^ Or valid
^ I.e. by a carnal standard
^ I.e. valid or admissible
^ Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM
^ Or That which I have been saying to you from the beginning
^ Lit I AM (v 24 note)
^ Or did not leave
^ Or makes no progress
^ Or in the presence of
^ Lit that One
^ Or My way of speaking
^ Lit the lie
^ Lit it
^ Lit in order that he might see
^ Lit came into being
^ Lit was hidden

REFERENCES

^ Mt 21:1
^ Mt 26:55; Jn 8:20
^ Le 20:10; De 22:22f
^ Mt 16:1; 19:3; 22:18, 35; Mr 8:11; 10:2; 12:15; Lu 10:25; 11:16
^ Mr 3:2
^ Jn 8:10
^ Mt 7:1; Ro 2:1
^ De 17:7
^ Jn 8:7
^ Jn 3:17
^ Jn 5:14
^ Jn 1:4; 9:5; 12:35
^ Mt 5:14
^ Jn 5:31
^ Jn 18:37; Re 1:5; 3:14
^ Jn 8:42; 13:3; 16:28
^ Jn 7:28; 9:29
^ 1Sa 16:7; Jn 7:24
^ Jn 3:17
^ Jn 5:30
^ De 17:6; 19:15
^ Mt 18:16
^ Jn 5:37; 1Jo 5:9
^ Jn 7:28; 8:55; 14:7, 9; 16:3
^ Mr 12:41, 43; Lu 21:1
^ Jn 7:14; 8:2
^ Jn 7:30
^ Jn 7:34
^ Jn 8:24
^ Jn 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57
^ Jn 7:35
^ Jn 3:31
^ 1Jo 4:5
^ Jn 17:14, 16
^ Jn 8:21
^ Mt 24:5; Mr 13:6; Lu 21:8; Jn 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19
^ Jn 8:21
^ Jn 3:33; 7:28
^ Jn 8:40; 12:49; 15:15
^ Jn 3:14; 12:32
^ Mt 24:5; Mr 13:6; Lu 21:8; Jn 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19
^ Jn 3:11; 5:19
^ Jn 8:16; 16:32
^ Jn 4:34
^ Jn 7:31
^ Jn 15:7; 2Jo 9
^ Jn 2:2
^ Jn 1:14, 17
^ Jn 8:36; Ro 8:2; 2Co 3:17; Ga 5:1, 13; Jm 2:12; 1Pe 2:16
^ Mt 3:9; Lu 3:8; Jn 8:37, 39
^ Ro 6:16; 2Pe 2:19
^ Ge 21:10; Ga 4:30
^ Lu 15:31
^ Jn 8:32
^ Mt 3:9; Jn 8:39
^ Jn 7:1; 8:40
^ Jn 8:41, 44
^ Mt 3:9; Jn 8:37
^ Ro 9:7; Ga 3:7
^ Jn 7:1; 8:37
^ Jn 8:26
^ Jn 8:38, 44
^ De 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8
^ 1Jo 5:1
^ Jn 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8
^ Jn 7:28
^ Jn 3:17
^ Jn 8:33, 39, 41
^ Jn 5:25
^ 1Jo 3:8
^ Jn 8:38, 41
^ Jn 7:17
^ Ge 3:4; 1Jo 3:8, 15
^ 1Jo 2:4
^ Mt 12:34
^ Jn 18:37
^ Jn 18:37
^ 1Jo 4:6
^ Jn 1:19
^ Mt 10:5; Jn 4:9
^ Jn 7:20
^ Jn 7:20
^ Jn 5:41; 8:54
^ Jn 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6
^ Mt 16:28; Lu 2:26; Jn 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5
^ Jn 1:19
^ Jn 7:20
^ Jn 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6
^ Jn 8:51
^ Jn 4:12
^ Jn 8:50
^ Jn 7:39
^ Jn 8:19; 15:21
^ Jn 7:29
^ Jn 8:44
^ Jn 7:29
^ Jn 8:51; 15:10
^ Jn 8:37, 39
^ Mt 13:17; Heb 11:13
^ Jn 1:19
^ Ex 3:14; Jn 1:1; 17:5, 24
^ Mt 12:14; Jn 10:31; 11:8
^ Jn 12:36

Gospel of John, Chapter 8

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