John 8
1 except Jesus, who went to the Mount of Olives.
And at dawn he came again to the temple,
2 But he went again into the Temple Courts early in the morning, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.
and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;
3 Presently, however, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placed her in the middle of the Court,
and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
4 and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was found in the act of adultery.
they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime — committing adultery,
5 Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us to stone such women to death; what do you say?’
and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'
6 They said this to test him, in order to have a charge to bring against him. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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 However, as they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said, ‘Let the person among you who has never done wrong throw the first stone at her.’
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 he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,
9 When they heard that, they went out one by one, beginning with the eldest; and Jesus was left alone with the woman in the middle of the Court.
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 Raising himself, Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?’
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 ‘No one, Sir,’ she answered. ‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus ‘go, and do not sin again.’
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.'
12 Jesus again addressed the people. ‘I am the light of the world,’ he said. ‘The person who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’
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 ‘You are bearing testimony to yourself!’ exclaimed the Pharisees, ‘your testimony is not trustworthy.’
The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, 'Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'
14 ‘Even if I bear testimony to myself,’ answered Jesus, ‘my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going.
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 You judge by appearances; I judge no one.
'Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,
16 Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.
and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;
17 Why, in your own Law it is said that the testimony of two persons is trustworthy.
and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;
18 I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me.’
I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'
19 ‘Where is your father, then?’ they asked. ‘You know neither me nor my Father,’ replied Jesus. ‘If you had known me, you would have also known my Father.’
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 statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.
These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;
21 Jesus again spoke to the people. ‘I am going away,’ he said, ‘and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going.’
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 ‘Is he going to kill himself,’ the people exclaimed, ‘that he says – “You cannot go where I am going”?’
The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
23 ‘You,’ added Jesus, ‘are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
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 and so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins.’
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 ‘Who are you?’ they asked. ‘Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?’ said Jesus.
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 ‘I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him.’
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 did not understand that he meant the Father.
They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
28 So Jesus added, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.
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 Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him.’
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 While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.
As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;
31 So Jesus went on to say to those who had believed him, ‘If you remain constant to my message, you are truly my disciples;
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 you will find out the truth, and the truth will set you free.’
and the truth shall make you free.'
33 ‘We are descendants of Abraham,’ was their answer, ‘and have never yet been in slavery to anyone. What do you mean by saying “you will be set free”?’
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 ‘In truth I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
and the servant doth not remain in the house — to the age, the son doth remain — to the age; (aiōn g165)
36 If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!
if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my message finds no place in your hearts.
'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 tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father.’
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 ‘Our father is Abraham,’ was their answer. ‘If you are Abraham’s children,’ replied Jesus, ‘do what Abraham did.
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 But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death – a man who has told you the truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.
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 You are doing what your own father does.’ ‘We are not bastards,’ they said, ‘we have one Father – God himself.’
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have — God;'
42 ‘If God were your Father,’ Jesus replied, ‘you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his messenger.
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 How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.
wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
44 As for you, you are children of your father the devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.
'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 But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
'And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.
46 Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then don’t you believe me, if I am speaking truth?
Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
47 The person who comes from God listens to God’s teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God.’
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.'
48 ‘Aren’t we right, after all,’ replied the people, ‘in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?’
The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, 'Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'
49 ‘I am not possessed by a demon,’ Jesus answered, ‘but I am honouring my Father; and yet you dishonour me.
Jesus answered, 'I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;
50 Not that I am seeking honour for myself; there is one who is seeking my honour, and he decides.
and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see — to the age.' (aiōn g165)
52 ‘Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon,’ the people replied. ‘Abraham died, and so did the prophets; and yet you say “If anyone lays my message to heart, they will never know death.” (aiōn g165)
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! (aiōn g165)
53 Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?’
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
54 ‘If I do honour to myself,’ answered Jesus, ‘such honour counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honour – and you say that he is your God;
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 yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his message to heart.
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 Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad.’
Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
57 ‘You are not fifty years old yet,’ the people exclaimed, ‘and have you seen Abraham?’
The Jews, therefore, said unto him, 'Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'
58 ‘In truth I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘before Abraham existed I was.’
Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming — I am;'
59 At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.
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.
