Joh 8 | NASB1995 | STEP | But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives .

John 8

The Adulterous Woman

1 But Jesus went to ^athe Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and ^bHe 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 ^cMoses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” 6 They were saying this, ^dtesting Him, ^eso 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, ^fHe straightened up, and said to them, ^g“He who is without sin among you, let him be the ^hfirst 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 ⁱStraightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11 She said, “No one, ^{▼▼ Or Sir}Lord.” And Jesus said, ^k“I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on ^lsin no more.”]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ^m“I am the Light of the world; ⁿhe who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to Him, ^o“You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not ^{▼▼ Or valid}true.” 14 Jesus answered and said to them, ^q“Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is ^{▼▼ Or valid}true, for I know ^swhere I came from and where I am going; but ^tyou do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 ^u“You judge ^{▼▼ I.e. by a carnal standard}according to the flesh; ^wI am not judging anyone. 16 “But even ^xif 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 ^yyour law it has been written that the testimony of ^ztwo men is ^{▼▼ I.e. valid or admissible}true. 18 “I am He who testifies about Myself, and ^abthe 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; ^acif you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20 These words He spoke in ^adthe treasury, as ^aeHe taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ^afHis hour had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ^agyou will seek Me, and ^ahwill die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So ^aithe Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘ ^ajWhere I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, ^ak“You are from below, I am from above; ^alyou are of this world, ^amI am not of this world. 24 “Therefore I said to you that you ^anwill die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^{▼▼ Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM
,} ^apI am He, ^aqyou will die in your sins.” 25 So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, ^{▼▼ Or That which I have been saying to you from the beginning}“What have I been saying to you from the beginning? 26 “I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ^asHe who sent Me is true; and ^atthe 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 ^aulift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^{▼▼ Lit I AM (v 24 note)
,} ^awI am He, and ^axI 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; ^ayHe ^{▼▼ Or did not leave}has not left Me alone, for ^baI always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30 As He spoke these things, ^bbmany came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, ^bc“If you continue in My word, then you are truly ^bddisciples of Mine; 32 and ^beyou will know the truth, and ^bfthe truth will make you free.” 33 They answered Him, ^bg“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, ^bheveryone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 ^bi“The slave does not remain in the house forever; ^bjthe son does remain forever. 36 “So if the Son ^bkmakes you free, you will be free indeed. 37 “I know that you are ^blAbraham’s descendants; yet ^bmyou seek to kill Me, because My word ^{▼▼ Or makes no progress}has no place in you. 38 “I speak the things which I have seen ^{▼▼ Or in the presence of}with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^bp your father.”

39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^bqour father.” Jesus said to them, ^br“If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40 “But as it is, ^bsyou are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^bttold you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 “You are doing the deeds of ^buyour father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^bvwe have one Father: God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^bwyou would love Me, ^bxfor I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ^bynot even come on My own initiative, but ^{▼▼ Lit that One
,} ^caHe sent Me. 43 “Why do you not understand ^{▼▼ Or My way of speaking
,} ^ccwhat I am saying? It is because you cannot ^cdhear My word. 44 ^ce“You are of ^cf your father the devil, and ^cgyou want to do the desires of your father. ^chHe was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^cithere is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ^{▼▼ Lit the lie}a lie, he ^ckspeaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ^{▼▼ Lit it}lies. 45 “But because ^cmI speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 “Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ^cnI speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 ^co“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 ^cpThe Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a ^cqSamaritan and ^crhave a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not ^cshave a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 “But ^ctI do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone ^cukeeps My word he will never ^cvsee death.” 52 ^cwThe Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^cxhave a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone ^cykeeps My word, he will never ^cztaste of death.’ 53 “Surely You ^daare not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, ^db“If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ^dcit is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; 55 and ^ddyou have not come to know Him, ^debut I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ^dfa liar like you, ^dgbut I do know Him and ^dhkeep His word. 56 ^di“Your father Abraham ^djrejoiced ^{▼▼ Lit in order that he might see}to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57 ^dlSo the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham ^{▼▼ Lit came into being}was born, ^dnI am.” 59 Therefore they ^dopicked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^{▼▼ Lit was hidden
,} ^dqhid Himself and went out of the temple.