John 8
1JESUS went to the mount of the Olives.
2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them.
3And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having placed her in the midst,
4they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act:
5Now in the law Moses commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say?
6This they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his finger in the ground.
7And as they continued asking him, raising himself up, he said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast the stone at her.
8And again stooping down, he wrote in the ground.
9And they hearing it, and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn thee?
11She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.]
12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.
14Jesus answered and said to them: Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; because I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.
15Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
16And even if I judge, my judgment is true; because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.
17It is written also in your law, that the witness of two men is true.
18I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.
19They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.
20These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
21Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come.
22The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go, ye can not come.
23And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25Therefore they said to him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to you from the beginning.
26I have many things to say 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.
27They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father.
28Therefore Jesus said to them: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he; and of myself I do nothing, but as the Father taught me, those things I speak.
29And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the things that please him.
30As he spoke these words many believed on him.
31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
33They answered him: We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How sayest thou: Ye shall be made free?
34Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin.
35And the servant abides not in the house forever.
36The Son abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed.
37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
38I speak what I have seen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your father.
39They answered and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus says to them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not.
41Ye do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
42Jesus said to them: If God were your father, ye would love me; for from God I came forth, and am come; neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
43Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word.
44Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.
45And because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
46Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
47He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not of God.
48The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
49Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.
50And I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeks, and judges.
51Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever.
52The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If a man keep my saying, he shall not taste of death, forever.
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself?
54Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your God.
55And ye know him not; but I know him. And if I say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like to you. But I know him, and I keep his word.
56Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
57The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.
59They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.