John 8

¹And Jesus went unto mount Olivet.

²And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them.

³And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,

⁴And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.

⁵Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou?

⁶And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

⁷When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

⁸And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.

⁹But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst.

¹⁰Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?

¹¹Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.

¹²Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹³The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself. Thy testimony is not true.

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go.

¹⁵You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man.

¹⁶And if I do judge, my judgment is true: because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

¹⁷And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me giveth testimony of me.

¹⁹They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.

²⁰These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

²¹Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come.

²²The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go you cannot come?

²³And he said to them: You are from beneath: I am from above. You are of this world: I am not of this world.

²⁴Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin.

²⁵They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.

²⁶Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these same I speak in the world.

²⁷And they understood not that he called God his Father.

²⁸Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak.

²⁹And he that sent me is with me: and he hath not left me alone. For I do always the things that please him.

³⁰When he spoke these things, many believed in him.

³¹Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed.

³²And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.

³³They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?

³⁴Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

³⁵Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever.

³⁶If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

³⁷I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father.

³⁹They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.

⁴¹You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God.

⁴²Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded and came. For I came not of myself: but he sent me.

⁴³Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

⁴⁴You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

⁴⁵But if I say the truth, you believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me:

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God.

⁴⁸The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?

⁴⁹Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father. And you have dishonoured me.

⁵⁰But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

⁵¹Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.

⁵²The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever.

⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself?

⁵⁴Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God.

⁵⁵And you have not known him: but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know him and do keep his word.

⁵⁶Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: 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: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM.

⁵⁹They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

John 8

¹Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

²And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

³And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

⁴They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

⁵Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

⁶This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

⁷So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

⁸And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

⁹And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

¹⁰When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

¹¹She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

¹²Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹³The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

¹⁴Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

¹⁵Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

¹⁶And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

¹⁷It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

¹⁹Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

²⁰These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

²¹Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

²²Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

²³And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

²⁴I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

²⁵Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

²⁶I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

²⁷They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

²⁸Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

²⁹And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

³⁰As he spake these words, many believed on him.

³¹Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

³²And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

³³They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

³⁵And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

³⁶If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

³⁷I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

³⁹They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

⁴¹Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

⁴²Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot 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 abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

⁴⁵And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

⁴⁸Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

⁵⁰And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

⁵¹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

⁵²Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

⁵⁵Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

⁵⁷Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

⁵⁸Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

⁵⁹Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.