May 30, 31
John 8
Joh 8:1 but Jesus went
to the Mount of Olives.
Joh 8:2 Now very early
in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people
came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
Joh 8:3 The scribes and
the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in
the midst,
Joh 8:4 they told him,
"Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
Joh 8:5 Now in our law,
Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
Joh 8:6 They said this
testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But
Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Joh 8:7 But when they
continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is
without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
Joh 8:8 Again he
stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
Joh 8:9 They, when they
heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one,
beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone
with the woman where she was, in the middle.
Joh 8:10 Jesus,
standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers?
Did no one condemn you?"
Joh 8:11 She said, "No
one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your
way. From now on, sin no more."
Joh 8:12 Again,
therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the
world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have
the light of life."
Joh 8:13 The Pharisees
therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your
testimony is not valid."
Joh 8:14 Jesus answered
them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for
I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know
where I came from, or where I am going.
Joh 8:15 You judge
according to the flesh. I judge no one.
Joh 8:16 Even if I do
judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the
Father who sent me.
Joh 8:17 It's also
written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
Joh 8:18 I am one who
testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about
me."
Joh 8:19 They said
therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered,
"You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would
know my Father also."
Joh 8:20 Jesus spoke
these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one
arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
Joh 8:21 Jesus said
therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me,
and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."
Joh 8:22 The Jews
therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am
going, you can't come?' "
Joh 8:23 He said to
them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this
world. I am not of this world.
Joh 8:24 I said
therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you
believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
Joh 8:25 They said
therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just
what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
Joh 8:26 I have many
things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me
is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the
world."
Joh 8:27 They didn't
understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
Joh 8:28 Jesus
therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man,
then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as
my Father taught me, I say these things.
Joh 8:29 He who sent me
is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the
things that are pleasing to him."
Joh 8:30 As he spoke
these things, many believed in him.
Joh 8:31 Jesus
therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you
remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
Joh 8:32 You will know
the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Joh 8:33 They answered
him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to
anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?' "
Joh 8:34 Jesus answered
them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is
the bondservant of sin.
Joh 8:35 A bondservant
doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
Joh 8:36 If therefore
the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
Joh 8:37 I know that
you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word
finds no place in you.
Joh 8:38 I say the
things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things
which you have seen with your father."
Joh 8:39 They answered
him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If
you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Joh 8:40 But now you
seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from
God. Abraham didn't do this.
Joh 8:41 You do the
works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born
of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Joh 8:42 Therefore
Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me,
for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself,
but he sent me.
Joh 8:43 Why don't you
understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
Joh 8:44 You are of
your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your
father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he
speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
Joh 8:45 But because I
tell the truth, you don't believe me.
Joh 8:46 Which of you
convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
Joh 8:47 He who is of
God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because
you are not of God."
Joh 8:48 Then the Jews
answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and
have a demon?"
Joh 8:49 Jesus
answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you
dishonor me.
Joh 8:50 But I don't
seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
Joh 8:51 Most
certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see
death."
Joh 8:52 Then the Jews
said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died,
and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never
taste of death.'
Joh 8:53 Are you
greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do
you make yourself out to be?"
Joh 8:54 Jesus
answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my
Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
Joh 8:55 You have not
known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be
like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
Joh 8:56 Your father
Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."
Joh 8:57 The Jews
therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and
have you seen Abraham?"
Joh 8:58 Jesus said to
them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into
existence, I AM."
Joh 8:59 Therefore they
took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of
the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.