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JOHN 8
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4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adul
tery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use
against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.
7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right,
but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped
down again and wrote in the dust.
9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning
with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the
woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your
accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
Jesus, the Light of the World
12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world.
If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have
the light that leads to life.”
13 The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself!
Such testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about
myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t
know this about me. 15 You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge
anyone. 16 And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because
I am not alone. The Father* who sent me is with me. 17 Your own law says that
if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.* 18 I am
one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”
19 “Where is your father?” they asked.
Jesus answered, “Since you don’t know who I am, you don’t know who my
Father is. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.” 20 Jesus made
these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known
as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time* had not yet come.
The Unbelieving People Warned
Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me
but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”
22 The people* asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he
mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”
23 Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to
this world; I do not. 24 That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for
unless you believe that I Am who I claim to be,* you will die in your sins.”
25 “Who are you?” they demanded.
Jesus replied, “The one I have always claimed to be.* 26 I have much to say
about you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I say only what I have
heard from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful.” 27 But they
still didn’t understand that he was talking about his Father.
21
8:16 Some manuscripts read The One. 8:17 See Deut 19:15. 8:20 Greek his hour. 8:22 Greek
Jewish people; also in 8:31, 48, 52, 57. 8:24 Greek unless you believe that I am. See Exod 3:14.
8:25 Or Why do I speak to you at all?
