John 8

And at dawn he came again to the temple,

and all the people were coming unto him , and having sat down, he was teaching them ;

and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery , and having set her in the midst,

they say to him, `Teacher , this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,

and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned ; thou, therefore, what dost thou say ? '

and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus , having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back , he said unto them, `The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her ;'

and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground ,

and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted , were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last ; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

And Jesus having bent himself back , and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, ` Woman, where are those -- thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee? '

and she said, ` No one , Sir;' and Jesus said to her, ` Neither do I pass sentence on thee ; be going on , and no more sin . '

Again , therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, ` I am the light of the world ; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life. '

The Pharisees , therefore , said to him, ` Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true ;'

Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true , because I have known whence I came, and whither I go , and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

` Ye according to the flesh do judge ; I do not judge any one,

and even if I do judge my judgment is true , because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me ;

and also in your law it hath been written , that the testimony of two men are true ;

I am ` one ' who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me. '

They said, therefore, to him, ` Where is thy father? ' Jesus answered, ` Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known . '

These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple , and no one seized him , because his hour had not yet come ;

therefore said Jesus again to them, ` I go away , and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away , ye are not able to come. '

The Jews, therefore, said, ` Will he kill himself , because he saith, Whither I go away , ye are not able to come ?'

and he said to them, ` Ye are from beneath , I am from above ; ye are of this world , I am not of this world ;

I said , therefore , to you, that ye shall die in your sins , for if ye may not believe that I am ` he ' , ye shall die in your sins. '

They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou? ' and Jesus said to them, ` Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning ;

many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge , but He who sent me is true , and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world . '

They knew not that of the Father he spake to them ;

Jesus , therefore, said to them, ` When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am ` he '; and of myself I do nothing , but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

and He who sent me is with me ; the Father did not leave me alone , because I , the things pleasing to Him , do always . '

As he is speaking these things , many believed in him ;

Jesus , therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, ` If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free. '

They answered him, ` Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free? '

Jesus answered them, ` Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin , is a servant of the sin ,

and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age;

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

` I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you ;

I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye , therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do . '

They answered and said to him, ` Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, ` If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

and now , ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God ; this Abraham did not ;

ye do the works of your father. ' They said, therefore, to him, ` We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God ;'

Jesus then said to them, ` If God were your father, ye were loving me , for I came forth from God , and am come ; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me ;

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

` Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do ; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood , because there is no truth in him ; when one may speak the falsehood , of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

` And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

he who is of God , the sayings of God he doth hear ; because of this ye do not hear , because of God ye are not. '

The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well , that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon ? '

Jesus answered, ` I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me ;

and I do not seek my own glory ; there is who is seeking and is judging;

verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word , death he may not see -- to the age . '

The Jews , therefore, said to him, ` Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die , and the prophets , and thou dost say , If any one may keep my word , he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died ? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself? '

Jesus answered, ` If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing ; it is my Father who is glorifying me , of whom ye say that He is your God ;

and ye have not known Him , and I have known Him , and if I say that I have not known Him , I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

Abraham, your father , was glad that he might see my day ; and he saw, and did rejoice . '

The Jews , therefore, said unto him, ` Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen? '

Jesus said to them, ` Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am ;'

they took up , therefore, stones that they may cast at him , but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.