1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 b[Luke 21:38] Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, andcMatt. 5:1; Luke 4:20 he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 NowdLev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22 in the Law Moses commanded useDeut. 22:24; Ezek. 16:38, 40 to stone such women. So what do you say? ” 6 This they saidfMatt. 16:1; 19:3; 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; 10:2; 12:15; Luke 10:25; 11:16 to test him,gSee Luke 11:54 that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, hRom. 2:1, 22 “Let him who is without sin among youiDeut. 17:7 be the first to throw a stone at her. ” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? ” 11 She said, “No one, Lord. ” And Jesus said, jver. 15; [ch. 3:17; Luke 12:14] “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now onkch. 5:14 sin no more. ” ]]
12 lch. 7:37, 38 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, m[Ps. 36:9; Isa. 42:6; 49:6; Mal. 4:2]; See ch. 1:4, 9 “I am the light of the world. Whoevernch. 12:26; 21:19 follows me will notoSee ch. 12:35 walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. ” 13 So the Pharisees said to him,pch. 5:31 “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true. ” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself,q[Rev. 3:14] my testimony is true, for I knowrch. 13:3; 16:28 where I came from andsver. 21; ch. 7:33 where I am going, butt[ch. 7:28; 9:29] you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 uch. 7:24; 1 Sam. 16:7; [Job 10:4] You judge according to the flesh;vch. 12:47; [ver. 11] I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge,wch. 5:30 my judgment is true, forxver. 29; ch. 16:32 it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. 17 ySee Num. 35:30 In your Law it is written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, andzch. 5:37 the Father who sent me bears witness about me. ” 19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father? ” Jesus answered, aver. 55; ch. 16:3 “You know neither me nor my Father.bch. 14:7 If you knew me, you would know my Father also. ” 20 These words he spoke incSee Matt. 27:6 the treasury, as he taught in the temple; butdch. 7:30 no one arrested him, becauseech. 7:8 his hour had not yet come.
21 So he said to them again, fch. 14:28; [ch. 14:2, 3; 16:7] “I am going away, andgSee ch. 7:34 you will seek me, andhver. 24; Ezek. 3:18; 33:8 you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come. ” 22 So the Jews said,i[ch. 7:35] “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come ’ ? ” 23 He said to them, j[ver. 44; ch. 3:31] “You are from below; I am from above.k1 John 4:5 You are of this world;lch. 17:14, 16 I am not of this world. 24 I told you that youmver. 21 would die in your sins, fornch. 16:9 unless you believe thatoMark 13:6; Luke 21:8 I am he you will die in your sins. ” 25 So they said to him,p[ch. 1:19] “Who are you? ” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, butqch. 3:33; 7:28; Rom. 3:4 he who sent me is true, and I declarer[ch. 18:20] to the worldsver. 40; ch. 15:15; [ch. 3:32; Rev. 1:1] what I have heard from him. ” 27 They did not understand thattver. 18, 26 he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you haveuch. 3:14; 12:32, 34 lifted up the Son of Man,v[ch. 16:8-11] then you will know thatwSee ver. 24 I am he, and thatxSee ch. 5:30 I do nothing on my own authority, butySee ch. 7:16 speak just as the Father taught me. 29 Andzver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38 he who sent me is with me.zver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38 He has not left me alone, forach. 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; [1 John 3:22] I always do the things that are pleasing to him. ” 30 As he was saying these things,bSee ch. 7:31 many believed in him.
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, cch. 15:7, 8; 2 John 9 “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you willd2 John 1 know the truth, and the truthever. 36; Rom. 6:18, 22; 8:2; 1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13; James 1:25; 2:12; 1 Pet. 2:16 will set you free. ” 33 They answered him,fver. 37, 39; Matt. 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Rom. 9:7] “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free ’? ”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,gRom. 6:16-20; Titus 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:19 everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35 hGen. 21:10; Gal. 4:30 The slave does not remain in the house forever;iLuke 15:31 the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yetjver. 40; See ch. 7:1 you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 kch. 3:32; 5:19; 6:46 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heardlver. 41, 44 from your father. ”
39 They answered him,mver. 33, 56 “Abraham is our father. ” Jesus said to them, n[Gal. 3:7, 9] “If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did, 40 but nowover. 37 you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truthpver. 26 that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did. ” They said to him,q[Hos. 2:4] “We were not born of sexual immorality. We haverDeut. 32:6; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; [ver. 47] one Father—even God. ” 42 Jesus said to them, s[1 John 5:1] “If God were your Father, you would love me, fort1 John 5:20; [Heb. 10:9] I came from God anduch. 16:28; 17:8 I am here.vch. 7:28 I came not of my own accord, butwSee ch. 3:17 he sent me. 43 xch. 7:17 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannotyJer. 6:10; [1 Cor. 2:14] bear to hear my word. 44 z1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires.aGen. 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Rom. 5:12] He was a murderer from the beginning, andb[1 John 2:4] has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him.cGen. 3:4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9 When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 d[ch. 18:37; 1 John 4:6] Whoever is of God hears the words of God.e[ch. 10:26] The reason why you do not hear them is thatf[ver. 41] you are not of God. ”
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan andgSee ch. 7:20 have a demon? ” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, buthch. 5:23; [ch. 7:18] I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yetiver. 54; ch. 5:41 I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly,jch. 5:24; 11:26 I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will neverkSee Luke 2:26 see death. ” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon!l[Zech. 1:5] Abraham died, as did the prophets, yetmver. 51 you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will nevernMatt. 16:28; Heb. 2:9 taste death. ’ 53 o[ch. 4:12] Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be? ” 54 Jesus answered, pver. 50 “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing.qch. 13:32; 17:1; Acts 3:13; Heb. 5:5; 2 Pet. 1:17 It is my Father who glorifies me,rver. 41 of whom you say, ‘He is our God. ’ 55 Butsver. 19; ch. 7:28 you have not known him.tch. 7:29; See Matt. 11:27 I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would beu1 John 1:6 a liarvver. 44 like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 wver. 39 Your father AbrahamxSee Matt. 13:17 rejoicedyLuke 17:22 that he would see my day.z[Heb. 11:13] He saw it and was glad. ” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? ” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was,aSee Ex. 3:14 I am. ” 59 Sobch. 10:31 they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.