John 8
8Jesus, however, went to the Mount of Olives.G1161G2424G4198G1519G3735G16362At daybreak he appeared again in the temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.G1161G3722G3854G3825G1519G2411G2532G3956G2992G2064G4314G846G2532G2523G1321G8463But the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. After setting her before them,G1161G1122G2532G5330G71G4314G846G1135G2638G1722G3430G2532G2476G846G1722G33194they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.G3004G846G1320G3778G1135G2638G3431G18885Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. What do you say?"G1161G3475G1722G3551G1781G2254G5108G3036G3767G5101G3004G47716They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.2G1161G5124G3004G3985G846G2443G2192G2723G846G1161G2424G2955G2736G1147G1125G1519G1093G4364G33617When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."G1161G5613G1961G2065G846G352G2036G4314G846G361G5216G906G4413G906G3037G1909G8468Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.G2532G3825G2955G2736G1125G1519G10939When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.G1161G191G2532G1651G5259G4893G1831G1527G756G575G4245G2193G2078G2532G2424G2641G3441G2532G1135G2476G1722G331910Then Jesus stood up and asked her, "Dear lady, where are your accusers? Hasn't anyone condemned you - 9G1161G2424G352G2532G2300G3367G4133G1135G2036G846G1135G4226G1526G1565G4675G2725G2632G3762G2632G457111"No one, sir," she replied. Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on do not sin any more."G1161G2036G3762G2962G1161G2424G2036G846G3761G2632G1473G2632G4571G4198G2532G264G337112Later on Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."G3767G2980G2424G3825G846G3004G1473G1510G5457G2889G190G1698G4043G3364G4043G1722G4653G235G2192G5457G222213The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."G5330G3767G2036G846G4771G3140G4012G4572G4675G3141G2076G3756G22714Jesus answered them, "Even though I am testifying about myself, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G2579G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G227G3754G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G1161G5210G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G521715You are judging by human standards, but I am not judging anyone.G5210G2919G2596G4561G1473G2919G3756G376216Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.G1161G2532G1437G1473G2919G1699G2920G2076G227G3754G1510G3756G3441G235G1473G2532G3962G3992G316517In your own law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.G2532G1125G1161G1125G1722G5212G3551G3754G3141G1417G444G2076G22718I am testifying about myself, and the Father who sent me is testifying about me."G1473G1510G3140G4012G1683G2532G3962G3992G3165G3140G4012G170019Then they asked him, "Where is this Father of yours?"Jesus replied, "You do not know me or my Father. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also."G3767G3004G846G4226G2076G4675G3962G2424G611G1492G3777G1492G1691G3777G3450G3962G1487G1492G1691G2532G1492G3450G3962G30220He spoke these words in the treasury, while he was teaching in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.G5023G4487G2980G2424G1722G1049G1321G1722G2411G2532G3762G4084G846G3754G846G5610G2064G3768G206421Later on he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."G3767G2036G2424G3825G846G1473G5217G2532G2212G3165G2532G599G1722G5216G266G3699G1473G5217G5210G3756G1410G206422So the Jews were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, 'You cannot come where I am going'?"G3767G3004G2453G3385G615G1438G3754G3004G3699G1473G5217G5210G3756G1410G206423He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, but I am not of this world.G2532G2036G846G5210G2075G1537G2736G1473G1510G1537G507G5210G2075G1537G5127G2889G1473G1510G3756G1537G5127G288924That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins."G2036G3767G5213G3754G599G1722G5216G266G1063G3362G4100G3362G3754G1473G1510G599G1722G5216G26625Then they asked him, "Who are you?" Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along -G3767G3004G846G5101G1488G4771G2532G2424G2036G846G3748G2532G2980G5213G74626I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I have heard from him I declare to the world."G2192G4183G2980G2532G2919G4012G5216G235G3992G3165G2076G227G2504G3004G1519G2889G5023G3739G191G3844G84627They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.G1097G3756G3754G3004G846G396228So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.G5119G2036G2424G846G3752G5312G5207G444G3767G1097G3754G1473G1510G2532G4160G3762G575G1683G235G2531G3450G3962G1321G3165G2980G502329Moreover, the one who sent me is with me. He has never left me alone because I always do what pleases him."G2532G3992G3165G2076G3326G1700G3962G863G3756G863G3165G3441G3754G1473G4160G3842G701G84630While he was saying these things, many believed in him.29G846G2980G5023G4183G4100G1519G84631So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.G3767G3004G2424G4314G2453G3588G4100G846G1437G5210G3306G1722G1699G3056G2075G3450G3101G23032And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."G2532G1097G225G2532G225G1659G5209G165933They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, 'You will be set free'?"G611G846G2070G11G4690G2532G1398G4455G1398G3762G4459G3004G4771G3754G1096G165834Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you with certainty that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.G2424G611G846G281G281G3004G5213G3754G3956G4160G266G2076G1401G26635The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.G1161G1401G3306G3756G1722G3614G1519G165G5207G3306G1519G16536So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"G1437G5207G3767G1659G5209G1659G2071G1658G368937"I know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me because you've not received what I've told you.G1492G3754G2075G11G4690G235G2212G615G3165G3754G1699G3056G5562G3756G5562G1722G521338I declare what I have seen in my Father's presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father."G1473G2980G3739G3708G3844G3450G3962G2532G5210G4160G3767G3739G3708G3844G5216G396239They replied to him, "Our father is Abraham!"Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did.G611G2532G2036G846G11G2076G2257G3962G2424G3004G846G1487G2258G11G5043G4160G302G2041G1140But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.G1161G3568G2212G615G3165G444G3739G2980G5213G225G3739G191G3844G2316G5124G4160G3756G1141You are doing your father's actions." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."G5210G4160G2041G5216G3962G3767G2036G846G2249G1080G3756G1080G1537G4202G2192G1520G3962G231642Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would have loved me, because I came from God and am here. I have not come on my own accord, but he sent me.G2424G3767G2036G846G1487G2316G2258G5216G3962G302G25G1691G1063G1473G1831G2532G2240G1537G2316G3761G1063G2064G575G1683G235G1565G649G316543Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words.G1302G1097G3756G1097G1699G2981G3754G3756G1410G191G1699G305644You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.G5210G2075G1537G3962G1228G2532G1939G5216G3962G2309G4160G1565G2258G443G575G746G2532G2476G3756G1722G225G3754G2076G3756G225G1722G846G3752G2980G5579G2980G1537G2398G3754G2076G5583G2532G3962G84645But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.G1161G3754G1473G3004G225G4100G3427G375646Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me -G5101G1537G5216G1651G3165G4012G266G1161G1487G3004G225G1302G4100G5210G3756G4100G342747The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you do not listen is because you do not belong to God."45G5607G1537G2316G191G2316G4487G5210G5124G1223G191G3756G3754G2075G3756G1537G231648The Jews replied to him, "Surely we are right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, aren't we?"8G3767G611G2453G2532G2036G846G3004G2249G3756G2573G3754G4771G1488G4541G2532G2192G114049Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon. On the contrary, I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.G2424G611G1473G2192G3756G1140G235G5091G3450G3962G2532G5210G818G316550I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the Judge.G1161G1473G2212G3756G3450G1391G2076G2212G2532G291951Truly, I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."8G281G281G3004G5213G1437G5100G5083G1699G3056G2334G3364G1519G165G2334G228852Then the Jews said to him, "Now we really know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'G3767G2036G2453G846G3568G1097G3754G2192G1140G11G599G2532G4396G2532G4771G3004G1437G5100G5083G3450G3056G1089G3364G1519G165G1089G228853You aren't greater than our father Abraham, who died, are you? The prophets also died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"G3361G1488G4771G3187G2257G3962G11G3748G599G2532G4396G599G5101G4160G4771G457254Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'G2424G611G1437G1473G1392G1683G3450G1391G2076G3762G2076G3450G3962G1392G3165G3739G5210G3004G3754G2076G5216G231655You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I don't know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and keep his word.G2532G1097G3756G1097G846G1161G1473G1492G846G2532G1437G2036G3754G1492G846G3756G2071G5583G3664G5216G235G1492G846G2532G5083G846G305656Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw it and was glad."G5216G3962G11G21G2443G1492G1699G2250G2532G1492G2532G546357Then the Jews asked him, "You are not even 50 years old, yet you have seen Abraham?"G3767G2036G2453G4314G846G2192G3768G4004G2094G2532G3708G1158Jesus said to them, "Truly, I tell all of you with certainty, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G4250G11G1096G1473G151059At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.G3767G142G3037G2443G906G1909G846G1161G2424G2928G2532G1831G1537G2411G1330G1223G3319G846G2532G3779G3855
Columbus, OH
