Chapter 8

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

And at daybreak he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and sitting down he began to teach them. The Adulteress

Now the Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and setting her in the midst,

said to him, "Master, this woman has just now been caught in adultery.

And in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such persons. What, therefore, dost thou say? "

Now they were saying this to test him, in order that they might be able to accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down, began to write with his finger on the ground.

But when they continued asking him, he raised himself and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her."

And again stooping down, he began to write on the ground.

But hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus remained alone, with the woman standing in the midst.

And Jesus, raising himself, said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned thee? "

She said, "No one, Lord." Then Jesus said, "Neither will I condemn thee. Go thy way, and from now on sin no more." The Light of the World

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me does not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

The Pharisees therefore said to him, "Thou bearest witness to thyself. Thy witness is not true."

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I bear witness to myself, my witness is true, because I know where I came from and where I go. But you do not know where I came from or where I go.

You judge according the flesh; I judge no one.

And even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but with me is he who sent me, the Father.

And in your Law it is written that the witness of two persons is true.

It is I who bear witness to myself, and he who sent me, the Father, bears witness to me."

They therefore said to him, "Where is thy father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would then know my Father also."

Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, while teaching in the temple. And no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come The Son of God

Again, therefore, Jesus said to them, "I go, and you will seek me, and in your sin you will die. Where I go you cannot come."

The Jews therefore kept saying, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I go you cannot come'? "

And he said to them, "You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.

Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sin."

They therefore said to him, "Who art thou?" Jesus said to them, "Why do I speak to you at all!

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you; but he who sent me is true, and the things that I heard from him, these I speak in the world."

And they did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that of myself I do nothing: but that I preach only what the Father has taught me.

And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him."

When he was speaking these things, many believed in him. The Children of Abraham

Jesus therefore said to the Jews who had come to believe in him, "If you abide in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed,

and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

They answered him, "We are the children of Abraham, and we have never yet been slaves to anyone. How sayest thou, 'You shall be free'? "

Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

But the slave does not abide in the house forever; the son abides there forever.

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

I know that you are the children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word takes no hold among you.

I speak what I have seen with the Father; and you do what you have seen with your father."

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you are the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

But as it is, you are seeking to kill me, one who has spoken the truth to you which I have heard from God. That is not what Abraham did.

You are doing the works of your father." They therefore said to him, "We have not been born of fornication; we have one Father, God."

Jesus therefore said to them, "If God were your Father, you would surely love me. For from God I came forth and have come; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot listen to my word.

The father from whom you are is the devil, and the desires of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie he speaks from his very nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

But because I speak the truth you do not believe me.

Which of you can convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?

He who is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear is that you are not of God." Christ and Abraham

The Jews therefore in answer said to him, "Are we not right in saying that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? "

Jesus answered, "I have not a devil, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks and who judges.

Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone keep my word, he will never see death."

The Jews therefore said, "Now we now that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets, and thou sayest, 'If anyone keep my word he will never taste death. '

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? "

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.

And you do not know him, but I know him. And if I say that I do not know him, I shall be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

Abraham your father rejoiced that he was to see my day. He saw it and was glad."

The Jews therefore said to him, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? "

Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am."

They therefore took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out from the temple.