John - Chapter 8

Passage

And Jesus went to mount Olivet. And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery: and they set her in the midst, And said to him: Master, this woman has just now been caught in adultery. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what do you say? And this they said testing him, so that they might accuse him. But Jesus, bending down, wrote with his finger on the ground. When therefore they kept on asking him, he straightened up and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone at her. And again bending down, he wrote on the ground. But when they heard this, they went out one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the midst. Then Jesus, straightening up, said to her: Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you? She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn you. Go, and now sin no more. Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore said to him: You give testimony of yourself. Your testimony is not true. Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know where I came from and where I am going. You judge according to the flesh: I do not judge anyone. And if I do judge, my judgment is true: because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true. I am one who gives testimony of myself: and the Father who sent me gives testimony of me. They said therefore to him: Where is your Father? Jesus answered: You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, perhaps you would know my Father also. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come. Again therefore Jesus said to them: I am going away: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come. The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Where I am going 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 shall die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sin. They said therefore to him: Who are you? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak to you. I have many things to say and to judge about you. But he who sent me is true: and the things I have heard from him, these same I speak in the world. And they did not understand that he was calling God his Father. Jesus therefore said to them: When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father has taught me, these things I speak. And he who sent me is with me: and he has not left me alone. For I always do the things that please him. As he spoke these things, many believed in him. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If you continue 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 seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say: You shall be free? Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say to you that whoever commits sin is the servant of sin. Now the servant does not remain in the house for ever: but the son remains for ever. If therefore the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that 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 now you seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do this. You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We were not born of fornication: we have one Father, God. Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded and came. For I did not come of myself: but he sent me. Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he did not stand in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature: for he is a liar, and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which of you shall convict me of sin? If I tell you the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. That is why you do not hear them, because you are not of God. The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a devil? Jesus answered: I do not have a devil: but I honor my Father. And you have dishonored me. But I do not seek my own glory: there is one who seeks it and judges. Amen, amen, I say to you: If anyone keeps my word, he shall not see death for ever. The Jews therefore said: Now we know that you have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and you say: If anyone keeps my word, he shall not taste death for ever. Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do you make yourself out to be? 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 have not known him: but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it and was glad. The Jews therefore said to him: You are not yet fifty years old. And have you seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM. They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.