John 8

¹And Jesus went to Mount Olivet. ²And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and sitting down he taught them. ³And the Scribes and Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, ⁴And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. ⁵Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou? ⁶And this they said, tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. ⁸And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. ⁹But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest: and Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee? ¹¹She said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more. ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ¹³The Pharisees, therefore, said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not true. ¹⁴Jesus answered, and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I go. ¹⁵You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man: ¹⁶And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone: but I and the Father that sent me. ¹⁷And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me, giveth testimony of me. ¹⁹They said, therefore, to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father: if you did know me, you would know my Father also. ²⁰These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. ²¹Then Jesus said to them again: I go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. ²²The Jews, therefore, said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot come? ²³And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. ²⁴Therefore, I said to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin. ²⁵They said therefore, to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak to you. ²⁶I have many things to speak, and to judge of you. But he that sent me is true: and the things I have heard from him, the same I speak in the world. ²⁷Now they did not understand that he called God his father. ²⁸Jesus, therefore, said to them: When you shall have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak: ²⁹And he that sent me is with me, and he hath not left me alone: for I do always the things that please him. ³⁰When he spoke these things, many believed in him. ³¹Then Jesus said to those Jews that believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed: ³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ³³They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man: how sayest thou, You shall be free? ³⁴Jesus answered them: Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin. ³⁵Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever. ³⁶If, therefore, the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. ³⁷I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. ³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father. ³⁹They answered, and said to him: Abraham is our Father. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God: this Abraham did not. ⁴¹You do the works of your father. They said then to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, God. ⁴²Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your father, verily you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God: for I came not of myself, but he sent me. ⁴³Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. ⁴⁴You are of your father, the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he abode not in the truth: because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. ⁴⁵But if I say the truth, you believe me not. ⁴⁶Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore, you hear them not, because you are not of God. ⁴⁸The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? ⁴⁹Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father, and you have dishonoured me. ⁵⁰But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. ⁵¹Amen, amen I say to you, if any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. ⁵²The Jews, therefore, said, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest, If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever. ⁵³Art thou greater than our father, Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? ⁵⁴Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me, whom you say that he is your God. ⁵⁵And you have not known him, but I know him: And if I should say that I know him not, I should be like to you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word. ⁵⁶Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad. ⁵⁷The Jews then said to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am. ⁵⁹Then they took up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.