John 8:1-30

The Adulterous Woman

1 But Jesus went to ¹the Mount of Olives.

2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and ²He sat down and began to teach them.

3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,

4 they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

5 "Now in the Law ³Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"

6 They were saying this, ⁴testing Him, ⁵so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

7 But when they persisted in asking Him, ⁶He straightened up, and said to them, "⁷He who is without sin among you, let him be the ⁸first to throw a stone at her."

8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

10 ⁹Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "¹⁰I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on ¹¹sin no more."]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "¹²I am the Light of the world; ¹³he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."

13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "¹⁴You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true."

14 Jesus answered and said to them, "¹⁵Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know ¹⁶where I came from and where I am going; but ¹⁷you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

15 "¹⁸You judge according to the flesh; ¹⁹I am not judging anyone.

16 "But even ²⁰if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

17 "Even in ²¹your law it has been written that the testimony of ²²two men is true.

18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and ²³the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."

19 So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; ²⁴if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."

20 These words He spoke in ²⁵the treasury, as ²⁶He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ²⁷His hour had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and ²⁸you will seek Me, and ²⁹will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."

22 So ³⁰the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, '³¹Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"

23 And He was saying to them, "³²You are from below, I am from above; ³³you are of this world, ³⁴I am not of this world.

24 "Therefore I said to you that you ³⁵will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that ³⁶I am He, ³⁷you will die in your sins."

25 So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What * have I been saying to you from the beginning?

26 "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ³⁸He who sent Me is true; and ³⁹the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."

27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said, "When you ⁴⁰lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ⁴¹I am He, and ⁴²I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; ⁴³He has not left Me alone, for ⁴⁴I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

30 As He spoke these things, ⁴⁵many came to believe in Him.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 21:1
• 2. Matthew 26:55; John 8:20
• 3. Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
• 4. Matthew 16:1; Matthew 19:3; Matthew 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; Mark 10:2; Mark 12:15; Luke Mark 10:25; Luke 11:16
• 5. Mark 3:2
• 6. John 8:10
• 7. Matthew 7:1; Romans 2:1
• 8. Deuteronomy 17:7
• 9. John 8:7
• 10. John 3:17
• 11. John 5:14
• 12. John 1:4; John 9:5; John 12:35
• 13. Matthew 5:14
• 14. John 5:31
• 15. John 18:37; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14
• 16. John 8:42; John 13:3; John 16:28
• 17. John 7:28; John 9:29
• 18. 1 Samuel 16:7; John 7:24
• 19. John 3:17
• 20. John 5:30
• 21. Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15
• 22. Matthew 18:16
• 23. John 5:37; 1 John 5:9
• 24. John 7:28; John 8:55; John 14:7, 9; John 16:3
• 25. Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1
• 26. John 7:14; John 8:2
• 27. John 7:30
• 28. John 7:34
• 29. John 8:24
• 30. John 1:19; John 8:48, 52, 57
• 31. John 7:35
• 32. John 3:31
• 33. 1 John 4:5
• 34. John 17:14, 16
• 35. John 8:21
• 36. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
• 37. John 8:21
• 38. John 3:33; John 7:28
• 39. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15
• 40. John 3:14; John 12:32
• 41. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
• 42. John 3:11; John 5:19
• 43. John 8:16; John 16:32
• 44. John 4:34
• 45. John 7:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Sir"
• [b]. Or "valid"
• [c]. Or "valid"
• [d]. I.e. by a carnal standard
• [e]. I.e. valid or admissible
• [f]. Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, "I AM WHO I AM"
• [g]. Or "That which I have been saying to you from the beginning"
• [h]. Lit "I AM" (v 24 note)
• [i]. Or "did not leave"