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John 8

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1 But Jesus went to the mount of Olives.
1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.
2 Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them.
3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of everyone
4 they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.
4 and asked Jesus, "Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery.
5 Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?
5 In his teachings, Moses ordered us to stone women like this to death. What do you say?"
6 But this they said proving him, that they might have [something] to accuse him [of]. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.
6 They asked this to test him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and used his finger to write on the ground.
7 But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.
7 When they persisted in asking him questions, he straightened up and said, "The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her."
8 And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.
8 Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.
9 But they, having heard [that], went out one by one beginning from the elder ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there.
9 One by one, beginning with the older men, the scribes and Pharisees left. Jesus was left alone with the woman.
10 And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?
10 Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Where did they go? Has anyone condemned you?"
11 And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
11 The woman answered, "No one, sir." Jesus said, "I don't condemn you either. Go! From now on don't sin."
12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
12 Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark."
13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.
13 The Pharisees said to him, "You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony isn't true."
14 Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.
14 Jesus replied to them, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is true because I know where I came from and where I'm going. However, you don't know where I came from or where I'm going.
15 Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.
15 You judge the way humans do. I don't judge anyone.
16 And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.
16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is valid because I don't make it on my own. I make my judgment with the Father who sent me.
17 And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:
17 Your own teachings say that the testimony of two people is true.
18 I am [one] who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.
18 I testify on my own behalf, and so does the Father who sent me."
19 They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.
19 The Pharisees asked him, "Where is your father?" Jesus replied, "You don't know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father."
20 These words spoke he in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him, for his hour was not yet come.
20 Jesus spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury area of the temple courtyard. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.
21 He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.
21 Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me. But you will die because of your sin. You can't go where I'm going."
22 The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?
22 Then the Jews asked, "Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says, 'You can't go where I'm going'?"
23 And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
23 Jesus said to them, "You're from below. I'm from above. You're from this world. I'm not from this world.
24 I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.
24 For this reason I told you that you'll die because of your sins. If you don't believe that I am the one, you'll die because of your sins."
25 They said therefore to him, Who art thou? [And] Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.
25 The Jews asked him, "Who did you say you are?" Jesus told them, "I am who I said I was from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world.
26 I have a lot I could say about you and a lot I could condemn you for. But the one who sent me is true. So I tell the world exactly what he has told me."
27 They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.
27 (The Jews didn't know that he was talking to them about the Father.)
28 Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.
28 So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you'll know that I am the one and that I can't do anything on my own. Instead, I speak as the Father taught me.
29 And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
29 Besides, the one who sent me is with me. He hasn't left me by myself. I always do what pleases him."
30 As he spoke these things many believed on him.
30 As Jesus was saying this, many people believed in him.
31 Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
31 So Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples.
32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
33 They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
33 They replied to Jesus, "We are Abraham's descendants, and we've never been anyone's slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?"
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
34 Jesus answered them, "I can guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin.
35 Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.
35 A slave doesn't live in the home forever, but a son does.
36 If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
37 I know that you're Abraham's descendants. However, you want to kill me because you don't like what I'm saying.
38 I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.
38 What I'm saying is what I have seen in my Father's presence. But you do what you've heard from your father."
39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;
39 The Jews replied to Jesus, "Abraham is our father." Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did.
40 but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
40 I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn't have done that.
41 Ye do the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
41 You're doing what your father does." The Jews said to Jesus, "We're not illegitimate children. God is our only Father."
42 Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me.
42 Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I'm here, and I came from God. I didn't come on my own. Instead, God sent me.
43 Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
43 Why don't you understand the language I use? Is it because you can't understand the words I use?
44 Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:
44 You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn't know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he's doing what comes naturally to him. He's a liar and the father of lies.
45 and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
45 So you don't believe me because I tell the truth.
46 Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
46 Can any of you convict me of committing a sin? If I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
47 He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
47 The person who belongs to God understands what God says. You don't understand because you don't belong to God."
48 The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?
48 The Jews replied to Jesus, "Aren't we right when we say that you're a Samaritan and that you're possessed by a demon?"
49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.
49 Jesus answered, "I'm not possessed. I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.
50 But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.
50 I don't want my own glory. But there is someone who wants it, and he is the judge.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.
51 I can guarantee this truth: Whoever obeys what I say will never see death."
52 The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham has died, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he shall never taste death.
52 The Jews told Jesus, "Now we know that you're possessed by a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, 'Whoever does what I say will never taste death.'
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets have also died. Who do you think you are?"
54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, [of] whom ye say, He is our God.
54 Jesus said, "If I bring glory to myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is the one who gives me glory, and you say that he is your God.
55 And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
55 Yet, you haven't known him. However, I know him. If I would say that I didn't know him, I would be a liar like all of you. But I do know him, and I do what he says.
56 Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.
56 Your father Abraham was pleased to see that my day was coming. He saw it and was happy."
57 The Jews therefore said to him, Thou hast not yet fifty years, and hast thou seen Abraham?
57 The Jews said to Jesus, "You're not even fifty years old. How could you have seen Abraham?"
58 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
58 Jesus told them, "I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am."
59 They took up therefore stones that they might cast [them] at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, [going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.]
59 Then some of the Jews picked up stones to throw at Jesus. However, Jesus was concealed, and he left the temple courtyard.
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