John 8:13-58

13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "¹You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true."

14 Jesus answered and said to them, "²Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know ³where I came from and where I am going; but ⁴you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

15 "⁵You judge according to the flesh; ⁶I am not judging anyone.

16 "But even ⁷if 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 ⁸your law it has been written that the testimony of ⁹two men is true.

18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and ¹⁰the 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; ¹¹if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."

20 These words He spoke in ¹²the treasury, as ¹³He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ¹⁴His hour had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and ¹⁵you will seek Me, and ¹⁶will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."

22 So ¹⁷the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, '¹⁸Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"

23 And He was saying to them, "¹⁹You are from below, I am from above; ²⁰you are of this world, ²¹I am not of this world.

24 "Therefore I said to you that you ²²will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that ²³I am He, ²⁴you 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 ²⁵He who sent Me is true; and ²⁶the 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 ²⁷lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ²⁸I am He, and ²⁹I 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; ³⁰He has not left Me alone, for ³¹I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

30 As He spoke these things, ³²many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "³³If you continue in My word, then you are truly ³⁴disciples of Mine;

32 and ³⁵you will know the truth, and ³⁶the truth will make you free."

33 They answered Him, "³⁷We are Abraham's descendants and have never * yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free '?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, ³⁸everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

35 "³⁹The slave does not remain in the house forever; ⁴⁰the son does remain forever.

36 "So if the Son ⁴¹makes you free, you will be free indeed.

37 "I know that you are ⁴²Abraham's descendants; yet ⁴³you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ⁴⁴your father."

39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is ⁴⁵our father." Jesus said to them, "⁴⁶If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

40 "But as it is, ⁴⁷you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ⁴⁸told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

41 "You are doing the deeds of ⁴⁹your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; ⁵⁰we have one Father: God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ⁵¹you would love Me, ⁵²for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ⁵³not even come on My own initiative, but ⁵⁴He sent Me.

43 "Why * do you not understand ⁵⁵what I am saying? It is because you cannot * ⁵⁶hear My word.

44 "⁵⁷You are of ⁵⁸your father the devil, and ⁵⁹you want to do the desires of your father. ⁶⁰He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ⁶¹there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he ⁶²speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 "But because ⁶³I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

46 "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ⁶⁴I speak truth, why * do you not believe Me?

47 "⁶⁵He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."

48 ⁶⁶The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a ⁶⁷Samaritan and ⁶⁸have a demon?"

49 Jesus answered, "I do not ⁶⁹have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

50 "But ⁷⁰I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

51 "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone ⁷¹keeps My word he will never * ⁷²see death."

52 ⁷³The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You ⁷⁴have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, 'If anyone ⁷⁵keeps My word, he will never * ⁷⁶taste of death.'

53 "Surely You ⁷⁷are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?"

54 Jesus answered, "⁷⁸If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ⁷⁹it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God ';

55 and ⁸⁰you have not come to know Him, ⁸¹but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ⁸²a liar like you, ⁸³but I do know Him and ⁸⁴keep His word.

56 "⁸⁵Your father Abraham ⁸⁶rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."

57 ⁸⁷So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"

58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, ⁸⁸I am."

Cross References

• 1. John 5:31
• 2. John 18:37; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14
• 3. John 8:42; John 13:3; John 16:28
• 4. John 7:28; John 9:29
• 5. 1 Samuel 16:7; John 7:24
• 6. John 3:17
• 7. John 5:30
• 8. Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15
• 9. Matthew 18:16
• 10. John 5:37; 1 John 5:9
• 11. John 7:28; John 8:55; John 14:7, 9; John 16:3
• 12. Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1
• 13. John 7:14; John 8:2
• 14. John 7:30
• 15. John 7:34
• 16. John 8:24
• 17. John 1:19; John 8:48, 52, 57
• 18. John 7:35
• 19. John 3:31
• 20. 1 John 4:5
• 21. John 17:14, 16
• 22. John 8:21
• 23. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
• 24. John 8:21
• 25. John 3:33; John 7:28
• 26. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15
• 27. John 3:14; John 12:32
• 28. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
• 29. John 3:11; John 5:19
• 30. John 8:16; John 16:32
• 31. John 4:34
• 32. John 7:31
• 33. John 15:7; 2 John 9
• 34. John 2:2
• 35. John 1:14, 17
• 36. John 8:36; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Peter 2:16
• 37. Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39
• 38. Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19
• 39. Genesis 21:10; Galatians 4:30
• 40. Luke 15:31
• 41. John 8:32
• 42. Matthew 3:9; John 8:39
• 43. John 7:1; John 8:40
• 44. John 8:41, 44
• 45. Matthew 3:9; John 8:37
• 46. Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:7
• 47. John 7:1; John 8:37
• 48. John 8:26
• 49. John 8:38, 44
• 50. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8
• 51. 1 John 5:1
• 52. John 13:3; John 16:28, 30; John 17:8
• 53. John 7:28
• 54. John 3:17
• 55. John 8:33, 39, 41
• 56. John 5:25
• 57. 1 John 3:8
• 58. John 8:38, 41
• 59. John 7:17
• 60. Genesis 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15
• 61. 1 John 2:4
• 62. Matthew 12:34
• 63. John 18:37
• 64. John 18:37
• 65. 1 John 4:6
• 66. John 1:19
• 67. Matthew 10:5; John 4:9
• 68. John 7:20
• 69. John 7:20
• 70. John 5:41; John 8:54
• 71. John 8:55; John 14:23; John 15:20; John 17:6
• 72. Matthew 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 11:5
• 73. John 1:19
• 74. John 7:20
• 75. John 8:55; John 14:23; John 15:20; John 17:6
• 76. John 8:51
• 77. John 4:12
• 78. John 8:50
• 79. John 7:39
• 80. John 8:19; John 15:21
• 81. John 7:29
• 82. John 8:44
• 83. John 7:29
• 84. John 8:51; John 15:10
• 85. John 8:37, 39
• 86. Matthew 13:17; Hebrews 11:13
• 87. John 1:19
• 88. Exodus 3:14; John 1:1; John 17:5, 24

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "valid"
• [b]. Or "valid"
• [c]. I.e. by a carnal standard
• [d]. I.e. valid or admissible
• [e]. Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, "I AM WHO I AM"
• [f]. Or "That which I have been saying to you from the beginning"
• [g]. Lit "I AM" (v 24 note)
• [h]. Or "did not leave"
• [i]. Or "makes no progress"
• [j]. Or "in the presence of"
• [k]. Lit "that One"
• [l]. Or "My way of speaking"
• [m]. Lit "the lie"
• [n]. Lit "it"
• [o]. Lit "in order that he might see"
• [p]. Lit "came into being"