John 8:22-32

22 So the Jewish authorities said, "He says that we cannot go where he is going. Does this mean that he will kill himself?"

23 Jesus answered, "You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world.

24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. And you will die in your sins if you do not believe that "I Am Who I Am'."

25 "Who are you?" they asked him. Jesus answered, "What I have told you from the very beginning.

26 I have much to say about you, much to condemn you for. The one who sent me, however, is truthful, and I tell the world only what I have heard from him."

27 They did not understand that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.

28 So he said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that "I Am Who I Am'; then you will know that I do nothing on my own authority, but I say only what the Father has instructed me to say.

29 And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."

30 Many who heard Jesus say these things believed in him.

31 So Jesus said to those who believed in him, "If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples;

32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ¹

Cross References

• 1. +28.321 Esdras 4.38.

Footnotes

• [a]. What I have told you from the very beginning; [or] Why should I speak to you at all?