John 8:1-27

New King James Version

Jesus the Light of the World

8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

² Now ^[a]early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and ^(A)taught them. ³ Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, ⁴ they said to Him, “Teacher, ^[b]this woman was caught in ^(B)adultery, in the very act. ^5 (C)Now ^[c]Moses, in the law, commanded us ^[d]that such should be stoned. But what do You ^[e]say?” ⁶ This they said, testing Him, that they ^(D)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, ^[f]as though He did not hear.

⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He ^[g]raised Himself up and said to them, ^(E)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ Then those who heard it, ^(F)being^[h] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ When Jesus had raised Himself up ^[i]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers ^[j]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, ^(G)“Neither do I condemn you; go ^[k]and ^(H)sin no more.”

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ^(I)“I am the light of the world. He who ^(J)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Jesus Defends His Self-Witness

¹³ The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ^(K)“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not ^[l]true.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but ^(L)you do not know where I come from and where I am going. ^15 (M)You judge according to the flesh; ^(N)I judge no one. ¹⁶ And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for ^(O)I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. ^17 (P)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸ I am One who bears witness of Myself, and ^(Q)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹ Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, ^(R)“You know neither Me nor My Father. ^(S)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

²⁰ These words Jesus spoke in ^(T)the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and ^(U)no one laid hands on Him, for ^(V)His hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and ^(W)you will seek Me, and ^(X)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

²² So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”

²³ And He said to them, ^(Y)“You are from beneath; I am from above. ^(Z)You are of this world; I am not of this world. ^24 (AA)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; ^(AB)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I ^(AC)have been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but ^(AD)He who sent Me is true; and ^(AE)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

²⁷ They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.