John 8:12-30

English Standard Version

I Am the Light of the World

^12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ^(B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever ^(C)follows me will not ^(D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ¹³ So the Pharisees said to him, ^(E)“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” ¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, ^(F)my testimony is true, for I know ^(G)where I came from and ^(H)where I am going, but ^(I)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ^15 (J)You judge according to the flesh; ^(K)I judge no one. ¹⁶ Yet even if I do judge, ^(L)my judgment is true, for ^(M)it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father^[a] who sent me. ^17 (N)In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸ I am the one who bears witness about myself, and ^(O)the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” ¹⁹ They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, ^(P)“You know neither me nor my Father. ^(Q)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰ These words he spoke in ^(R)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but ^(S)no one arrested him, because ^(T)his hour had not yet come.

²¹ So he said to them again, ^(U)“I am going away, and ^(V)you will seek me, and ^(W)you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So the Jews said, ^(X)“Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ He said to them, ^(Y)“You are from below; I am from above. ^(Z)You are of this world; ^(AA)I am not of this world. ²⁴ I told you that you ^(AB)would die in your sins, for ^(AC)unless you believe that ^(AD)I am he you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they said to him, ^(AE)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ^(AF)he who sent me is true, and I declare ^(AG)to the world ^(AH)what I have heard from him.” ²⁷ They did not understand that ^(AI)he had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you have ^(AJ)lifted up the Son of Man, ^(AK)then you will know that ^(AL)I am he, and that ^(AM)I do nothing on my own authority, but ^(AN)speak just as the Father taught me. ²⁹ And ^(AO)he who sent me is with me. ^(AP)He has not left me alone, for ^(AQ)I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” ³⁰ As he was saying these things, ^(AR)many believed in him.