John 8:12-20

Christian Standard Bible

The Light of the World

¹² Jesus spoke to them again: “I am^(A) the light^(B) of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”^(C)

¹³ So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

¹⁴ “Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.^{(D) 15} You judge^(E) by human standards.^[a](F) I judge no one.^{(G) 16} And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.^{(H) 17} Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.^{(I) 18} I am the one who testifies^(J) about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

¹⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?”

“You know neither me nor my Father,”^(K) Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”^{(L) 20} He spoke these words by the treasury,^(M) while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.