John 8:12-30

Evangelical Heritage Version

Jesus Is the Light of the World

¹² When Jesus spoke to them again, he said, “I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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

¹⁴ “Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge according to the flesh. I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ But even if I were to judge, my judgment would be true, because I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me. ¹⁷ Even in your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid. ¹⁸ I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

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

“You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”

²⁰ He spoke these words while teaching in the temple area near the offering box. But no one arrested him, because his time had not arrived yet.

²¹ So he told them again, “I am going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

²² So the Jews asked, “He won’t kill himself, will he, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

²³ “You are from below,” he told them. “I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. ²⁴ That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am the one, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ “Who are you?” they asked.

Jesus replied, “What I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But the one who sent me is true. And what I heard from him, these are the things I am telling the world.” ²⁷ They did not understand that he was talking to them about the Father.

²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one, and that I do nothing on my own. But I speak exactly as the Father taught me. ²⁹ The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”

³⁰ As he was saying these things, many believed in him.