John 8:12-21

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.”