John 8:12-30

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jesus Is the Light of the World

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “^(A)I am the Light of the world; ^(B)he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” ¹³ So the Pharisees said to Him, “^(C)You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not ^[a]true.” ¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “^(D)Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is ^[b]true, for I know ^(E)where I came from and where I am going; but ^(F)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ^15 (G)You judge ^[c]according to the flesh; ^(H)I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ But even ^(I)if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. ¹⁷ Even in ^(J)your law it has been written that the testimony of ^(K)two men is ^[d]true. ¹⁸ I am He who testifies about Myself, and ^(L)the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; ^(M)if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” ²⁰ These words He spoke in ^(N)the treasury, as ^(O)He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ^(P)His hour had not yet come.

²¹ Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ^(Q)you will seek Me, and ^(R)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So ^(S)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘^(T)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “^(U)You are from below, I am from above; ^(V)you are of this world, ^(W)I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you ^(X)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[e](Y)I am He, ^(Z)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[f]What have I been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ^(AA)He who sent Me is true; and ^(AB)the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you ^(AC)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[g](AD)I am He, and ^(AE)I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(AF)He ^[h]has not left Me alone, for ^(AG)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He spoke these things, ^(AH)many came to believe in Him.