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John 8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
John 8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(A)
An Adulteress Forgiven
2 At dawn he went to the temple(B) again, and all the people were coming to him.(C) He sat down(D) and began to teach them.
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(E) brought a woman caught in adultery,(F) making her stand in the centre. 4 ‘Teacher,’ they said to him, ‘this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.(G) 5 In the law Moses(H) commanded us to stone such women.(I) So what do you say? ’ 6 They asked this to trap him,(J) in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.
Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger. 7 When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, ‘The one without sin(K) among you(L) should be the first to throw a stone at her.’(M) 8 Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. 9 When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the centre. 10 When Jesus stood up, he said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? ’
11 ‘No one, Lord,’[a] she answered.
‘Neither do I condemn you,’(N) said Jesus. ‘Go, and from now on do not sin any more.’]
The Light of the World
12 Jesus spoke to them again: ‘I am(O) the light(P) of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.’(Q)
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.(R) 15 You judge(S) by human standards.[b](T) I judge no one.(U) 16 And if I do judge, my judgement is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.(V) 17 Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.(W) 18 I am the one who testifies(X) 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,’(Y) Jesus answered. ‘If you knew me, you would also know my Father.’(Z) 20 He spoke these words by the treasury,(AA) while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
Jesus Predicts His Departure
21 Then he said to them again, ‘I’m going away;(AB) you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.(AC) Where I’m going, you cannot come.’(AD)
22 So the Jews said again, ‘He won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, “Where I’m going, you cannot come”(AE)? ’
23 ‘You are from below,’ he told them, ‘I am from above.(AF) You are of this world;(AG) I am not of this world.(AH) 24 Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.’
25 ‘Who are you? ’ they questioned.
‘Exactly what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,’ Jesus told them. 26 ‘I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me(AI) is true, and what I have heard from him – these things I tell the world.’(AJ)
27 They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, ‘When you lift up the Son of Man,(AK) then you will know that I am(AL) he, and that I do nothing on my own.(AM) But just as the Father taught me, I say these things. 29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone,(AN) because I always do what pleases him.’
Truth and Freedom
30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you continue in my word,[c](AO) you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth,(AP) and the truth will set you free.’
33 ‘We are descendants[d] of Abraham,’(AQ) they answered him, ‘and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, “You will become free”? ’
34 Jesus responded, ‘Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.(AR) 35 A slave does not remain in the household for ever,(AS) but a son does remain for ever.(AT) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. 37 I know you are descendants of Abraham,(AU) but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you. 38 I speak what I have seen(AV) in the presence of the Father;[e](AW) so then, you do what you have heard from your father.’
39 ‘Our father is Abraham,’ they replied.
‘If you were Abraham’s children,’ Jesus told them, ‘you would do what Abraham did.(AX) 40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth(AY) that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You’re doing what your father does.’(AZ)
‘We weren’t born(BA) of sexual immorality,’(BB) they said. ‘We have one Father – God.’(BC)
42 Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me,(BD) because I came from God(BE) and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[f] my word.(BF) 44 You are of your father the devil,(BG) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer(BH) from the beginning(BI) and does not stand in the truth,(BJ) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[g] because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who among you can convict me of sin?(BK) If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.’
Jesus and Abraham
48 The Jews responded to him, ‘Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan(BL) and have a demon? ’(BM)
49 ‘I do not have a demon,’ Jesus answered. ‘On the contrary, I honour my Father and you dishonour me. 50 I do not seek my own glory;(BN) there is one who seeks it and judges. 51 Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word,(BO) he will never see death.’
52 Then the Jews said, ‘Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, “If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.” 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be? ’
54 ‘If I glorify myself,’ Jesus answered, ‘my glory is nothing. My Father – about whom you say, “He is our God” – he is the one who glorifies me. 55 You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him,(BP) I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,(BQ) and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it(BR) and was glad.’
57 The Jews replied, ‘You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham? ’[h]
58 Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.’(BS)
59 So they picked up stones(BT) to throw at him.(BU) But Jesus was hidden[i](BV) and went out of the temple.[j](BW)
Footnotes
- 8:11 Or Sir; Jn 4:15,49; 5:7; 6:34; 9:36
- 8:15 Lit You judge according to the flesh
- 8:31 Or my teaching, or my message, also in v. 37
- 8:33 Or offspring; lit seed, also in v. 37; Jn 7:42
- 8:38 Other mss read of my Father
- 8:43 Or cannot hear
- 8:44 Lit from his own things
- 8:57 Other mss read and Abraham has seen you?
- 8:59 Or Jesus hid himself
- 8:59 Other mss add and having gone through their midst, he passed by
Gjoni 8
Albanian Bible
Gjoni 8
Albanian Bible
8 Dhe Jezusi shkoi në malin e Ullinjve.
2 Por, si zbardhi dita, u kthye përsëri në tempull dhe gjithë populli erdhi tek ai; dhe ai u ul dhe i mësonte.
3 Atëherë farisenjtë dhe skribët i prunë një grua që ishte kapur duke shkelur kurorën dhe, mbasi e vunë në mes,
4 i thanë Jezusit: “Mësues, kjo grua është kapur në flagrancë, duke shkelur kurorën.
5 Por në ligj Moisiu na ka urdhëruar të vriten me gurë gra të tilla, por ti ç’thua?.”
6 Flisnin kështu për ta vënë në provë dhe për të pasur diçka për ta paditur. Por Jezusi, duke u shtënë se nuk dëgjoi, u përkul dhe shkruante me gisht në dhe.
7 Dhe, kur ata vazhdonin ta pyesnin, ai u drejtua dhe u tha atyre: “Kush nga ju është pa mëkat, le ta hedhë i pari gurin kundër saj!.”
8 Pastaj u përkul përsëri dhe shkruante në dhe.
9 Atëherë ata, e dëgjuan këtë dhe të bindur nga ndërgjegjja, u larguan një nga një, duke filluar nga më të vjetrit e deri te të fundit; kështu Jezusi mbeti vetëm me atë grua, që qëndronte atje në mes.
10 Jezusi atëherë u ngrit dhe, duke mos parë tjetër përveç gruas, i tha: “O grua, ku janë ata që të paditnin? Askush nuk të dënoi?.”
11 Dhe ajo u përgjigj: “Askush, Zot.” Atëherë Jezusi i tha: “As unë nuk të dënoj; shko dhe mos mëkato më.”
12 Dhe Jezusi u foli atyre përsëri duke thënë: “Unë jam drita e botës; kush më ndjek nuk do të ecë në errësirë, por do të ketë dritën e jetës.”
13 Atëherë farisenjtë i thanë: “Ti dëshmon për vetveten; dëshmimi yt nuk është i vërtetë.”
14 Jezusi u përgjigj dhe u tha atyre: “Edhe pse dëshmoj për vetvete, dëshmimi im është i vërtetë, sepse unë e di nga kam ardhur e ku po shkoj; ju, përkundrazi, nuk e dini as nga vij dhe as ku po shkoj.
15 Ju gjykoni sipas mishit, unë nuk gjykoj asnjeri.
16 Por, edhe kur gjykoj, gjykimi im është i vërtetë, sepse unë nuk jam vetëm, por jam unë dhe Ati që më dërgoi.
17 Edhe në ligjin tuaj është shkruar se dëshmimi i dy njerëzve është i vërtetë.
18 Unë jam ai që dëshmoj për vetvete dhe Ati që më ka dërguar dëshmon për mua.”
19 Atëherë i thanë: “Ku është Ati yt?.” Jezusi u përgjigj: “Ju nuk më njihni as mua, as Atin tim; po të më njihnit mua, do të njihnit edhe Atin tim.”
20 Jezusi i shprehu këto fjalë në vendin e thesarit, duke mësuar në tempull dhe askush nuk e kapi, sepse nuk i kishte ardhur akoma ora.
21 Jezusi, pra, u tha atyre përsëri: “Unë po shkoj dhe ju do të më kërkoni, dhe do të vdisni në mëkatin tuaj. Atje ku shkoj unë, ju nuk mund të vini.”
22 Prandaj Judenjtë thoshnin: “Mos don të vrasë veten, sepse thotë: "Ku shkoj unë, ju nuk mund të vini"?.”
23 Dhe ai u tha atyre: “Ju jeni nga këtu poshtë, kurse unë jam nga atje lart; ju jeni prej kësaj bote, unë nuk jam prej kësaj bote.
24 Prandaj ju thashë se ju do të vdisni në mëkatet tuaja, sepse po të mos besoni se unë jam, ju do të vdisni në mëkatet tuaja.”
25 Atëherë ata i thanë: “Kush je ti?.” Dhe Jezusi u tha atyre: “Pikërisht atë që ju thashë.
26 Shumë gjëra kam për të thënë e për të gjykuar lidhur me ju; por ai që më ka dërguar është i vërtetë dhe gjërat që kam dëgjuar nga ai, ia them botës.”
27 Ata nuk e kuptuan se ai po u fliste atyre për Atin.
28 Atëherë Jezusi u tha atyre: “Kur ta keni lartuar Birin e njeriut, atëherë do të njihni se unë jam, dhe se nuk bëj asgjë prej vetvetes, por i them këto gjëra ashtu si Ati më ka mësuar.
29 Dhe ai që më ka dërguar është me mua; Ati s’më ka lënë vetëm, sepse bëj vazhdimisht gjërat që i pëlqejnë.”
30 Ndërsa ai thoshte këto gjëra, shumë veta besuan në të.
31 Atëherë Jezusi u tha Judenjve që besuan në të: “Nëse do të qëndroni në fjalën time, jeni me të vërtetë dishepujt e mi;
32 do ta njihni të vërtetën dhe e vërteta do t’ju bëjë të lirë.”
33 Ata iu përgjigjën: “Ne jemi pasardhës të Abrahamit dhe s’kemi qenë kurrë sk-llevër të askujt; si mund të thuash ti: "Do të bëheni të lirë"?.”
34 Jezusi u përgjigj atyre: Në të vërtetë, në të vërtetë po ju them: Kush bën mëkatin është skllav i mëkatit.
35 Por skllavi nuk rri përgjithmonë në shtëpi; ndërsa biri rri përgjithmonë.
36 Pra, nëse Biri do t’ju bëjë të lirë, do të jeni me të vërtetë të lirë.”
37 “Unë e di se jeni pasardhësit e Abrahamit, por ju kërkoni të më vrisni, sepse fjala ime nuk gjen vend në ju.
38 Unë flas për ç’kam parë tek Ati im, dhe ju bëni gjërat që keni parë tek ati juaj.”
39 Ata, duke u përgjigjur, i thanë: “Ati ynë është Abrahami.” Jezusi u tha atyre: “Po të ishit bij të Abrahamit, do të bënit veprat e Abrahamit;
40 por ju tani kërkoni të më vrisni mua, që ju kam folur të vërtetën që kam dëgjuar nga Perëndia; Abrahami këtë nuk e bëri.
41 Ju bëni veprat e atit tuaj.” Prandaj ata i thanë: “Ne nuk lindëm nga kurvërimi; ne kemi një Atë të vetëm: Perëndinë.”
42 Atëherë Jezusi u tha atyre: “Po të ishte Perëndia Ati juaj, ju do të më donit, sepse kam dalë dhe kam ardhur nga Perëndia; nuk kam ardhur, pra, nga vetja ime, por ai më ka dërguar.
43 Përse nuk e kuptoni thënien time? Sepse nuk mund të dëgjoni fjalën time.
44 Ju jeni nga djalli, që është ati juaj, dhe doni të bëni dëshirat e atit tuaj; ai ishte vrasës që nga fillimi dhe nuk qëndroi në të vërtetën, sepse në të nuk ka të vërtetë. Kur thotë të rrema, flet nga vetvetja, sepse është gënjeshtar dhe ati i rrenës.
45 Kurse mua, duke qenë se ju them të vërtetën, nuk më besoni.
46 Cili nga ju më bind për mëkat? Nëse flas të vërtetën, përse nuk më besoni?
47 Kush është prej Perëndisë, i dëgjon fjalët e Perëndisë; prandaj ju nuk dëgjoni, se nuk jeni prej Perëndisë.”
48 Atëherë Judenjtë iu përgjigjën dhe i thanë: “A nuk themi me të drejtë se ti je Samaritan dhe se ke një demon?.”
49 Jezusi u përgjigj: “Unë s’kam një demon, por nderoj Atin tim; ju përkundrazi më çnderoni.
50 Tani unë nuk kërkoj lavdinë time, ka kush e kërkon dhe gjykon.
51 Në të vërtetë, në të vërtetë po ju them se ai që zbaton fjalën time, nuk do ta shohë kurrë vdekjen, përjetë.”
52 Pra Judenjtë i thanë: “Tani njohim se ti ke një demon. Abrahami dhe profetët kanë vdekur, kurse ti thua: "Kur njëri zbaton fjalën time, nuk do ta shijojë kurrë vdekjen, përjetë".
53 Ti qenke më i madh se ati ynë Abraham, i cili ka vdekur? Edhe profetët kanë vdekur; kush pretendon se je?.”
54 Jezusi u përgjigj: “Në qoftë se unë e përlëvdoj veten, lavdia ime s’është asgjë. Éshtë Ati im ai që më përlëvdon, për të cilin ju thoni se është Perëndia juaj.
55 Por ju ende s’e keni njohur, kurse unë e njoh dhe, po të thoja se nuk e njoh, do të isha një gënjeshtar si ju; por unë e njoh dhe e zbatoj fjalën e tij.
56 Abrahami, ati juaj, ngazëllohej në shpresën që të shihte ditën time; e pa dhe u gëzua.”
57 Judenjtë, pra, i thanë: “Ti ende nuk je pesëdhjetë vjeç dhe e paske parë Abrahamin?.”
58 Jezusi u tha atyre: “Në të vërtetë, në të vërtetë unë po ju them: para se të kishte lindur Abrahami, unë jam.”
59 Atëherë ata morën gurë, që t’i hidhnin kundër tij; por Jezusi u fsheh dhe doli nga tempulli, duke kaluar midis tyre; dhe kështu u largua.
约翰福音 8
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
约翰福音 8
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
拿淫妇来质难主
8 于是各人都回家去了。耶稣却往橄榄山去。 2 清早又回到殿里，众百姓都到他那里去，他就坐下教训他们。 3 文士和法利赛人带着一个行淫时被拿的妇人来，叫她站在当中， 4 就对耶稣说：“夫子，这妇人是正行淫之时被拿的。 5 摩西在律法上吩咐我们把这样的妇人用石头打死，你说该把她怎么样呢？” 6 他们说这话乃试探耶稣，要得着告他的把柄。耶稣却弯着腰，用指头在地上画字。 7 他们还是不住地问他，耶稣就直起腰来，对他们说：“你们中间谁是没有罪的，谁就可以先拿石头打她。” 8 于是又弯着腰，用指头在地上画字。 9 他们听见这话，就从老到少，一个一个地都出去了，只剩下耶稣一人，还有那妇人仍然站在当中。
不要再犯罪
10 耶稣就直起腰来，对她说：“妇人，那些人在哪里呢？没有人定你的罪吗？” 11 她说：“主啊，没有。”耶稣说：“我也不定你的罪。去吧，从此不要再犯罪了！”
主是世界的光
12 耶稣又对众人说：“我是世界的光。跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。” 13 法利赛人对他说：“你是为自己作见证，你的见证不真。” 14 耶稣说：“我虽然为自己作见证，我的见证还是真的；因我知道我从哪里来，往哪里去。你们却不知道我从哪里来，往哪里去。 15 你们是以外貌[a]判断人，我却不判断人。 16 就是判断人，我的判断也是真的，因为不是我独自在这里，还有差我来的父与我同在。 17 你们的律法上也记着说：‘两个人的见证是真的。’ 18 我是为自己作见证，还有差我来的父也是为我作见证。” 19 他们就问他说：“你的父在哪里？”耶稣回答说：“你们不认识我，也不认识我的父；若是认识我，也就认识我的父。” 20 这些话是耶稣在殿里的库房教训人时所说的，也没有人拿他，因为他的时候还没有到。
不信主的必死在罪里
21 耶稣又对他们说：“我要去了，你们要找我，并且你们要死在罪中。我所去的地方你们不能到。” 22 犹太人说：“他说‘我所去的地方你们不能到’，难道他要自尽吗？” 23 耶稣对他们说：“你们是从下头来的，我是从上头来的；你们是属这世界的，我不是属这世界的。 24 所以我对你们说，你们要死在罪中；你们若不信我是基督，必要死在罪中。” 25 他们就问他说：“你是谁？”耶稣对他们说：“就是我从起初所告诉你们的。 26 我有许多事讲论你们，判断你们；但那差我来的是真的，我在他那里所听见的，我就传给世人。” 27 他们不明白耶稣是指着父说的。 28 所以耶稣说：“你们举起人子以后，必知道我是基督，并且知道我没有一件事是凭着自己做的。我说这些话乃是照着父所教训我的。 29 那差我来的是与我同在，他没有撇下我独自在这里，因为我常做他所喜悦的事。” 30 耶稣说这话的时候，就有许多人信他。
真理叫人得以自由
31 耶稣对信他的犹太人说：“你们若常常遵守我的道，就真是我的门徒， 32 你们必晓得真理，真理必叫你们得以自由。” 33 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有做过谁的奴仆，你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？” 34 耶稣回答说：“我实实在在地告诉你们：所有犯罪的就是罪的奴仆。 35 奴仆不能永远住在家里，儿子是永远住在家里。 36 所以天父的儿子若叫你们自由，你们就真自由了。
谁为亚伯拉罕的真子孙
37 “我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。 38 我所说的，是在我父那里看见的；你们所行的，是在你们的父那里听见的。” 39 他们说：“我们的父就是亚伯拉罕！”耶稣说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿子，就必行亚伯拉罕所行的事。 40 我将在神那里所听见的真理告诉了你们，现在你们却想要杀我，这不是亚伯拉罕所行的事。 41 你们是行你们父所行的事。”他们说：“我们不是从淫乱生的。我们只有一位父，就是神！”
出于神的必听神的话
42 耶稣说：“倘若神是你们的父，你们就必爱我。因为我本是出于神，也是从神而来；并不是由着自己来，乃是他差我来。 43 你们为什么不明白我的话呢？无非是因你们不能听我的道。 44 你们是出于你们的父魔鬼，你们父的私欲你们偏要行。他从起初是杀人的，不守真理，因他心里没有真理。他说谎是出于自己，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎之人的父。 45 我将真理告诉你们，你们就因此不信我。 46 你们中间谁能指证我有罪呢？我既然将真理告诉你们，为什么不信我呢？ 47 出于神的必听神的话，你们不听，因为你们不是出于神。” 48 犹太人回答说：“我们说你是撒马利亚人，并且是鬼附着的，这话岂不正对吗？” 49 耶稣说：“我不是鬼附着的。我尊敬我的父，你们倒轻慢我。 50 我不求自己的荣耀，有一位为我求荣耀、定是非的。 51 我实实在在地告诉你们：人若遵守我的道，就永远不见死。” 52 犹太人对他说：“现在我们知道你是鬼附着的。亚伯拉罕死了，众先知也死了，你还说‘人若遵守我的道，就永远不尝死味’。 53 难道你比我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕还大吗？他死了，众先知也死了。你将自己当做什么人呢？” 54 耶稣回答说：“我若荣耀自己，我的荣耀就算不得什么。荣耀我的乃是我的父，就是你们所说是你们的神。 55 你们未曾认识他，我却认识他。我若说不认识他，我就是说谎的，像你们一样。但我认识他，也遵守他的道。
耶稣言己在亚伯拉罕之先
56 “你们的祖宗亚伯拉罕欢欢喜喜地仰望我的日子，既看见了，就快乐。” 57 犹太人说：“你还没有五十岁，岂见过亚伯拉罕呢？” 58 耶稣说：“我实实在在地告诉你们：还没有亚伯拉罕就有了我。” 59 于是他们拿石头要打他，耶稣却躲藏，从殿里出去了。
Footnotes
- 约翰福音 8:15 原文作：凭肉身。
John 8
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John 8
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8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(A)
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.(B) 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.(C) Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap,(D) in order to have a basis for accusing him.(E)
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(F) at her.”(G) 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,”(H) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”(I)
Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(J) the light of the world.(K) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(L)
13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”(M)
14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going.(N) But you have no idea where I come from(O) or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards;(P) I pass judgment on no one.(Q) 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.(R) 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.(S) 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”(T)
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
“You do not know me or my Father,”(U) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”(V) 20 He spoke these words while teaching(W) in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put.(X) Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.(Y)
Dispute Over Who Jesus Is
21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die(Z) in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”(AA)
22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”
23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.(AB) 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,(AC) you will indeed die in your sins.”
25 “Who are you?” they asked.
“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy,(AD) and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”(AE)
27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up[a] the Son of Man,(AF) then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.(AG) 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,(AH) for I always do what pleases him.”(AI) 30 Even as he spoke, many believed in him.(AJ)
Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching,(AK) you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”(AL)
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants(AM) and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.(AN) 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.(AO) 36 So if the Son sets you free,(AP) you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,(AQ) because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,(AR) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[b]”(AS)
39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
“If you were Abraham’s children,”(AT) said Jesus, “then you would[c] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,(AU) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.(AV) Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(AW)
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(AX)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(AY) for I have come here from God.(AZ) I have not come on my own;(BA) God sent me.(BB) 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil,(BC) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.(BD) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(BE) 45 Yet because I tell the truth,(BF) you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.(BG) The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
Jesus’ Claims About Himself
48 The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan(BH) and demon-possessed?”(BI)
49 “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 I am not seeking glory for myself;(BJ) but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”(BK)
52 At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed!(BL) Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham?(BM) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself,(BN) my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.(BO) 55 Though you do not know him,(BP) I know him.(BQ) If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.(BR) 56 Your father Abraham(BS) rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it(BT) and was glad.”
57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”
58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,(BU) I am!”(BV) 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(BW) but Jesus hid himself,(BX) slipping away from the temple grounds.
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