John 8
The Voice
8 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 He awoke early in the morning to return to the temple. When He arrived, the people surrounded Him, so He sat down and began to teach them. 3 While He was teaching, the scribes and Pharisees brought in a woman who was caught in the act of adultery; and they stood her before Jesus.
Pharisees: 4 Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 Moses says in the law that we are to kill such women by stoning. What do You say about it?
6 This was all set up as a test for Jesus; His answers would give them grounds to accuse Him of crimes against Moses’ law. Jesus bent over and wrote something in the dirt with His finger. 7 They persisted in badgering Jesus, so He stood up straight.
Jesus: Let the first stone be thrown by the one among you who has not sinned.
8 Once again Jesus bent down to the ground and resumed writing with His finger. 9 The Pharisees who heard Him stood still for a few moments and then began to leave slowly, one by one, beginning with the older men. Eventually only Jesus and the woman remained, 10 and Jesus looked up.
Jesus: Dear woman, where is everyone? Are we alone? Did no one step forward to condemn you?
Woman Caught in Adultery: 11 Lord, no one has condemned me.
Jesus: Well, I do not condemn you either; all I ask is that you go and from now on avoid the sins that plague you.][a]
12 On another occasion, Jesus spoke to the crowds again.
Jesus: I am the light that shines through the cosmos; if you walk with Me, you will thrive in the nourishing light that gives life and will not know darkness.
Pharisees: 13 Jesus, what You are claiming about Yourself cannot possibly be true. The only person bearing witness is You.
Jesus: 14 Even if I am making bold claims about Myself—who I am, what I have come to do—I am speaking the truth. You see, I know where I came from and where I will go when I am done here. You know neither where I come from nor where I will go. 15 You spend your time judging by the wrong criteria, by human standards; but I am not here to judge anyone. 16 If I were to judge, then My judgment would be based on truth; but I would not judge anyone alone. I act in harmony with the One who sent Me. 17 Your law states that if the testimonies of two witnesses agree, their testimony is true. 18 Well, I testify about Myself, and so does the Father who sent Me here.
Pharisees: 19 Where is the Father who testifies on Your behalf?
Jesus: You don’t know the Father or Me. If you knew Me, then you would also know the Father.
20 Jesus said all of these things in the treasury while He was teaching in the temple; followers and opponents alike gathered to hear Him, but none of His enemies tried to seize Him because His time had not yet come.
Jesus (to the crowds): 21 I am leaving this place, and you will look for Me and die in your sin. For where I am going, you are unable to come.
Jews: 22 Is He suicidal? He keeps saying, “Where I am going, you are unable to come.”
Jesus: 23 You originate from the earth below, and I have come from the heavens above. You are from this world, and I am not. 24 That’s why I told you that you will die here as a result of your sins. Unless you believe I am who I have said I am, your sins will lead to your death.
Jews: 25 Who exactly are You?
Jesus: From the beginning of My mission, I have been telling you who I am. 26 I have so much to say about you, so many judgments to render; but if you hear one thing, hear that the One who sent Me is true, and all the things I have heard from Him I speak into the world.
27 The people had not understood that Jesus was teaching about the Father.
Jesus: 28 Whenever the day comes and you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. It will be clear then that I am not acting alone, but that I am speaking the things I have learned directly from the Father. 29 The One who sent Me is with Me; He has not abandoned Me because I always do what pleases Him.
30 As Jesus was speaking, many in the crowd believed in Him.
Even though many believe, they can not imagine what He means about the lifting up of the Son of Man.
Jesus (to the new Jewish believers): 31 If you hear My voice and abide in My word, you are truly My disciples; 32 you will know the truth, and that truth will give you freedom.
Jewish Believers: 33 We are Abraham’s children, and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say to us, “You will be set free”?
Jesus: 34 I tell you the truth: everyone who commits sin surrenders his freedom to sin. He is a slave to sin’s power. 35 Even a household slave does not live in the home like a member of the family, but a son belongs there forever. 36 So think of it this way: if the Son comes to make you free, you will really be free.
Jesus notices that some of His opponents are listening, so He speaks louder and turns His remarks to them.
37 I know you are descendants of Abraham, but here you are plotting to murder Me because you do not welcome My voice into your lives. 38 As I speak, I am painting you a picture of what I have seen with My Father; here you are repeating the things you have seen from your father.
Jews: 39 Abraham is our father.
Jesus: If you are truly Abraham’s children, then act like Abraham! 40 From what I see you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that comes from the Father. This is not something Abraham would do, 41 but you are doing what you have learned from your father.
Jews: We were not born from adulterous parents; we have one Father: God.
Jesus: 42 I come from the one True God, and I’m not here on My own. He sent Me on a mission. If God were your Father, you would know that and would love Me. 43 You don’t even understand what I’m saying. Do you? Why not? It is because You cannot stand to hear My voice. 44 You are just like your true father, the devil; and you spend your time pursuing the things your father loves. He started out as a killer, and he cannot tolerate truth because he is void of anything true. At the core of his character, he is a liar; everything he speaks originates in these lies because he is the father of lies. 45 So when I speak truth, you don’t believe Me. 46-47 If I speak the truth, why don’t you believe Me? If you belong to God’s family, then why can’t you hear God speak? The answer is clear; you are not in God’s family. I speak truth, and you don’t believe Me. Can any of you convict Me of sin?
Jews: 48 We were right when we called You a demon-possessed Samaritan.
Jesus: 49-50 I’m not taken by demons. You dishonor Me, but I give all glory and honor to the Father. But I am not pursuing My own fame. There is only One who pursues and renders justice. 51 I tell you the truth, anyone who hears My voice and keeps My word will never experience death.
Jews: 52 We are even more confident now that You are demon-possessed. Just go down the list: Abraham died, the prophets all died. Yet You say, “If you keep My word, you will never taste death.” 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died; remember? Prophets—are any of them still alive? No. Who do You think You are?
Jesus: 54 If I were trying to make Myself somebody important, it would be a waste of time. That kind of fame is worth nothing. It is the Father who is behind Me, urging Me on, giving Me praise. You say, “He is our God,” 55 but you are not in relationship with Him. I know Him intimately; even if I said anything other than the truth, I would be a liar, like you. I know Him, and I do as He says. 56 Your father Abraham anticipated the time when I would come, and he celebrated My coming.
Jews: 57 You aren’t even 50 years old, yet You have seen and talked with Abraham?
Jesus: 58 I tell you the truth; I AM before Abraham was born.
59 The people picked up stones to hurl at Him, but Jesus slipped out of the temple. Their murderous rage would have to wait.
Footnotes
- 7:53–8:11 Many early manuscripts omit these verses.
Ин 8
Священное Писание (Восточный перевод), версия для Таджикистана
8 А Исо пошёл на Оливковую гору.
Прощение женщины, уличённой в супружеской измене
2 Рано утром Он опять был в храме. Вокруг Него собралось много людей, и Он сел и стал их учить. 3 Учители Таврота и блюстители Закона привели женщину, уличённую в супружеской измене. Они поставили её перед народом 4 и сказали Исо:
– Учитель, мы поймали эту женщину на месте преступления, она изменила мужу! 5 Мусо повелевает в Тавроте побивать таких камнями.[a] А Ты что скажешь?
6 Они спросили это, чтобы найти повод уловить Исо в чём-либо и обвинить Его[b]. Исо склонился и писал пальцем на земле. 7 Они упрямо продолжали Его спрашивать. Тогда Исо выпрямился и сказал:
– Кто из вас без греха, пусть первым бросит в неё камень.
8 И Он опять, склонившись, продолжал писать на земле. 9 Тогда они начали по одному уходить, начиная с самых старших. В конце концов остались только Исо и женщина. 10 Исо выпрямился и спросил:
– Женщина, где твои обвинители? Разве никто не осудил тебя?
11 – Никто, Господин, – ответила она.
– И Я тебя не осуждаю, – сказал Исо. – Иди и больше не греши.
Исо Масех – свет миру
12 Когда Исо вновь заговорил с народом, Он сказал:
– Я свет миру[c]. Тот, кто идёт за Мной, не будет ходить во тьме, но будет иметь свет жизни.
13 Блюстители Закона тогда сказали Ему:
– Но ведь Ты Сам свидетельствуешь о Себе, значит, Твоё свидетельство недействительно.
14 Исо ответил:
– Даже если Я и Сам свидетельствую о Себе, Моё свидетельство истинно, потому что Я знаю, откуда Я пришёл и куда Я иду. Вы же не имеете никакого понятия ни о том, откуда Я пришёл, ни о том, куда Я иду. 15 Вы судите по человеческим меркам, Я же не сужу никого. 16 Но если Я и сужу, Мой суд справедлив, потому что Я не один, со Мной Отец, Который послал Меня. 17 В вашем же Законе написано, что когда свидетельствуют двое, то их свидетельство имеет силу[d]. 18 О Себе свидетельствую Я Сам и Мой Отец, Который послал Меня.
19 Они тогда спросили:
– Где же Твой Отец?
Исо ответил:
– Вы не знаете ни Меня, ни Моего Отца. Если бы вы знали Меня, вы бы знали и Моего Отца.
20 Он сказал это, когда учил в храме, там, где собирали пожертвования. Никто, однако, не схватил Его, потому что Его время ещё не настало.
Исо Масех пришёл свыше
21 Исо сказал им ещё раз:
– Я ухожу, и вы будете искать Меня, и умрёте во грехе вашем. Туда, куда Я иду, вы не сможете прийти.
22 Предводители иудеев стали тогда спрашивать:
– Он что, собирается покончить с Собой? Может, это Он имеет в виду, когда говорит: «Туда, куда Я иду, вы не сможете прийти»?
23 Исо продолжал:
– Вы земные, а Я пришёл с небес. Вы принадлежите этому миру, а Я этому миру не принадлежу. 24 Поэтому Я сказал вам, что вы умрёте в ваших грехах. Если вы не поверите, что Я Тот, за Кого Себя выдаю,[e] вы действительно умрёте в ваших грехах.
25 – Кто же Ты такой? – спросили они.
– Я вам уже давно говорю, кто Я такой, – ответил Исо. – 26 Я мог бы обвинить вас во многом, но Тот, Кто послал Меня, говорит истину, и то, что Я слышал от Него, Я говорю миру.
27 Они не поняли, что Он говорил им о Небесном Отце. 28 Тогда Исо сказал:
– Когда вы вознесёте[f] Ниспосланного как Человек, тогда и узнаете, что Я Тот, за Кого Себя выдаю, и что от Себя Я не делаю ничего, а говорю то, чему Отец научил Меня. 29 Пославший Меня всегда со Мной, Он Меня одного не оставляет, потому что Я делаю то, что угодно Ему.
30 Когда Он это говорил, многие поверили в Него.
Дети Всевышнего и дети дьявола
31 Исо сказал иудеям, поверившим в Него:
– Если вы будете верны Моему учению, то вы действительно Мои ученики. 32 Вы тогда узнаете истину, и истина сделает вас свободными.
33 Они ответили:
– Мы потомки Иброхима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
34 Исо ответил:
– Говорю вам истину, каждый, кто грешит, – раб греха. 35 Раб не может надеяться на постоянное место в доме, сын же остаётся в нём навсегда. 36 Поэтому если Сын вас освободит, вы будете действительно свободными. 37 Я знаю, что вы потомки Иброхима, но вы готовы убить Меня, потому что Моё слово не находит в вас отклика. 38 Я говорю вам о том, что Я видел у Моего Отца, а вы делаете то, что вы услышали от вашего отца.
39 – Наш отец – Иброхим, – ответили они.
– Если бы вы были детьми Иброхима, – ответил Исо, – вы бы делали дела Иброхима, 40 но вы стремитесь убить Меня, Человека, говорящего вам истину – истину, которую Я слышал от Всевышнего. Иброхим так не делал. 41 Вы делаете то, что делал ваш отец.
– Мы не какие-нибудь незаконнорождённые, – говорили они, – у нас один Отец – Сам Всевышний.
42 Исо сказал им:
– Если бы Всевышний был вашим Отцом, то вы любили бы Меня, потому что Я пришёл от Всевышнего, и вот Я здесь. Я пришёл не Сам от Себя, Меня послал Он. 43 Почему вы не понимаете того, о чём Я вам говорю? Да потому, что вы не можете даже слышать слова Моего. 44 Вы принадлежите вашему отцу, дьяволу, и хотите исполнить желания вашего отца. Он от начала был человекоубийцей и не устоял в истине, потому что в нём нет никакой истины. Когда он лжёт, то делает то, что ему свойственно, потому что он лжец и отец лжи. 45 Но Я говорю вам истину, и поэтому вы Мне не верите! 46 Может ли кто-либо из вас уличить Меня во грехе? Если же Я говорю истину, то почему вы Мне не верите? 47 Тот, кто принадлежит Всевышнему, слышит, что говорит Всевышний. Вы не слышите Меня потому, что вы не принадлежите Всевышнему.
Исо Масех говорит о Своём вечном существовании
48 Бывшие там иудеи стали говорить Исо:
– Ну разве мы не правы, когда говорим, что Ты сомарянин[g], и притом одержим демоном!
49 – Я не одержим, – ответил Исо, – Я чту Моего Отца, а вы бесчестите Меня. 50 Я не ищу славы Себе, но есть Тот, Кто ищет её для Меня, пусть Он и судит. 51 Говорю вам истину: кто соблюдает слово Моё, тот никогда не увидит смерти[h].
52 Тогда иудеи закричали:
– Теперь мы точно знаем, что Ты одержим демоном! Иброхим умер, и все другие пророки умерли, а Ты говоришь, что кто исполняет Твоё слово, тот никогда не умрёт. 53 Неужели Ты больше нашего отца Иброхима, который умер? И другие пророки тоже умерли. А кем Ты Себя считаешь?
54 Исо ответил:
– Если Я славлю Самого Себя, то слава эта ничего не значит. Меня прославляет Мой Отец, Которого вы называете своим Богом, 55 хотя вы Его и не знаете. Но Я Его знаю, и если бы Я сказал, что не знаю Его, то был бы таким же лжецом, как и вы. Но Я знаю Его и исполняю Его слово. 56 Ваш отец Иброхим радовался при мысли, что увидит Мой день, и он его увидел и был счастлив.
57 – Да Тебе нет и пятидесяти лет, – говорили Ему иудеи, – и Ты видел Иброхима?
58 Исо сказал:
– Говорю вам истину, ещё до того, как Иброхим родился, Я ЕСТЬ[i]!
59 Тогда они схватили камни, чтобы бросить в Него, но Исо скрылся и вышел из храма.[j]
Footnotes
- Ин 8:5 См. Втор. 22:22-24.
- Ин 8:6 Если бы Исо осудил женщину, то Он пошёл бы против римских законов, запрещавших иудеям самим применять смертную казнь (см. 18:31), если бы отпустил её – вступил бы в противоречие с законами Таврота (см. Лев. 20:10).
- Ин 8:12 Свет, также как и вода, был символом праздника Шалашей. Согласно древнему источнику, во дворе храма зажигались большие, в 23 м высотой, золотые светильники, перед которыми танцевали верующие с факелами в руках.
- Ин 8:17 См. Втор. 19:15.
- Ин 8:24 Букв.: «Я есть». См. сноску на 8:58. Так же в 8:28.
- Ин 8:28 См. сноску на 3:14.
- Ин 8:48 Назвать иудея сомарянином означало оскорбить его (см. сноски на 4:7, 9).
- Ин 8:51 Имеется в виду духовная смерть.
- Ин 8:58 Часто в Писании, когда Всевышний говорил о Себе, Он употреблял это же самое выражение (см., напр., Исх. 3:14; Втор. 32:39; Ис. 41:4; 43:10-13 и сноски на эти стихи). Таким ответом Исо недвусмысленно даёт понять, что Он и есть Всевышний.
- Ин 8:59 Намёк Исо на то, что Он Всевышний, был расценён Его оппонентами как кощунство, за которое следовало побивать камнями (см. Лев. 24:16).
John 8
English Standard Version
8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 (A)Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and (B)he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now (C)in the Law, Moses commanded us (D)to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said (E)to test him, (F)that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, (G)“Let him who is without sin among you (H)be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, (I)“Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on (J)sin no more.”]]
I Am the Light of the World
12 (K)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (L)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (M)follows me will not (N)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, (O)“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, (P)my testimony is true, for I know (Q)where I came from and (R)where I am going, but (S)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 (T)You judge according to the flesh; (U)I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, (V)my judgment is true, for (W)it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father[a] who sent me. 17 (X)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 (Y)the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” 19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, (Z)“You know neither me nor my Father. (AA)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 These words he spoke in (AB)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but (AC)no one arrested him, because (AD)his hour had not yet come.
21 So he said to them again, (AE)“I am going away, and (AF)you will seek me, and (AG)you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, (AH)“Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, (AI)“You are from below; I am from above. (AJ)You are of this world; (AK)I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you (AL)would die in your sins, for (AM)unless you believe that (AN)I am he you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, (AO)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but (AP)he who sent me is true, and I declare (AQ)to the world (AR)what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that (AS)he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have (AT)lifted up the Son of Man, (AU)then you will know that (AV)I am he, and that (AW)I do nothing on my own authority, but (AX)speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And (AY)he who sent me is with me. (AZ)He has not left me alone, for (BA)I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 As he was saying these things, (BB)many believed in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, (BC)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will (BD)know the truth, and the truth (BE)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (BF)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (BG)everyone who practices sin is a slave[b] to sin. 35 (BH)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (BI)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (BJ)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 (BK)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (BL)from your father.”
You Are of Your Father the Devil
39 They answered him, (BM)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (BN)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now (BO)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (BP)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (BQ)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (BR)one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, (BS)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for (BT)I came from God and (BU)I am here. (BV)I came not of my own accord, but (BW)he sent me. 43 (BX)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (BY)bear to hear my word. 44 (BZ)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (CA)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (CB)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (CC)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 (CD)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. (CE)The reason why you do not hear them is that (CF)you are not of God.”
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and (CG)have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but (CH)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet (CI)I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, (CJ)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never (CK)see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! (CL)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet (CM)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never (CN)taste death.’ 53 (CO)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, (CP)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. (CQ)It is my Father who glorifies me, (CR)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’[c] 55 But (CS)you have not known him. (CT)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (CU)a liar (CV)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 (CW)Your father Abraham (CX)rejoiced (CY)that he would see my day. (CZ)He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”[d] 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, (DA)I am.” 59 So (DB)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 8
King James Version
8 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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