8:1  But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

8:2  Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.

8:3  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,

8:4  they said to Him, "Teacher, we have caught this woman in adultery, in the very act.

8:5  "Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"

8:6  They said this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

8:7  But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who has no sin among you, let him throw a stone at her."

8:8  Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

8:9  When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and nobody remained, and the woman stood in the center of the court.

8:10  Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where did they go? Did no one condemn you?"

8:11  She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."

8:12  Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I serve as the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."

8:13  So the Pharisees said to Him, "You testify about Yourself; Your testimony does not prove true."

8:14  Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony proves true, for I know where I came from and where I go; but you do not know where I come from or where I go to.

8:15  "You judge according to the flesh; I do not judge anyone.

8:16  "But even if I do judge, My judgment proves true; for I remain not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

8:17  "Even in your law the scriptures state that the testimony of two men proves true.

8:18  "I testify about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."

8:19  So they said to Him, "Where does Your Father live?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."

8:20  These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

8:21  Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."

8:22  So the Jews said, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

8:23  And He said to them, "You dwell below, I come from above; you derive from this world, I do not come from this world.

8:24  "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I serve as your Savior, you will die in your sins."

8:25  So they said to Him, "Who do You call yourself?" Jesus said to them, "What have I said to you from the beginning?

8:26  "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me embodies truth; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."

8:27  They did not realize that He had spoken to them about the Father.

8:28  So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I serve as the Savior, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

8:29  "And He who sent Me lives with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that please Him."

8:30  As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.

8:31  So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you truly serve as My disciples;

8:32  and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

8:33  They answered Him, "We descend from Abraham and have never yet serves as slaves to anyone; how do You say, 'You will become free'?"

8:34  Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin has enslaved himself to sin.

8:35  "The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.

8:36  "So if the Son makes you free, you will have freedom indeed.

8:37  "I know that you descend from Abraham; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

8:38  "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father."

8:39  They answered and said to Him, "We have Abraham as our father." Jesus said to them, "If you consider yourself Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

8:40  "But as it turns out, you seek to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

8:41  "You do the deeds of your father" They said to Him, "We did not have our origin in fornication; we have one Father: God."

8:42  Jesus said to them, "If you consider God as your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

8:43  "Why do you not understand what I say? Has it occurred because you cannot hear My word?

8:44  "You come from your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father He proved himself a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because no truth exists in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he lies and has become the father of lies.

8:45  "But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

8:46  "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

8:47  "He who comes from God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because do not come from God."

8:48  The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You have Samaritan ancestry and have a demon?"

8:49  Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

8:50  "But I do not seek My glory; there exists One who seeks and judges.

8:51  "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death."

8:52  The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.'

8:53  "Surely You do not consider yourselves greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?"

8:54  Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory amounts to nothing; My Father glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'We acknowledge Him as our God';

8:55  and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will lie like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.

8:56  "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and felt glad."

8:57  So the Jews said to Him, "You have not reached not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"

8:58  Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came into the world, I already existed."

8:59  Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.