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The Gospel According to St. John

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 8 -

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And at dawn He came again to the temple [courts],
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and all the people were coming to Him, and having sat down, He was teaching them;
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and the scribes and the Pharisees bring to Him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
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they say to Him, “Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime [of] committing adultery,
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and in the Law, Moses commanded us that such be stoned; You, therefore, what do You say?”
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And this they said, trying Him, that they might have to accuse Him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger He was writing on the ground,
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and when they continued asking Him, having bent Himself back, He said to them, “The sinless of youlet him cast the first stone at her”;
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and again having stooped down, He was writing on the ground,
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and they having heard, and being convicted by the conscience, were going forth one by one, having begun from the eldersto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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And Jesus having bent Himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, “Woman, where are thoseyour accusers? Did no one pass sentence on you?”
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And she said, “No one, Lord”; and Jesus said to her, “Neither do I pass sentence on you; be going on, and sin no more.”]]

Jesus the Light of the World

(1 John 1:5–10)
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Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I AM the light of the world; he who is following Me will not walk in the darkness, but he will have the light of life.”
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The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, “You testify of Yourself, Your testimony is not true”;
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Jesus answered and said to them, “And if I testify of MyselfMy testimony is true, because I have known from where I came, and to where I go, and you have not known from where I come, or to where I go.
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You judge according to the flesh; I do not judge anyone,
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and even if I do judge My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me;
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and also in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true;
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I am [One] who is testifying of Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies of Me.”
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They said, therefore, to Him, “Where is Your father?” Jesus answered, “You have neither known Me nor My Father: if you had known Me, you had also known My Father.”
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Jesus spoke these sayings in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come;
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therefore Jesus said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and you will die in your sin; to where I go away, you are not able to come.”
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The Jews, therefore, said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, To where I go away, you are not able to come?”
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And He said to them, “You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world;
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I said, therefore, to you, that you will die in your sins, for if you may not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”
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They said, therefore, to Him, “Youwho are You?” And Jesus said to them, “Even what I spoke of to you at the beginning;
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many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent Me is true, and Iwhat things I heard from Himthese I say to the world.”
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They did not know that He spoke to them of the Father;
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Jesus, therefore, said to them, “When you may lift up the Son of Man then you will know that I AM; and I do nothing of Myself, but according as My Father taught Me, these things I speak;
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and He who sent Me is with Me; the Father did not leave Me alone, because I always do the things pleasing to Him.”

The Truth Will Set You Free

(2 John 1:4–6)
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As He is speaking these things, many believed in Him;
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Jesus, therefore, said to the Jews who believed in Him, “If you may remain in My word, you are truly My disciples,
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and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
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They answered Him, “We are seed of Abraham; and we have been servants to no one at any time; how do You sayYou will become free?”
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Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who is committing sin, is a servant of sin,
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and the servant does not remain in the housethroughout the age, the Son remainsthroughout the age;
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if then the Son may make you free, in reality you will be free.
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I have known that you are seed of Abraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you;
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I speak that which I have seen with My Father, and you, therefore, do that which you have seen with your father.”
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They answered and said to Him, “Our father is Abraham”; Jesus says to them, “If you were children of Abraham, the works of Abraham you were doing;
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and now, you seek to kill Mea Man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God; Abraham did not do this;
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you do the works of your father.” They said, therefore, to Him, “We have not been born of whoredom; we have one FatherGod”;
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Jesus then said to them, “If God were your father, you were loving Me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me;
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why do you not know My speech? Because you are not able to hear My word.
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You are of a fatherthe Devil, and the desires of your father you will to do; he was a manslayer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, he speaks of his own, because he is a liaralso his father.
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And because I say the truth, you do not believe Me.
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Who of you convicts Me of sin? And if I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
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He who is of God, he hears the sayings of God; because of this you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was Born, I Am

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The Jews, therefore, answered and said to Him, “Do we not say well, that You are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
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Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me;
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and I do not seek My own glory; there is [One] who is seeking and is judging;
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truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may keep My word, he may not see deaththroughout the age.”
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The Jews, therefore, said to Him, “Now we have known that You have a demon; Abraham died, and the prophets, and You say, If anyone may keep My word, he will not taste of deaththroughout the age!
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Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died; whom do You make Yourself?”
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Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who is glorifying Me, of whom you say that He is your God;
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and you have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I will be like youspeaking falsely; but I have known Him, and I keep His word;
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your father Abraham was glad that he might see My day; and he saw, and rejoiced.”
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The Jews, therefore, said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
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Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham’s comingI AM”;
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they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at Him, but Jesus hid Himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
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The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
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they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
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Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.(a) What then do you say about her?”
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They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
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Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
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Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
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She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.” (b)

Jesus the Light of the World

(1 John 1:5–10)
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Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. (c) He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
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Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
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You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
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Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
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It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. (d)
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I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
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They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
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Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
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Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
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The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
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He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
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I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am (e) he, you will die in your sins.”
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They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
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I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However, he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”
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They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
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Jesus therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
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He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

The Truth Will Set You Free

(2 John 1:4–6)
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As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
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Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
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You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (f)
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They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
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Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
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A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
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If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
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I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
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They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
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But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
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You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
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Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
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Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
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You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
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But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
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Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
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He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was Born, I Am

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Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
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Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
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But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
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Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
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Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
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Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
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Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
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You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word.
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Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
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The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
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Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM. (g)
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Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.

Footnotes

(a)8:5 ℘ Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
(b)8:11 NU includes John 7:53John 8:11 but puts brackets around it to indicate that the textual critics had less confidence that this was original.
(c)8:12 ℘ Isaiah 60:1
(d)8:17 ℘ Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15
(e)8:24 or, I AM
(f)8:32 ℘ Psalms 119:45
(g)8:58 ℘ Exodus 3:14