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John 8 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:1 - But Jesus went to the Mountain of Olives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:2 - And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:3 - Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:4 - And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:5 - Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:8 - And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:11 - And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:13 - So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:15 - You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:16 - Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:17 - Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:18 - I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:20 - Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:23 - And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:24 - For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:25 - Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:26 - I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:27 - They did not see that his words were about the Father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:28 - So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:29 - He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:30 - When he said this a number came to have faith in him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:31 - Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:32 - And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 - And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:38 - I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:39 - In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:43 - Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:45 - But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:46 - Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:47 - He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:48 - The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:49 - And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:51 - Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:52 - The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:53 - Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:54 - Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:56 - Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:57 - Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:58 - Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
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