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John 8 :: New English Translation (NET)

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:2 - Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:3 - The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:4 - and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:5 - In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:8 - Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Jesus stood up straight and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:11 - She replied, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more." ]]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:13 - So the Pharisees objected, "You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:15 - You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:16 - But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:17 - It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:18 - I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:20 - (Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:23 - Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:24 - Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:25 - So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:26 - I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:27 - (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:28 - Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:29 - And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:30 - While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:31 - Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:32 - and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - "We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 - Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:38 - I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:39 - They answered him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus replied, "If you are Abraham's children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:43 - Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:45 - But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:46 - Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:47 - The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:48 - The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:49 - Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father - and yet you dishonor me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:51 - I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:52 - Then the Judeans responded, "Now we know you're possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, 'If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:53 - You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:54 - Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, 'He is our God.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:56 - Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:57 - Then the Judeans replied, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:58 - Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.
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