Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

John 8 :: New International Version (NIV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:1

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:2 - At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:3 - The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:4

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:5 - In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:8 - Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:11 - “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:13 - The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:15 - You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:16 - But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:17 - In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:18 - I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:20 - He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Dispute Over Who Jesus Is

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:23 - But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:24 - I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:25 - “Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:26 - “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:27

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:28 - So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up[fn] the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:29 - The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:30 - Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:31 - To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:32

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 - Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:36

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:38 - I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[fn]”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:39 - “Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would[fn] do what Abraham did.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:43 - Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:45 - Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:46

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:47 - Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

Jesus’ Claims About Himself

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:48 - The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:49

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:50 - I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:51 - Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:52 - At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:53 - Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:54 - Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:56 - Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:57 - “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:58 - “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father.
Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then
NIV

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV®
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.


See detailed copyright information.

For more information on this translation, see the NIV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

John Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras