12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will certainly not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”13 So the Pharisees said to him, “Yoʋ are testifying about yoʋrself, so yoʋr testimony is not valid.” 14 Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.15You judge according to the flesh, but I judge no one.16Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid; for I am not alone, but I stand with the Father who sent me.17In your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.18I testify about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.”19 Then they said to him, “Where is yoʋr father?” Jesus answered, “You neither know me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father as well.”20 (Jesus spoke these words in the treasury as he taught in the temple courts. But no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.)
Where I Am Going, You Cannot Come
21 Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”22 So the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.24Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”25 They said to him, “Who are yoʋ?” Jesus said to them, “Exactly what I have been saying to you from the beginning.26I have many things to say about you and to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I tell the world what I have heard from him.”27 (They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.) 28 So Jesus said [bb]to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own authority, but I speak these things just as[cc]my Father taught me.29He who sent me is with me.[dd]The Father has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”33 They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How then can yoʋ say, ‘You will be set free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.35The slave does not abide in the house forever; the son abides forever.36So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed.37I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you are seeking to kill me because your hearts have no room for my word.38I speak of what I have seen with[ee]my Father; so you also[ff]are doing what you have[gg]seen with your father.”
39 They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you[hh]were children of Abraham, you would be doing the works of Abraham.40But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do such a thing.41You are doing the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication. We have one Father—God.” 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 of my own accord, but he sent me.43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot bear to accept my word.44You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks lies, he speaks from his own character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.45But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.46Which one of you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why do you not believe me?47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is because you do not belong to God.”
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews answered him, “Do we not rightly say that yoʋ are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.50I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.51Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will certainly never see death.”52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that yoʋ have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet yoʋ say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will certainly never taste death.’53 Are yoʋ greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do yoʋ make yoʋrself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you[ii]say, ‘He is our God.’55You 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 keep his word.56Your father Abraham was glad that he would see my day. He saw it and rejoiced.”57 Then the Jews said to him, “Yoʋ are not yet fifty years old, and yoʋ have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple grounds. [jj]And passing through the crowd, he walked away.
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aEarly μ1,2,3,4,5,7λ2 64.8% ¦ Very early μ6+ 19.4% • μ6− HF 13.1%
bAll the people μ1,3−,5,6,7 λ2 83.3% ¦ The entire crowd μ2,3+,4+ 14% ¦ omit All the people came, and he sat down and taught them. μ4− 1.4%
ccame μ5 14.5% ¦ came to him μ1,2,3,4+,6,7 λ2 ANT HF NA PCK TR WH 81.6% ¦ omit All the people came, and he sat down and taught them. μ4− 1.4%
dhim μ1,3,5,7 46.7% • λ1 14.3% • μ4+ 1.4% ¦ — μ2,4+,6 λ2 ANT NA WH 20.3% • 5.8% MSS
etesting him, μ1,5 23.5% ¦ — μ2,3,4,6,7 λ1,2 ANT HF NA PCK TR WH 75.8%
fthis woman was caught μ5 13.7% • μ1 λ1,2 ANT NA WH 15.5% • μ2,3,4 8.6% • TR 0.8% ¦ we found this woman μ6,7 HF PCK 43.4%
gthe law, Moses commanded us μ1,5 21.3% • μ3+,4 NA WH 5.8% • MSS 5.4% ¦ our law, Moses commanded μ2,3+,6,7 λ1,2 ANT HF PCK 54.5%
hthat such women should be stoned μ1,5,7 37.5% ¦ to stone such women μ2,3,4,6 λ1,2 ANT HF NA WH 54.4%
isay μ5,7 λ1,2 61.2% ¦ say about her μ1,2,3,4,6 HF 37.9%
ksomething to accuse him of μ1,5 21.9% ¦ an accusation against him μ2,3,4,6,7 λ1 ANT HF PCK 67.1% • λ2 6.1%
lwith his finger μ1,2,3,4+,5,6,7 λ1,2 96.1% ¦ — μ4− 1.6%
mground, taking no notice. μ1,5,7 46.4% ¦ ground. μ2,3,4,6 λ1,2 ANT HF NA ST WH 50.1%
nstood μ1,5,7 50.1% • μ2,3 λ1,2 ANT NA WH 24.8% ¦ looked μ4,6 HF 23%
othrow the first μ5+ 8.5% ¦ be the first to throw a μ1,2,3,4,5−,6,7 λ1,2 ANT HF NA PCK TR WH 89.3%
pWhen they heard this, they were convicted by their own consciences and μ1,5,7 46.8% • λ2 1.9% ¦ When they heard this, they μ2,3,6 λ1 ANT HF NA WH 37.9% ¦ — μ4 2.2%
qbegan to go away one by one μ2,3,4,5,6,7 λ1,2 95% ¦ each of them began to go away μ1 1.4%
rmen μ5 λ1,2− 35.8% ¦ men and continuing down to the last μ1,2,3,4,6,7 λ2+ HF PCK TR 60.8%
salone μ2,5,7 53.7% • μ1,6 17.2% • NA WH 1.4% • MSS 5.1% ¦ — μ3,4 λ1,2 ANT 21%