110 lines
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110 lines
6.6 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 8
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1. But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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An Adulteress Forgiven
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2. At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.
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3. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, making her stand in the center.
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4. "Teacher," they said to him, "this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
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5. In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"
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6. They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.
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Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.
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7. When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, *"The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her."*
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8. Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.
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9. When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.
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10. When Jesus stood up, he said to her, *"Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"*
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11. "No one, Lord," she answered.
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*"Neither do I condemn you," said Jesus. "Go, and from now on do not sin anymore."*]
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The Light of the World
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12. Jesus spoke to them again: *"I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life."*
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13. So the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."
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14. *"Even if I testify about myself," Jesus replied, "my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.*
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15. *You judge by human standards. I judge no one.*
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16. *And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.*
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17. *Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.*
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18. *I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."*
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19. Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?"
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*"You know neither me nor my Father," Jesus answered. "If you knew me, you would also know my Father."*
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20. He spoke these words by the treasury, while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
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Jesus Predicts His Departure
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21. Then he said to them again, *"I'm going away; you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I'm going, you cannot come."*
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22. So the Jews said again, "He won't kill himself, will he, since he says, *'Where I'm going, you cannot come'*?"
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23. *"You are from below," he told them, "I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.*
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24. *Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."*
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25. "Who are you?" they questioned.
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*"Exactly what I've been telling you from the very beginning,"* Jesus told them.
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26. *"I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him--these things I tell the world."*
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27. They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father.
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28. So Jesus said 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. But just as the Father taught me, I say these things.*
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29. *The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."*
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Truth and Freedom
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30. As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
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31. Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, *"If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples.*
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32. *You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."*
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33. "We are descendants of Abraham," they answered him, "and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, *'You will become free'*?"
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34. Jesus responded, *"Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.*
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35. *A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.*
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36. *So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.*
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37. *I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you.*
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38. *I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father; so then, you do what you have heard from your father."*
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39. "Our father is Abraham," they replied.
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*"If you were Abraham's children," Jesus told them, "you would do what Abraham did.*
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40. *But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.*
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41. *You're doing what your father does."*
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"We weren't born of sexual immorality," they said. "We have one Father--God."
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42. Jesus said to them, *"If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn't come on my own, but he sent me.*
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43. *Why don't you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.*
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44. *You are of 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 tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.*
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45. *Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.*
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46. *Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?*
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47. *The one who is from God listens to God's words. This is why you don't listen, because you are not from God."*
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Jesus and Abraham
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48. The Jews responded to him, "Aren't we right in saying that you're a Samaritan and have a demon?"
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49. *"I do not have a demon," Jesus answered. "On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me.*
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50. *I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and judges.*
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51. *Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."*
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52. Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, *'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'*
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53. Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?"
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54. *"If I glorify myself," Jesus answered, "my glory is nothing. My Father--about whom you say, 'He is our God'--he is the one who glorifies me.*
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55. *You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don't know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.*
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56. *Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad."*
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57. The Jews replied, "You aren't fifty years old yet, and you've seen Abraham?"
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58. Jesus said to them, *"Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am."*
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59. So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.
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