{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/john/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:02:44.322Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":59},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But Jesus went to the mount of Olives."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But this they said proving him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And again stooping down he wrote on the ground."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But they, having heard that, went out one by one beginning from the elder ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I am one who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"These words spoke he in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him, for his hour was not yet come."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They said therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"As he spoke these things many believed on him."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear them not, because ye are not of God."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges."},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham has died, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he shall never taste death."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?"},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God."},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word."},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced."},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"The Jews therefore said to him, Thou hast not yet fifty years, and hast thou seen Abraham?"},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"They took up therefore stones that they might cast them at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and thus passed on."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 8 (DBT)","markdown":"[John 8](https://primebible.com/dbt/john/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/john/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}