1 Jesus, though, went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At daybreak he came back to the temple, and all the people were coming to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
3 The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, made her stand in the middle,
4 and said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.
5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone women like this. So what do you say?"
6 They were saying this to test him, so that they would have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and began writing on the ground with his finger, as if he did not hear them.
7 When they kept on questioning him, he stood up and said to them, "Whoever among you is without sin, let him throw the first stone at her."
8 And bending down again, he went on writing on the ground.
9 When they heard this, convicted by their conscience, they went away one at a time, starting with the oldest down to the last; and Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing in the middle.
10 Jesus stood up and, seeing no one but the woman, said to her, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
11 She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more."
12 Jesus spoke to them once more: "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
13 The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not true."
14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify about myself, my testimony is true, because 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.
15 You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.
16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone; it is I together with the Father who sent me.
17 In your own law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
18 I testify about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
19 So they asked him, "Where is this Father of yours?" Jesus answered, "You do not know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father as well."
20 He spoke these words in the treasury while teaching in the temple; and no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Again he said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."
22 So the Jews were saying, "He is not going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
23 He told them, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.
24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins: unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
25 So they said to him, "Who are you?" And Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say about you and to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him, that is what I declare to the world."
27 They did not realize that he was speaking to them about the Father.
28 So Jesus said, "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 speak these things just as my Father taught me.
29 The one who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me by myself, because I always do what pleases him."
30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples;
32 you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, 'You will become free'?"
34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a servant of sin.
35 The servant does not remain in the household forever; the son remains forever.
36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free in reality.
37 I know you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are trying to kill me, because my word finds no room in you.
38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father."
39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus told them, "If you were children of Abraham, you would be doing what Abraham did.
40 As it is, you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did nothing like that.
41 You 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 came out from God and am here. I have not come on my own; he sent me.
43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you are unable to listen to my word.
44 You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the start and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks out of his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.
46 Which one of you can prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 Whoever belongs to God listens to God's words. The reason you do not listen is that you do not belong to God."
48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right to say that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?"
49 Jesus answered, "I am not demon-possessed; I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
50 I am not seeking glory for myself; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.
51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ever see death."
52 The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are demon-possessed! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never ever taste death.'
53 You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are you? The prophets died too. Who are you making yourself out to be?"
54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. The one who glorifies me is my Father, the one you claim is your God.
55 You have not come to 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.
56 Abraham your father was overjoyed that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad."
57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?"
58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I am."
59 At that they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, passing through the middle of them, and so went on his way.