John 8:1-20.
John 8:1-20 (Good News Translation)
1Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the
people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
3The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman
who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before
them all.
4"Teacher," they said to Jesus,
"this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
5In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to
death. Now, what do you say?
"
6They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him.
But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up
and said to them,
"Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first
stone at her."
8Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
9When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older
ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there.
10He straightened up and said to her,
"Where are they? Is there no one left to condemn you?"
11"No one, sir," she answered.
"Well, then," Jesus said,
"I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again."]
12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again.
"I am the light of the world," he said.
"Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never
walk in darkness."
13The Pharisees said to him,
"Now you are testifying on your own behalf; what you say proves
nothing."
14"No," Jesus answered,
"even though I do testify on my own behalf, what I say is
true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You do not
know where I came from or where I am going.
15You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on
no one.
16But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I
am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me.
17It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what
they say is true.
18I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also
testifies on my behalf.
"
19"Where is your father?" they asked him.
"You know neither me nor my Father," Jesus answered.
"If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
20Jesus said all this as he taught in the Temple, in the room
where the offering boxes were placed. And no one arrested him, because his
hour had not come.
God bless you.
2Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the
people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
3The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman
who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before
them all.
4"Teacher," they said to Jesus,
"this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
5In our Law Moses commanded that such a woman must be stoned to
death. Now, what do you say?
"
6They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him.
But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up
and said to them,
"Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first
stone at her."
8Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
9When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older
ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there.
10He straightened up and said to her,
"Where are they? Is there no one left to condemn you?"
11"No one, sir," she answered.
"Well, then," Jesus said,
"I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again."]
12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again.
"I am the light of the world," he said.
"Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never
walk in darkness."
13The Pharisees said to him,
"Now you are testifying on your own behalf; what you say proves
nothing."
14"No," Jesus answered,
"even though I do testify on my own behalf, what I say is
true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You do not
know where I came from or where I am going.
15You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on
no one.
16But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I
am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me.
17It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what
they say is true.
18I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also
testifies on my behalf.
"
19"Where is your father?" they asked him.
"You know neither me nor my Father," Jesus answered.
"If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
20Jesus said all this as he taught in the Temple, in the room
where the offering boxes were placed. And no one arrested him, because his
hour had not come.
God bless you.
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