Nov 6 - John 3-8

¹Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews²He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.³Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.⁴Nicodemus said to him: "How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?⁵Jesus responded: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God⁶What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit⁷You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew⁸The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.⁹Nicodemus responded and said to him, "How are these things able to be accomplished?¹⁰Jesus responded and said to him: "You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things¹¹Amen, amen, I say to you, that we speak about what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony¹²If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things¹³And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven¹⁴And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up¹⁵so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God¹⁹And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil²⁰For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected²¹But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.²²After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing²³Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized²⁴For John had not yet been cast into prison²⁵Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification²⁶And they went to John and said to him: "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.²⁷John responded and said: "A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven²⁸You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him²⁹He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled³⁰He must increase, while I must decrease³¹He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything³²And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony³³Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified that God is truthful³⁴For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure³⁵The Father loves the Son, and he has given everything into his hand³⁶Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.

Chapter 4

¹And so, when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made more disciples and baptized more than John²(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but only his disciples³he left behind Judea, and he traveled again to Galilee⁴Now he needed to cross through Samaria⁵Therefore, he went into a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the estate which Jacob gave to his son Joseph⁶And Jacob’s well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour⁷A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me to drink.⁸For his disciples had gone into the city in order to buy food⁹And so, that Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, are requesting a drink from me, though I am a Samaritan woman?" For the Jews do not associate with the Samaritans¹⁰Jesus responded and said to her: "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me to drink,’ perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.¹¹The woman said to him: "Lord, you do not have anything with which to draw water, and the well is deep. From where, then, do you have living water¹²Surely, you are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and who drank from it, with his sons and his cattle?¹³Jesus responded and said to her: "All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity¹⁴Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.¹⁵The woman said to him, "Lord, give me this water, so that I may not thirst and may not come here to draw water.¹⁶Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and return here.¹⁷The woman responded and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her: "You have spoken well, in saying, ‘I have no husband.¹⁸For you have had five husbands, but he whom you have now is not your husband. You have spoken this in truth.¹⁹The woman said to him: "Lord, I see that you are a Prophet²⁰Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.²¹Jesus said to her: "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you shall worship the Father, neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem²²You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know. For salvation is from the Jews²³But the hour is coming, and it is now, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such persons who may worship him²⁴God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.²⁵The woman said to him: "I know that the Messiah is coming (who is called the Christ). And then, when he will have arrived, he will announce everything to us.²⁶Jesus said to her: "I am he, the one who is speaking with you.²⁷And then his disciples arrived. And they wondered that he was speaking with the woman. Yet no one said: "What are you seeking?" or, "Why are you talking with her?²⁸And so the woman left behind her water jar and went into the city. And she said to the men there²⁹"Come and see a man who has told me all the things that I have done. Is he not the Christ?³⁰Therefore, they went out of the city and came to him³¹Meanwhile, the disciples petitioned him, saying, "Rabbi, eat.³²But he said to them, "I have food to eat which you do not know.³³Therefore, the disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought him something to eat?³⁴Jesus said to them: "My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work³⁵Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then the harvest arrives?’ Behold, I say to you: Lift up your eyes and look at the countryside; for it is already ripe for the harvest³⁶For he who reaps, receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together³⁷For in this the word is true: that it is one who sows, and it is another who reaps³⁸I have sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.³⁹Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman who was offering testimony: "For he told me all the things that I have done.⁴⁰Therefore, when the Samaritans had come to him, they petitioned him to lodge there. And he lodged there for two days⁴¹And many more believed in him, because of his own word⁴²And they said to the woman: "Now we believe, not because of your speech, but because we ourselves have heard him, and so we know that he is truly the Savior of the world.⁴³Then, after two days, he departed from there, and he traveled into Galilee⁴⁴For Jesus himself offered testimony that a Prophet has no honor in his own country⁴⁵And so, when he had arrived in Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all that he had done at Jerusalem, in the day of the feast. For they also went to the feast day⁴⁶Then he went again into Cana of Galilee, where he made water into wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capernaum⁴⁷Since he had heard that Jesus came to Galilee from Judea, he sent to him and begged him to come down and heal his son. For he was beginning to die⁴⁸Therefore, Jesus said to him, "Unless you have seen signs and wonders, you do not believe.⁴⁹The ruler said to him, "Lord, come down before my son dies.⁵⁰Jesus said to him, "Go, your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and so he went away⁵¹Then, as he was going down, his servants met him. And they reported to him, saying that his son was alive⁵²Therefore, he asked them at which hour he had become better. And they said to him, "Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.⁵³Then the father realized that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And both he and his entire household believed⁵⁴This next sign was the second that Jesus accomplished, after he had arrived in Galilee from Judea

Chapter 5

¹After these things, there was a feast day of the Jews, and so Jesus ascended to Jerusalem²Now at Jerusalem is the Pool of Evidence, which in Hebrew is known as the Place of Mercy; it has five porticos³Along these lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the withered, waiting for the movement of the water⁴Now at times an Angel of the Lord would descend into the pool, and so the water was moved. And whoever descended first into the pool, after the motion of the water, he was healed of whatever infirmity held him⁵And there was a certain man in that place, having been in his infirmity for thirty-eight years⁶Then, when Jesus had seen him reclining, and when he realized that he had been afflicted for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?⁷The invalid answered him: "Lord, I do not have any man to put me in the pool, when the water has been stirred. For as I am going, another descends ahead of me.⁸Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your stretcher, and walk.⁹And immediately the man was healed. And he took up his stretcher and walked. Now this day was the Sabbath¹⁰Therefore, the Jews said to the one who had been healed: "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to take up your stretcher.¹¹He answered them, "The one who healed me, he said to me, ‘Take up your stretcher and walk.’ ¹²Therefore, they questioned him, "Who is that man, who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk?’ ¹³But the one who had been given health did not know who it was. For Jesus had turned aside from the crowd gathered in that place¹⁴Afterwards, Jesus found him in the temple, and he said to him: "Behold, you have been healed. Do not choose to sin further, otherwise something worse may happen to you.¹⁵This man went away, and he reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had given him health¹⁶Because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, for he was doing these things on the Sabbath¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "Even now, my Father is working, and I am working.¹⁸And so, because of this, the Jews were seeking to kill him even more so. For not only did he break the Sabbath, but he even said that God was his Father, making himself equal to God¹⁹Then Jesus responded and said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything of himself, but only what he has seen the Father doing. For whatever he does, even this does the Son do, similarly²⁰For the Father loves the Son, and he shows him all that he himself does. And greater works than these will he show him, so much so that you shall wonder²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills²²For the Father does not judge anyone. But he has given all judgment to the Son²³so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him²⁴Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life²⁵Amen, amen, I say to you, that the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear it shall live²⁶For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself²⁷And he has given him the authority to accomplish judgment. For he is the Son of man²⁸Do not be amazed at this. For the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God²⁹And those who have done good shall go forth to the resurrection of life. Yet truly, those who have done evil shall go to the resurrection of judgment³⁰I am not able to do anything of myself. As I hear, so do I judge. And my judgment is just. For I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me³¹If I offer testimony about myself, my testimony is not true³²There is another who offers testimony about me, and I know that the testimony which he offers about me is true³³You sent to John, and he offered testimony to the truth³⁴But I do not accept testimony from man. Instead, I say these things, so that you may be saved³⁵He was a burning and shining light. So you were willing, at the time, to exult in his light³⁶But I hold a greater testimony than that of John. For the works which the Father has given to me, so that I may complete them, these works themselves that I do, offer testimony about me: that the Father has sent me³⁷And the Father who has sent me has himself offered testimony about me. And you have never heard his voice, nor have you beheld his appearance³⁸And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe³⁹Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me⁴⁰And you are not willing to come to me, so that you may have life⁴¹I do not accept glory from men⁴²But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you⁴³I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not accept me. If another will arrive in his own name, him you will accept⁴⁴How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone⁴⁵Do not consider that I might accuse you with the Father. There is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you hope⁴⁶For if you were believing in Moses, perhaps you would believe in me also. For he wrote about me⁴⁷But if you do not believe by his writings, how will you believe by my words?

Chapter 6

¹After these things, Jesus traveled across the sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias²And a great multitude was following him, for they saw the signs that he was accomplishing toward those who were infirm³Therefore, Jesus went onto a mountain, and he sat down there with his disciples⁴Now the Passover, the feast day of the Jews, was near⁵And so, when Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had seen that a very great multitude came to him, he said to Philip, "From where should we buy bread, so that these may eat?⁶But he said this to test him. For he himself knew what he would do⁷Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii of bread would not be sufficient for each of them to receive even a little.⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him⁹"There is a certain boy here, who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are these among so many?¹⁰Then Jesus said, "Have the men sit down to eat." Now, there was much grass in that place. And so the men, in number about five thousand, sat down to eat¹¹Therefore, Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting down to eat; similarly also, from the fish, as much as they wanted¹²Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.¹³And so they gathered, and they filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over from those who had eaten¹⁴Therefore, those men, when they had seen that Jesus had accomplished a sign, they said, "Truly, this one is the Prophet who is to come into the world.¹⁵And so, when he realized that they were going to come and take him away and make him king, Jesus fled back to the mountain, by himself alone¹⁶Then, when evening arrived, his disciples descended to the sea¹⁷And when they had climbed into a boat, they went across the sea to Capernaum. And darkness had now arrived, and Jesus had not returned to them¹⁸Then the sea was stirred up by a great wind that was blowing¹⁹And so, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were afraid²⁰But he said to them: "It is I. Do not be afraid.²¹Therefore, they were willing to receive him into the boat. But immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going²²On the next day, the crowd which was standing across the sea saw that there were no other small boats in that place, except one, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had departed alone²³Yet truly, other boats came over from Tiberias, next to the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks²⁴Therefore, when the crowd had seen that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they climbed into the small boats, and they went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus²⁵And when they had found him across the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?²⁶Jesus answered them and said: "Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen signs, but because you have eaten from the bread and were satisfied²⁷Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.²⁸Therefore, they said to him, "What should we do, so that we may labor in the works of God?²⁹Jesus responded and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent.³⁰And so they said to him: "Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work³¹Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ³²Therefore, Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven³³For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.³⁴And so they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always.³⁵Then Jesus said to them: "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst³⁶But I say to you, that even though you have seen me, you do not believe³⁷All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out³⁸For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me³⁹Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day⁴⁰So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.⁴¹Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: "I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.⁴²And they said: "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’ ⁴³And so Jesus responded and said to them: "Do not choose to murmur among yourselves⁴⁴No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day⁴⁵It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me⁴⁶Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father⁴⁷Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life⁴⁸I am the bread of life⁴⁹Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died⁵⁰This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die⁵¹I am the living bread, who descended from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.⁵²Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?⁵³And so, Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you⁵⁴Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day⁵⁵For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink⁵⁶Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him⁵⁷Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me⁵⁸This is the bread that descends from heaven. It is not like the manna that your fathers ate, for they died. Whoever eats this bread shall live forever.⁵⁹He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum⁶⁰Therefore, many of his disciples, upon hearing this, said: "This saying is difficult," and, "Who is able to listen to it?⁶¹But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them: "Does this offend you⁶²Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before⁶³It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh does not offer anything of benefit. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life⁶⁴But there are some among you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who were unbelieving and which one would betray him⁶⁵And so he said, "For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father.⁶⁶After this, many of his disciples went back, and they no longer walked with him⁶⁷Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?⁶⁸Then Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life⁶⁹And we have believed, and we recognize that you are the Christ, the Son of God.⁷⁰Jesus answered them: "Have I not chosen you twelve? And yet one among you is a devil.⁷¹Now he was speaking about Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. For this one, even though he was one of the twelve, was about to betray him

Chapter 7

¹Then, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee. For he was not willing to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him²Now the feast day of the Jews, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near³And his brothers said to him: "Move away from here and go into Judea, so that your disciples there may also see your works that you do⁴Of course, no one does anything in secret, but he himself seeks to be in the public view. Since you do these things, manifest yourself to the world.⁵For neither did his brothers believe in him⁶Therefore, Jesus said to them: "My time has not yet come; but your time is always at hand⁷The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil⁸You may go up to this feast day. But I am not going up to this feast day, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.⁹When he had said these things, he himself remained in Galilee¹⁰But after his brothers went up, then he also went up to the feast day, not openly, but as if in secret¹¹Therefore, the Jews were seeking him on the feast day, and they were saying, "Where is he?¹²And there was much murmuring in the crowd concerning him. For certain ones were saying, "He is good." But others were saying, "No, for he seduces the crowds.¹³Yet no one was speaking openly about him, out of fear of the Jews¹⁴Then, about the middle of the feast, Jesus ascended into the temple, and he was teaching¹⁵And the Jews wondered, saying: "How does this one know letters, though he has not been taught?¹⁶Jesus responded to them and said: "My doctrine is not of me, but of him who sent me¹⁷If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself¹⁸Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But whoever seeks the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and injustice is not in him¹⁹Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one among you keeps the law²⁰Why are you seeking to kill me?" The crowd responded and said: "You must have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?²¹Jesus responded and said to them: "One work have I done, and you all wonder²²For Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man²³If a man can receive circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you indignant toward me, because I have made a man whole on the Sabbath²⁴Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment.²⁵Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem said: "Is he not the one whom they are seeking to kill²⁶And behold, he is speaking openly, and they say nothing to him. Could the leaders have decided that it is true this one is the Christ²⁷But we know him and where he is from. And when the Christ has arrived, no one will know where he is from.²⁸Therefore, Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: "You know me, and you also know where I am from. And I have not arrived of myself, but he who sent me is true, and him you do not know²⁹I know him. For I am from him, and he has sent me.³⁰Therefore, they were seeking to apprehend him, and yet no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come³¹But many among the crowd believed in him, and they were saying, "When the Christ arrives, will he perform more signs than this man does?³²The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him. And the leaders and the Pharisees sent attendants to apprehend him³³Therefore, Jesus said to them: "For a brief time, I am still with you, and then I am going to him who sent me³⁴You shall seek me, and you will not find me. And where I am, you are not able to go.³⁵And so the Jews said among themselves: "Where is this place to which he will go, such that we will not find him? Will he go to those dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles³⁶What is this word that he spoke, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am, you are not able to go?’ ³⁷Then, on the last great day of the feast, Jesus was standing and crying out, saying: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink³⁸whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’ ³⁹Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified⁴⁰Therefore, some from that crowd, when they had heard these words of his, were saying, "This one truly is the Prophet.⁴¹Others were saying, "He is the Christ." Yet certain ones were saying: "Does the Christ come from Galilee⁴²Does Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?⁴³And so there arose a dissension among the multitude because of him⁴⁴Now certain ones among them wanted to apprehend him, but no one laid hands upon him⁴⁵Therefore, the attendants went to the high priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them, "Why have you not brought him?⁴⁶The attendants responded, "Never has a man spoken like this man.⁴⁷And so the Pharisees answered them: "Have you also been seduced⁴⁸Have any of the leaders believed in him, or any of the Pharisees⁴⁹But this crowd, which does not know the law, they are accursed.⁵⁰Nicodemus, the one who came to him by night and who was one of them, said to them⁵¹"Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?⁵²They responded and said to him: "Are you also a Galilean? Study the Scriptures, and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee.⁵³And each one returned to his own house

Chapter 8

¹But Jesus continued on to the Mount of Olives²And early in the morning, he went again to the temple; and all the people came to him. And sitting down, he taught them³Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them⁴And they said to him: "Teacher, this woman was just now caught in adultery⁵And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such a one. Therefore, what do you say?⁶But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth⁷And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, "Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.⁸And bending down again, he wrote on the earth⁹But upon hearing this, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, with the woman standing in front of him¹⁰Then Jesus, raising himself up, said to her: "Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you?¹¹And she said, "No one, Lord." Then Jesus said: "Neither will I condemn you. Go, and now do not choose to sin anymore.¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.¹³And so the Pharisees said to him, "You offer testimony about yourself; your testimony is not true.¹⁴Jesus responded and said to them: "Even though I offer testimony about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going¹⁵You judge according to the flesh. I do not judge anyone¹⁶And when I do judge, my judgment is true. For I am not alone, but it is I and he who sent me: the Father¹⁷And it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true¹⁸I am one who offers testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me offers testimony about me.¹⁹Therefore, they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered: "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.²⁰Jesus spoke these words at the treasury, while teaching in the temple. And no one apprehended him, because his hour had not yet come²¹Therefore, Jesus again spoke to them: "I am going, and you shall seek me. And you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you are not able to go.²²And so the Jews said, "Is he going to kill himself, for he said: ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go?’ ²³And he said to them: "You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world²⁴Therefore, I said to you, that you will die in your sins. For if you will not believe that I am, you will die in your sin.²⁵And so they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them: "The Beginning, who is also speaking to you²⁶I have much to say about you and to judge. But he who sent me is true. And what I have heard from him, this I speak within the world.²⁷And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father²⁸And so Jesus said to them: "When you will have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall realize that I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but just as the Father has taught me, so do I speak²⁹And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him.³⁰As he was speaking these things, many believed in him³¹Therefore, Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him: "If you will abide in my word, you will truly be my disciples³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.³³They answered him: "We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, ‘You shall be set free?’ ³⁴Jesus answered them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin³⁵Now the slave does not abide in the house for eternity. Yet the Son does abide in eternity³⁶Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free³⁷I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father. And you do what you have seen with your father.³⁹They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham⁴⁰But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did⁴¹You do the works of your father." Therefore, they said to him: "We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God.⁴²Then Jesus said to them: "If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me⁴³Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word⁴⁴You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies⁴⁵But if I speak the truth, you do not believe me⁴⁶Which of you can convict me of sin? If I speak the truth to you, why do you not believe me⁴⁷Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.⁴⁸Therefore, the Jews responded and said to him, "Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan, and that you have a demon?⁴⁹Jesus responded: "I do not have a demon. But I honor my Father, and you have dishonored me⁵⁰But I am not seeking my own glory. There is One who seeks and judges⁵¹Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone will have kept my word, he will not see death for eternity.⁵²Therefore, the Jews said: "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets; and yet you say, ‘If anyone will have kept my word, he shall not taste death for eternity.⁵³Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. So who do you make yourself to be?⁵⁴Jesus responded: "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me. And you say about him that he is your God⁵⁵And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word⁵⁶Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he might see my day; he saw it and was glad.⁵⁷And so the Jews said to him, "You have not yet reached fifty years, and you have seen Abraham?⁵⁸Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.⁵⁹Therefore, they took up stones to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and he departed from the temple