John.8.12

Jesus once again addressed them: "I am the world's Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in."

John.8.12

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John.8.12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

John.8.12

Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

John.8.13

The Pharisees objected, "All we have is your word on this. We need more than this to go on."

John.8.13

The Pharisees challenged him, "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."

John.8.13

The Pharisees therefore said to Him, "You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true."

John.8.13

The Pharisees replied, "You are making false claims about yourself!"

John.8.14

Jesus replied, "You're right that you only have my word. But you can depend on it being true. I know where I've come from and where I go next. You don't know where I'm from or where I'm headed.

John.8.14

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

John.8.14

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.

John.8.14

Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me.

John.8.15

You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don't make judgments like that.

John.8.15

You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.

John.8.15

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

John.8.15

You judge me with all your human limitations, but I am not judging anyone.

John.8.16

But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn't make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father.

John.8.16

But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.

John.8.16

And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me.

John.8.16

And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone--I have with me the Father who sent me.

John.8.17

That fulfills the conditions set down in God's Law: that you can count on the testimony of two witnesses.

John.8.17

In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

John.8.17

It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

John.8.17

Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.

John.8.18

And that is what you have: You have my word and you have the word of the Father who sent me."

John.8.18

I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me."

John.8.18

I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me."

John.8.18

I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other."

John.8.19

They said, "Where is this so-called Father of yours?" Jesus said, "You're looking right at me and you don't see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father."

John.8.19

Then they asked him, "Where is your father?"

John.8.19

Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also."

John.8.19

"Where is your father?" they asked. Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, then you would know my Father, too."

John.8.20

He gave this speech in the Treasury while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him because his time wasn't yet up.

John.8.20

"You do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also." He spoke these words while teaching in the temple area near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his time had not yet come.

John.8.20

These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come.

John.8.20

Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.

John.8.21

Then he went over the same ground again. "I'm leaving and you are going to look for me, but you're missing God in this and are headed for a dead end. There is no way you can come with me."

John.8.21

Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come."

John.8.21

Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come."

John.8.21

Later Jesus said to them again, "I am going away. You will search for me and die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

John.8.22

The Jews said, "So, is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by "You can't come with me'?"

John.8.22

This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

John.8.22

So the Jews said, "Will He kill Himself, because He says, "Where I go you cannot come'?"

John.8.22

The Jewish leaders asked, "Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, 'You cannot come where I am going'?"

John.8.23

Jesus said, "You're tied down to the mundane; I'm in touch with what is beyond your horizons. You live in terms of what you see and touch. I'm living on other terms.

John.8.23

But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John.8.23

And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John.8.23

Then he said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not.

John.8.24

I told you that you were missing God in all this. You're at a dead end. If you won't believe I am who I say I am, you're at the dead end of sins. You're missing God in your lives."

John.8.24

I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."

John.8.24

Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

John.8.24

That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am who I say I am, you will die in your sins."

John.8.25

They said to him, "Just who are you anyway?" Jesus said, "What I've said from the start.

John.8.25

"Who are you?" they asked.

John.8.25

Then they said to Him, "Who are You?" And Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

John.8.25

"Tell us who you are," they demanded. Jesus replied, "I am the one I have always claimed to be.

John.8.26

I have so many things to say that concern you, judgments to make that affect you, but if you don't accept the trustworthiness of the One who commanded my words and acts, none of it matters. That is who you are questioning--not me but the One who sent me."

John.8.26

"Just what I have been claiming all along," Jesus replied. "I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is reliable, and what I have heard from him I tell the world."

John.8.26

I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him."

John.8.26

I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is true."

John.8.27

They still didn't get it, didn't realize that he was referring to the Father.

John.8.27

They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.

John.8.27

They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

John.8.27

But they still didn't understand that he was talking to them about his Father.

John.8.28

So Jesus tried again. "When you raise up the Son of Man, then you will know who I am--that I'm not making this up, but speaking only what the Father taught me.

John.8.28

So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.

John.8.28

Then 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 of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.

John.8.28

So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will realize that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak what the Father taught me.

John.8.29

The One who sent me stays with me. He doesn't abandon me. He sees how much joy I take in pleasing him."

John.8.29

The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him."

John.8.29

And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him."

John.8.29

And the one who sent me is with me--he has not deserted me. For I always do those things that are pleasing to him."

John.8.30

When he put it in these terms, many people decided to believe.

John.8.30

Even as he spoke, many put their faith in him.

John.8.30

As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.

John.8.30

Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.