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John 8:9-25 English Standard Version (ESV)

9. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

10. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11. She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]

12. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

13. So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”

14. Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for 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 judge no one.

16. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Fatherwho sent me.

17. In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.

18. I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”

19. They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

20. These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

21. So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

22. So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

23. He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

24. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

25. So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.