约翰福音 8
1 耶稣却到橄榄山去。 2 清早，他又回到圣殿里。众百姓都到他那里去，他就坐下，教导他们。 3 文士和法利赛人带着一个犯奸淫时被捉的女人来，叫她站在当中， 4 然后对耶稣说：“老师，这女人是正在犯奸淫的时候被捉到的。 5 摩西在律法书上命令我们把这样的女人用石头打死。那么，你怎么说呢？” 6 他们说这话是要试探耶稣，要抓到控告他的把柄。耶稣却弯下腰，用指头在地上写字。 7 他们还是不住地问他，耶稣就直起腰来，对他们说：“你们中间谁没有罪，谁就先拿石头打她！” 8 于是他又弯着腰，用指头在地上写字。 9 他们听见这话，从老的开始，一个一个都走开了，只剩下耶稣一人和那仍然站在中间的女人。 10 耶稣就直起腰来，对她说：“妇人，那些人在哪里呢？没有任何人定你的罪吗？” 11 她说：“主啊，没有。”耶稣说：“我也不定你的罪。去吧！从今以后不要再犯罪了。”〕t
耶稣是世界的光
12 耶稣又对众人说：“我就是世界的光。跟从我的，必不在黑暗里走，却要得着生命的光。” 13 法利赛人对他说：“你是为自己作见证，你的见证不真。” 14 耶稣回答他们，对他们说：“即使我为自己作见证，我的见证还是真的，因为我知道我从哪里来，到哪里去。你们却不知道我从哪里来，到哪里去。 15 你们是以人的标准来判断人，我不判断任何人。 16 即使我判断人，我的判断也是真确的，因为不是我独自在判断，而是差我来的父与我一同判断。 17 你们的律法也记着说：‘两个人的见证才算为真’。 18 我是为自己作见证，还有差我来的父也为我作见证。” 19 于是他们问他：“你的父在哪里？”耶稣回答：“你们不认识我，也不认识我的父；若是认识我，也会认识我的父。” 20 这些话是耶稣在圣殿的银库房里教导人的时候说的。当时没有人捉拿他，因为他的时候还没有到。
我所去的地方你们不能去
21 于是耶稣又对他们说：“我去了，你们会找我，而你们会死在自己的罪中；我所去的地方，你们不能去。” 22 犹太人说：“他说‘我所去的地方，你们不能去’，难道他要自杀吗？” 23 耶稣对他们说：“你们是从下面来的，我是从上面来的；你们是属这世界的，我不是属这世界的。 24 所以我对你们说，你们会死在自己的罪中，你们若不信我就是那位，就会死在自己的罪中。” 25 他们就问他：“你到底是谁？”耶稣对他们说：“我从起初就告诉你们了。 26 我有许多事要讲论你们，判断你们；但差我来的那位是真实的，我从他那里所听见的，就告诉世人。” 27 他们不明白耶稣是对他们讲父的事。 28 所以耶稣说：“你们举起人子以后就会知道我就是那位了，并且知道我没有一件事是凭着自己做的。我说这些话是照着父所教导我的。 29 差我来的那位与我同在；他没有撇下我独自一人，因为我一直行他所喜悦的事。” 30 耶稣说这些话的时候，有许多人信了他。
真理使你们自由
31 耶稣对信他的犹太人说：“你们若继续遵守我的道，就真是我的门徒了。 32 你们将认识真理，真理会使你们自由。” 33 他们回答他：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴隶，你怎么说‘会使你们自由’呢？” 34 耶稣回答他们：“我实实在在地告诉你们，所有犯罪的人就是罪的奴隶。 35 奴隶不能永远住在家里；儿子才永远住在家里。 36 所以，上帝的儿子若使你们自由，你们就真正自由了。”
出于上帝的必听上帝的话
37 “我知道，你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。 38 我所说的是在我父那里看见的；你们所做的是在你们的父那里听到的。”
39 他们回答耶稣：“我们的父是亚伯拉罕。”耶稣对他们说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿女，就会做亚伯拉罕所做的事。 40 我把在上帝那里所听见的真理告诉了你们，现在你们却想要杀我；亚伯拉罕没有做过这样的事。 41 你们是做你们父的工作。”他们就对他说：“我们不是从淫乱生的，我们只有一位父，就是上帝。” 42 耶稣对他们说：“假如上帝是你们的父，你们会爱我，因为我本是出于上帝，也是从上帝而来，我不是凭着自己来，而是他差我来的。 43 你们为什么不明白我的话呢？无非是你们听不进我的道。 44 你们是出于你们的父魔鬼，你们宁愿随着你们父的欲念而行。他从起初就是杀人的，不守真理，因他心里没有真理。他说谎是出于自己的本性，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎者之父。 45 但是，因为我讲真理，你们就不信我。 46 你们中间谁能指证我有罪呢？既然我讲真理，你们为什么不信我呢？ 47 出于上帝的，必听上帝的话；你们不听，因为你们不是出于上帝。”
耶稣在亚伯拉罕之先
48 犹太人回答他：“我们说你是撒玛利亚人，并且是被鬼附的，这话不是很对吗？” 49 耶稣回答：“我没有被鬼附的；我尊敬我的父，你们却不尊敬我。 50 我不寻求自己的荣耀，但有一位为我寻求荣耀，判断是非。 51 我实实在在地告诉你们，人若遵守我的道，就永远不经历死亡。” 52 于是犹太人对他说：“现在我们知道你是被鬼附了。亚伯拉罕死了，众先知也死了，你还说：‘人若遵守我的道，就永远不经历死亡。’ 53 难道你比我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕还大吗？他死了，众先知也死了，你把自己当作什么人呢？” 54 耶稣回答：“我若荣耀自己，我的荣耀就算不了什么；荣耀我的是我的父，就是你们所说的你们的上帝。 55 你们不认识他，我却认识他。我若说不认识他，我就是说谎的，像你们一样；但我认识他，也遵守他的道。 56 你们的祖宗亚伯拉罕欢欢喜喜地仰望我的日子，他看见了，就快乐。” 57 犹太人就对他说：“你还没有五十岁，难道见过亚伯拉罕吗？” 58 耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，还没有亚伯拉罕我就存在了。” 59 于是他们拿石头要打他，耶稣却躲开，走出了圣殿。
JOHN 8
1 but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives.
2 Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The people came to him, and he sat downt and started teaching them.
3 The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses brought in a woman who had been caught in bed with a man who wasn't her husband. They made her stand in the middle of the crowd. 4 Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn't her husband.
5 t The Law of Moses teaches that a woman like this should be stoned to death! What do you say?”
6 They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.
7 t They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, “If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!” 8 Once again he bent over and began writing on the ground.
9 The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.
10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Where is everyone? Isn't there anyone left to accuse you?”
11 “No sir,” the woman answered.
Then Jesus told her, “I am not going to accuse you either. You may go now, but don't sin anymore.”tJesus Is //the Light for the World
12 t Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.”
13 t The Pharisees objected, “You are the only one speaking for yourself, and what you say isn't true!”
14 Jesus replied:
Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going. 15 You judge in the same way that everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone. 16 If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who sent me is here with me. 17 t Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true.
18 I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who sent me is the other one.
19 “Where is your Father?” they asked.
“You don't know me or my Father!” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father.”
20 Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.tYou Cannot Go Where //I Am Going
21 Jesus also told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven.”
22 The people asked, “Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?”
23 Jesus answered, “You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't.
24 This is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, t you will die, and your sins will not be forgiven.”
25 “Who are you?” they asked Jesus.
Jesus answered, “I am exactly who I told you at the beginning.
26 There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him.”
27 No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.
28 Jesus went on to say, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, t you will know who I am. You will also know that I don't do anything on my own. I say only what my Father taught me.
29 The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me.”
30 After Jesus said this, many of the people put their faith in him.The Truth Will Set You Free
31 Jesus told the people who had faith in him, “If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples.
32 t You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 t They answered, “We are Abraham's children! We have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say we will be set free?”
34 Jesus replied:
I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! 35 And slaves don't stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. 36 If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! 37 I know that you are from Abraham's family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn't really in your hearts.
38 I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.Your Father Is the Devil
39 The people said to Jesus, “Abraham is our father!”
Jesus replied, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. 40 Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.
41 But you are doing exactly what your father does.”
“Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”
42 Jesus answered:
If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own. 43 Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?
44 t Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.
45 Everything I have told you is true, and you still refuse to have faith in me. 46 Can any of you accuse me of sin? If you cannot, why won't you have faith in me? After all, I am telling you the truth.
47 Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don't belong to God.Jesus and Abraham
48 The people told Jesus, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritant and that you have a demon in you!”
49 Jesus answered, “I don't have a demon in me. I honor my Father, and you refuse to honor me. 50 I don't want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges.
51 I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die.”
52 Then the people said, “Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die?
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jesus replied, “If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God, 55 even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says.
56 Your father Abraham was really glad to see me.”
57 “You are not even 50 years old!” they said. “How could you have seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am.”t 59 The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.