Thematic Bible




John 8:1 (show verse)

But Jesus went to the mount of Olives.

John 8:2 (show verse)

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.

John 8:3 (show verse)

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

John 8:4 (show verse)

they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.

John 8:5 (show verse)

Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?

John 8:6 (show verse)

But this they said proving him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

John 8:7 (show verse)

But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.

John 8:8 (show verse)

And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 (show verse)

But they, having heard that, went out one by one beginning from the elder ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there.

John 8:10 (show verse)

And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?

John 8:11 (show verse)

And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

John 8:12 (show verse)

Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:13 (show verse)

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

John 8:14 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

John 8:15 (show verse)

Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.

John 8:16 (show verse)

And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.

John 8:17 (show verse)

And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:

John 8:18 (show verse)

I am one who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.

John 8:19 (show verse)

They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.

John 8:20 (show verse)

These words spoke he in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him, for his hour was not yet come.

John 8:21 (show verse)

He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.

John 8:22 (show verse)

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?

John 8:23 (show verse)

And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:24 (show verse)

I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:25 (show verse)

They said therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

John 8:26 (show verse)

I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world.

John 8:27 (show verse)

They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.

John 8:28 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

John 8:29 (show verse)

And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

John 8:30 (show verse)

As he spoke these things many believed on him.

John 8:31 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

John 8:32 (show verse)

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

John 8:33 (show verse)

They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

John 8:34 (show verse)

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

John 8:35 (show verse)

Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

John 8:36 (show verse)

If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.

John 8:37 (show verse)

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

John 8:38 (show verse)

I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

John 8:39 (show verse)

They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

John 8:40 (show verse)

but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

John 8:41 (show verse)

Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

John 8:42 (show verse)

Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me.

John 8:43 (show verse)

Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

John 8:44 (show verse)

Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

John 8:45 (show verse)

and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

John 8:46 (show verse)

Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?

John 8:47 (show verse)

He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

John 8:48 (show verse)

The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?

John 8:49 (show verse)

Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.

John 8:50 (show verse)

But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.

John 8:51 (show verse)

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.

John 8:52 (show verse)

The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham has died, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he shall never taste death.

John 8:53 (show verse)

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?

John 8:54 (show verse)

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.

John 8:55 (show verse)

And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

John 8:56 (show verse)

Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.

John 8:57 (show verse)

The Jews therefore said to him, Thou hast not yet fifty years, and hast thou seen Abraham?

John 8:58 (show verse)

Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 8:59 (show verse)

They took up therefore stones that they might cast them at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.