John 8:8-21

⁸He stooped down, again, and wrote on the ground.

⁹When they heard this, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones. Jesus was left alone with the woman still standing there.

¹⁰Straightening up, Jesus asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

¹²Jesus spoke again to the people, saying, “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me won’t walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

¹³Then the Pharisees told Him, “You are testifying on your own behalf, so your testimony isn’t valid.”

¹⁴Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know where I come from or where I am going.

¹⁵You judge by human standards, but I am not judging anyone.

¹⁶Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

¹⁷It’s also written in your Law that the testimony of two men is valid.

¹⁸I am one who bears witness of myself, and my Father who sent me bears witness of me.”

¹⁹Then they asked 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, too.”

²⁰Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as He taught in the temple. Nobody laid hands on Him, for His time had not yet come.

²¹Jesus told them again, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you can’t come.”