1 Maar Jesus het na die Olyfberg gegaan.

2 En vroeg in die môre het Hy weer in die tempel gegaan, en al die mense het na Hom gekom, en Hy het gaan sit en hulle geleer.

3 En die skrifgeleerdes en die Fariseërs het 'n vrou wat in egbreuk betrap was, na Hom gebring.

4 En toe hulle haar tussen hulle in laat staan het, sê hulle vir Hom: Meester, hierdie vrou is op 'n daad van egbreuk betrap;

5 en Moses het ons in die wet bevel gegee om sulke vroue te stenig; maar U, wat sê U?

6 En dit het hulle gesê om Hom te versoek, sodat hulle iets kon hê om Hom te beskuldig; maar Jesus het neergebuk en met die vinger op die grond geskrywe.

7 Maar toe hulle aanhou om Hom te vra, het Hy Hom opgerig en vir hulle gesê: Laat die een van julle wat sonder sonde is, die eerste 'n klip op haar gooi.

8 En weer het Hy neergebuk en op die grond geskrywe.

9 En toe hulle dit hoor, het hulle, deur hul gewete bestraf, een vir een weggegaan, van die oudste af tot die laaste toe; en Jesus het alleen agtergebly, en die vrou wat daar tussen hulle in gestaan het.

10 En toe Jesus Hom oprig en niemand sien behalwe die vrou nie, sê Hy vir haar: Vrou, waar is daardie beskuldigers van jou? Het niemand jou veroordeel nie?

11 En sy antwoord: Niemand nie, Here. En Jesus sê vir haar: Ek veroordeel jou ook nie. Gaan heen en sondig nie meer nie.

12 En Jesus het weer met hulle gespreek en gesê: Ek is die lig van die wêreld; wie My volg, sal sekerlik nie in die duisternis wandel nie, maar sal die lig van die lewe hê.

13 Toe sê die Fariseërs vir Hom: U getuig van Uself; u getuienis is nie waar nie.

14 Jesus antwoord en sê vir hulle: Al getuig Ek ook van Myself, my getuienis is waar, omdat Ek weet van waar Ek gekom het en waarheen Ek gaan. Maar julle weet nie van waar Ek kom en waarheen Ek gaan nie.

15 Julle oordeel volgens die vlees. Ek oordeel niemand nie.

16 En al oordeel Ek, my oordeel is waar, omdat Ek nie alleen is nie, maar Ek en die Vader wat My gestuur het.

17 En dit is ook in julle wet geskrywe dat die getuienis van twee mense waar is.

18 Dit is Ek wat van Myself getuig; en die Vader wat My gestuur het, getuig van My.

19 Hulle sê toe vir Hom: Waar is u Vader? Jesus antwoord: Julle ken My nie en ook nie my Vader nie; as julle My geken het, sou julle ook my Vader geken het.

20 Hierdie woorde het Jesus gespreek by die skatkis terwyl Hy in die tempel geleer het. En niemand het Hom gevange geneem nie, omdat sy uur nog nie gekom het nie.

21 En Jesus het weer vir hulle gesê: Ek gaan weg, en julle sal My soek en in julle sonde sterwe. Waar Ek gaan, kan julle nie kom nie.

22 Toe sê die Jode: Hy sal Homself tog nie om die lewe bring nie, omdat Hy sê: Waar Ek gaan, kan julle nie kom nie?

23 En Hy sê vir hulle: Julle is van benede, Ek is van bo; julle is uit hierdie wêreld, Ek is nie uit hierdie wêreld nie.

24 Ek het dan vir julle gesê dat julle in jul sondes sal sterwe; want as julle nie glo dat dit Ek is nie, sal julle in jul sondes sterwe.

25 Toe sê hulle vir Hom: Wie is U dan? En Jesus antwoord hulle: Net dit wat Ek vir julle sê.

26 Ek het baie dinge om van julle te sê en te oordeel; maar Hy wat My gestuur het, is waaragtig; en Ek, wat Ek van Hom gehoor het, dit spreek Ek tot die wêreld.

27 Hulle het nie verstaan dat Hy met hulle van die Vader gespreek het nie.

28 En Jesus sê vir hulle: Wanneer julle die Seun van die mens verhoog het, dan sal julle weet dat dit Ek is; en uit Myself doen Ek niks nie; maar net wat my Vader My geleer het, dit spreek Ek.

29 En Hy wat My gestuur het, is met My; die Vader het My nie alleen gelaat nie, omdat Ek altyd doen wat Hom welgevallig is.

30 Terwyl Hy hierdie dinge spreek, het baie in Hom geglo.

31 En Jesus sê vir die Jode wat in Hom geglo het: As julle in my woord bly, is julle waarlik my dissipels.

32 En julle sal die waarheid ken, en die waarheid sal julle vrymaak.

33 Hulle antwoord Hom: Ons is die geslag van Abraham en het nog nooit vir iemand slawediens verrig nie; hoe sê U dan: Julle sal vry word?

34 Jesus antwoord hulle: Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle dat elkeen wat die sonde doen, 'n dienskneg van die sonde is.

35 En die dienskneg bly nie vir altyd in die huis nie; die seun bly vir altyd.

36 As die Seun julle dan vrygemaak het, sal julle waarlik vry wees.

37 Ek weet dat julle die geslag van Abraham is; maar julle probeer om My om die lewe te bring, omdat my woord geen ingang in julle vind nie.

38 Ek spreek van wat Ek by my Vader gesien het, en julle doen ook wat julle by jul vader gesien het.

39 Hulle antwoord en sê vir Hom: Ons vader is Abraham. Jesus sê vir hulle: As julle die kinders van Abraham was, sou julle die werke van Abraham doen;

40 maar nou probeer julle om My om die lewe te bring, iemand wat aan julle die waarheid vertel het, wat Ek van God gehoor het. Dit het Abraham nie gedoen nie.

41 Julle doen die werke van jul vader. Toe sê hulle vir Hom: Ons is nie uit ontug gebore nie; ons het een Vader, naamlik God.

42 En Jesus sê vir hulle: As God julle Vader was, sou julle My liefhê, want Ek het uit God uitgegaan en gekom; want Ek het ook nie uit Myself gekom nie, maar Hy het My gestuur.

43 Waarom ken julle my spraak nie? Omdat julle na my woord nie kan luister nie.

44 Julle het die duiwel as vader, en die begeertes van julle vader wil julle doen. Hy was 'n mensemoordenaar van die begin af en staan nie in die waarheid nie, omdat daar in hom geen waarheid is nie. Wanneer hy leuentaal praat, praat hy uit sy eie, omdat hy 'n leuenaar is en die vader daarvan.

45 Maar omdat Ek die waarheid spreek, glo julle My nie.

46 Wie van julle oortuig My van sonde? En as Ek die waarheid spreek, waarom glo julle My nie?

47 Die wat uit God is, luister na die woorde van God. Daarom luister julle nie, omdat julle nie uit God is nie.

48 Die Jode antwoord toe en sê vir Hom: Sê ons nie met reg dat U 'n Samaritaan is en van die duiwel besete is nie?

49 Jesus antwoord: Ek is nie van die duiwel besete nie; maar Ek eer my Vader, en julle doen My oneer aan.

50 En Ek soek nie my eer nie; daar is Een wat dit soek en wat oordeel.

51 Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, as iemand my woord bewaar, sal hy die dood in der ewigheid nie sien nie.

52 Toe sê die Jode vir Hom: Nou weet ons dat U van die duiwel besete is. Abraham het gesterwe en die profete, en U sê: As iemand my woord bewaar, sal hy die dood in der ewigheid nie smaak nie.

53 Is U dan groter as ons vader Abraham wat gesterf het? En die profete het gesterwe. Vir wie gee U Uself uit?

54 Jesus antwoord: As Ek Myself verheerlik, is my heerlikheid niks nie. Dit is my Vader wat My verheerlik, van wie julle sê dat Hy julle God is.

55 En julle ken Hom nie, maar Ek ken Hom; en as Ek sê dat Ek Hom nie ken nie, sal Ek soos julle 'n leuenaar wees. Maar Ek ken Hom en bewaar sy woord.

56 Abraham, julle vader, het hom verheug dat hy my dag sou sien; en hy het dit gesien en het hom verbly.

57 Toe sê die Jode vir Hom: U is nog nie vyftig jaar oud nie, en het U Abraham gesien?

58 Jesus sê vir hulle: Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, voordat Abraham was, is Ek.

59 Hulle het toe klippe opgetel om Hom te stenig; maar Jesus het stilletjies uit die tempel gegaan en tussen hulle deurgeloop; en so het Hy vertrek.

1 But Jesus went to the Mountain of Olives.

2 And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.

3 Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;

4 And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

5 Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

6 They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

7 But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

8 And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

9 And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.

10 Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you?

11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

17 Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

18 I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

22 So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

24 For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

25 Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.

28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

30 When he said this a number came to have faith in him.

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.

33 They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

35 Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

36 If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

37 I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

38 I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

39 In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

40 But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

41 You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

45 But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

49 And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

54 Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

56 Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

57 Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.