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John 8:12-47 BBE
(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.
John 8:12-47 ALT
(12) Then again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "_I_ am the Light of the world! The one following Me shall by no means walk around in the darkness, _but_ shall have the Light of life!
(13) So the Pharisees said to Him, "_You_ are testifying concerning Yourself! Your testimony is not true!"
(14) Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if _I_ am testifying concerning Myself, My testimony is true, because I know from where I came and where I am going. But _you*_ do not know from where I come and where I am going.
(15) "_You*_ judge according to the flesh; _I_ am not judging anyone.
(16) "But even if _I_ judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, _but_ I and the Father having sent Me.
(17) "And also in your* Law it has been written that the testimony of two persons is true. [Deut 19:15]
(18) "_I_ am the One testifying concerning Myself, and the Father having sent Me is testifying of Me."
(19) Therefore, they were saying to Him, "Where is Your father?" Jesus answered, "You* neither know Me nor My Father. If you* knew Me, you* would also know My Father."
(20) These sayings spoke Jesus in the treasury [fig., in the area where collection boxes were located], teaching in the temple, and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
(21) Then Jesus said again to them, "_I_ am going away, and you* will seek Me, and in your* sin you* will die; where _I_ am going, you* are not able to come."
(22) So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He?-because He says, 'Where _I_ am going, you* are not able to come?'"
(23) And He said to them, "_You*_ are from below; _I_ am from above. _You*_ are from this world; _I_ am not from this world.
(24) "Therefore, I said to you*, 'you* will die in your sins,' for unless you* believe that _I_ am, you* will die in your* sins."
(25) So they were saying to Him, "You, who are You?" And Jesus said to them, "Just what I [have been] speaking to you* even [from] the beginning.
(26) "Many [things] _I_ have to be speaking concerning you* and to be judging; _but_ the One having sent Me is true, and what _I_ heard from Him, these things I say to the world."
(27) They did not understand that [about] the Father He spoke to them.
(28) Then Jesus said to them, "When you* lift up the Son of Humanity then you* will know that _I_ am, and from Myself I do nothing, _but_ just as My Father taught Me, these things I speak.
(29) "And the One having sent Me is with Me; the Father did not leave Me alone, because _I_ always do the things pleasing to Him."
(30) While speaking these things, many believed [or, trusted] in Him.
(31) So Jesus was saying to the Jews having believed [or, trusted] in Him, "If _you*_ remain in My word, truly you* are My disciples.
(32) "And you* will know the truth, and the truth will set _you*_ free!"
(33) They answered Him, "We are seed [fig., descendents] of Abraham, and to no one have we at any time been enslaved. How can You say, 'You* will become free?'"
(34) Jesus answered them, "Most positively, I say to you*, that every one committing [or, practicing] sin is a slave of sin.
(35) "But the slave does not remain in the house into the age [fig., forever]: the Son remains into the age [fig., forever].
(36) "Therefore, if the Son makes you* free, you* will be free indeed!
(37) "I know that you* are seed [fig., descendents] of Abraham, _but_ you* seek to kill Me, because My word does not find a place in you*.
(38) "I am speaking what _I_ have seen with My Father, and therefore _you*_ are doing what you* have seen with your* father."
(39) They answered and said to Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus says to them, "If you* were children of Abraham, you* would be doing the works of Abraham.
(40) "But now, you* seek to kill Me-a Man who has spoken to you* the truth which I heard from God-this Abraham did not do.
(41) "_You*_ do the works of your* father." Then they said to Him, "We have not been born out of sexual sin; we have one Father-God!"
(42) So Jesus said to them, "If God were your* father, you* would love Me, for _I_ came forth and am come from God. For I have not come from Myself, _but_ that One sent Me.
(43) "Why do you* not understand My speech? Because you* are not able to be hearing My word.
(44) "You* are from the [or, your*] father the Devil, and the desires of your* father you* want to be doing. That one was a murderer from [the] beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he is speaking falsehood, out of his own he speaks, because he is a liar, and the father of it.
(45) "But because _I_ speak the truth, you* are not believing Me.
(46) "Who out of you* convicts Me concerning sin? But if I am speaking truth, why are you* not believing Me?
(47) "The one being from God, the words of God he hears [or, pays attention to], for this reason you* do not hear, because you* are not from God."
John 8:12-47 CEV
(12) 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) 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) 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.
(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 Jewish leaders 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) That is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, 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, 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.
(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) You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
(33) 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.
(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 only from him. 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) 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.
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