{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Gospel According to Saint John<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 8<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,1,&quot;John&quot;)\">J<\/span>esus went unto the mount of Olives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,2,&quot;John&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,3,&quot;John&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,4,&quot;John&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,5,&quot;John&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,6,&quot;John&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,7,&quot;John&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,8,&quot;John&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,9,&quot;John&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,10,&quot;John&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,11,&quot;John&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,12,&quot;John&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,13,&quot;John&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,14,&quot;John&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,15,&quot;John&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,16,&quot;John&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,17,&quot;John&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,18,&quot;John&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,19,&quot;John&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,20,&quot;John&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,21,&quot;John&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,22,&quot;John&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,23,&quot;John&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,24,&quot;John&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,25,&quot;John&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,26,&quot;John&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,27,&quot;John&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,28,&quot;John&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,29,&quot;John&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,30,&quot;John&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">As he spake these words, many believed on him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,31,&quot;John&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"32\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,32,&quot;John&quot;)\">32<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"33\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,33,&quot;John&quot;)\">33<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They answered him, We be Abraham&#039;s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"34\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,34,&quot;John&quot;)\">34<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"35\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,35,&quot;John&quot;)\">35<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"36\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,36,&quot;John&quot;)\">36<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"37\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,37,&quot;John&quot;)\">37<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I know that ye are Abraham&#039;s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"38\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,38,&quot;John&quot;)\">38<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"39\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,39,&quot;John&quot;)\">39<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham&#039;s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"40\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,40,&quot;John&quot;)\">40<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"41\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,41,&quot;John&quot;)\">41<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"42\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,42,&quot;John&quot;)\">42<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"43\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,43,&quot;John&quot;)\">43<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"44\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,44,&quot;John&quot;)\">44<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"45\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,45,&quot;John&quot;)\">45<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"46\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,46,&quot;John&quot;)\">46<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"47\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,47,&quot;John&quot;)\">47<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He that is of God heareth God&#039;s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"48\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,48,&quot;John&quot;)\">48<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"49\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,49,&quot;John&quot;)\">49<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"50\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,50,&quot;John&quot;)\">50<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"51\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,51,&quot;John&quot;)\">51<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"52\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,52,&quot;John&quot;)\">52<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"53\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,53,&quot;John&quot;)\">53<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"54\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,54,&quot;John&quot;)\">54<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"55\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,55,&quot;John&quot;)\">55<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"56\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,56,&quot;John&quot;)\">56<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"57\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,57,&quot;John&quot;)\">57<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"58\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,58,&quot;John&quot;)\">58<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"59\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,8,59,&quot;John&quot;)\">59<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/4\/7\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/4\/9\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John, Chapter 8 — King James Version","book_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John","toolbar_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John — Ch. 8","prev_url":"\/kjv\/2\/4\/7","next_url":"\/kjv\/2\/4\/9","tid":2,"book_id":4,"chapter":8,"num_chapters":21,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"John","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/2\/4\/8","meta_desc":"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught th…"}